Breve historia de la ciencia española

En este libro, el autor consigue mantener un raro equilibrio entre la dinámica propia de la historia religiosa a los dos extremos de la civilización islámica, Marruecos y Java, y los trazos más universales desvelados mediante la confrontación de éstos. Geertz manifiesta lo que ambas tienen en común y aquello que las separa, ese juego de estrategias que nos autoriza a llamarlas musulmanas, a reconocer en La Meca una misma fuente de inspiración, nos enseña asimismo que ambas se postran en direcciones opuestas.

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This book deals with the evangelization of Spanish-speaking America between the European conquest and independence. The study investigates the concepts and strategies of catechesis, the general conditions of Church law and national politics as well as the prerequisites and conditions on the part of the Indians. New and specific forms of mutual understanding, of mediation and resistance developed through the transfer of European knowledge to a second geographical area and through the contact of cultures and religions. These new forms evolved beyond the sphere of religion and determine cultural ...

Given P. Naster's numismatic, art historical, and archaeological background, and his expertise in Classical and Ancient Near Eastern subjects, the presentations to his 'Festschrift' cover a broad thematic and temporal span. The papers of volume II may be divided into the following general categories: philology (including general, Greek/Latin, Egyptian, South Arabian, Hebrew, Persian), Assyriology, Art History, Egyptology, and Anthropology, History, Hittite/Anatolian studies, Persian religion, and historical geography. Obviously, some studies will cover more than one definitive area.