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Written sometime during the 4th century BC, "Symposium" is one the most poetic and sublime works by the Greek philosopher Plato. The action of the dialogue is set during a party hosted by the poet Agathon to celebrate his first victory in a dramatic competition. The title 'Symposium', or 'Banquet' refers to the setting of the work, however the more literal translation from the Greek is a 'drinking party.' At this party several notable figures from...
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From the beginning, the Abrahamic faiths-Judaism, Christianity, and Islam-have stressed the importance of transmitting religious identity from one generation to the next. Today, that sustaining mission has never been more challenged. Will young people have a faith to guide them? How can faith traditions anchor religious attachments in this secular, skeptical culture? The fruit of a historic gathering of scholars and religious leaders across three...
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In an age of terrorism and other forms of violence committed in the name of religion, how can religion become a vehicle for peace, justice, and reconciliation? And in a world of bitter conflicts-many rooted in religious difference-how can communities of faith understand one another? The essays in this important book take bold steps forward to answering these questions. The fruit of a historic conference of Jewish, Christian, and Muslim scholars and...
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The Act of Killing is a documentary film on the Indonesian genocide that took place between October 1965 and March 1966, during which time an estimated 500,000 to 2.5 million accused communists, including landless farmers, unionized workers, labour organizers, intellectuals and ethnic Chinese Indonesians, were killed. However, much of the film is dedicated to fictional re-enactments of the 1965–66 killings. Oppenheimer's approach is to bring into...
5) Der Staat
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In seiner auch als Politeia bekannten Schrift Der Staat zeigt der altgriechische Philosoph Platon anhand eines fiktiven Dialogs, an der sich unter anderem Platons Lehrer Sokrates als Protagonist beteiligt, seine Idealvorstellung eines Staates.
Da seiner Meinung nach eine Verbindung von Macht und Vernunft unerlässlich ist, legt er damit auch den Grundstein für die Philosophie der Naturrechtslehre.
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The text discusses the legacy of the Cold War in Canada by looking at Prime Minister Diefenbaker's "Diefenbunkers"-eleven nuclear fallout shelters constructed in secret in the late 1950s to protect the Canadian national and provincial governments from a nuclear strike. While many of these sites have fallen into disrepair or been sold off, one such site has recently been repurposed as "Canada's Cold War Museum" with the explicit purpose of fostering...
7) ESL Conversation Dialogues Scripts 71-80 Volume 8: General English Conversations Phrasal Verbs III
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ESL Conversation Dialogues Scripts 71-80 Volume 8: General English Conversations Phrasal Verbs III features some common phrases and sayings as well as difficult vocabulary thrown in to challenge the student. These dialogues are a little bit longer than in previous volumes so, if your class is short, you may wish to break the dialogue up into sections. While intermediate level and above is recommended, these dialogues can also be used to challenge...
8) ESL Conversation Dialogues Scripts 21-30 Volume 3: Australian English Aussie Lingo. Bonus Glossary
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ESL Conversation Dialogues Scripts 21-30 contains dialogues featuring Australian English expressions, with a number of common expressions thrown in to challenge the student. While intermediate level and above is recommended, these dialogues can also be used to challenge beginners into improving their reading and pronunciation skills. The 10 dialogues in volume 3 feature over 200 Aussie English expressions which can give students planning to go to...
9) ESL Conversation Dialogues Scripts 81-90 Volume 9: General English Conversations Phrasal Verbs IV: F
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ESL Conversation Dialogues Scripts 81-90 Volume 9: General English Conversations Phrasal Verbs IV features some common phrases and sayings as well as difficult vocabulary thrown in to challenge the student. These dialogues are a little bit longer than in previous volumes so, if your class is short, you may wish to break the dialogue up into sections. While intermediate level and above is recommended, these dialogues can also be used to challenge beginners...
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“The Nature of Aesthetics: Defining Literature, Art & Beauty Philosophy”
Chapter Three defines and defends aesthetics and beauty as the evolutionary, positive extreme the basis of which is steeped in survival. It concludes that beauty is not in the eye of the beholder, and that the aesthetic sense has an evolutionary purpose to enable man to recognize and appreciate that which is positive for his survival.
