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A woman returns to her childhood home to face up to the ghosts of her past in this chilling and unsettling novel from the bestselling author of Come With Me"Its your house now."Following the horrific death of her father, Laurie Genarro returns to her childhood home along with her husband Ted, and their daughter Susan. Her father was always a cold and distant man, and as dementia took hold of him in final months of his life he grew more and more paranoid.Laurie soon discovers that he has left the house in a terrible state: pages are torn from books on the shelves, floorboards have been cracked and gouged and holes punched in the walls. The belvedere at the top of the house, the place from which her father leapt to his death, is locked, and the imposing greenhouse in the woodsthe one that sends a shiver through her when she sees it againis somehow still standing.And then her daughter introduces her to her new friend Abigail, a friend who seems to remind Laurie so much of another little girl, one who should be dead. Because the house has long held secrets for Laurie, things she has tried to bury ever since she was young and now it seems they are coming to the surface.

From the crisis of the Babylonian exile to the rise of rabbinic Judaism--a span of over six hundred years--the Jewish people produced a wealth of literature that lies outside the Hebrew Bible. Today it goes under names such as apocrypha and pseudepigrapha, Josephus and Philo, apocalyptic literature and the Dead Sea Scrolls, Mishnah and targums. But line by line, scroll by scroll, it represents the history and theology, the hopes and prayers of a living and diverse Judaism. It is an engrossing subject in and of itself, but for students of the New Testament it offers an invaluable context for understanding the words and actions of Jesus as well as the conversion and thinking of Paul.Exploring Jewish Literature of the Second Temple Period is an introduction to this literature and places it within its historical context. Riding the explosive growth of knowledge of this period, Larry R. Helyer guides students to the heart of the matter. What were the pressures and realities, the questions and dreams that nurtured and provoked these written expressions? And how does this literature throw light on the text of the New Testament and origins of Christianity?

Academy of Parish Clergy Top Ten BookTheology is "the doctrine of living unto God," wrote the Puritan theologian William Ames. Unfortunately, post-Enlightenment theology has tended to divorce "doctrine" from "living unto God." And to the degree that this split has been deepened and perpetuated, both theology and spirituality have been impoverished.Spiritual Theology is a rare book. In it, Simon Chan surveys the little-explored landscape where systematic theology and godly praxis meet, highlighting the connections between Christian doctrine and Christian living and drawing out the spiritual implications of particular aspects of systematic theology. Allowing rational formulations to drop into the background, he brings the mystery of the faith to the fore.Chan begins with the principal doctrines of God, sin, salvation and the church. He then progresses to a reflective consideration of the practice of the spiritual life, from prayer to spiritual direction. Unabashedly evangelical and truly ecumenical, Chan grounds his exploration in the sources of the Protestant, Catholic and Orthodox traditions. His work is well abreast of contemporary theological currents and crossculturally conversant from an Asian perspective.Spiritual Theology is a book for those who care deeply about theology and spirituality, and strive to integrate the two. It is well worth careful reflection and prayerful reading.

No novo livro da autora do best-seller Conectadas, acompanhamos um romance lésbico divertido e envolvente, perfeito para fãs de As patricinhas de Beverly Hills.Chiara sempre teve certeza de tudo. Do

Sair da favela e ingressar na vida de classe média era o grande sonho de Aurora e Ernesto. Esse propósito era alimentado pelo amor e pelo desejo de criar filhos "prósperos, exemplares e respeitados pela melhor sociedade". Deu certo.Com sua prosa leve e, ao mesmo tempo, precisa, Eliana Alves Cruz constroi uma narrativa engenhosa sobre o processo de ascenso social de uma familia negra. Cada personagem a me, o pai, os filhos e a filha conta a propria historia em primeira pessoa. So testemunhos de uma travessia que nunca e igual para ninguem. Ao explorar a pluralidade de vozes, a autora alcança a complexidade que da ao processo sua fisionomia particular.Em tempos de desigualdades agudas e divises de toda sorte, e fundamental olhar a realidade sob diferentes angulos, explorar nuances e identificar caminhos que nos permitam criar um terreno comum de dialogo. Meridiana faz jus ao nome, conecta polos no espaço e no tempo e nos ensina como passar adiante as conquistas que acumulamos, garantindo que as geraçes futuras no se percam e sigam ancoradas no cho da vida.Tres geraçes de um Brasil negro e desigual que, apesar da dor e do trauma, mostra que tem, sim, caminho. Um baita romance, escrito em seis vozes. Um caleidoscopio imperdivel! Bianca SantanaIdentificaço e compreenso imediata. Foi assim que Meridiana me chegou. Os dilemas da ascenso social so retratados em detalhes to particulares e intimos que pareceram uma memoria viva de minha casa. Questes comumente enfrentadas por uma pessoa preta ao adentrar novos circulos sociais surgem de um modo to fiel que ate arrepia. E o tipo de livro que da vontade de economizar paginas, pra ficar lendo mais tempo. Lazaro Ramos

