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Amsterdam University Press Pope Paul III and the Cultural Politics of
Book SynopsisWhen Paul III was elected in 1534, hopes arose across Christendom that this pope would at last reform and reunite the Church. During his fifteen-year reign, though, Paul's engagement with reform was complex and contentious. A work of cultural history, this book explores how cultural narratives of honour and tradition, including how honour played out in politics, significantly constrained Pope Paul and his chosen reformers in framing strategies for change. Indeed, the reformers' programme would have undermined the culture of honour and weakened Rome's capacity to ward off current threats of invasion. The study makes a provocative case that Paul called the Council of Trent to contain reform rather than promote it. Nevertheless, Paul and the Council did sow seeds of reform that eventually became central to the Counter-Reformation. This book thus sheds new light on a pope whose relationship to reform has long been regarded as an enigma.Trade Review"Cussen’s tome provides a much-needed biography of Paul III by examining the extant sources related to his life and pontificate. [...] Cussen has done the field a service by providing an assessable account of Paul III’s pontificate."- John M. Hunt, Renaissance and Reformation, 43.4 (Fall 2021) "[...] building on familiar terrain, Cussen has given us a stimulating work that seeks to reframe how we interpret Paul III and church reform at the end of the Renaissance. It should stimulate much discussion and debate among scholars and students of the Renaissance papacy and Catholic Reform." - Paul Flemer, Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 75, Iss. 3Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Abbreviations Note on Transcriptions Note on Money Introduction Chapter 1 Humanism and Honour in the Making of Alessandro Farnese Chapter 2 Pathways to Honour Chapter 3 Tradition and Reform Chapter 4 The Consilium and Reform Constrained Chapter 5 Pax et Concordia - Politics and Reform Chapter 6 The Ottoman Threat Chapter 7 The Council of Trent Chapter 8 Reform in the Twilight Years Index
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Amsterdam University Press Cardinal Adam Easton (c. 1330-1397): Monk,
Book SynopsisThe varied career of Adam Easton (c.1330—1397) led him from Norwich Cathedral Priory to Oxford, Avignon and Rome. Not only a monk of the Benedictine Order, he was also a scholar, theologian, diplomat and cardinal, and his work reflects the breadth of this multifaceted background. This volume presents recent research on Easton’s oeuvre, his diplomacy and the books that accompanied him on his travels. Amongst the works addressed in this volume are Easton’s Defensorium ecclesiastice potestatis, his Defensorium Sanctae Birgittae and his Office for the Feast of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary. Further evidence is also offered on his testimony during the Great Schism, on the dating of his copy of De pauperie Salvatoris, while two reassessments are made of his likeness, including his sepulchral monument at S. Cecilia in Trastevere in Rome and the Lutterworth wall painting. Finally, a catalogue of Easton’s important manuscript collection is also provided.Table of ContentsPreface Contributors Abbreviations Figures and Examples The early years of Adam Easton: from Norwich via Oxford to Avignon and Rome. (Joan Greatrex) 1. Adam Easton and the Great Schism. (Patrick Zutshi) 2. The dating and origin of Cambridge, Corpus Christi College, MS 180: Adam Easton's copy of Richard FitzRalph's De pauperie Salvatoris. (Lynda Dennison) 3. Adam Easton and the Lutterworth Wall Paintings Revisited. (Miriam Gill) 4. Easton and Dante: beyond Chaucer. (Nicholas Havely) 5. Adam Easton and St Birgitta of Sweden: a remarkable affinity. (Ann Hutchison) 6. Adam Easton's Office for the Feast of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary. (Miriam Wendling) 7. Between tradition and innovation: the sepulchral monument of Adam Easton at S. Cecilia in Trasevere. (Claudia Bolgia) 8. Adam Easton's Manuscripts. (Patrick Zutshi) Index
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Amsterdam University Press Navigating Reformed Identity in the Rural Dutch
