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Thomas Nelson Publishers Evangelical Study Bible Christcentered.
Book SynopsisBe equipped to meet today’s challenges with a study Bible built on trusted Christ-centered teaching.
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Thomas Nelson Publishers The Last Supper on the Moon
Book SynopsisWhat the seven last utterances of Christ on the cross, the seven “I Am” statements of Jesus, and the seven letters to the church in Revelation mean to us today.Trade ReviewA true passion project, Levi has undertaken a fantastic assignment in The Last Supper on the Moon. By combining two of the greatest topics ever: the resurrection of Jesus and space exploration, he's gone where few have gone before, and I love it. Since I met Levi, I have been impressed with his intellect, but inspired by his intentional pastoral pursuit and his desire to see all people come to trust and love Jesus. I cannot think of a better person to have written this resource, and I am confident that God will use it to stir something true, hopeful, and inspiring within you. Louie Giglio, Pastor of Passion City Church, Founder of Passion Conferences, Author of Don't Give the Enemy a Seat at Your TableThis book is for anyone who feels stuck in their faith and would love to find an invigorating way to get their zeal back. My brilliant friend, Levi, isn't just going to give you fascinating information and inspiration but he'll guide you to do an exploration of the hidden places within our hearts and minds -- the places in us that are most desperate for the gospel truth. Using fascinating facts about outer space, Levi will guide us into an honest look at our own inner space. The Last Supper on the Moon will be one of the most unique and unforgettable resources you've ever read! Lysa TerKeurst, #1 New York Times bestselling author and president of Proverbs 31 MinistriesWhen Levi told me about The Last Supper on the Moon I nearly dropped the phone. It is the kind of connection only he could make, framed with his signature brilliant insight. In short, it's not just his new book, it's a whole new genre. Read it if you're ready to reach beyond your fears and explore the undiscovered places within. Steven Furtick, Lead Pastor of Elevation Church, Author of (Un)Qualified and Crash The Chatterbox
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Baker Publishing Group 100 Days of Prayer for Women
Book SynopsisHelping you find the right words to pray, this inspiring collection offers 100 impactful prayers on topics such as faith, joy, peace, self-care, and more.
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Baker Publishing Group Invitation to the Psalms
Book SynopsisThe Book of Psalms is perhaps the most cherished book in the Old Testament. In this lively volume, two experienced teachers invite students to read and explore the Psalter and roam widely among its poems. The book introduces the dynamics of the biblical text, helping students become careful and attentive readers. It covers how to read Hebrew poetry, the Psalter''s basic genres, the idea of 'the psalmist,' the metaphorical world of the Psalms, and the theology of the Psalms. Sidebars, discussion questions, and plenty of examples enhance the reading experience. This clear and concise guide is accessible to all serious students of the Bible.Table of ContentsContentsIntroduction1. Why Is My Bible Repeating Itself? Learning to Understand Hebrew Poetry2. What Is a Psalm? Learning to Understand Different Psalm Genres--Part 13. What Is a Psalm? Learning to Understand Different Psalm Genres--Part 24. What Is a Psalmist? Learning to Understand the Voice and Life Situations of the Psalms5. Is God a Rock, a Light, or a Shepherd? Learning to Understand Metaphors, Imagery, and Symbolism in the Psalms6. "Who Is the King of Glory?" Learning to Understand the Theology of the PsalmsIndexes
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William B Eerdmans Publishing Co Horizons in Hermeneutics
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William B Eerdmans Publishing Co Being Christian
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Beacon Press Dangerous Religious Ideas
Book SynopsisReveals how faith traditions have always passed down tools for self-examination and debate, because all religious ideas—not just extremist ones—can cause harm, even as they also embody important moral teachings.Scripture’s abiding relevance can inspire great goodness, such as welcoming the stranger and extending compassion for the poor. But its authority has also been wielded to defend slavery, marginalize LGBTQ individuals, ignore science, and justify violence. Grounded in close readings of scripture and tradition in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism, religious scholar Rachel Mikva shows us that the Abrahamic religions have always been aware of their tremendous power both to harm and to heal. And so they have transmitted their sacred stories along with built-in tools—interpretive traditions—to do the necessary work of taking on dangerous religious ideas and fostering self-critical faith.By exploring the themes of Scripture, Election,
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Duke University Press Catholic Lives Contemporary America