Anna Freud, a Teoria Tem Seus Prazeres acompanha a jornada intelectual de Anna Freud por meio de uma ampla seleção de seus escritos, com introduções e análises críticas ao contexto realizadas pela pr

Viciada em podcasts de true crime, Dolores dela Cruz morre de vontade de conhecer um assassino cara a cara. E talvez tenha encontrado um bem ali, na mesa ao lado do escritório… O novo temporário do e

Teo nunca pensou que pudesse ser um herói. Mas agora que esse papel foi imposto a ele, sua única opção é agir como tal. Em Monstros celestiais, o volume final da eletrizante duologia Portadores do So

Retorne ao universo da série best-seller Uma Chama Entre as Cinzas, de Sabaa Tahir, e reencontre personagens queridos! Em Herança, os destinos de Aiz, Sirsha e Quil se entrelaçam em uma história sobre poder, amor, traiço e as consequencias de uma ganancia desenfreada. A jornada pode custar tudo suas vidas e seus coraçes. Literalmente. Aiz nasceu e cresceu nas favelas de Kegari, e tudo o que mais deseja e vingança. Ela ficou orf por causa da ganancia dos governantes de seu reino e foi acolhida por clerigos do claustro, que cuidavam de crianças desamparadas, ate um incendio atingir seu refugio e Aiz sabe exatamente quem ateou fogo ao lugar que tanto ama. Ao tentar dar o troco, seus planos acabam falhando e ela e enviada para uma priso terrivel, onde as centelhas de sua ira podem incitar as chamas de uma revoluço.Sirsha foi exilada de seu povo por cometer um crime imperdoavel. Desde ento, ela faz de tudo para sobreviver, inclusive usar a propria magia para rastrear objetos e pessoas. Seu desejo e apenas juntar dinheiro suficiente para desaparecer em algum lugar sossegado e de aguas cristalinas. Contudo, seu destino tem uma nova reviravolta quando recebe uma proposta: capturar o assassino de crianças que circula pelo Imperio Marcial em troca de uma quantia que pode comprar sua liberdade. Porem, um encontro ao acaso desperta uma atraço inesperada, e Sirsha percebe que a misso pode custar mais do que esta disposta a abrir mo.Quil e o principe herdeiro do Imperio e sobrinho da imperatriz Helene, no entanto, o que mais deseja e na verdade renunciar ao cargo. Ele viu com os proprios olhos como o poder corrompe e o que aconteceu com seu pai. Quando um inimigo impiedoso ameaça o Imperio, Quil precisa enfrentar o dilema que o atormenta e o consome: sera capaz de superar a herança desastrosa do pai e se tornar o lider de que seu povo precisa? "Fiquei arrebatada pelo enredo instigante e pelo universo arrebatador de Herança, acompanhando novos herois incriveis e personagens ja conhecidos. Luz e sombras se mesclam enquanto desbravamos mares, florestas, desertos e o desespero do coraço humano." Victoria Aveyard, autora de A rainha vermelha, best-seller do New York Times "Sabaa Tahir e uma eximia contadora de historias, e Herança e mais um motivo de orgulho. E um livro que vai ficar na cabeça dos leitores mesmo depois da ultima pagina." Booklist

Ivan E. Mesa explores how English Particular Baptists held a unique view of the Jewish people within Gods unfolding redemption. As Dissenters themselves, Baptists empathized with the Jewish plight and connected their philo-Semitism to a larger theological vision that anticipated the Jews conversion and eventual return to the land of Israel. English Baptists viewed Jews as the people of God, "beloved for the fathers sake" (Rom. 11:28). They believed the nation of Israel would one day experience a transformative conversion, aligning with Gods covenantal promises. Through figures such as Henry Jessey, John Gill, Andrew Fuller, and Charles Spurgeon, the author demonstrates how these Baptists advocated for Jewish readmission to England, prayed for the Jews conversion, and engaged in charitable work. This Baptist perspective was distinct and influential, demonstrating a millenarian zeal that connected religious, political, and cultural realms within England, with implications stretching as far as the establishment of the modern state of Israel in 1948.Mesa offers a fresh perspective on Christian-Jewish relations, moving beyond the established narratives of anti-Semitism and toward a more comprehensive understanding of philo-Semitic eschatology.