The works are done in a non-academic,...
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Catherine Cornille, Boston College
David Tracy, University of Chicago Divinity School
Werner Jeanrond, University of Glasgow
Marianne Moyaert, University of Leuven
John Maraldo, University of North Florida
Reza Shah-Kazemi, Institute of Ismaili Studies
Malcolm David Eckel, Boston University
Joseph S. O'Leary, Sophia University
John P. Keenan, Middlebury College
Hendrik Vroom, VU University Amsterdam
Laurie Patton, Emory University
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CONTRIBUTORS:
Mustafa Abu-Sway, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem
Asma Afsaruddin, Indiana University
Reinhold Bernhardt, Basel Univeristy
David Burrell, CSC, University of Notre Dame
Catherine Cornille, Boston College
Gavin D'Costa, University of Bristol
David M. Elcott, New York University
Joseph Lumbard, Brandeis University
Jonathan Magonet, Louis Baeck Institute, London
John Makransky, Boston College
Anantanand Rambachan, St. Olaf College
Deepak Sarma,...
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Over the course of its history, the Christian monastic tradition has developed a desert spirituality of solitude, silence, and self-knowledge that fosters openness to the divine presence and its transformative power. Today the divine presence is manifesting itself anew in the "desert of otherness," that sacred space in which we encounter the other as one whose difference, even of religion and spirituality, can enrich us, rather than as one who must...
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If Christians and Muslims are to live in peace, encouraging one another to grow in holiness and working together for the good of all God's creation, they must move beyond politicized and often negative images of one another. Monastic/Muslim dialogue issuing from friendship and focused on revelation, prayer, and witness is an important component in this effort. Indeed, it is essential. A conference jointly sponsored by the International Institute for...
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If Christians and Muslims are to live in peace, encouraging one another to grow in holiness and working together for the good of all God's creation, they must move beyond politicized and often negative images of one another. Monastic/Muslim dialogue, issuing from friendship and focused on revelation, prayer, and witness, is an important component in this effort. Indeed, it is essential. Monastic Interreligious Dialogue is a commission of the Benedictine...
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Buddhism and Christianity, two religions with distinct worldviews, are sometimes thought to be irreconcilable. Notto R. Thelle holds a different view. His life and work have been divided between the East and the West, which has given him the privilege of having to live on the boundary, in a continual inner dialogue between his basic Christian commitment and the challenges and inspirations from the East. In Who Can Stop the Wind? he shares the thoughts...
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This is a book about Love — the most enduring plot engine of literary history, from ancient times to modern. Some things have changed, others have not. Many other things appear to have changed, but really remain the same. What wisdom can be found that will enlighten our modern understanding of love? "Dialogues of the Loon" is the fifth book in the Jack Slack Shoebox Dialogues series that explores contemporary issues of finding, losing, and recovering...
18) The River
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Truth... how can you find it in a world filled with deception?
Jack Slack is back, feet on the ground, trying to drain the political swamp while preserving a real one-the Grand Kankakee Marsh. But the battle between Illinois and Indiana over water policy in the Kankakee River Basin thrusts Jack into the heart of a scandal that reaches the pinnacle of national politics: the financing of a presidential campaign. Will Jack be able to save the Grand...
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In December 2007, author Kimberly Klein's daughter, thirteen-year old Talia, died when the small private plane she was on with her father and her best friend crashed into the side of a volcano in Panama. Before the accident Kim did not believe in afterlife or anything spiritual. But her entire belief system about death and the workings of the spiritual world was shattered when, after her death, Talia reached out to her mom, physically touching her...
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The wealth derived from natural resources can have a tremendous impact on the economics and politics of producing countries. In the last quarter century, we have seen the surprising and sobering consequences of this wealth, producing what is now known as the "resource curse." Countries with large endowments of natural resources, such as oil and gas, often do worse than their poorer neighbors. Their resource wealth frequently leads to lower growth...