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Memoirs of a Grandmother: Scenes from the Cultural History of the Jews of Russia in the Nineteenth Century (Volume #1)
by Pauline Wengeroff Shulamit S. MagnusIn Volume 1 of Memoirs of a Grandmother, Wengeroff depicts traditional Jewish society, including the religious culture of women, during the reign of Tsar Nicholas I, who wished "his" Jews to be acculturated to modern Russian life. Translated by Shulamit S. Magnus.
Memoirs of a Grandmother: Scenes from the Cultural History of the Jews of Russia in the Nineteenth Century, Volume Two
by Pauline Wengeroff translated by Shulamit S. MagnusPauline Wengeroff's Memoirs of a Grandmother offers a unique first-person window into traditionalism, modernity, and the tensions linking the two in nineteenth-century Russia. Wengeroff (1833– 1916), a perceptive, highly literate social observer, tells a gripping tale of cultural transformation, situating her narrative in the experience of women and families. In Volume Two, Wengeroff claims that Jewish women were capable and desirous of adopting the best of European modernity but were also wedded to tradition, while Jewish men recklessly abandoned tradition and forced their wives to do the same. The result was not only marital and intergenerational conflict but also catastrophic cultural loss, with women's inability to transmit tradition in the home leading to larger cultural drift. Two of Wengeroff's children converted when faced with anti-Jewish educational and professional discrimination, unwilling to sacrifice secular ambitions and visions for the sake of a traditional culture they did not know. Memoirs is a tale of loss but also of significant hope, which Wengeroff situates not in her children but in a new generation of Jewish youth reclaiming Jewish memory. To them, she addresses her Memoirs, giving an "orphaned youth"— orphaned of their past and culture— a "grandmother."
Memoirs of a Happy Failure
by Alice HildebrandAlice von Hildebrand is a household name to many who know her from her countless EWTN appearances, her books, and her extensive articles and essays. What is little known is the story of her life, notably the thirty-seven years she spent at Hunter College in New York City. <p><p> There, despite systematic opposition she left a mark on a generation of students through her defense of truth with reason, wit, and love. By showing her students how truth fulfills the deepest longings of the heart, she liberated countless students from the oppressive relativism of the day, enabling many of them to find their way to God. <p> Memoirs of a Happy Failure is a fascinating and essential glimpse into the life of one of contemporary Catholicism’s most compelling minds. It is the story of courage, faith, and the grace of God acting in the world.
Memoirs of a Hopeful Pessimist: A Life of Activism through Dialogue
by Debbie WeissmanFor many people, "observant Jew," "feminist," and "interfaith pioneer" are not necessarily words they would put together in the same sentence. And yet, in this book by Dr. Debbie Weissman, each is a vitally important aspect of a dynamic and passionate life. Between 2008 and 2014, Weissman broke new ground by serving two terms as the first Jewish woman president of the International Council of Christians and Jews (ICCJ). On her quest to do interfaith work, she tells about meeting people from other religions and the unique friendships that ensue. Weissman does not have a ringside seat to history; she is in the ring itself, having created institutions and movements in areas such as interfaith relations, women's education, Israeli peace initiatives, a new prayer community, and much more. Her engaging journey - related with humor, grace, and style - discovers meaning and hope in the life of a pessimist.
Memoirs of a Jewish Extremist: The Story of a Transformation
by Yossi Klein HaleviThe poignant and insightful memoir from Yossi Klein Halevi, the award-winning journalist and author of the acclaimed Like Dreamers—a coming-of-age story about a traumatic family history, radical politics, and spiritual transformation that speaks to a new generation struggling to understand what it means to be Jewish in America.The child of a Holocaust survivor, Yossi Klein Halevi grew up in 1960s Brooklyn perceiving reality through the lens of his family’s brutal past. Increasingly identifying with their history of suffering, he regarded the non-Jewish world with fear and loathing. Determined to take action—and seek retribution—he became a disciple of the late rabbi Meir Kahane and a member of the radical fringe of the American Jewish community.In this wry and moving account, Halevi explores the deep-rooted anger of his adolescence and early adulthood that fueled his increasingly aggressive activism. He reveals how he started to question his beliefs—and his self-inflicted suffering as a hostage of history—and see the world from his own clear perspective.As a journalist and author, Halevi has dedicated himself to fostering interfaith reconciliation. Memoirs of a Jewish Extremist explains how such a transformation can happen—giving hope that peaceful coexistence between faiths is possible.