Book SynopsisA collection of essays that focuses on Catholic lay practices not commonly recognised or, at times, officially sanctioned. It includes essays by novelist Mary Gordon on the sexual appeal of Bing Crosby's Father Chuck O'Malley character, and Robert A Orsi on the "sanctified cripple," Andrew Sullivan on homosexuality and piety.Trade Review"This collection informs, entertains, and challenges - with no apparent ideological axe to grind. Catholic Lives, Contemporary America is lively reading for those looking for a deeper take on the recent Catholic past and present." - James W. Arnold, St. Anthony MessengerTable of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Not-Just-Cultural Catholics / Thomas J. Ferraro 1 "Mildred, is it fun to be a cripple?": The Culture of Suffering in Mid-Twentieth-Century American Catholicism / Robert A. Orsi 19 Father Chuck: A Reading of Going My Way and The Bells of St. Mary's, or Why Priests Made Us Crazy / Mary Gordon 65 Clearing the Streets of the Catholic Lost Generation / James T. Fisher 76 Making It to Mepkin Abbey / Frank Lentricchia 104 The Intertextual Politics of Cultural Catholicism: Tiepolo, Madonna, Scorsese / Paul Giles 120 The Bitter Victory: Catholic Conservative Intellectuals in America, 1988–1993 / Patrick Allitt 141 Virtually Normal / Andrew Sullivan 171 Feminists and Patriarchs at the Catholic Church: Orthodoxy and Its Discontents / Mary Jo Weaver 187 The Double-Effect/Proportionalist Debate / Kathy Rudy 205 My Parents, My Religion, and My Writing / David Plante 222 A Homage to Mart and to the University Called Notre Dame / Stanley Hauerwas 227 A Pornographic Nun: An Interview with Camille Paglia / Thomas J. Ferraro 238 An Ancient Catholic: An Interview with Richard Rodriguez / Paul Crowley, S.J. 259 Contributors 267 Index 271
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David C Cook Publishing Company Unknown God
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Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City Holiness Teaching Today Volume 6 Great Holiness
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Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd In the Shadow of the Cross JewishChristian
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The Swedenborg Society Teaching of the New Jerusalem concerning the Lord | Doctrina Novae Hierosolymae de Domino: 2019
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The Swedenborg Society Teaching of the New Jerusalem concerning Sacred Scripture | Doctrina Novae Hierosolymae de Scriptura Sacra: 2019
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The Swedenborg Society The New Jerusalem and Heavens Teaching for It
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Aboriginal Studies Press White Christ Black Cross
Book SynopsisArthur Malcolm, a stocky Aboriginal man in a maroon Fairmont, was in tears as the cavalcade drove towards Yarrabah Aboriginal community. It was October 1985 and the Yarrabah people were cheering him as he returned to the community as their new bishop, the first Aboriginal bishop in the Anglican Church. In White Christ, Black Cross Noel Loos interweaves his own more than twenty years'' personal experience with Yarrabah and other Queensland Aboriginal communities along with the voices of Aboriginal people, missionaries, and those who sat in the pews and on subcommittees and Boards in the cities, removed from the reality of the missions. Loos embeds the historical influences and impacts of the missions in shaping Christianity in Aboriginal Australia in the reality of frontier violence, government control, segregation and neglect. Aboriginal people on the missions responded to white Christianity as part of their enforced cultural change. As control diminished, Aboriginal people responded m
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SPCK Publishing Bible Stories through the Year
Book SynopsisA story from the Bible for each week of the year, told in two different ways
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Goose Lane Editions The Scent of Eucalyptus
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Engaging and thought-provoking." * Globe and Mail *"An intelligent and nuanced look at the missionary experience, layered with sharp insight and poignant reflection ... frank commentary on cultural dynamics." * Edmonton Journal *"Daniel Coleman's vivid memoir of Ethiopia has relevance for today's NGOs ... Fascinating ... Coleman vividly relives emotions as well as sensations and reveals his own spiritual struggles." * FFWD *
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Does God Exist A Dialogue
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Basic Writings of St Thomas Aquinas Volume 2
Book SynopsisIncludes substantial selections from the Second Part of the Summa Theologica and the Summa Contra Gentiles. Pegis's revision and correction of the English Dominican Translation renders Aquinas' technical terminology consistently as it conveys the directness and simplicity of Aquinas' writing; the Introduction, notes, and index aim at giving the text its proper historical setting, and the reader the means of studying St. Thomas within that setting.Table of ContentsContents: Man and the Conduct of Life. Summa Contra Gentiles (III, chs. 1-113) IX. The End of Man (ch. 1-63) X. Man and the Providence of God (ch. 64-113) Summa Theologica, First Part of the Second Part XI. Human Acts (Qs. 6-21) XII. Habits, Virtues and Vices (Qs. 49-89) XIII. Law (Qs. 90-108) XIV. Grace (Qs. 109-114) Summa Theologica, Second Part of the Second Part XV. Faith (Qs. 1-7).
