Peter Bien
Autor de The mystery of Quaker light
Sobre El Autor
Peter Bien is Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Literature at Dartmouth College
Obras de Peter Bien
Words, wordlessness, and the word : silence reconsidered from a literary point of view (1992) 39 copias
In stillness there is fullness : a peacemaker's harvest : essays and reflections in honor of Daniel A. Seeger's four… (2000) 9 copias
Workbook for Demotic Greek I providing supplementary exercises in writing and spelling, complementing the oral/aural… (1973) 8 copias
Κωνσταντίνος Καβάφης 1 copia
Obras relacionadas
La última tentación (1955) — Traductor, algunas ediciones; Traductor, algunas ediciones; Traductor, algunas ediciones — 3,101 copias
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre legal
- Bien, Peter Adolph
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1930-05-28
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugar de nacimiento
- New York, New York, USA
- Lugares de residencia
- Hanover, New Hampshire, USA
- Educación
- Columbia University (MA - English and Comparative Literature, PhD - English and Comparative Literature)
Haverford College (BA - Music) - Ocupaciones
- professor (English and Comparative Literature)
- Organizaciones
- Dartmouth College
Miembros
Reseñas
On retiring to Kendal (and beyond) : a literary… por Peter Bien
The author employs poetry and literature to reflect on the meaning of retirement and whether death is an unmitigated calamity. He concludes it is not better to live forever, and that strangely, death enhances life, rather than negating it.
Light is the central metaphor in the religious lives of Friends, but not of Friends alone. “The light that lighteth every person who cometh into the world” has served as an image of sacred mystery for ancient Hebrews and Greeks, for Dante, for modern poets, and theorists on the physics of electromagnetism. What has Light meant to different people throughout the ages? How did various ideas about Light influence the prologue to John’s Gospel? What did early Friends understand Light to mean? This pamphlet explores the theology and poetry of Friends’ favorite religious symbol.… (más)
What has light meant to different people throughout the ages? How did various ideas about light influence the prologue to John's Gospel? What did early Friends understand Light to mean? In this pamphlet, Peter Bien explores the theology and poetry of Friends favorite religious symbol.
The author employs poetry and literature to reflect on the meaning of retirement and whether death is an unmitigated calamity. He concludes it is not better to live forever, and that strangely, death enhances life, rather than negating it.
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- #83,813
- Valoración
- 3.9
- Reseñas
- 19
- ISBNs
- 34
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- 1