Book SynopsisThrough an examination of Dutch Reformed church records and theological texts, Kyle Dieleman explores the local dynamics of religious life in the early modern Dutch Republic. The book argues that within the religiously plural setting of the Dutch Republic church officials used a variety of means to establish a Reformed identity in their communities. As such, the book explores the topics of church orders, elders and deacons, intra-confessional and inter-confessional conflicts, and Sabbath observance as local means by which small, rural communities negotiated and experienced their religious lives. In exploring rural Dutch Reformed congregations, the book examines the complicated relationships between theology and practice and ‘lay’ and ‘elite’ religion and highlights challenges rural churches faced. As they faced these issues, Dieleman demonstrates that local congregations exercised agency within their lived religious experiences as they sought unique ways to navigate their own Reformed identity within their small, rural communities.Table of ContentsIntroduction “Establishing Order: National, Provincial, and Local Church Orders “Let all things be done with decency and order.”” “Establishing Authority: Electing Elders and Deacons” | “Establishing Confessional Identity: An “Honest Citizen, Even Though a Catholic”” “Establishing Belief and Practice: Rural Approaches to Sabbath Observance” “Conclusion: Establishing and Navigating Reformed Identity in the Rural Low Countries” Bibliography
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Summum Academic Predestination and Preaching in Genevan Theology
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Summum Academic de Collectioneur: de Kerkrechtelijke Nalatenschap
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Springer Verlag, Singapore Uneasy Encounters: Christian Churches in Greater
Book SynopsisThe book examines the dynamic processes of the various social, political, and cultural negotiations that representatives of Christian groups engage in within authoritarian societies in Greater China, where Christianity is deemed a foreign religious system brought to China by colonial rulers. The book explores the political and social cooperation and negotiations of two particular Christian groups in their respective and distinct settings: the open sector of the Catholic Church in the communist People’s Republic on mainland China from 1945 to the present day, and the Presbyterian church of Taiwan in the Republic of China in Taiwan during the period of martial law from 1949 to 1987. Rather than simply confirm the ‘domination-resistance’ model of church–state relations, the book focuses on the various approaches adopted by religious groups during the process of negotiation. In an authoritative Chinese environment, religious specialists face two related pressures: the demands of their authoritarian rulers and social pressure requiring them to assimilate to the local culture. The book uses two case studies to support a wider theory of economic approach to religion.Trade Review“This book adopts the economic approach to religion to study the development of Christianity in China from the perspective of the relationship between Church and state. … This book is a catalyst for advancing the study of Christianity in China and will be much appreciated by both specialists and students of Chinese Christianity.” (Wei Xiong, Religious Studies Review, Vol. 49 (1), March, 2023)“Uneasy Encounters, the author’s first book, is a laudable effort at marshalling an extensive review of church publications and scholarly literature … . Rychetská is to be commended for bridging scholarly conversations that have not always been in dialogue with each other. In particular, Rychetská’s review of published church documents and government policy documents relating to the church will interest scholars and teachers seeking to illustrate particular aspects of church-state relations in either context.” (Joshua Tan, Review of Religion and Chinese Society, February 20, 2023)Table of ContentsIntroduction. - Part 1: Presbyterian Church in Taiwan during the martial law. - Chapter 1. A Historical Overview of the Presbyterian Mission in Taiwan. - Chapter 2. The Presbyterian Church in Taiwan under the Nationalist Rule during the Martial Law. - Chapter 3. Re-sinicization and the Struggle for Localisation. - Chapter 4. Church’s struggle for Taiwanese National Identity. - Chapter 5. Church and the Human Rights. - Chapter 6. The Promotor of Democratisation. - Part 2: Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association in the People’s Republic of China. - Chapter 7. A Historical Overview of the Catholic Mission in China. - Chapter 8. Catholic Church under the Communist Rule. - Chapter 9. Sino-Vatican Relations. - Chapter 10. Catholic Church in the Light of Policy and Legislation Documents on Religion. - Chapter 11. Sinicizing Christianity in the Contemporary People’s Republic of China. - Chapter 12. Resistance or Cooperation? - Conclusion: Christian Churches in the Authoritarian Regimes
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Rose Publishing (CA) Christianity, Cults and Religions Pamphlet
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B&H Publishing Group Palabras Iguales Mundos Diferentes