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc On the Freedom of a Christian
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The translations are accurate and clear, and the introductory essay does a wonderful job of distilling complicated theological controversies into terms that are comprehensible by an undergraduate audience. The edition's greatest asset, though, is the range of texts that it includes. By including works by Luther's Catholic opponents and his erstwhile allies, this edition demonstrates that On the Freedom of a Christian represented not only a high point in Luther's thought, but also a starting point in a debate that spanned Christendom and had massive social and political implications." —Philip Haberkern, Boston University"An excellent introduction to both Luther's thought and the theological controversies that tore apart sixteenth century Europe. Like all good historical introductions should aspire to do, Helfferich's collection concisely displays the contingency and complexity of this epoch. [T]he selected texts . . . all contribute to the understanding of the period by serving as representations of crucial positions. The cumulative effect is an invitation to the reader to delve deeper into the primary material and to gain a better view of this strange and strangely familiar world." —Kye Barker, UCLA, in ComitatusTable of ContentsIntroduction; Martin Luther, On the Freedom of a Christian; Johann Eck, Selection from Enchiridion of Common-Places Against Luther & Other Enemies of the Church; Bishop John Fisher, Sermon Against Luther; The Twelve Articles (1525) of the German Peasants; Luther, Against the Thieving, Murdering Horde of Peasants.
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University of Alberta Press AntiSaints
Book SynopsisCompiled by a radical journalist and poet in the early days of the French Revolution, these subversively satirical lives of women saints sought to win both women and men away from religion. Though based on authentic hagiography, Maréchal''s new legendary introduces a skeptical, rationalist perspective that anticipates modern critical approaches. Along with Delany''s thorough introduction and notes, Anti-Saints offers a new perspective on the cultural climate of the French Revolution and a strikingly modern contribution to our own public conversation on religion. A must for scholars and non-specialists alike, and lovers of audacious wit.Trade Review“'Lives of the Saints,' or hagiography, was once a robust literary genre unto itself, and a highly respectable one at that. Today it is the opposite of intellectually respectable. The cultural distance reflected in the opposing valuations of hagiography makes it difficult for modern readers to fully appreciate Sylvain Maréchal’s parodic treatment of the genre in Nouvelle légende dorée, the work that Sheila Delany has wonderfully brought back to life in English under the title Anti-Saints.... Delany’s resurrection of the Nouvelle légende dorée is to be welcomed especially because it puts the spotlight on an author whose literary contributions to the French Revolution have heretofore been undervalued..." -- Clifford D. Conner * Science & Society *"This book offers a fascinating cultural find: a strong and significant text from the first phases of the French Revolution which is virtually unknown even among specialists of the period and never reprinted in modern times.... Delany’s unearthing and decoding of Maréchal’s satirical lives of women saints is first of all a truly original intellectual achievement, thanks to an uncommon combination of scholarly competences in both medieval and French revolutionary history and literature.... Delany’s excellent translation, as sparkling and spirited and ironic as the original French, but also as stark and uncompromising, renders the way the author plays with words...." -- Erica J. Mannucci * CRCL/RCLC *
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Museum of New Mexico Press Viva Guadalupe The Virgin in New Mexican Popular
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Acres USA My Search for Traces of God
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Acadian House Publishing Freedom from Fear A Way Through the Ways of Jesus
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Gingerbread House The Weight of a Mass A Tale of Faith The
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Lilting storytelling style. Charming." -- School Library Journal"Wholly beautiful! For those of us with a religious background--or none!" -- Kirkus Reviews
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Viverealtrimenti Ltd I miei anni con GesÃ
Book SynopsisThe author tries to enucleate the deep truths hidden in parables and allegories Jesus left to humanity about the nature of man and his link with the divine source.
