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Greg Houwer Into the white
Kafka and his metamorphoses
Into the White lays bare a hidden overall logic in Kafka's work. Instead of restoring an initial but perturbed balance - the standard pattern for a piece of fiction -, Kafka's characters always do the opposite: they do everything they can to maintain the imbalance. The book shows how this should be linked to Kafka's own attitude as a writer. Writing, for Kafka, always gave birth to promises that could not be kept. It opens up gates that the writer is not allowed to enter. In the stories that deal...
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Engels | ePub, 0,3 MB | Acco, Leuven | 2011
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Julian Barnes Hm, hé, ha: kunst en woorden
Deze tweetalige uitgave ‘Hm, hé, ha: Kunst en woorden’ bevat de prikkelende tekst die Julian Barnes uitsprak ter gelegenheid van de tweede Joost Zwagerman Lezing in november 2019 te Alkmaar. We lijken niet in staat schilderijen te bekijken zonder erop los te leuteren. Waarom hebben we niet genoeg aan de schilderijen? En waarom verwachten we dat de kunstenaars zelf zo behulpzaam zijn hun eigen prestaties te verwoorden? Of dat critici dat voor hen doen? Woorden zijn niet altijd vrienden van de kunst.’...
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Nederlands | Engels | 64 pagina's (ePub2) | Atlas Contact, Amsterdam | 2019
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Missionary education
historical approaches and global perspectives
Missionaries have been subject to academic and societal debate. Some scholars highlight their contribution to the spread of modernity and development among local societies, whereas others question their motives and emphasise their inseparable connection with colonialism. In this volume, fifteen authors - from both Europe and the Global South - address these often polemical positions by focusing on education, one of the most prominent fields in which missionaries have been active. They elaborate on...
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Engels | PDF, 23 MB | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2021
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Cormac McCarthy Stella Maris
Een vrouw met paranoïde schizofrenie probeert in een kliniek de aard van waanzin en filosofie te begrijpen, terwijl ze rouwt om haar broer die noch dood, noch helemaal de hare is.
Fictie | Psychologische roman
Engels | 189 pagina's | Picador, London | 2022
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Petra Roelofs La chenille solitaire
à la recherche du bonheur; in search of happiness
Ceci est l'histoire autobiographique d'une chenille solitaire qui s'embarque dans une aventure à la recherche du bonheur. Je vais vous emmener avec moi et vous montrer comment, étant de nature très sensible, j'ai été capable de transformer mon sentiment de solitude, en un sentiment d'être connectée à tout ce qui est entre le paradis et la terre. L'arc-en-ciel est le symbole de cette connexion. J'espère me montrer capable de vous inspirer à vous ouvrir, demander de l'aide, et mener vos propres...
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Frans | Engels | 23 pagina's (PDF, 1,8 MB) | Magister, Amsterdam | 2020
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Chantal van der Erve | Rob Groenen Nature notes
Natuurobservaties, kunst en wijsheden voor een aandachtig leven.
Non-fictie
Nederlands | Engels | 140 pagina's | Uitgeverij KOMMA, [Den Haag] | 2020
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Neo-Thomism in action
law and society reshaped by Neo-Scholastic philosophy 1880-1960
In his encyclical Aeterni Patris (1879), Pope Leo XIII expressed the conviction that the renewed study of the philosophical legacy of Saint Thomas Aquinas would help Catholics to engage in a dialogue with secular modernity while maintaining respect for Church doctrine and tradition. As a result, the neo-scholastic framework dominated Catholic intellectual production for nearly a century thereafter. This volume assesses the societal impact of the Thomist revival movement, with particular attention...
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Engels | 331 pagina's (PDF, 16 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2021
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Magd Abdel Wahab Logic & islam
Throughout history, a believer did not need logical proof to believe in Almighty God. This is because the spiritual proof was always enough to admit the existence of Almighty God and to submit to Him. Finding Almighty God is not a mathematical equation that needs to be proven. Rather, it is a spiritual feeling due to a call from inside a human being. The relationship between Almighty God and humans is spiritual rather logical.However, with the advances in science and technology, this spiritual relationship...
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Engels | 162 pagina's (ePub3, 6,7 MB) | Aspect Publishers, Soesterberg | 2020
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Adri Blonk Love
Love and happiness: few people will not be looking for these things in their life. Sometimes the search takes up a lifetime. Especially where unconditional love and happiness are concerned, it is not an easy quest. People often look for the answer in money, possessions, prestige, power, relationships and the like. They tend to find that while these can contribute to short-term happiness, they are not a permanent solution. People need to look beyond these things to discover where they can find true...
