Download or read book Religion Society and Culture in Colombia written by Patricia Londoño-Vega and published by Clarendon Press. This book was released on 2002-04-11 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first detailed scholarly study of culture and sociability in Colombia during the period c. 1850 and 1930. Patricia Londoño-Vega gives a vivid picture of some of the factors that reduced social distances in the province of Antioquia during this period of relative harmony and prosperity. She examines hundreds of the groups and voluntary associations which flourished at this time and which brought a growing number of Antioqueños of different social backgrounds together around religious practices and societies, the exercising of charity, a concern for education, and the pursuit of cultural progress. The book describes the crucial role played by religion and the Catholic Church, which underwent considerable growth after the turbulent period of mid-nineteenth century liberal reforms until the end of the conservative era in 1930, and traces the progress of parishes, devotional associations, religious communities, private and public religiosity, and numeros pilanthropic societies, all of which brought about the bonds between the classes. The author examines achievements in education and the emergence of a thriving gamut of literary groups, public libraries, social clubs, and other assciations created to promote public instuction, pedagogy, manners, temperance, 'cultivated' music, and moral improvement. These cultural associations strove towards the longed-for civilisation, as percieved in its prevalent Western connotations. The social intermingling brought about by all these forms of sociability did not of course abolish class distinctions, but did generate a complex and closely integrated society, with an optimistic and constructive view of itself. The description of social and cultural dynamism, set against the background of growing religiiosity, challenges the seldom-discussed assumption that religion slowed down social and cultural modernisation. Primary evidence, drawn from extensive researh in proceedings and reports by groups, associations, periodical publications, statistics, diaries and memoirs, travellers' accounts, books of etiquette, genre literature and other contemporary publications, as well as visual images, particulary photographs, document important topics which have in the past attracted little attention from scholars.

Download or read book P ngale optimismo a la vida written by Hernando Duque Yepez and published by Editorial San Pablo. This book was released on with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: En la actualidad, el mercado está lleno de libros de superación. Sin embargo, la mayoría proporciona fórmulas o leyes mágicas que han de llevar el éxito a quienes los leen. Alcanzar el optimismo no es tarea fácil en una sociedad como la de hoy; mucho menos alcanzar el éxito sin más.

Download or read book Colombia written by Michael J. LaRosa and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Updated to include the historic 2022 presidential election, this deeply informed and accessible book traces the history of Colombia thematically over the past two centuries. LaRosa and Mejía move beyond the common perception of a failed state to explore the rich heritage and dynamism that have characterized Colombia past and present.

Download or read book Incesto written by Fernando Caballero and published by Palibrio. This book was released on 2012 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "De cualquier modo, se me era dado revertir todo este proceso, el mío, y aún sin la participación de mi adorada sobrina, iniciar un esbozo de momentos íntimos, pero que pudiera ir configurándose a pedacitos en un gran y completo mosaico de fervoroso acto de amor. Debo buscar (por mi propio y único esfuerzo) un rincón de bienestar y agradable delirio en que Rosa Blanca pudiera participar entre la medianoche que ya se fue y las dispersas brumas que arriban desde las colinas de Hostalric, y que este delirio fuera no simplemente testigo, sino actor en este encuentro entre mi cuerpo erizado de reverberante deseo, y el de ella, incólume aún a las turbulencias que ha desatado en mí... Y ya no la nombro al azar o por rigurosas circunstancias de los verbos, y por ello, digo con oculto regocijo "adorada sobrina", como si tuviera derecho a desbaratar las burdas etiquetas y tabúes impuestos por la ignorancia de los tiempos...De cualquier manera, se me es dado crear ¿qué?, ¿un mundo ficticio en que Rosa Blanca y yo fuéramos un solo cuerpo, una carne dentro de la otra, el vaivén sinuoso del acto que penetra dentro de nosotros?"

Download or read book The Tears of the Caterpillars written by Beatriz Villanueva Rudecindo and published by Balboa Press. This book was released on 2017-07-17 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Lauras wealthy landowner father decides to transition her family from country to city life, she is filled with hopes and expectations. But the minute she arrives in the city, Laura feels like a caged bird. Dismayed about the noise and how close the houses are to each other, she wants nothing more than to return to the country. As school begins, Laura has no idea how challenging her journey is about to become. Hector is born a beautiful little boy who at age two begins developing the signs of a debilitating disease that robs him of a normal physical appearance. With all the mirrors removed from his house, Hector never realizes he is differentuntil his mother takes him to church with her one day. When Hector begins attending school, he crosses paths with Laura, who initially shuns his attempts to talk to her. After he pledges revenge, both Hector and Laura must decide whether to allow their circumstances to rule over them or rise above their challenges to become overcomers. The Tears of the Caterpillars shares the stories of two children and their families as they meet and influence each other in their journeys to realize their destinies.

