Speeches

Als der Journalist Caspar Shaller Margaret Atwood im Herbst 2018 in Toronto trifft, ist er erstaunt, wie klein »die kanadische Königin der Literatur« (Freundin) ist und wie groß ihre Sonnen- brille.

Enrich each day with wisdom from our greatest spiritual thinkers.

Loud and Proud is an inspirational collection of speeches from the LGBTQ+ community and its allies that have changed our world, and the conversation.

This book presents the Cultural Transduction framework as a conceptual tool to understand the processes that media and cultural products undergo when they cross cultural and national borders.

New edition of and detailed commentary on perhaps Cicero''s best-loved speech, suitable for advanced undergraduates and graduate students.

The prophet Jeremiah, mourning his people in the city of Zion, spoke of the balm that could heal them.

The question of whether Protestant ministers are validly ordained remains a barrier for ecumenical reconciliation between Roman Catholics and Protestants.

Do you struggle to get into the Christmas spirit?

An edition aimed at students of five of Demosthenes'' Assembly speeches arguing for a military response to Philip II of Macedon.

Winner of a first-place award for popular presentation of the faith and second-place in pastoral ministry, catechetical resource from the Catholic Media Association.

The mystery of God has fascinated people of all generations.

Trouble in the Diocese is a petulant, funny book of poetry.

In May 2012, bestselling author Neil Gaiman delivered the commencement address at Philadelphias University of the Arts, in which he shared his thoughts about creativity, bravery, and strength.

Since it first appeared in print in 1959, John Doberstein's Minister's Prayer Book has been a devotional classic among Lutheran pastors.

In a single volume, In Times of Crisis and Sorrow: A Minister's Manual Resource Guide offers a practical and professional guide for dealing with grief, sorrow, crises, and other difficult situations in the life of a congregation.

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This volume features eighty-five of Obama’s most impactful speeches, spanning more than a decade from his time in the Senate to his final day in the presidency.

Public speech was a key aspect of politics in Republican Rome, both in theory and in practice, and recent decades have seen a surge in scholarly discussion of its significance and performance.

Twenty-five years of writings by the religious thinker and activist Pauli Murray The religious thought and activism that shaped the late twentieth century is typically described in terms of Black men from the major Black denominations, a depiction that fails to account for the voices of those who not only challenged racism but also forced a confrontation with class and gender.

As with viewing a mosaic, the more closely the reader examines this book, the more it shows forth rich meaning and inspiration for preachers, lay readers, and all who desire to encounter Jesus Christ in the scriptures.

The well known Austrian poet and spiritual writer, Rainer Maria Rilke encouraged his young friend not to be a "e;waster of sorrows,"e; but to use them in a positive way as a means to help him grow in holiness.

A new collection of Albert Camus' most brilliant speeches and lectures'Freedom is dangerous, as hard to live as it is exalting.

Liturgical texts, repeated week after week by hundreds of thousands of people, are an ideal starting-point for exploring deep matters of faith.

Seeking to live a Christian life in this American society can often evoke a wide range of emotions, and the precipitation sometimes looks like poetry.

Spirit and Sacrament by pastor and author Andrew Wilson is an impassioned call to join together two traditions that are frequently and unnecessarily kept separate.

Celebrating the spirit of songIn A Song to Sing, a Life to Live, Don and Emily Saliers help readers see the connections between Saturday night music and Sunday morning music by exploring the spiritual dimensions of music itself.

In Praying Psalms Ian Stackhouse offers daily reflections on all 150 psalms.

From the time he arrived on the political scene in 1964 throughout his presidency and beyond, Ronald Reagan used his speeches to inspire and reinvigorate America.

The Ave Treasury of Catholic Prayers is an indispensable keepsake of classic and contemporary prayers that every Catholic should know.

»Kümmere dich um Polen«Damit begann die Reise von Karl-Heinz Hornhues, langjähriges Mitglied des Deutschen Bundestages, stellvertretender Fraktionsvorsitzender und Vorsitzender des Auswärtigen Ausschusses.

How rhetorical training influenced deeds as well as words in the Roman EmpireThe assassins of Julius Caesar cried out that they had killed a tyrant, and days later their colleagues in the Senate proposed rewards for this act of tyrannicide.

The messages in this book contain words of encouragement for anyone who is struggling with a physical affliction or a wide variety of other life altering challenges.

This is an edited and resized version ofSo Here I Am: Speeches by great women to empower and inspire.

Love at Its Best When Church Is a Mess is a collection of fifteen meditations, drawn from 1 Corinthians 13, perhaps the most well-known passage about love in Holy Scripture, and certainly one of the most beloved passages found anywhere in the English language.

Humans are created as dreaming creatures and have been interested in the meaning of their dreams for thousands of years.

A collection of lectures transcribed from the audio archives of Naropa Universitys Summer Writing Program that represent a continuing lineage of experimental literary movements.

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Situated at the crossroads of rhetoric and fiction, the genre of declamatio offers its practitioners the freedom to experiment with new forms of discourse.

For centuries, Christian theology has understood the Eucharist in terms of metaphysics or in protest against it.

In many churches, the work of evangelism and social justice is relegated to clergy, staff, or special committees.

The question of whether Protestant ministers are validly ordained remains a barrier for ecumenical reconciliation between Roman Catholics and Protestants.

When your faith no longer works, and the catch phrases and Christianese that got you to where you are cannot take you past your current crisis, what do you do?

This is a guide for spiritual mountain climbers.