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Book Finance and the Common Good

Download or read book Finance and the Common Good written by Cor van Beuningen and published by . This book was released on 2019-07-16 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past fifty years, (financial) capitalism has brought about an enormous growth in wealth. Millions around the world have been lifted out of poverty. However, the downsides of the present global economic constitution are rapidly becoming evident as well. Rising inequality, soaring debt levels, and repeated cycles of boom and bust have proven to be some of its key characteristics. After the 2008 crisis brought the financial system to the brink of collapse, new regulations, stricter supervision, higher capital requirements, and ethical codes were introduced to the sector. Today we find ourselves in the middle of another economic boom. Yet one pressing question remains: has anything changed? Have the (necessary) repairs fixed the flaws in the system? Or do we require even more fundamental reforms? This volume builds on the observation that society has co-evolved with the financial sector. We cannot simply claim that 'finance' was the sole instigator of the 2008 crisis. Society itself has become financialized; the process of replacing relations, structures of trust and reciprocity, by anonymous and systemic transactions. The volume poses vital questions with regard to this societal development. How did this happen? And more importantly: is change possible? If yes, how? This volume contains 21 essays on the themes mentioned above. Authors include Jan Peter Balkenende, Wouter Bos, Lans Bovenberg, Govert Buijs, and Herman Van Rompuy. A recommendation by Dutch Minister of Finance Wopke Hoekstra is also included.

Book Catechismo Maggiore  Compendio della dottrina cristiana prescritto da sua santit   papa Pio X alle diocesi della provincia di Roma

Download or read book Catechismo Maggiore Compendio della dottrina cristiana prescritto da sua santit papa Pio X alle diocesi della provincia di Roma written by Pio X and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 435 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Cardinal Giacomo Antonelli and Papal Politics in European Affairs

Download or read book Cardinal Giacomo Antonelli and Papal Politics in European Affairs written by Frank J. Coppa and published by SUNY Press. This book was released on 1990-01-01 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coppa provides the first full-length study of Giacomo Antonelli, friend and advisor to Pope Pius IX (Pio Nono) and his Secretary of State and chief minister from 1849 to 1876. Based on the documents of the secret Vatican Archives, and neglected family papers in the State Archive in Rome, the book gives an important reevaluation of this key diplomatic figure, separating the man from the myth and delving into his character and policies. The book examines both the personality and policies of the Cardinal, who was seen to be the Pope’s Richelieu and Mazarin combined. Confronting the polemical literature which has charged him with sexual misconduct and venality, the study examines his early formation and career, the inspiration for his European policies, his relationship to Pio Nono, and the part he played in the Counter-Risorgimento and the Papal reaction. By improving our understanding of Papal, Italian, and European developments during these crucial decades, this study provides new insights into Rome’s fortress mentality and its rejection of the main currents that were transforming western life— currents that influenced not only the Catholic Church but European society as a whole.

Book Catechismo della Dottrina cristiana

Download or read book Catechismo della Dottrina cristiana written by Pio X san and published by Ares. This book was released on 2024-06-21 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fin dai primordi del suo pontificato, Pio X dedicò la massima cura all'istruzione religiosa del popolo cristiano e in particolare dei fanciulli, persuaso che gran parte dei mali che affliggono la Chiesa provenissero dall'ignoranza della sua dottrina e delle sue leggi. Dopo il Catechismo maggiore dato alle stampe nel 1905, ordinò questo Catechismo molto più breve e adatto alle esigenze dei tempi. Una versione integrale nei contenuti ma estremamente agile nella forma ha tuttora il vantaggio di poter raggiungere sia coloro che appresero gli elementi fondamentali della dottrina ma li hanno dimenticati come anche coloro che vivono ai margini della Chiesa ma desidererebbero accostare le verità fondamentali della dottrina con semplicità.

Book Libraries Serving Dialogue

Download or read book Libraries Serving Dialogue written by Odile Dupont and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2014-08-25 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The IFLA Religious Libraries in Dialogue Special Interest Group is dedicated to libraries serving as places of dialogue between cultures through a better knowledge of religions. This book based on experiences of libraries serving interreligious dialogue, presents themes like library tools serving dialogue between cultures, collections dialoguing, children and young adults dialoguing beyond borders, story telling as dialog, librarians serving interreligious dialogue.