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B&H Espanol El Evangelio Para Vidas Desordenadas
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Liturgical Press The Future of Synodality
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Liturgical Press Gifts from Friends We Never Wanted
Book SynopsisDiscover how unlikely friends can provide us with gifts beyond measure. Unwelcome guests are not generally greeted with gratitude but occasionally they become unexpected friends bearing gifts we never would have asked for. In Gifts from Friends We Never Wanted, Virginia Herbers introduces a sampling of these types of surprising guests in our livesfailure, disappointment, worryand the gifts they offer us when they come visiting. Following the same pattern as her first book, Gifts from Friends We've Yet to Meet, Herbers chooses a gospel character to accompany us as we engage these uninvited friends. Weaving together the stories of Jesus's contemporaries, his response to their foibles, and stories from her own experiences, Herbers invites us to join her on a journey of discovery, vulnerability, honestyand hospitality. She asks if we dare to befriend the least appealing truths of ourselves to surrender them to a God who can enlighten even the
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Liturgical Press Living Liturgy for Extraordinary Ministers of
Book SynopsisThis concise, easy-to-use pastoral resource provides spiritual nourishment for extraordinary ministers of Holy Communion. Rooted in the Sunday gospels, this indispensable aid invites reverent and prayerful preparation for liturgical ministry. Living LiturgyTM for Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion highlights the connections between the Word, Eucharist, and living in service of others. Ministers will find this resource to be formative for their own personal reflection and a helpful tool for facilitating prayer with people who are sick and homebound. Living LiturgyTM for Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion begins with the First Sunday of Advent 2024 and includes: Gospel readings for each Sunday and other significant liturgical celebrations Prompts for personal reflections and prayer A separate insert card with the Rite for Administration of Communion to the Sick by an Extraordinary Minister Inscription page for the minister's name, ideal for commissioning ministers of
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Liturgical Press Living Liturgy Sunday Missal 2025
Book SynopsisLiving LiturgyTM Sunday Missal combines essential liturgical content with the finest presentation on the market today. This annual, single-issue Sunday Mass pew resource is compatible with any hymnal program and affordably priced for parishes. Includes art by Ruberval Monteiro da Silva. Gospel reflection for each Sunday Readings and congregational dialogue in large, 13-point, bold type Two-color text in sense lines High-quality cover and paper Includes the Rite of the Liturgy of the Word and the Rite for Distributing Holy Communion Outside Mass Musical psalm settings from The Collegeville Psalter by Paul Inwood
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Liturgical Press All My Springs Are in You
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Independently Published Guide to the Orthodox Faith Part 2
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Independently Published His Glorious Bride: A practical look at Jesus
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Independently Published The Protarian Denomination: A New Understanding
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Hub City Press All of Us Together in the End
Book SynopsisAll Of Us Together In The End is a lyrical examination of transformation after loss, by a writer the New York Times calls "irresistible" and "utterly convincing."Vollmer’s family memoir shimmers with wonder and enchantment and begins with the death of his mother from early-onset Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s. Soon after, flashing lights and floating orbs appear in the woods surrounding his family’s home in rural North Carolina, where his widowed father lives. Formative memories of having been raised in the Seventh-day Adventist church resurge in Vollmer’s mind, hastening self-reexamination and reckoning.He corresponds with a retired geology professor about “ghost lights,” which supposedly occur more in North Carolina than any other American state. He scrolls TikTok. He contacts an eccentric shaman who lives in Spain to have transcendental psychotherapy administered over Zoom. And then Jolene emerges, a woman endeared for decades to Vollmer’s father, holding secrets to their family’s past.Amidst the turmoil and loneliness of the pandemic, All of Us Together in the