Outline: From Global to Local, the many faces of global Christianity - As they have from the very first century, the highly diverse and creative religious lives of ordinary Christians have decisively engaged the enormous developments of the twentieth century. However tentatively they can all be pieced together, these are some of their stories. Whether in the sugar cane fields of Central America…
Outline: Sukma Syekh Amongraga mengembara, terbang ke Gua Langse, Gua Songpati, dan Gunung Merapi, namun di situ ia selalu menemukan ludah bekas kunyahan sirih yang dikenalinya milik Sultan Agung. Tubuhnya bergetar menahan gejolak murka, menyadari bahwa dirinya telah terungguli oleh Sultan Agung. Ia memutuskan untuk kembali ke raganya, menguatkan tekad untuk bersemadi memohon wahyu Hyang Widi a…
Outline : Ricoeur's theory of productive imagination in previously unpublished lectures. The eminent philosopher Paul Ricoeur was devoted to the imagination. These previously unpublished lectures offer Ricoeur's most significant and sustained reflections on creativity as he builds a new theory of imagination through close examination, moving from Aristotle, Pascal, Spinoza, Hume, and Kant to Ry…
The frequent use of the theme of the infinite by Nicholas of Cusa in order to characterize the divinity, and the eminent place of mathematics in his doctrine seem to authorize a comparison with Duns Scotus. In this contribution we attempt to show the deep differences between these two enterprises and more generally the Cusan’s originality with respect to the scholastics of the fourteenth cent…
"Existentialism Is a Humanism" is a stenographer's uanscript, originally written in shorthand and scarcely altered by Sartre, of a lecture he gave in Paris on Monday, October 29, 1945. He was invited to speak by the Club Maintenant, which was founded during the Liberation by Jacques Caltny and Marc Beigbeder to promote "literary and intellectual discussion." The text of the lecture was publishe…
This volume, demonstrating the main elements of Calvin's doctrine as they appear in his many commentaries on the books of the Old and New Testaments, speaks with singular power to the ordinary reader today. Included are more than two hundred selections under headings ranging from the Bible, knowledge of God, and the church. Introductory...
Here is a definative, readable translation of John Calvin's Theological Treatises.Long recognized for the quality of its translations, introductions, explanatory notes, and indexes, the Library of Christian Classics provides scholars and students with modern English translations of some of the most significant Christian theological texts in...
From those matters so far discussed, we clearly see how destitute and devoid of all good things man is, and how he lacks all aids to salvation. Therefore, if he seeks resources to succor him in his need, he must go outside himself and get them elsewhere. It was afterward explained to us that the Lord willingly and freely reveals himself in his Christ. For in Christ he offers all happiness in pl…
THE CELEBRATED TREATISE HERE PRESENTED IN A NEW ENGLISH translation holds a place in the short list of books that have notably affected the course of history, molding the beliefs and behavior of generations of mankind. Perhaps no other theological work has so consistently retained for four centuries a place on the reading list of studious Christians. In a wider circle, its title has been famili…
Alan Bloom's new translation of Emile, Rousseau's masterpiece on the education and training of the young, is the first in more than seventy years. In it, Bloom, whose magnificent translation of Plato's Republic has been universally hailed as a virtual rediscovery of that timeless text, again brings together the translator's gift for journeying between two languages and cultures and the philosop…