Memoirs of a Positivist (Routledge Revivals)
by Malcolm QuinFirst published in 1924, Memoirs of a Positivist is both an autobiography of the author and a history of the English Positivist movement in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It especially elaborates on the influence of the Positivist movement in the religious life of people and the manners in which scientific reasons were sought for religious beliefs. This book will be of interest to students of philosophy, religion and history.
Memoirs of a Spiritual Outsider
by Suzanne Clores'Speaking practically, exploring six different spiritual paths is not the fastest nor the simplest route to the essence of one's inner being. But taking an assortment of back-roads provided me with a variety of experiences and put me in contact with many women pursuing the same end: individual connection with God. ... Most impressively, each woman I met was able to move beyond the first and perhaps the greatest obstacle, doubt, and approach the endlessly demanding feat of keeping her desire and passion alive and in focus." From the introduction: In Memoirs of a Spiritual Outsider, Suzanne Clores leads us through her struggle to bring spirituality into her life. While hers is a personal quest, it also reflects that of a whole generation of young people who are cut off from spirituality yet long for it in some vague, unarticulated way. Out of college and in the workforce, Suzanne Clores identifies the longing she feels as a spiritual yearning, but like many of her peers she has a difficult time wholeheartedly embracing any religion. In this book, she presents a moving account of a pilgrimage across America that led her to a variety of religious traditions: Buddhism, Wicca, Yoga, Sufism, Shamanism, and Voodoo. Along the way, she encounters individuals who have embraced these "outsider" traditions, each of whom she follows, at least for a time, in hope of finding her own spiritual path. Cultivating a spiritual practice while living among hip, urbane Generation X-ers is "as unpopular as letter writing," she muses. Yet she perseveres, and her story, along with the stories of the people she meets, offers us a fascinating glimpse into the hearts and minds of the next generation of seekers who are looking for meaning in a secular world.
Memoirs of an Anti-Semite: A Novel in Five Stories
by Gregor Von RezzoriThe elusive narrator of this beautifully written, complex, and powerfully disconcerting novel is the scion of a decayed aristocratic family from the farther reaches of the defunct Austro-Hungarian Empire. In five psychologically fraught episodes, he revisits his past, from adolescence to middle age, a period that coincides with the twentieth century's ugliest years. Central to each episode is what might be called the narrator's Jewish Question. He is no Nazi. To the contrary, he is apolitical, accommodating, cosmopolitan. He has Jewish friends and Jewish lovers, and their Jewishness is a matter of abiding fascination to him. His deepest and most defining relationship may even be the strange dance of attraction and repulsion that throughout his life he has conducted with this forbidden, desired, inescapable, imaginary Jewish other. And yet it is just this relationship that has blinded him to--and makes him complicit in--the terrible realities of his era.Lyrical, witty, satirical, and unblinking, Gregor von Rezzori's most controversial work is an intimate foray into the emotional underworld of modern European history.
Memoirs of an Exorcist
by Marco Tosatti Father Gabriele AmorthFather Amorth was chief exorcist of the Vatican for twenty-five years, but few people know that before he became a priest, Amorth served in the pro-Allied Italian forces during World War II and earned a law degree. He discovered his true calling when he met the exorcist Father Candido. Ever since, he has been face-to-face with the devil every day, relieving thousands of believers of their suffering through religious rites and the power of prayer. Memoirs of an Exorcist recounts Amorth's many impressive stories of healing and faith, as gathered by famed journalist Marco Tosatti.
Memorable Stories and Parables by Boyd K. Packer
by Boyd K. PackerThis volume brings together 26 more of the most memorable stories and parables of President Boyd K Packer. Read and enjoy treasures such as The Mediator, Spiritual Crocodiles, Channeling Your Thoughts, Balm of Gilead, Of Cars and Dates, and more. President Packer follows the Lord's injunction to "Teach ye diligently" and does so in a manner that is clear and lasting. These short stories are great for daily inspiration and will be life lessons that are hard to forget.