End is a poignant and often humorous investigation into belief set in a time where it seems people will believe anything. It is an elegiac affirmation of the awesome, strange, otherworldly ways our loved ones remain alive to us, even when they are out of reach.Trade Review"This engaging what’s-in-the-woods puzzle elegantly probes the questions that characterize deep relationships and deeper mysteries." —Publishers Weekly, Starred Review"All of Us Together in the End is an unforgettable record of 'a purposeful journey' that became 'a collision with the ineffable.'" —Rebecca Foster, Foreword Reviews, Starred Review“If I had witnessed what Matthew Vollmer has seen, I think I would, like him, resist the mystery; that is, I, too, would think it was too good to be true, too good to be believed. The world owes us nothing yet gives us everything, the lights seem to proclaim, and yet. Vollmer restores the mortal body to its shine, existence to its sublime and brilliant mystery. All of Us Together in the End will make you reckon with your ghosts, and will teach you exactly what matters in the end. I am a more aware witness now of the brightness of this world, and I have to thank Vollmer’s spiritual memoir for allowing me to see it and, consequently, believe it.” —Jenny Boully, author of Betwixt & Between and The Body“All of Us Together in the End is Vollmer’s best work to date. The book showcases his keen awareness for the very present (pandemic, institutional racism, Zoom, TikTok,) and also his ability to gather the weird, mystical, and poignant threads of his life to tell the engrossing story of how loss can lead to transformation and how his family history comes to inform his path as a seeker. Vollmer can do funny and tender and mystical all at once in fluid prose that gets me thinking deeply about the tradition of American storytelling. Like Mark Twain, he collects narrative ephemera: the kooky, the folkloric, the lingua franca of the nation to narrate an elegiac story of a man evolving through grief by the gleam of a mysterious but vital light.” —Carmen Giménez, author of Be Recorder“Matthew Vollmer thinks too much. I’m glad, for I’m probably not thinking enough most days. All of Us Together in the End is an honest missive addressed to hope, regret, childhood, faith, truth, parenting, and the paranormal. And Love, with all its mysteries. It’s an insightful, beautiful memoir that I’ll remember forever.” —George Singleton, author of You Want More: Selected Stories“All Of Us Together in the End is a special book—part investigation, part memoir, part love letter to the mountains of western North Carolina. It engages my mind as well as my heart. Most of all, Matthew Vollmer's book makes me think about family—what we're born to, what we make—and the kinship we find in each other and in the places that call us home.” —Joni Tevis, author of The World Is On Fire: Scrap, Treasure, and Songs of Apocalypse“Vollmer delicately portrays his ‘unmoored’ state of mind and its evolving connection to radical changes to his family and the world.” —Kirkus Reviews“Throughout this journey, Vollmer invites readers into his world via detailed renderings of the places he’s called home. He recalls his childhood house with exquisite detail and recounts searching for the lights outside his father’s window so powerfully that readers can place themselves in the scene. And as he searches, Vollmer evokes a painfully universal experience: the process of moving forward with a life that doesn’t make sense after a loved one’s death.” —BookPage"A post-pandemic voyage for the spiritually adventuresome." —Library JournalAdditional praise for Matthew Vollmer“…irresistible…Expertly structured and utterly convincing, these stories represent the arrival of a strong new voice.” —Joseph Salvatore, The New York Times“Becoming conscious of the process by which we are produced may be the only available step to enabling our status as players rather than simply played, though it is no exit from the game itself. And that, to me, is what makes Matthew Vollmer’s fiction compelling at a much deeper level than the play of wit, sensibility, and intelligence in his craft.” —The Brooklyn Rail"Vollmer's writing is my new favorite example of what it must be like to see a life flash before your eyes." —Fiction Advocate
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Whitaker House The Book That Conquered Time: How the Bible Came
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Whitaker House Whats in the Word Bible Handbook
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Sophia Institute Press Catholicism Everywhere: From Hail Mary Passes to
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Sophia Institute Press WEIRD CATHOLIC HANDBK
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