Censored in its own time, the Social Contract (1762) remains a key source of democratic belief and is one of the classics of political theory. It argues concisely but eloquently, that the basis of any legitimate society must be the agreement of its members. As humans we were born free' and our subjection to government must be freely accepted. Rousseau is essentially a radical thinker, and in a …
Outline: Berbagai pertanyaan muncul dalam pemikiran para korban pernikahan yang tidak ideal. Kebahagiaan hidup bersama yang didambakan oleh mereka berubah menjadi kehidupan yang berduka. Hal ini disebabkan oleh banyak hal, seperti perbedaan pekerjaan atau bahkan terus-menerus mengalami KDRT yang menyakitkan. Pernikahan yang idealnya merupakan ikatan cinta-kasih bisa menjadi sumber kesedihan. Da…
Outline: Aroma rempah yang wangi dan menguar dari bumi Nusantara menggoda para pelaut dari Portugal, Spanyol, Inggris, Belanda, dan lainnya berdatangan berabad-abad silam. Berbagai catatan sejarah menunjukkan bahwa negeri ini merupakan istana megah dari raja bumbu, yaitu rempah-rempah. Tidak hanya di masa lampau, hingga saat ini, potensi rempah Indonesia sangat tinggi. Berdasarkan penelusuran T…
Outline: Think of a Saudi Arabian princess and what do you see? A woman glittering with jewels, living a life of unbelievable luxury. But in reality she lives in a gilded cage. She has no freedom, no vote, no control over her own life, no value but as a bearer of sons. Hidden behind the veil, she is a prisoner, her jailers her father, he husband, her sons. 'Sultana' is a member of the Saudi Roy…
Dalam pengembaraannya, Cebolang dan abdinya menyinggahi beberapa tempat dan menimba berbagai ilmu dari para gurunya. Di antaranya, ilmu pengobatan jawa, pengetahuan silsilah Raja Demak, Pajang, dan Mataram, Jangka Jayabaya, kisah Jaka Tingkir, ilmu olah senggama, khasiat Asmaul Husna, dan Kisah Dewaruci. Hingga sampai di Desa Paricara, Nyai Demang Puspamadu terpesona dengan Cebolang dan berakhi…
Outline: Indonesia is the fourth largest country in the world, It comprises more than 17,000 islands inhabited by 230 million people who speak over 300 different languages. Now the world's largest Muslim nation, Indonesia remains extraordinarily heterogeneous due to the waves of immigration - Buddhist, Hindu, Arab, and European - that defined the region's history. Fifty years after the collapse…
Outline : "Thomas Aquinas," says Jean Porter, "gets justice right." In this book she shows that Aquinas offers us a cogent and illuminating account of justice as a personal virtue rather than predominantly a virtue of social institutions. For Aquinas, justice is more about interpersonal morality than civic or social obligations, and Porter masterfully draws out the contemporary significance of …
Outline: Readers of Princess Sultana's extraordinary story, Princess, were gripped by her powerful indictment of women's lives behind the veil within the royal family of Saudi Arabia. Now, the princess turns the spotlight on her two teenage daughters, Maha and Amani. As second-generation members of the royal family who have benefited from Saudi oil wealth, Maha and Amani have never known the po…
Outline: Syekh Ahadiyat (orangtua angkat Jayengsari dan Rancangkapti) memiliki seorang putra bernama Cebolang. Pemuda itu pergi mengembara mencari ilmu diiringi empat orang abdinya. Di awal perjalanan, mereka singgah di berziarah ke makam Syekh Jambukarang di Purbalingga. Disana, atas karomah dari Hyang Maha Agung, mereka mendapatkan restu untuk melanjutkan pengembaraan. Hal ini membuat niat me…