Memorial del convento
by José SaramagoEn esta obra José Saramago realiza una incursión en la narrativa histórica. El volumen recorre un periodo de aproximadamente 30 años en la historia de Portugal durante la época de la Inquisición. El planteamiento registra no sólo el hecho histórico, sino que reconstruye la vida popular de la época, en un recorrido por los diferentes pueblos de los alrededores de Lisboa. El rey D. Joâo V necesitaba herederos y, como doña Maria Ana no los concebía, él promete levantar un convento en Mafra a cambio de tener herederos. Simultáneamente, asistimos a la vida cotidiana del pueblo a través de la visión de un soldado que perdió la mano izquierda en la guerra contra los españoles. En un auto de la Inquisición, Baltasar conoce a Blimunda, una mujer con poderes mágicos que ve dentro de las personas, y cuya madre fue desterrada a Angola por tener poderes semejantes. Desafiando los rigores de la religión, ambos se casan mediante un ritualde sangre. Baltasar se convierte en ayudante del padre Bartolomeu, que, bajo la protección del rey, trabajaba en inventar una máquina para volar. La máquina de volar simboliza dos ideales: los cultos, representados por el propio padre Bartolomeu, y los populares, personificados en Blimunda y Baltasar. Una narración directa, sin concesiones, vigorosa y rica. Saramago da al lenguaje de esta novela el tono de las narraciones históricas y realiza con él verdaderos malabarismos sintácticos.
Memorializing the Unsung: Slaves of the Church and the Making of Kongo Catholicism (World Christianity)
by Elochukwu Uzukwu, C.S.Sp.By the time the Capuchins arrived in the seventeenth century, Kongo had been Catholic for nearly two hundred years. The European mission could not be conversion, then, but reinforcement; the Capuchins sought to establish the sacraments and a line to Rome in a lay-led church already suffused with an enduring, creative, and complex theological culture. In Memorializing the Unsung, Elochukwu Uzukwu uses the framework of this “ancient” Kongo Catholicism to explore European dependence on enslaved Kongo Catholics and the unconscionable Capuchin and Spiritan participation in the slave trade at large—a practice denounced by the lone voices of Capuchin Epifanio de Moirans and Spiritan Alexandre Monnet. Reconstructing the church that missionaries and Kongo Catholics built together on the foundations of local religion, Memorializing the Unsung contrasts the dignity denied the Kongo Catholics with the freedom they nonetheless performed. Uzukwu is particularly deft in tracing the agency of Kongo elites and laypeople from the fifteenth century through the nineteenth, carefully evaluating their deliberate engagements with southern Europeans, the role of the maestri (translator-catechists) in guiding the faithful, and the ultimate development of a unique theological vocabulary endorsed by the Kikongo catechism.Without the support and creativity of these unsung lay Catholics across west-central and eastern Africa, Uzukwu shows, the European missions in the region would have failed. Even while enslaved, the Kongo Slaves of the Church and the eastern African Slaves of the Mission served as mediators, co-creators, and reinventors of their world.
Memorias de dos hijos: La historia tras bastidores de un padre, dos hijos y un asesinato escandaloso
by John MacarthurEn Memorias de dos hijos, uno de los maestros de la Biblia más queridos de Estados Unidos le hace profundizar en Lucas 15 como nunca nadie lo ha hecho, revelando apreciaciones perspicaces de la cultura de la época de Jesús con un desenlace inolvidable.La parábola del hijo pródigo (Lucas 15.11-32) se ha predicado desde casi todos los púlpitos del mundo y es conocida por muchos que leen y aprecian la Biblia. La historia es muy poderosa porque representa, en términos claros e inspiradores, nuestra lucha con el pecado, la necesidad de arrepentimiento humilde y la inagotable misericordia y amor del Padre. Lamentablemente, muchos cristianos dirían que no tienen nada nuevo que aprender de esta joya de las Escrituras. Ha perdido su brillo. Pero en Memorias de dos hijos, John MacArthur restaura el resplandor de este pasaje, ofreciendo un fascinante trasfondo histórico y revelando un sorprendente final que los lectores nunca han oído antes.
