Written by an unknown mystic of the 14th century, The Cloud of Unknowing represents the first expression in English of the soul's quest for God. This is a relevant text for today's spirituality, a literary work of great beauty in style and message.
For the past fifty years Beer and Johnston have been the uncontested leaders in the teaching of undergraduate engineering mechanics. Over the years their textbooks have introduced significant theoretical and pedagogical innovations in statics, dynamics, and mechanics of materials education. At the same time, their careful presentation of content, ...
Deals with all facets of constrution project management from the contractor's point of view. It examines the duties that are handled by the project manager, constrution superintendent, and construction engineer throughout the progress of a job, from the configurations of a project team to project closeout.
It is surely a significant manifestation of the permanence of the soul's quest for God that the Western world, at a time when human values, principles, and ideals are being questioned and rejected, has turned to an interest in the age-old practice of the East - the quest for inner peace and tranquility as found in the profoundly moving experience ...
During the seven months since the Fetterman Massacre, Sergeant Seamus Donegan had witnessed proud leaders--both Native and white--steel themselves for the withering clashes to come on two consecutive summer days: the Hayfield and Wagon Box Fights of 1867. Book Two of The Plainsmen.
Russia's rich and varied tradition of enameling can be placed within the context of one of the earliest and most widely practiced forms of decoration. In the 11th century, Kiev closely adhered to the Byzantine traditions in producing the first Russian enamels. Progress was interrupted by the Mongol invasions in the 13th century. There was, however ...
This treatise on the art of prayer covers psychology, theology, past tradition and current religious consciousness. Whilst adhering to a core Christian perspective, it explains what Eastern spirituality has to offer to deepen our sprituality.
Recent Reference Books in Religion provides incisive summaries and evaluations of more than 350 contemporary reference works on religious traditions ancient and modern that have been published in English, French, and German. For maximum usefulness to readers, Professor Johnston has broadly defined religion to include not just the world religions ...
"The Cloud of Unknowing" was the work of an unknown 14th-century English writer with a powerful message of God's unconditional love in the face of despair. Johnston's theological treatment of this and other works by the same writer makes a conscious comparison with Oriental ways of contemplation.
Johnston analyzes in depth and in breadth the intellectual history of the Hapsburg Monarchy between 1848 and 1938. His discussion is both readable and lively.
Rediscovers the long-ignored tradition of mysticism in Christianity and shows how this wisdom can renew our lives, and champion peace and reconciliation around the world.
The Walters Art Gallery was opened to the public on 16 June 1934, a result of the combined efforts of the unique father-and-son collectors, William and Henry Walters. William, Henry's father, was founder of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, and began to collect art mainly from France, the Far East and contemporary New York. By the end of his life, ...
Radio Spirits is very pleased to present radio's greatest crime fighter, The Shadow, in this new collection of eighteen digitally restored and remastered episodes selected from the classic series. Featuring Orson Welles, William Johnstone and Bret Morrison each in the title role, this set also includes the first release of two newly discovered and ...
One of America's most daring and accomplished test pilots, Johnston helped develop the jet age at Bell Aircraft and Boeing. At Bell, he tested the XS-1, and at Boeing the XB-47 (the first six-jet engine bomber), the XB-52 bomber, and the 707 series of jets -- including a famous barrel-roll above a crowd gathered for the Gold Cup Hydroplane Races ...
Offers a contemporary theology of mysticism that locates it at the very centre of authentic religious experience. Johnston discusses the roots and origins of the mystical tradition, and compares and contrasts the Oriental and Christian experience. He also provides a practical guide for meditation.
In the mid-19th century, Baltimore businessman William Thompson Walters began to patronize the artists of Maryland. The museum that bears his name, Baltimore's Walters Art Gallery, now excels in diverse fields including Egyptian bronzes, Byzantine silver, illuminated manuscripts, gothic carved ivories, early Renaissance paintings and Chinese ...
This work takes the form of 15 letters to friends, each of whom has reached a different stage on his or her contemplative journey. With all of them the author shares his view that a new school of mysticism is growing within Christianity, based on faith and emphasizing enlightenment.
The 1970's witnessed widespread recognition of the world as a single, interconnecting whole. The 1980's have shown that this whole is not operating as a self-sustaining system. In short we appear to live in a world in crisis- manifesting itself in hunger, poverty, debt, conflict, statelessness and war, as well as in the accelerating degradation of ...
Questioning the purpose of prayer the author shares the discovery of new ways to a prayerful life that is both meditative and active. His message is to surrender in love to God, to love God with one's own being through prayer. He demonstrates how to make prayer a place for both meditation and personal growth.
Many patrons of the arts in nineteenth-century America built collections of paintings and sculpture imported primarily from England or Italy. Collectors in Baltimore - William Walters, George Lucas, the famous Cone sisters, among others - stand out in this milieu for having developed a strikingly different aesthetic for their homes and newly ...
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