Book Primi elementi della dottrina cristiana

Download or read book Primi elementi della dottrina cristiana written by San Pio X and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2020-01-03 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I "Primi Elementi della Dottrina Cristiana", 179 domande e risposte. Volume che con ardore e carità evangelica pone ai più piccoli i tesori della Fede racchiusi nell'edizione minore del Catechismo di S. Pio X.Con Breve Apostolico del 12 marzo 1930 e col Rescritto della S. Penitenzieria del 26 maggio 1949, abrogate le concessioni già fatte dai Sommi Pontefici Paolo V e Clemente XII, sono state concesse a coloro che, almeno due volte al mese, per circa mezz'ora e non meno di venti minuti, insegnano o imparano la Dottrina Cristiana, le seguenti indulgenze: INDULGENZA PLENARIA, due volte al mese, in giorni ad arbitrio, se confessati e comunicati, visiteranno una Chiesa od un pubblico Oratorio, e pregheranno secondo la mente del Sommo Pontefice.INDULGENZA PARZIALE di tre anni, da lucrarsi con cuore almeno contrito, ogni volta che insegneranno o impareranno la Dottrina Cristiana per lo spazio di tempo sopra indicato.Ascrivendosi alla Confraternita della Dottrina Cristiana nella propria parrocchia, possono lucrarsi numerose altre indulgenze.

Book The Unknown Pope

Download or read book The Unknown Pope written by John Pollard and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2014-03-04 with total page 347 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth and extensively researched biography of Pope Benedict XV. Best known for his efforts to end World War I, Benedict XV was the first contemporary pope to assume the role of peacemaker, a role that has persisted in the papacy since. Although Benedict's 1917 Peace Note was rejected by officials, he went on to help establish Save the Children and to lead European efforts at humanitarian aid. His brief pontificate resulted in a positive reassessment of the Church's attitude towards colonialism and colonized peoples. Using previously unpublished correspondence and private papers from the Vatican archives, John Pollard has written the first biography on Benedict XV in almost half a century.

Book The Book Trade in the Italian Renaissance

Download or read book The Book Trade in the Italian Renaissance written by Angela Nuovo and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work offers the first English-language survey of the book industry in Renaissance Italy. Whereas traditional accounts of the book in the Renaissance celebrate authors and literary achievement, this study examines the nuts and bolts of a rapidly expanding trade that built on existing economic practices while developing new mechanisms in response to political and religious realities. Approaching the book trade from the perspective of its publishers and booksellers, this archive-based account ranges across family ambitions and warehouse fires to publishers' petitions and convivial bookshop conversation. In the process it constructs a nuanced picture of trading networks, production, and the distribution and sale of printed books, a profitable but capricious commodity. Originally published in Italian as Il commercio librario nell’Italia del Rinascimento (Milan: Franco Angeli, 1998; second, revised ed., 2003), this present English translation has not only been updated but has also been deeply revised and augmented.

Book Second Frutes  1591

Download or read book Second Frutes 1591 written by John Florio and published by . This book was released on 1591 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Russian Officer Corps of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars

Download or read book The Russian Officer Corps of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars written by Alexander Mikaberidze and published by Savas Beatie. This book was released on 2005-01-19 with total page 549 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Russian Officer Corps of The Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, 1795–1815 features more than 800 detailed biographies of the commanders of that era. Foreword by Professor Donald H. Horward, Institute on Napoleon and the French Revolution, Florida State University Based upon years of research in Russian archives, historian Alexander Mikaberidze’s biographies include the subject’s place of birth, family history, educational background, a detailed description of his military service, his awards and promotions, wounds, transfers, commands, and other related information, including the date and place of his death and internment, if known. In addition, an introductory chapter presents in meticulous detail the organization of the Russian military, how it was trained, the educational and cultural background of the officer corps, its awards and their history and meaning, and much more. This outstanding overview is supported and enhanced by three dozen charts, tables, and graphics that illustrate the rich history of the Russian officer corps. This study also includes an annotated bibliography to help guide students of the period through the available Russian sources. Stunning in its scope and depth of coverage, The Russian Officer Corps is essential reading for historians, scholars, genealogists, hobbyists, war gamers, and anyone working or studying late eighteenth and early nineteenth-century European history. Every student of the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars, as well as every academic library, will find this impressive reference work of this momentous period of history absolutely indispensable.

Book Catholic Women s Movements in Liberal and Fascist Italy

Download or read book Catholic Women s Movements in Liberal and Fascist Italy written by H. Dawes and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2014-06-30 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the early 1900s the Catholic Church appealed, for the first time in its history, directly to women to reassert its religious, political and social relevance in Italian society. This book examines how the highly successful conservative Catholic women's movements that followed, and how they mobilized women against secular feminism.