Within the framework of a research project aimed at a systematic reconstruction of the ideology of Papacy in the years 14311549 (PRIN 2022 2022BXT33X) this volume takes the Renaissance Church as an institution promoting an ambivalent and complex project of religious reform, where the ideal of the affirmation of a new political power, coexists in dialectic tension with the attempt to absorb and channel the diverse claims for the spiritual renewal of the Church, based on Biblical and apocalyptic motifs. In particular, this volume explores 1) the influence of texts and motifs from early Christianity on the literature produced in the years 14311549 (e.g., the use of Patristic texts; the reception of Biblical motifs in the ideology of reform and in political theology); 2) the rise of the so-called "Catholic orientalism" in Renaissance Rome (biblical scholarship, interpretation of Hebrew texts, Christian Kabbalah), which influenced the conceptualization of different types of Christianity.This edited volume analyzes how Roman Catholic theologians in Rome used Bible exegesis, Patristic writings, and Hebrew studies to defend the Papacys authority against scholars like Lorenzo Valla, as well as the rising tide of the Reformation.

Aleksander Krogevoll offers the first extensive study on El Shadday. This includes the most thorough review of all etymologies proposed for Shadday and the most extensive examination on the use and meaning of Shadday in the Hebrew Bible. The author challenges the views that Shadday was unique to the Priestly source or that Priestly source invented the epithet. He supports the etymology of Shaddai being the Akkadian adu, "mountain." By tracing the epithet adu from Akkadian where it was attached to Enlil and Dagan to the Ugaritic El, Krogevoll presents a new hypothesis for how Shadday was introduced into Hebrew. This work is the first book-length study on the equation between El Shadday and Yahweh. Other scholars have proposed that their shared mountain motifs played a part in the equation, but this work is the first study to examine the equation through the lens of the shared mountain motifs at length.

The fundamentals of every faith are exposed in their conceptualization of death. Recent studies have caricatured Post-Reformation Calvinist theology of death as cold and fatalistic. Jason D. Edwards examines the Reformed English Puritan John Flavels (ca. 16271691) theology of death through close analysis of his writings on mortality, dying, and eternal destiny. The spine of his doctrine was covenant theology, or how he understood the terms and applications of divine covenants, though this aspect of his theology has been largely neglected. Inquiry into Flavels treatment of death demonstrates how the Puritan minister emphasized union to Christ as Mediator as the only grounds for a believers hope. Flavel applied his theology to the spiritual needs of those facing death and dying with warmth, clarity, and conviction to anchor all hope in death upon Christ.

Em O hotel dos sonhos, a premiada autora Laila Lalami imagina um futuro distópico em que todos os seus dados são coletados e analisados e no qual até mesmo seus sonhos podem ser uma arma contra você.

Após emocionar leitores com Se eu soubesse, Depois é nunca e Manual do luto, o vencedor do Prêmio Jabuti Carpinejar retorna com Deixe ir, uma obra íntima e provocadora sobre coragem emocional, desape

Estamos ficando doentes pela obrigação de sermos felizes? Leandro Karnal e Gustavo Arns partem dessa provocação para um diálogo revelador. Juntos, eles investigam por que o conforto material e os av

Having been discarded into the oblivion of "heretics", the figure of Juan de Valdés only began to be recovered at the end of the 19th century. Initially associated with Protestantism, Valdés has been portrayed by a range of writers who have each tried to classify him in one of the religious categories of the time: erasmian, catholic, alumbrado or protestant. However, the very diversity of portraits only confirmed the need for a more eclectic point of view. In his book Manuel Martinez-Ortega examines particular religious trends, texts and tendencies of Valdes time and context in order to identify, through the analysis of his writings, the particular characteristics and emphases of his eclecticism. His writings include commentaries on the Bible, with translation from Greek into Spanish, as well as a sizable "spiritual manual" and something like theological sketches, all of which portray his convictions and message. The analysis of his writings and their background reveal that, within the movement of Spanish Protestantism, Juan de Valdes constitutes a clear example of religious currents that received and assimilated key principles of the Protestant Reformation.

20 contos Jataka recontados por uma heroína da Segunda Guerra.Os Contos Jataka são uma coleção de histórias de origem indiana que narram as várias vidas de Buda, tanto em formas humanas quanto animai

Sara Mannen in her book rejects the notion that Karl Barths theology makes God in the image of the modern autonomous subject and argues that his concept of divine personhood is best understood when reframed through the intellectual context that resulted from the Pantheism Controversy, which explicitly revolved around issues of the knowledge and nature of God and divine personhood. The work of Mendelssohn, Jacobi, Fichte, Herder, and Schelling created an environment that necessitated theologians address the concepts of divine personhood, divine absoluteness, and modern questions of theological epistemology. Mannen argues that Barths distinctly modern conception of divine personhood reflects and responds to this environment by providing the necessary divine ontological foundation that establishes God is capable of self-revelation without detriment to Gods absoluteness and that Barths motivation for the occasional use of counterfactual language is to maintain Gods personal nature and identity.

Nesta coleço de aforismos que passeiam pelos grandes e pequenos temas da vida contemporanea o amor, o conhecimento, a comunidade, a tecnologia, a natureza, a guerra , Edgar Morin condensa uma vida de pensamento para nos convidar a imaginar novos futuros possiveis.