Outline : Syekh Amongraga mengembara dari timur hingga Gunung Lawu. Hingga sesampainya di Giri Bangun (Karanganyar), di sana ia menyebarkan ajarannya kepada penduduk sekitar. Penduduk sangat antusias dengan apa yang diajarkan Syekh Amongraga. la juga mendapat julukan Ki Ageng Lemahbang. Sebanyak 20 orang santri lurah mendapat bimbingan khusus dari Syekh Amongraga melalui ketiga pengikutnya, Kia…
Outline: Dua putra Ki Bayi Panurta bersama kerabat Wanamarta mengembara mencari Syekh Amongraga yang pergi dan meninggalkan duka mendalam bagi Niken Tambangraras. Pengembaraan secara diam-diam ini ternyata mengantarkan mereka berkunjung kepada Ki Demang Kidang Wiracapa, yang tak lain adalah sahabat lama Ki Bayi Panurta. Di sana mereka disambut secara istimewa dan diberikan berbagai ilmu luhur. …
Outline: Jayengresmi, Jayengraga, dan Kulawirya pergi meninggalkan Desa Pulung melanjutkan pengembaraannya. Mereka singgah di padepokan milik teman Ki Bayi Panurta yang bernama Ki Sinduraga dan Ki Datuk Danumaya. Mereka juga sempat tersesat di Desa Tegaron yang ternyata adalah sarang penjahat. Mereka hendak dirampok dan dibunuh. Namun dengan keahlian ilmu olah kanuragan dan mangunah yang dimili…
Outline: Cebolang dan Nurwitri sampai di Wirasaba. Di sana mereka terjerumus dalam perbuatan tercela yang membuat Ki Adipati murka. Mereka melarikan diri dan bertemu dengan Ki Buyut Danadarma, lalu mereka bertobat dan diwejang untuk segera pulang ke Sokayasa. Setibanya mereka di Sokayasa, Cebolang pun dinikahkan dengan Rancangkapti. Namun ternyata keberadaan mereka sebagai buronan Mataram terci…
Outline: Akhirnya Syekh Amongraga dan Niken Tambangraras sah menjadi suami-istri. Pada malam pertama, mereka tidak melakukan hubungan suami istri sebagaimana umumnya. Semalaman Syekh Amongraga memberi wejangan kepada istrinya tentang masalah shalat. Sementara Centhini (pembantu mereka) ikut mendengarkan wejangan itu dari balik pintu. Pagi harinya setelah menyantap hidangan bersama-sama dengan k…
Outline : Ketika telah cukup umur, Hitler harus masuk milisi atau wajib militer. Tetapi dia tidak melaporkan diri. Ia malah ke luar negeri, ke Kota Munchen di Jerman. Dia dikejar oleh polisi Austria sebagai desertir... (Bab tentang Hitler Masa Muda). “Semua tabung torpedo kini telah kosong. Saya putuskan untuk mengundurkan diri, antara lain karena dugaan seorang pengendara mobil telah memergo…
Outline : Di Pointe du Hoc, suatu bukit karang setinggi 100 kaki terdapat sarang meriam kaliber 155 mm, enam buah banyaknya. Dengan meriam ini Jerman dapat menyapu seluruh pantai Omaha. Tugas untuk menyingkirkannya diberikan kepada sepasukan Ranger pimpinan Letkol James E. Rudder…. (bab tentang Pendaratan Sekutu di Normandia). Pada saat itulah bom meledak. Terdengar dentuman keras hingga tiga…
Outline: Masih di ibukota Mataram, Cebolang belajar berbagai macam ilmu. Di antaranya, Sastra Jendra Hayuningrat, ilmu nepton, dan petungan dengan aksara Jawa. Cebolang juga berguru pada pertapa dari Gunung Merapi, belajar perhitungan hari menurut petungan dan pasaran, ilmu bermain kartu, menilai dan memilih wanita, ilmu asmaragama, sejarah ilmu makrifat Jawa, juga sejarah Islam di Jawa. Di Pra…
Outline : Masih di ibukota Mataram, Cebolang belajar berbegai macam ilmu. Diantaranya, Sastra Jendra Hayuning, ilmu nepton, dan petungan dan pasaran, ilmu bermain kartu, menilai dan memilih wanita, ilmu asmaragama, sejarah ilmu makrifat Jawa, jugga sejarah Islam di Jawa. Di Prambanan, Cebolang belajar tentang Babad Pengging dan asal usul candi Prambanan, Suluk Hartati, asal usul manusia, Wirid …
Outline: That the author is the most significant contemporary European philosopher cannot be doubted. He has yet to be completely understood and his place in the framework of European thought has still to be evaluated. His concern with the Being of being is a reflection of his deep longing to understand demands rejection of such definition as rational, economic, or pragmatic. That the author'…