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Women's Intuition Worldwide Let Today Be a Holiday
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Noohra Foundation Aramaic Light on Exodus through Deuteronomy
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Oh, Those Millers!, Inc. Mad Church Disease Healing from Church Burnout
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Massey University Press Sunday Best
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Church Royse City, Inc. Genesis Study A Beginners Study Guide into the Book of Genesis
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Cambridge University Press The Church in Sickness and in Health Volume 58
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Cambridge University Press Saints Miracles and Social Problems in Italian Renaissance Art
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Cambridge University Press Gospel Thrillers
Book SynopsisAccessible to general and academic readers, Gospel Thrillers interweaves close readings of key themes in a little studied fiction genre with 'real world' tensions over biblical vulnerability, evident in political and cultural debates over the Bible and in popular literature about the Bible and Christian origins.Table of Contents1. The Bible Hunters; 2. Birth of a Genre; 3. Shifting Sands; 4. Texts and Sects; 5. Knowledge Brokers; 6. Academic Thrillers.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Bishops Wives and Children
Book SynopsisChristianity as a cultural force, whether rising or falling, has seldom been analysed through the actual processes by which tradition is transmitted, modified, embraced or rejected. This book achieves that end through a study of bishops of the Church of England, their wives and their children, to show how values fostered in the vicarage and palace shape family, work and civic life in a supposedly secular age. Davies and Guest integrate, for the first time, sociological concepts of spiritual capital with anthropological ideas of gift-theory and, alongside theological themes, use these to illuminate how the religious professional functions in mediating tradition and fostering change. Motifs of distant prelates, managerially-minded fathers in God and rebellious clergy children are reconsidered in a critical light as new empirical evidence offers unique insights into how the clergy family functions as an axis of social power in an age incredulous to ecclesiastical hierarchy. Bishops, WiTrade Review'This is a fascinating and insightful sociological study of the Church of England which deserves wide readership. The question it addresses - that of the transmission of spiritual capital across generations - is a crucially important one and its conclusions should be of interest to all those concerned for the good of English society.' The Rt Revd Dr John Inge, Bishop of Huntingdon 'There are many myths and misunderstandings about Bishops and their households which this wise and reflective book will go a long way to dispel.' The Rt Revd Kenneth Stevenson, Bishop of Portsmouth ’There is much to be learned here from the frankness with which hitherto unacknowledged problems are exposed. It is clear that this is a book that might profitably be read by all married bishops, and by other clergy, too, as a basis for self-examination... It deserves to be read, not least by those who see scope in themselves for becoming better clerical parents, as well as by those responsible for providing the contexts in which such parents live and work.’ Church Times ’...this is a solid, original and important work that deserves close reading. The study is an excellent example of how sociology might be applied to theological understandings.’ New Blackfriars ’Through new findings and a helpful review of existing knowledge, this book makes a valuable contribution to understanding of the lives of bishops and their families and the significant contribution that they have made to British culture in the twentieth century.’ Rural Theology ’... of interest to the practical theologian because of the questions it raises about the transmission of religious faith within the clergy family and the corresponding questions it raises about the lack of transmission in many modern families that do not share the same characteristics as the families investigated.’ Practical Theology ’However one analyses the spiritual capital flowing from episcopal homes, this research is a good aTable of ContentsBishops, Wives and Children
