Ein Höhepunkt der Zusammenarbeit von Kurt Sanderling und des Berliner Sinfonie-Orchesters ist ihr geradezu monumentaler Brahms-Zyklus, der jetzt in einer Neuausgabe erhältlich ist.
This book offers a new interpretation of early Abbasid palaces as "impermanent monuments." Synthesizing an array of sources, ranging from archaeological finds and classical Arabic literature to modern studies on the social and intellectual history of Islamic civilization, it reveals ways in which the Abbasid court designed, decorated, presented, and documented its palaces to leave lasting legacies of imperial power with what were considered at the time to be impermanent structures. In doing so, it sheds light on an architectural concept endemic to early Islamic Iraq that challenges popular notions of the monument as permanent and unchanging. The main palace of Samarra, known as the Dar al-Khilafa, serves as the primary case study for this phenomenon, and the book includes an inventory of some of the fragments of architectural ornament found in this palace during the excavations of Ernst Herzfeld.
The Ecumenical Dogmatics of Edmund Schlink (1903-1984) represents the culmination of five decades of scholarly work by one of the most important Christian theologians of the twentieth century. The ecumenical significance of this book is evident from its accompanying prefaces that were written by two non-Lutheran theologians, one a Roman Catholic and the other an Eastern Orthodox, who each affirmed that the work's essential contents are consistent with the faith taught by their respective churches. An additional preface by Wolfhart Pannenberg and an afterword by Michael Plathow, both of which were written for the third edition, underscore the book's abiding relevance for the ongoing task of seeking the visible unity of the Christian church.
This second volume provides the first-ever English translation of Schlink's dogmatics!