Kahlil Gibran

Kahlil Gibran

A Spiritual Treasury
Herausgeber: Bushrui, Suheil

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Compiled by the world's foremost expert, and gathered under a spectrum of thematic headings, this is a new paperback edition of the bestselling compilation of Gibran's poetry.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oneworld Publications
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 150mm x 148mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 278g
• ISBN-13: 9781851685530
• ISBN-10: 1851685537
• Artikelnr.: 22983028

Autorenporträt

Kahlil Gibran (1883 - 1931) was one of the twentieth century's most inspirational poets, authors, and artists. He drew upon his personal faith to write such bestsellers as The Prophet and Jesus Son of Man Suheil Bushrui is internationally recognized as the foremost authority on Kahlil Gibran, and has widely published on him in Arabic and in English. In 1983 he was appointed by the President of the Republic of Lebanon as a co-ordinator of the Presidential Committee commemorating the one hundredth anniversary of Gibran's birth. He is currently Professor and Director of the University of Maryland Kahlil Gibran Research and Studies Project at the Center for Heritage Resource Studies.

Inhaltsangabe

intro ix
'I Came to Say a Word' 1
On God 3
On Religion 9
On Jesus 17
On Love 21
On Marriage 29
On Women and Women's Rights 29
On Children 33
On Self Knowledge 39
On the Dual Nature of Man 48
On Immortality and Reincarnation 51
On Life and Death 57
On Human Rights 65
On Peace 69
On World Unity and the Global Society 74
On Ecology, Nature and the Environment 77
On the Unity of Being 85
On Truth 91
On Freedom 96
On Good and Evil 101
On Reason and passion 105
On Pain and Pleasure 109
On Crime and Punishment 113
On Laws 117
On Work 120
On Giving 122
On teaching and education 127
On talking 129
On time and place 134
On beauty 137
On art 143
On Wisdom 147
On Joy and Sorrow 150
On Friendship 157
On eating and drinking 159
On Houses 163
On Buying and Selling 167
On other matters 170
A Blessing 180
Chronology of the life of kahlil Gibran 181
Bibliography 191
Acknowledgements 195