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Cambridge University Press Defining Jewish Difference From Antiquity to the Present
Book SynopsisThis book traces the interpretive career of Leviticus 18:3, a verse that forbids Israel from imitating its neighbors. Beth A. Berkowitz shows that ancient, medieval and modern exegesis of this verse provides an essential backdrop for today's conversations about Jewish assimilation and minority identity more generally. The story of Jewishness that this book tells may surprise many modern readers for whom religious identity revolves around ritual and worship. In Leviticus 18:3's story of Jewishness, sexual practice and cultural habits instead loom large. The readings in this book are on a micro-level, but their implications are far-ranging: Berkowitz transforms both our notion of Bible-reading and our sense of how Jews have defined Jewishness.Trade Review'… [a] profoundly impressive study …' Mara Benjamin, Religious Studies Review'Berkowitz's chapters are a wellspring of information on defining Jewish identity from epochs of Jewish life, culled mainly from scriptural verses as interpreted in traditional rabbinic sources … this volume is a welcome and needed repository of classic rabbinic legal discussion, disputation, and decisions concerning keeping Judaism and maintaining Jewish survival in the proximity of adaptation and assimilation … this book, with its erudite scholarship, is a worthwhile read.' The Catholic Biblical QuarterlyTable of Contents1. Introduction: law, identity, and Leviticus 18:3; 2. The question of Israelite distinctiveness: paradigms of separatism in Leviticus 18:3; 3. Allegory and ambiguity: Jewish identity in Philo's De Congressu; 4. A narrative of neighbors: rethinking universalism and particularism in patristic and rabbinic writings; 5. The limits of 'their laws' in midrash halakhah; 6. A short history of the people of Israel from the patriarchs to the Messiah: constructions of Jewish difference in Leviticus rabbah; 7. Syncretism and anti-syncretism in the Babylonian Talmud; 8. The judaization of reason: the Tosafists, Nissim Gerondi, and Joseph Colon; 9. Women's wear and men's suits: Ovadiah Yosef's and Moshe Feinstein's discourses of Jewishness; 10. Conclusion: an 'upside-down people'?
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Cambridge University Press Reading and Writing during the Dissolution
Book SynopsisThis book presents detailed biographical case studies of English religious men and women, and their reading and writing during the turbulent period around the Dissolution of the monasteries, often revealing a surprising interest in reform. It features the remarkable writings of Margaret Vernon, head of four nunneries and personal friend of Thomas Cromwell.Trade Review'Mary C. Erler's elegant examination of monastic reading and writing during the Dissolution revolves around six case studies representing different facets of religious life in early Tudor England. By drawing attention to their reading and especially their writing in the midst and aftermath of the Dissolution, Erler offers a more rounded picture of the regular clergy - as active participants in the English Reformation.' Martin Heale, The American Historical ReviewTable of Contents1. Looking backward?: London's last anchorite, Simon Appulby (†1537); 2. The Greyfriars Chronicle and the fate of London's Franciscan community; 3. Cromwell's nuns: Katherine Bulkeley, Morpheta Kingsmill, Joan Fane; 4. Cromwell's abbess and friend, Margaret Vernon; 5. 'Refugee Reformation': the effects of exile; 6. Richard Whitford's last work, 1541; Appendices; Bibliography.
