Word: esotericism
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Appearing with the Duke at Monterey were many of the biggest names in jazz, along with some newcomers: Louis Armstrong, the Modern Jazz Quartet. Gerry Mulligan. John Coltrane, "Cannonball" Adderley, Jimmy Rushing, Ornette Coleman. With the Newport Festival languishing, Monterey can now lay claim to being the country's...
No Private Christianity. A major consequence of this conception for Barth's theology is a newly positive attitude toward the church. "It was a part of the exaggerations of which we were guilty in 1920," he admits, "that we were able to see the theological relevance of the Church...
Nothing in Reading for Fun is lifeless, though some of Berenson's entries are highly esoteric, and his scorn of modern literature very nearly amounts to a total eclipse of what was around him. He thought the works of T. S. Eliot, Joyce, Gertrude Stein, Faulkner and Hemingway largely...
The oral-aural method started under strange conditions. Just before the outbreak of World War II, the American Council of Learned Societies attempted to find a better way to teach esoteric languages, such as Mongolian or Hindi. With a paucity of teachers understanding these tongues, the Council hit upon the...
Cooper is frightened, but he cannot give in. His heroes embody for him the esoteric principle, the precious bane that alone can heal his life and save his soul: courage. "They have it. I have to save it." He disarms the lot of them, and sleepless, burning-eyed, with the...