Download or read book The Politics of Memory written by Joanne Rappaport and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 1990-06-29 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reconsidering the predominantly mythic status of non-Western historical narrative, Rappaport identifies the political realities that influenced the form and content of Andean history, revealing the distinct historical vision of these stories. Because of her examination of the influences of literacy in the creation of history, Rappaport's analysis makes a special contribution to Latin American and Andean studies, solidly grounding subaltern texts in their sociopolitical contexts. -- Amazon.

Download or read book The Politics of Memory written by Michael M. Tavuzzi and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 1997 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How does a culture in which writing is not a prominent feature create historical tradition? Researcher Joanne Rappaport answers the question by tracing the past three centuries of intellectual history of the Nasa--a community in the Colombian Andes. Originally published in 1990 but of continuing interest to all scholars of Latin America. 21 illustrations.

Download or read book Barrie Hook and Peter Pan written by Elisa T. Di Biase and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2012-11-15 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Peter Pan was born over a century ago. There is something doubly contradictory in this phrase that, although true, is also the reason why this book has been released. We are talking about the boy who will never grow up and the fact that he is celebrating his hundredth birthday should provoke some surprise. At the same time, he is such a powerful icon that it is also true that he seems to have been there, floating in our culture, reappearing in its images, since time immemorial – much farther back than the early twentieth century. This book shows that, although he considered dying to be an awfully big adventure, Peter Pan is, on his one hundredth birthday, more alive than ever. And our prediction is that he will accompany our culture as long as it survives. Like all great myths, Peter will continue bursting through the window of our texts, leading us to other worlds so that when we least expect it, we will hear his cry emanate from a dark ocean. This book, in a sincere tribute, intends to be both a compilation and a precedent – by inspiring a deeper look into its image, we hope to influence the life of this character so dear and yet so mysterious and seductive. Peter Pan ha cumplido un siglo de vida. Hay algo doblemente contradictorio en esta frase que, por lo demás, es cierta y es el motivo por el cual este libro ha visto la luz. Estamos hablando del niño que nunca crece y el hecho de que celebre su cumpleaños número cien puede provocarnos cierta extrañeza. Por otro lado, se trata de un icono tan poderoso que también es verdad que parece haber estado ahí, flotando en nuestra cultura, resurgiendo en sus imágenes, desde tiempos inmemoriales mucho más lejanos que los albores del siglo XX. Este libro muestra que, a pesar de que considere que morir podría resultar una aventura extraordinaria, Peter Pan está a sus cien años más vivo que nunca. Y el panorama pinta, en efecto, para una vida que acompañe a nuestra cultura mientras ésta sobreviva. Igual que sucede con todos los grandes mitos, Peter seguirá irrumpiendo a través de la ventana de nuestros textos, guiándonos a otros mundos de tal manera que, cuando menos lo esperemos, escucharemos su grito emanar de un océano oscuro. Este libro, en un sincero homenaje, pretende ser compilación y precedente y, mediante la provocación, mediante la motivación de la profundización en su figura, incidir en la trayectoria de la vida de este personaje tan entrañable y a la vez tan misterioso y seductor.

Download or read book ENCICLOPEDIA ECONOMICA ACCOMODATA ALL INTELLIGENZA written by FRANCESCO. PREDARI and published by . This book was released on 1860 with total page 1294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book M S All Del Arco Iris written by Guillermo Aguilar ÁLvarez and published by Palibrio. This book was released on 2012-08 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diego es un hombre que injusta y falsamente ha sido involucrado con un movimiento armado que opera en el sureste de México. Señalado como un peligroso criminal será perseguido y sentenciado a morir para que con su desaparición cargue con la responsabilidad de ciertos hechos que él jamás cometió. Será el amor lo que se convertirá en su única opción de vida para enfrentar una verdad que avergonzará a toda una nación. Laura es una mujer cuya existencia ha sido marcada por la desgracia y la fatalidad. Militar de carrera y psicóloga de profesión ahora tendrá que incursionar en una zona de confl icto armado para realizar una misión que la llevará a descubrir lo que ella nunca creyó que existiera. El amor y la maldad humana serán el marco referencial donde ella descubrirá su verdadera identidad así como el sentido real de su existencia. Los destinos de Diego y Laura se entrelazan para crear una historia de amor sublime suscitada entre los bellos e inmensos parajes de la selva lacandona. El amor que nace entre ellos será un acontecimiento tan inesperado como fuera de toda lógica pero el amor es así... Impredecible e inesperado. Más Allá del Arco iris es una novela que enseña el camino del amor, el perdón, la humanización y desentraña, además, la espiritualidad humana. Esta maravillosa historia te ayudará a comprender y a admitir que Dios es amor y Dios existe dentro de cada ser humano manifestándose en el momento en que cada quien decida conocerle.