Memories And Milestones: Stepping Forward By Looking Back
by Jennifer J. Pasqualefrom the cradle to the classroom, from confronting a crisis to conquering the challenge, Memories & Milestones jdresses the issues facing families today. This book is for those who need to step forward in their lives and also for those already on the journey as you see with the author how tragedies become triumphs.
Memories of Absence: How Muslims Remember Jews in Morocco
by Aomar BoumThere is a Moroccan saying: A market without Jews is like bread without salt. Once a thriving community, by the late 1980s, 240,000 Jews had emigrated from Morocco. Today, fewer than 4,000 Jews remain. Despite a centuries-long presence, the Jewish narrative in Moroccan history has largely been suppressed through national historical amnesia, Jewish absence, and a growing dismay over the Palestinian conflict. "Memories of Absence" investigates how four successive generations remember the lost Jewish community. Moroccan attitudes toward the Jewish population have changed over the decades, and a new debate has emerged at the center of the Moroccan nation: Where does the Jew fit in the context of an Arab and Islamic monarchy? Can Jews simultaneously be Moroccans and Zionists? Drawing on oral testimony and stories, on rumor and humor, Aomar Boum examines the strong shift in opinion and attitude over the generations and increasingly anti-Semitic beliefs in younger people, whose only exposure to Jews has been through international media and national memory.
Memories of Ancient Israel: An Introduction to Biblical History--Ancient and Modern
by Philip R. DaviesRecent years have seen an explosion of writing on the history of Israel, prompted largely by definitive archaeological surveys and attempts to write a genuine archaeological history of ancient Israel and Judah.
Memories of Eighty Years
by Fanny J. CrosbyMemories of Eighty Years by Fanny J. Crosby is an inspiring and intimate memoir reflecting on the remarkable life of one of the most beloved hymn writers of the 19th century. Blind since infancy, Crosby rose above her challenges to become a prolific poet, lyricist, and advocate for social reform. In this deeply personal account, she looks back on eight decades of faith, creativity, and service, sharing the experiences and people that shaped her extraordinary journey.The book chronicles Crosby’s life from her childhood in New York, through her education at the New York Institution for the Blind, to her career as a hymn writer and public figure. She offers heartfelt insights into her spiritual development and describes the profound impact of her relationships with family, friends, and influential leaders. Readers will encounter moving stories about her encounters with U.S. presidents, ministers, and fellow musicians, all of whom recognized her unique gifts.Crosby’s reflections are rich with gratitude and humility. She shares the inspirations behind some of her most famous hymns, including “Blessed Assurance” and “To God Be the Glory,” and explains how her faith sustained her through personal hardships, including the loss of loved ones. Beyond her musical achievements, the memoir highlights her work with the poor, homeless, and disabled, revealing her lifelong commitment to serving others.Memories of Eighty Years is more than an autobiography—it is a testimony to the power of faith and perseverance. Crosby’s warmth, humor, and optimism shine throughout, offering readers not only a glimpse into her remarkable life but also timeless lessons in hope, gratitude, and resilience. This book will resonate with those drawn to stories of personal triumph, spiritual inspiration, and the enduring impact of a life devoted to God and humanity.
Memories of God: Theological Reflections on a Life
by Roberta C. BondiWhen the hearing and telling of stories captures our imaginations, we are enabled at the deepest level to take our lives seriously. By envisioning other worlds, we are rendered capable of listening to God and to ourselves, and of growing in God's image. This is how Roberta Bondi comes to tell stories in this book, stories that were formed in a life of prayer. They reflect on life's turning points and how these are made both more difficult and more open to grace by the Christian understandings of naming God as father and mother; the significance of rationality; and the incarnation, crucifixion, and resurrection of Jesus. Bondi discovered that what she had regarded as her personal, private stories were not really so private or idiosyncratic after all when they were seen in the intersection of her beliefs, family experience, and cultural expectations. We are drawn into thelogical reflection on the stories of one woman only to discover there our own stories, our own memories, all stored in the memory of God.