Book The Fall of the Angels

Download or read book The Fall of the Angels written by Christoph Auffarth and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2004 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fall of the Angels focuses on a biblical tradition whose significance has been recognised, elaborated and explored in literature and art outside the Bible. Its extensive influence on religion and culture during the last two millenia is reflected in the wide variety of interpretations of this tradition among communities as they came to terms with religious identity in the face of opposition.

Book The Wisdom of Ben Sira

    Book Details:
  • Author : Patrick William Skehan
  • Publisher : Anchor Bible
  • Release : 1987
  • ISBN : 9780385510042
  • Pages : 0 pages

Download or read book The Wisdom of Ben Sira written by Patrick William Skehan and published by Anchor Bible. This book was released on 1987 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Wisdom of Ben Sira (Ecclesiasticus) contains the sayings of Ben Sira, arguably the last of Israel's wise men and its first professional scribe, whose world was defined and dominated by Greek ideas and ideals. This Hellenistic worldview challenged the adequacy of the religion passed down to the Palestinian Jews of the second century B.C.E. by their ancestors. Ben Sira's training in both Judaic and Hellenistic literary traditions prepared him to meet this challenge. He vigorously opposed any compromise of Jewish values; and his teachings bolstered the faith and confidence of his people. Through its elegant poetry and vehement exhortations, The Wisdom of Ben Sira exposes the ill effects of sinful behavior on one's health, status, and spiritual and material well-being. Ben Sira's rigorous code of moral behavior was the measure of Jewish faithfulness in an era of ethical and religious bankruptcy.

Book Compendio della dottrina cristiana prescritto da da SS  Papa Pio X

Download or read book Compendio della dottrina cristiana prescritto da da SS Papa Pio X written by Pie, X and published by . This book was released on 1906 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Catechismo maggiore

    Book Details:
  • Author : Pio X san
  • Publisher : Ares
  • Release : 2024-06-21
  • ISBN : 8892985248
  • Pages : 232 pages

Download or read book Catechismo maggiore written by Pio X san and published by Ares. This book was released on 2024-06-21 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "La rilettura di questo testo non è infruttuosa per nessuno perché comunica la persuasione che certi aspetti della fede cristiana devono venir ribaditi ricorrendo a parole dal significato ben collaudato, ben radicate nella tradizione". dalla Premessa di Alberto Torresani Viene qui integralmente riprodotto il Catechismo maggiore prescritto dal Papa san Pio X alle diocesi della provincia di Roma, nel 1905. Al Catechismo fa seguito una Istruzione sopra le feste del Signore, della Beata Vergine e dei Santi, che conserva ancor oggi un solido valore dottrinale e ascetico e ben si adatta alla struttura attuale dell'anno liturgico, non dissimile dall'antico nei suoi lineamenti fondamentali. Infine, viene riprodotta la Breve storia della religione, fatta compilare dal santo Pontefice. In Appendice sono state raccolte le Preghiere e formule di uso corrente, in redazione aggiornata. Questa edizione ripropone un documento storico di perenne valore esemplare per ogni esposizione dei contenuti dottrinali della fede.

Book The Pope and Mussolini

Download or read book The Pope and Mussolini written by David I. Kertzer and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 587 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The compelling story of Pope Pius XI's secret relations with Benito Mussolini. A ground-breaking work, based on seven years of research in the Vatican and Fascist archives by US National Book Award-finalist David Kertzer, it will forever change our understanding of the Vatican's role in the rise of Fascism in Europe.

Book Prisoner of the Vatican

Download or read book Prisoner of the Vatican written by David I. Kertzer and published by HMH. This book was released on 2006-02-20 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Pulitzer Prize winner’s “fascinating” account of the political battles that led to the end of the Papal States (Entertainment Weekly). From a National Book Award–nominated author, this absorbing history chronicles the birth of modern Italy and the clandestine politics behind the Vatican’s last stand in the battle between the church and the newly created Italian state. When Italy’s armies seized the Holy City and claimed it for the Italian capital, Pope Pius IX, outraged, retreated to the Vatican and declared himself a prisoner, calling on foreign powers to force the Italians out of Rome. The action set in motion decades of political intrigue that hinged on such fascinating characters as Garibaldi, King Viktor Emmanuel, Napoleon III, and Chancellor Bismarck. Drawing on a wealth of secret documents long buried in the Vatican archives, David I. Kertzer reveals a fascinating story of outrageous accusations, mutual denunciations, and secret dealings that will leave readers hard-pressed to ever think of Italy, or the Vatican, in the same way again. “A rousing tale of clerical skullduggery and topsy-turvy politics, laced with plenty of cross-border intrigue.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review