Download or read book Relatos Vivir al l mite written by Carmina Pazos and published by Bubok. This book was released on 2013-02 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Galería de personajes variados, que viven situaciones difíciles de acuerdo con su trayectoria de vida: La reina María de Portugal, esposa de Alfonso XI, el amor del rey, Leonor de Guzmán, madre de muchos de sus hijos ; un chico arrancado de su aldea natal de ?frica, un minero en el momento más difícil de su vida , los añorados fantasmas de la infancia, un jubilado que repasa su vida con lucidez y socarronería...no faltan en estas historias el amor, el dolor, el odio, la esperanza, todas las pasiones que conforman nuestras vidas . Todo con un lenguaje sugerente y atractivo.

Download or read book God in the Rainforest written by Kathryn T. Long and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-22 with total page 662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In January of 1956, five young evangelical missionaries were speared to death by a band of the Waorani people in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Two years later, two missionary women--the widow of one of the slain men and the sister of another--with the help of a Wao woman were able to establish peaceful relations with the same people who had killed their loved ones. The highly publicized deaths of the five men and the subsequent efforts to Christianize the Waorani quickly became the defining missionary narrative for American evangelicals during the second half of the twentieth century. God in the Rainforest traces the formation of this story and shows how Protestant missionary work among the Waorani came to be one of the missions most celebrated by Evangelicals and most severely criticized by anthropologists and others who accused missionaries of destroying the indigenous culture. Kathryn T. Long offers a study of the complexities of world Christianity at the ground level for indigenous peoples and for missionaries, anthropologists, environmentalists, and other outsiders. For the first time, Long brings together these competing actors and agendas to reveal one example of an indigenous people caught in the cross-hairs of globalization.

Download or read book El anillo de rub written by Jane Corry and published by La Esfera de los Libros. This book was released on 2014-04 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cuando Laura Marchmont, una joven artista londinense, se casa con Charles después de un apasionado y raudo romance, deciden trasladarse a vivir a Devon para que Charles pueda estar cerca de sus dos hijas adolescentes. Sin embargo, la hostilidad que las niñas le muestran y la nostalgia que Laura siente por la pérdida de la agitada vida de Londres, hacen que se plantee si no ha tomado una decisión equivocada al casarse de modo tan precipitado.Pero las casualidades del destino dan un giro a la vida de Laura cuando hereda una colección de bordados de la época victoriana de una remota antepasada suya llamada Mary Rose que vivió precisamente en la casa de Devon que ella y Charles acaban de comprar.Laura no cree demasiado en las coincidencias, así que fascinada por las inquietantes palabras que acompañan a los bordados, ?Yo soy inocente, tú eres culpable, mi anillo robaste, y nuestro nombre maldijiste.?, decide investigar de qué terrible acusación se defiende Mary Rose y qué poder tiene el anillo robado. Pero mientras tanto, Laura deberá enfrentarse a decisiones personales mucho más difíciles y resolver, a su vez, un oscuro secreto de su pasado que la persigue noche y día.El anillo de rubí es la historia de una saga familiar que esconde un secreto inconfesable y una desgarradora vida truncada. Es también la historia de un anillo perdido, un amor finito y de dos mujeres que obstinadament buscaron la felicidad

Download or read book Land Without Evil written by Richard Gott and published by Verso. This book was released on 1993 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gott describes his journey through the heart of South America, across the swampland that forms the watershed between the Plate and the Amazon rivers. He intermingles his travel account with the results of his extensive research into the history of this land that once formed the contested frontier between Spanish and Portuguese territory and was the setting for a string of Jesuit missions and later for the extermination of the local peoples. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Download or read book Guadalupe in New York written by Alyshia Galvez and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every December 12th, thousands of Mexican immigrants gather for the mass at New York City’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe’s feast day. They kiss images of the Virgin, wait for a bishop’s blessing—and they also carry signs asking for immigration reform, much like political protestors. It is this juxtaposition of religion and politics that Alyshia Gálvez investigates in Guadalupe in New York. The Virgin of Guadalupe is a profound symbol for Mexican and Mexican-American Catholics and the patron saint of their country. Her name has been invoked in war and in peace, and her image has been painted on walls, printed on T-shirts, and worshipped at countless shrines. For undocumented Mexicans in New York, Guadalupe continues to be a powerful presence as they struggle to gain citizenship in a new country. Through rich ethnographic research that illuminates Catholicism as practiced by Mexicans in New York, Gálvez shows that it is through Guadalupan devotion that many undocumented immigrants are finding the will and vocabulary to demand rights, immigration reform, and respect. She also reveals how such devotion supports and emboldens immigrants in their struggle to provide for their families and create their lives in the city with dignity.

Download or read book Inter American Yearbook on Human Rights Anuario Interamericano de Derechos Humanos Volume 34 2018 written by Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-11-07 with total page 844 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Nuestro Hogar written by Francisco Cândido Xavier and published by EDICEI of America. This book was released on with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: