The Jewish faith: its spiritual consolation, moral guidance, and immortal hope; with a brief notice of the reasons for many of its ordinances and prohibitions; a series of letters answering the inquiries of youth.

Bound with the authors Shema�� Yi��ra��el. Philadelphia, 1864.

The ethics of Judaism, /

No more published.

A select series, biographical, narrative, epistolary, and miscellaneous; chiefly the productions of early members of the Society of Friends: intended to illustrate the spiritual character of the gospel of Christ /

The first five volumes were edited by John Barclay. After his death in 1838 volumes 6 through 8 were prepared by his brother A.R.Barclay. cf. Smith, I-172.

Self-culture : physical, intellectual, moral, and spiritual : a course of lectures, /

Mode of access: Internet.

The nature of spirit, and of man as a spiritual being.

Mode of access: Internet.

The spiritual letters of Archbishop Fe��nelon : letters to women /

Half-title: Archbishop Fe��nelon's Letters to women.

Self-culture : physical, intellectual, moral, and spiritual; a course of lectures /

Mode of access: Internet.

Ourselves and the universe : studies in life and religion /

"First edition, June, 1902 ... Sixth edition, November, 1906."

O IMAGIN��RIO DO TEMPLO CELESTE E O ATO SIMB��LICO DE JESUS EM JERUSAL��M (MC 11:15-19): A VARIA����O DE ESCALAS NA BUSCA PELO JESUS HIST��RICO

A disserta����o tem como proposta um interc��mbio entre a Nova Hist��ria Cultural e a Pesquisa pelo Jesus Hist��rico. Os problemas colocados �� historiografia atual pela p��smodernidade, a quest��o da subjetividade nos processos epistemol��gicos de constru����o hist��rica e a necessidade de reconhecimento da complexidade das a����es sociais, pedem por uma metodologia que encontre uma sa��da �� contraposi����o entre racionalismo e irracionalismo, entre o positivismo e a recusa em interpretar os objetos hist��ricos. O projeto prop��e a Micro- hist��ria italiana como tentativa de superar estas quimeras. A busca pelo Jesus de Nazar�� funcionar�� assim n��o a partir de esquemas te��ricos ge rais as estruturas permanentes do Mediterr��neo, o common judaism , ou o ethos da Baixa Galil��ia mas pelo estudo fino, detalhado de um microfen��meno bastante representativo de Jesus, a sua demonstra����o simb��lica no Templo narrada em Mc 11:15-19 e paralelos. A microan��lise tratar�� de controlar a multiplica����o da grande teia de rela����es causais da a����o simb��lica em Jerusal��m e inferir�� a partir delas que tipo de religioso foi Jesus e como se relacionou ao grande centro religioso do Santu��rio de Herodes. A varia����o entre as escalas microsc��picas e macrosc��picas de observa����o ser�� tamb��m fundamental na constru����o das imagens plaus��veis de Jesus. Infer��ncias sobre o contexto cultural e religioso da Galil��ia tamb��m ser��o experimentadas a partir da microa����o analisada o corol��rio de que os indiv��duos s��o, de uma forma ou de outra, representativos de per��odos hist��ricos e de estratos culturais ser�� levado bastante a s��rio. A hip��tese do presente trabalho �� a de que a demonstra����o de Jesus no Templo, longe de uma tentativa de purifica����o, fora a atualiza����o de um estrutura m��tica centrada em Jeremias 7 (uma mitopr��xis) orientada pelo imagin��rio plurissecular do c��u-templo, abundante nas imagens liter��rias da apocal��ptica e no misticismo incipiente que culminar�� na literatura Hekhalot. Como experimento final, propor-se-�� uma conex��o entre supostas experi��ncias vision��rias de ascens��o aos c��us de Jesus de Nazar�� e o seu imagin��rio do c��u-templo.

Economic life in the modern age

Werner Sombart (1863-1941) may well have been the most famous and controversial social scientist in Germany during the early twentieth century. Highly influential, his work and reputation have been indelibly tainted by his embrace of National Socialism in the last decade of his life. Although Sombart left an enormous opus spanning disciplinary boundaries, intellectual reaction to his work inside and outside of Germany is divided and ambivalent. Sombart consistently responded to the social and political developments that have shaped the twentieth century. Economic Life in the Modern Age provides a representative sampling of those portions of Sombart's work that have stood the test of time. The volume opens with a substantial introduction reviewing Sombart's life and career, the evolution of his major intellectual concerns, his relation to Marx and Weber, and his political affiliation with the Nazis. The editors' selection of texts emphasizes areas of Sombart's economic and cultural thought that remain relevant, particularly to those intellectual trends that seek a more broadly based, cross-disciplinary approach to culture and economics. Sombart's writings on capitalism are represented by essays on the nature and origin of the market system and the diversity of motives among the bourgeoisie and the proletariat. Also included is an excerpt from Sombart's controversial The Jews and Modern Capitalism, exploring the widely perceived relation between economic life and Judaism as a religion. In essays on the economics of cultural processes, Sombart's comprehensive and expansive idea of cultural science yields prophetic insights into the nature of urbanism, luxury consumption, fashion, and the cultural secularization of love. The volume's final section consists of Sombart's reflections on the social influences of technology, the economic life of the future, and on socialism, including the influential essay "Why is there no Socialism in the United States." Encapsulating the most valuable aspects of his work, Economic Life in the Modern Age provides clear demonstration of Sombart's sense for fine cultural distinctions and broad cultural developments and the predictive power of his analyses. It will be of interest to sociologists, economists, political scientists, and specialists in cultural studies.

In God we trust: Faith-based development, spiritual transformation, and economic change in southern Andean indigenous communities

In communities throughout the developing world, faith-based organizations (FBOs) focus on goals such as eradicating poverty, bolstering local economies, and fostering community development, while premising their activities and interaction with local communities on theological and religious understandings. Due to their pervasive interaction with participants, the religious ideologies of these FBOs impact the religious, economic, and social realities of communities. This study investigates the relationship between the international FBO, World Vision International (WVI), and changes to religious, economic, and social ideologies and practices in Andean indigenous communities in southern Peruvian. This study aims to contribute to the greater knowledge and understanding of (1) institutionalized development strategies, (2) faith-based development, and (3) how institutionalized development interacts with processes of socio-cultural change. Based on fifteen months of field research, this study involved qualitative and quantitative methods of participant-observation, interviews, surveys, and document analysis. Data were primarily collected from households from a sample of eight communities in the Pitumarca and Combapata districts, department of Canchis, province of Cusco, Peru where two WVI Area Development Programs were operating. Research findings reveal that there is a relationship between WVI���s intervention and some changes to religious, economic, and social structure (values, ideologies, and norms) and practices, demonstrating that structure and practices change when social systems are altered by new social actors. Findings also revealed that the impacts of WVI���s intervention greatly increased over the course of several years, demonstrating that changes in structure and practice occur gradually and need a period of time to take root. Finally, results showed that the impacts of WVI���s intervention were primarily limited to those most closely involved with the organization, revealing that the ability of one social actor to incite changes in the structure and practice of another actor is associated with the intensity of the relationship between the social actors. The findings of this study should be useful in ascertaining deductions and strengthening understandings of how faith-based development organizations impact aspects of religious, economic, and social life in the areas where they work.