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Engels | 244 pagina's (PDF, 0,5 MB) | U2pi BV, Den Haag | 2019
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Cold war Mary
ideologies, politics, Marian devotional culture
One hardly known but fascinating aspect of the Cold War was the use of the holy Virgin Mary as a warrior against atheist ideologies. After the Second World War, there was a remarkable rise in the West of religiously inflected rhetoric against what was characterised as "godless communism". The leaders of the Roman Catholic Church not only urged their followers to resist socialism, but along with many prominent Catholic laity and activist movements they marshaled the support of Catholics into a spiritual...
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Engels | PDF, 27 MB | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2021
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George Fargo The labyrinth of the soul
The Labyrinth of the Soul - A modern-day parable When Jason Leonard decides to take a few days off for himself to sail on the Mediterranean, he cannot imagine the adventure that awaits him. Stranded after a shipwreck, he enters a magical labyrinth, in which he encounters a series of strange but inspiring "life coaches". A ragtag group of dieties, shamans and shape-shifters, they help the lost but searching Jason find his way out of the maze and back to his family. In doing so, they accompany him...
Fictie
Engels | 124 pagina's (ePub2, 5,4 MB) | Vergouw Publishing, Amsterdam | 2022
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Clover Stroud The wild other
a memoir
Nadat haar moeder een hersenbeschadiging oploopt bij het paardrijden, gaat een jonge vrouw op zoek naar haar identiteit en reist door Ierland en Rusland om haar verdriet te verwerken.
Non-fictie
Engels | 277 pagina's | Hodder &Stoughton, London | 2017
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M.B. Ramose Van Eeden kiest voor de maan
Beschouwing door de Zuid-Afrikaanse denker over de ubuntu-filosofie, waarbij hij zich mede heeft laten inspireren door het gedachtegoed van de Nederlandse schrijver en psychiater Frederik van Eeden (1860-1932).
Non-fictie
Engels | Nederlands | 88 pagina's | ISVW Uitgevers, Leusden | 2020
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Alan Murray Astro-Navigation From Square One To Ocean Master
Astro-navigation from Square One to Ocean-master begins at the very beginning of this relatively complex subject and progresses logically through all the required; astro skills; . Each new concept builds on UNDERSTANDING with no; learning by rote; . A 130-word glossary, 160 diagrams and 40 worked examples, all using 2011 Sun, Moon, planet and star data, are contained in 308 pages. The parts relevant to the RYA Yachtmaster Ocean syllabus are identified. In nine sections the book begins with the basic...
Engels | ePub2, 4,3 MB | New Generation Publishing, [Nederland] | 2016
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The survival of the Jesuits in the Low Countries, 1773-1850
In 1773, Pope Clement XIV suppressed the Society of Jesus. For the 823 Jesuits living in the Low Countries, it meant the end of their institutional religious life. In the Austrian Netherlands, the Jesuits were put under strict surveillance, but in the Dutch Republic they were able to continue their missionary work. It is this regional contrast and the opportunities it offered for the Order to survive that make the Low Countries an exceptional and interesting case in Jesuit history. Just as in White...
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Engels | PDF, 8,1 MB | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2019
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Tim Desmond How to stay human in a fucked-up world
mindfulness practices for real life
Mindfulness zelfhulpboek waarin via praktische voorbeelden, tips en oefeningen geleerd kan worden zich te verhouden tot de wereld met compassie, vreugde, gelijkmoedigheid en wijsheid.
Non-fictie
Engels | 199 pagina's | HarperOne, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, New York, NY | 2019
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Hans Krabbendam Saving the overlooked continent
American Protestant missions in Western Europe, 1940-1975
Among a wide spectrum of American Protestants, the horrors of World War II triggered grave concern for Europe's religious future. They promptly mobilised resources to revive Europe's Christian foundation. Saving the Overlooked Continent reconstructs this surprising redirection of Western missions. For the first time, Europe became the recipient of America's missionary enterprise. The American missionary impulse matched the military, economic, and political programs of the U.S., all of which positioned...
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Engels | PDF, 7,2 MB | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2020
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Islam & Europe
challenges and opportunities
Dedicated to increasing our knowledge and awareness of the ever-growing diversity and pluralism of global society, Forum A. & A. Leysen has initiated an annual debate/lecture series, beginning with a focus on Islam in today's world and in Europe in particular. Seven well-known influential authorities - each an active participant in the public debate on the global role of Islam past, present and future - recently presented papers at the first Intercultural Relations Conference sponsored by Forum A.&...
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Engels | 192 pagina's (PDF, 3,1 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2017
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Islam & Europe
crises are challenges
Within the framework of the Forum A. & A Leysen, several experts from in and outside the Muslim world contributed to this book. In Islam and Europe: Crises Are Challenges they discuss how dialogues between Islam and the West, with a focus on Europe, can be achieved. The various authors (legal scholars, political theorists, social scientists, and psychologists) explore in these collected essays such interrelated questions as: How much diversity is permissible within a liberal pluralistic democratic...
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Engels | 248 pagina's (PDF, 2,4 MB) | Leuven University Press, Leuven | 2017
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