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Die Pilgerreise
Bunyan's allegory uses the everyday world of common experience as a metaphor for the spiritual journey of the soul toward God. The hero, Christian, encounters many obstacles in his quest: the Valley of the Shadow of Death, Vanity Fair, Doubting Castle, the Wicket Gate, as well as those who tempt him from his path (e.g., Talkative, Mr. Worldly Wiseman, the Giant Despair). But in the end he reaches…
Gemeinsame Themen: Christian biography, Spiritual life, Christian Life, Biography & Memoir
Oliver Goldsmith
Oliver Goldsmith (10 November 1728 – 4 April 1774) was an Anglo-Irish poet, novelist, playwright, and hack writer. He produced literary works in a variety of genres and is considered one of the most versatile writers of the Georgian era. His works are known for their realistic depictions of British society, and his comedy plays for the English stage are considered second in importance only to…
Gemeinsame Themen: Portraits, English Authors, Biography & Memoir
Geistliche Übungen
This new edition, with its accompanying introduction and commentary, is intended for use as a manual by those making, directing or studying the "Exercises". In the case of retreatants, their chief aim is to foster the experience of prayer, prayerful deliberation and cooperation with God's graces which St. Ignatius intended his Exercises to induce in those who are making them. A retreat,…
Gemeinsame Themen: Spiritual life, Christian Life, Early works to 1800, Biography & Memoir
Leben des Samuel Johnson
Index term: English literature
Gemeinsame Themen: English Authors, Biography & Memoir
Foxes Buch der Märtyrer
Through the centuries, Christians have endured times of persecution, torture, and even death for daring to take a stand for their beliefs. These individuals were martyrs for the cause of Christ and have become an important part of our Christians heritage.
Gemeinsame Themen: Christian biography, Biography & Memoir
Das Leben Samuel Johnsons
Poet, lexicographer, critic, moralist and Great Cham, Dr. Johnson had in his friend Boswell the ideal biographer.
Notoriously and self-confessedly intemperate, Boswell shared with Johnson a huge appetite for life and threw equal energy into recording its every aspect in minute but telling detail. This irrepressible Scotsman was 'always studying human nature and making experiments', and the…
Gemeinsame Themen: English Authors, Early works to 1800, Biography & Memoir