Memories of Gustav Ichheiser: Life And Work Of An Exiled Social Scientist (Theory And History In The Human And Social Sciences Ser.)
by Amrei C. Joerchel Gerhard BenetkaThis book presents an overview of the life and work of Gustav Ichheiser, a social scientist in Vienna during the early 20th century. Gustav Ichheiser, along with many other Austrian Jews of his time, was forced into exile after the rise of National Socialism in Europe. Ichheiser's work is considered an important front runner to the attribution theories. He was one of the first to study the phenomena of social misunderstandings in detail and in relation to concrete problem areas, such as success. The aim of this book is to discuss, on an international level, the importance of Ichheiser's theoretical approaches in his time and their relevance in today's context of social and cultural psychology. In addition, the tragic course of Ichheiser’s biography, an example for many displaced scientists, highlights the importance of bringing a scientist’s work back into the focus of today’s current social scientific setting. Memories of Gustav Ichheiser will be of interest to researchers as well as undergraduate and graduate students in the fields of psychology, social psychology, sociology, and psychiatry.
Memories of Life in Lhasa Under Chinese Rule: An Autobiography
by Tubten KhétsunBorn in 1941, Tubten Khétsun is a nephew of the Gyatso Tashi Khendrung, one of the senior government officials taken prisoner after the Tibetan peoples' uprising of March 10, 1959. Khétsun himself was arrested while defending the Dalai Lama's summer palace, and after four years in prisons and labor camps, he spent close to two decades in Lhasa as a requisitioned laborer and "class enemy." In this eloquent autobiography, Khétsun describes what life was like during those troubled years. His account is one of the most dispassionate, detailed, and readable firsthand descriptions yet published of Tibet under the Communist occupation. Khétsun talks of his prison experiences as well as the state of civil society following his release, and he offers keenly observed accounts of well-known events, such as the launch of the Cultural Revolution, as well as lesser-known aspects of everyday life in occupied Lhasa. Since Communist China continues to occupy Tibet, the facts of this era remain obscure, and few of those who lived through it have recorded their experiences at length. Khétsun's story will captivate any reader seeking a refreshingly human account of what occurred during the Maoists' shockingly brutal regime.
Memories of Muhammad: Why the Prophet Matters
by Omid SafiIn Memories of Muhammad: Why the Prophet Matters, leading Islamic scholar Omid Safi presents a portrait of Muhammad that reveals his centrality in the devotions of modern Muslims around the world. This religious biography offers new insights into Islam, covering such hot button issues such as the spread of Islam, holy wars, the role of women, the significance of Jerusalem, tensions with Jews and Christians, wahabbi Islam, and the role of cyberspace in the evolution of the religion.
Memories of My Youth
by Daisaku IkedaFrom these touching personal essays, written some fifty years ago, wegain not only new insights into Daisaku Ikeda's opposition to war, fascism, andall forces that diminish the value of life but a new appreciationfor this man from humble beginnings whose commitment to peaceremained unbending until his passing in 2023 at age ninety-five.
Memories of a Catholic Girlhood
by Mary MccarthyThis unique autobiography begins with McCarthy's recollections of an indulgent, idyllic childhood tragically altered by the death of her parents in the influenza epidemic of 1918.
Memories of a Dirt Road Town (Horse Dreams Trilogy #1)
by Stephen A. BlyA fifth-grade school teacher in southern Illinois, Develyn Worrell's nightmare begins one summer when she discovers her husband's infidelity. She divorces him without ever telling her twenty-one-year-old daughter why. Although Devvy has a heart change and desires a reconciliation, he dies before she can tell him of her desire. The daughter blames her mother for her father's death. Memories of a Dirt Road Town begins the story the following summer. Brokenhearted about her husband's death and her daughter's decision not to come home for the summer, Devvy decides to find a little dirt road town in Wyoming where she had vacationed as a child. She remembers fondly the sunset and a beautiful roan horse. Upon arrival, Devvy purchases a roan mare and a burro, rents a little cabin, and watches as God brings three very important men into her life.
Memories of an Essex Ghosthunter (The Paranormal)
by Wesley DownesIn this book local pyschic investigator Wesley Downes recounts some of the stories he has been involved with during the 60 years he has lived in Essex. Wesley Downes saw his first ghost in 1946 when he spotted an old school friend walking towards him in a village near Colchester. He later discovered that the friend had died the year before in the D-Day landings. Other stories tell of a missing architect from Chelmsford, a haunted inn in Brentwood, strange events taking place in a house at Harwich and an imbecilic ghost in an art studio in Westcliff-on-Sea.