The spiritual and professional impact of stillbirth

Stillbirth is without question one of the most devastating experiences of grief for parents and families. The death of a baby is also a distressing experience for healthcare professionals who share hopes of a live healthy baby at the end of pregnancy. It is a sad reality however, that in Ireland one in 238 babies will die before birth. The creation and nurture of new life in pregnancy is a spiritual experience as a new baby is at the same time experienced and anticipated. There is little in the published literature concerning the spiritual impact of stillbirth on healthcare chaplains who are the main providers of spiritual care for parents and staff colleagues in Irish maternity units. In addition there are few qualitative studies that explore the impact of stillbirth on consultant obstetricians and no published studies on the spiritual impact of stillbirth on bereaved parents. This study explored the spiritual and professional impact of stillbirth on Irish maternity healthcare chaplains, consultant obstetricians and bereaved parents. Following an overall review of spiritual care provision following stillbirth in the Irish maternity services, thematic analysis was used in the first phase of the study following in-depth interviews with maternity healthcare chaplains. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis was used in the second and third phases with consultant obstetricians and bereaved parents respectively. The data from both maternity healthcare chaplains and consultant obstetricians revealed that stillbirth posed immense personal, spiritual and professional challenges. Chaplains expressed the spiritual and professional impact of stillbirth in terms of perception of their role, suffering, doubt and presence as they provided care for bereaved parents. A review of spiritual care provision in the Irish maternity services revealed a diversity of practice. The data from consultant obstetricians identified considerable personal, professional and spiritual impact following stillbirth that was identified in superordinate themes of human response to stillbirth, weight of professional responsibility, conflict of personal faith and incongruence between personal faith and professional practice. Data from bereaved parents revealed that stillbirth was spiritually challenging and all parents expressed that stillbirth posed considerable challenge to their faith/ belief structure. The parents of only three babies felt that their spiritual needs were adequately addressed while in hospital. The data had six superordinate themes of searching for meaning, maintaining hope, importance of personhood, protective care, questioning core beliefs and relationships. Other findings from the data from bereaved parents outlined the importance of environment of care and communication. This study has revealed the immense impact of stillbirth on healthcare chaplains, consultant obstetricians and most especially the spiritual impact for bereaved parents. Recommendations are made for improvements in clinical and spiritual care for bereaved parents following stillbirth and for staff wellbeing and support initiatives. Further research areas are recommended in the areas of spiritual care, theological reflection, bereavement care, post-mortem consent procedures and staff wellbeing.

Music therapy, in tuning at the end of life

In this article music therapy is presented as a helpful tool to support the persons (and their relatives) living at the end of their life and, also, as a non pharmacological and complementary therapy in an integral and holistic medicine. What we report here comes from the direct experience, nourished after many years of interventions and reflections in oncology and palliative care units. We���re talking about silence, music, therapy, models and techniques. We will read and feel therapeutic sessions��� but above all, we���re talking about life, conscience and love.

���Se le d�� papel, prensa y letras���. Albert O���Farail y el libro misionero "The Life of the Virgin Marie" (1671-1693)

El proyecto tipogr��fico del irland��s Albert O���Farail se concibi�� como un libro misionero destinado a la empresa confesional que la monarqu��a de Espa��a desarrollaba en las Islas Brit��nicas desde comienzos del Seiscientos. Las traducciones de distintos tratados doctrinales y teol��gicos, representados por su devoci��n particular a la Virgen Mar��a, procuraban acercar la religi��n a los cat��licos del Norte a trav��s de mecanismos de proximidad cultural como complemento a la predicaci��n de los ministros espirituales patrocinados por Carlos II. El empe��o por dar a las prensas esta miscel��nea de obras, financiada por la corona y compuesta por el arte de su propio autor, discurri�� en paralelo a la querella abierta por su esposa, Mar��a Manuela La��nez, para reivindicar sus derechos nobiliarios al t��tulo marquesal de Mayo. Tanto en Madrid como en Roma, la imbricaci��n de ambos negociados determin�� su malograda resoluci��n.

Sanctity of Human Life in the Context of Human Genetic Research

The study on the concept of sanctity of human life is a journey in finding out what is it said to be ���human��� in human life. It is an evaluation of the universal concept and the role it plays in controlling and moulding human conduct and relationships. This concept is a foundational principle of human rights law and the grundnorm of every legal system. However, of late, the challenges by way of certain advances in human genetic research had prompted the need to evaluate the significance and extent of the concept in human endeavours. Scientific advances by way of human genetic research promises significant diagnostic and therapeutic advances but at the same time pose threat to fundamental notions and assumptions on humanity, hence there is a global concern to derive common legal standards, Thus the major challenge is to analyse universal principles which can be a common criteria for evolving legal standards to control certain advances in human genetic research. Hence the relevance of the study. The study aims at analysing the content, scope, extent and limitation of the concept of sanctity of human life. In this attempt it evaluates the extent to which the concept had been accommodated by legal systems and international human rights regimes. The problem which had been undertaken in the study is the extent of intrusion made to the concept by virtue of certain advances in human genetic research.