In The Problem of the Devil in Cappadocian Thought, Gabrielle Thomas questions the popular assumption that the devil served as the primary explanation for evil, sin, and suffering as early Christians grappled with all that is wrong in the world. Interrogating the status of the devil in the teachings of the Cappadocians – Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nazianzus, Gregory of Nyssa, and Macrina the Younger – she identifies their points of agreement, that the devil is a fallen angel, and disagr...

Gregory of Nazianzus, known best for his Christology and Trinitarian doctrine, presents an incomparable vision of the image of God. In this book, Gabrielle Thomas offers a close analysis of his writings and demonstrates how Nazianzen depicts both the nature and experience of the image of God throughout his corpus. She argues that Nazianzen's vision of the human person as an image of God is best understood in light of biblical and extra-biblical themes. To establish the breadth of his appro...

A "masterful" work that quantifies the cost of tax havens and large-scale tax evasion to ordinary citizens, and explores solutions to the problem ( American Prospect).One much-discussed solution to the rapidly growing problem of economic inequality is to significantly increase the rate at which we tax the wealthy. But with an enormous amount of the world's wealth hidden in tax havens—in countries like Switzerland, Luxembourg, and the Cayman Islands—this wea...

I paradisi fiscali custodiscono capitali illegali per almeno 7.600 miliardi di dollari. Una cifra enorme, pari all'8% del patrimonio finanziario mondiale. Di questo fiume di ricchezza esentasse, 1.200 miliardi provengono dagli Stati Uniti, 1.300 dall'Asia, 800 dai Paesi del Golfo, 300 dalla Russia, 700 dall'America Latina e ben 2.600 miliardi dall'Europa. Quella dei paradisi fiscali è la ricchezza nascosta delle nazioni, l'origine di tutte le diseguaglianze. Gabriel Zucman, economista fran...

This book explores the life, work, and enduring influence of Thomas Hooker (1586–1647), a prominent New England Puritan minister and theologian whose contributions to religious and political thought shaped the foundations of early American society. Drawing on his background in England, his leadership in establishing Connecticut, and his groundbreaking ideas on church governance and civil authority, the book traces Hooker's central role in the development of both Congregationalism and the p...

Die ganze Welt ein Cyberspace? Selbst traditionelle Unternehmen spüren die Globalisierung - virtuelle Teams sind überall. Der Haken: Virtuelle Teams haben andere Spielregeln als traditionelle Teams. Um die besonderen Herausforderungen virtueller Teams zu meistern, sind besondere Tools erforderlich. Teamleader, die traditionelle Teams exzellent führen, geraten in virtuellen Teams meist ins Schleudern: Missverständnisse, Pannen, rätselhafte Leistungseinbrüche häufen sich. Der Grund: Virtuell...

In no other country in Europe has national identity been so closely bound to memories of the war. Italy’s Republic was born of World War II, its constitution defined by anti-Fascism, its parties self-identified with national Resistance. Because of their importance to the nation’s identity, the nature and meaning of the war have been the focus of great contention, from 1943 to the present day. In recent years Italy has taken on a national evaluation of the more troubling and contested aspec...

Comunión con Dios: Un Camino de Encuentro Espiritual" es un audiolibro que invita a sumergirse en la maravillosa experiencia de la comunión con lo divino. Basado en textos sagrados y reflexiones profundas, este audiolibro explora la esencia del vínculo entre Dios y el alma humana.A través de una cuidadosa narración, el audiolibro desglosa la comunión en tres facetas fundamentales: la contemplación de los atributos divinos, el ejercicio de las gracias en los deberes religiosos y la ...

Dieses Hörbuch wird von einer digitalen Stimme vorgelesen.In „Die Rückkehr des Einheimischen“ zeichnet Thomas Hardy ein ergreifendes Bild von Liebe, Ehrgeiz und der unerbittlichen Macht des Schicksals. Vor dem Hintergrund der rauen, windgepeitschten Heide von Egdon folgt der Roman dem bewegten Leben von Clym Yeobright, einem schneidigen jungen Mann, der nach Jahren in Paris in seine Heimat zurückkehrt. Seine Heimkehr entfacht ein Geflecht aus Leidenschaft und Konflikt und verstrick...

Hundert Jahre Einsamkeit von Gabriel García Márquez Endlich verständlich mit der Lektürehilfe von derQuerleser.de!Diese klare und zuverlässige Analyse von Gabriel García Márquez‘ Hundert Jahre Einsamkeit aus dem Jahre 1967 hilft Dir dabei, den Klassiker schnell in seinen wichtigsten Punkten zu erfassen. Dieser mehrfach ausgezeichnete Roman verhalf dem Schriftsteller nicht nur selbst zu seinem Durchbruch, er machte auch die lateinamerikanische Lite...

SANDS OF WAR — Audiobook · Narrated by Gabriel Castillo. Listen time: 4 hours 44 minutes Iraq War history — Desert Storm, the Gulf War, and the road to the 2003 Iraq invasion. Narrative American military history of the Middle East, 1990-2003. Colin Powell, George H.W. Bush, and the decisions that shaped America's longest wars. At two in the morning on August 2, 1990, approximately a hundred thousand Iraqi soldiers crossed into Kuwait with more than two thousand tanks. By mid-morning, th...

Die Suche nach Julie geht weiter und sowohl der Privatdetektiv Barry Prentiss, der von Julies Bruder engagiert wurde, als auch Tony Ballard und Mr. Silver müssen sich gegen die Ghouls zur Wehr setzten. Doch es sind keine normale Ghouls, sondern einstige Menschen, harmlose Pflegekräfte der Klinik, die durch Gaddol zu eben diesen Monstern gemacht wurden. Die Spur der Monster führt ins ... Labyrinth der Ghouls.