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Cambridge University Press Anglican Enlightenment
Book SynopsisThis is an original interpretation of the early European Enlightenment and the religious conflicts that rocked England and its empire under the later Stuarts. In a series of vignettes that move between Europe and North Africa, William J. Bulman shows that this period witnessed not a struggle for and against new ideas and greater freedoms, but a battle between several novel schemes for civil peace. Bulman considers anew the most apparently conservative force in post-Civil War English history: the conformist leadership of the Church of England. He demonstrates that the church''s historical scholarship, social science, pastoral care and political practice amounted not to a culturally backward spectacle of intolerance, but to a campaign for stability drawn from the frontiers of erudition and globalization. In seeking to sever the link between zeal and chaos, the church and its enemies were thus united in an Enlightenment project, but bitterly divided over what it meant in practice.Trade Review'… Bulman's achievement is positively 'Thompsonian': the rescuing of Anglican scholars and scholarship, pastors and political operatives from the enormous condescension of (whig and revisionist) posterity. As such, Anglican Enlightenment ranks amongst the most important interventions in late seventeenth-century studies in the last decade, if not longer.' David Magliocco, Reviews in History'Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.' Choice'In this engagingly written and impressively wide-ranging study, William J. Bulman goes much further than previous scholars to claim that Anglican clergy were early in the field in displaying the essential hallmarks of the Enlightenment. He powerfully argues that the Anglican Enlightenment was not simply a reactive Whig intervention of the 18th century, and that 'the Enlightenment' was created by leading Anglican divines of the late 17th century rather than by heterodox philosophers. … This is a highly distinguished contribution to our understanding of both the Anglican Church and the Enlightenment.' Jeremy Gregory, The Church Times'Bulman's analysis of 'enlightened' Anglicanism after the Restoration is a masterly result of exhaustive research. The Enlightenment is at last presented not as the all but exclusive prerogative of its most radical adherents, but as a widespread phenomenon, existing in countless variants forged by political circumstances.' Alastair Hamilton, The Times Literary Supplement 'The adept interpretation of neglected historical material is valuable enough. Its greater importance, however, lies in the subtle, but paradigm-altering move to look for enlightenment beyond the usual suspects, and to critically revisit received wisdom regarding the motivations which drove certain historical actors to globally reinterpret insularly European realities.' Samuel Nelson, Politics, Religion and Ideology'Bulman's book provides us with a powerful case for the persisting erudition and theological commitments of figures in the Church in England after the crisis of the English revolution … Too often historians have described what they observe in the histories, events, and texts of the period by adopting the perspectives of the sources they find most congenial … For too long historians of ideas in particular - and especially those that elevate the 'liberal' afterlife of the texts of Spinoza and John Locke and others as significant and foundational - have ignored the flexibility and adaptability of the clerical minds who lived and wrote in the same intellectual culture. After Bulman this will not be a plausible assumption.' Justin Champion, Erudition and the Republic of Letters'It is a book of great interpretive reach and is powered by enviable resources of erudition … An outstanding and unusually ambitious monograph … A genuinely pioneering and altogether revelatory study.' Brian Young, The Journal of Modern History'This is an important and thought-provoking book which deserves to be taken seriously by scholars … This book joins those by Grant Tapsell and Brent Sirota in making the case for the period as one which was marked by intellectual and religious vitality and cannot be ignored by scholars.' William Gibson, The English Historical ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction: from learning to liberalism?; Part I. Foundations: 1. Literature and violence; 2. Empires, churches and republics of the globe; Part II. Culture: 3. Histories; 4. Universals; Part III. Religion: 5. The propagation of the faith; 6. The worship of God; Part IV. Politics: 7. Restoration; 8. Revolution; Conclusion: from pastor to spectator; Select bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Performing Orthodox Ritual in Byzantium
Book SynopsisIn this groundbreaking, interdisciplinary study, Andrew Walker White explores the origins of Byzantine ritual - the rites of the early Greek Orthodox Church - and its unique relationship with traditional theatre. Tracing the secularization of pagan theatre, the rise of rhetoric as an alternative to acting, as well as the transmission of ancient methods of musical composition into the Byzantine era, White demonstrates how Christian ritual was in effect a post-theatrical performing art, created by intellectuals who were fully aware of traditional theatre but who endeavoured to avoid it. The book explores how Orthodox rites avoid the aesthetic appreciation associated with secular art, and conducts an in-depth study (and reconstruction) of the late Byzantine Service of the Furnace. Often treated as a liturgical drama, White translates and delineates the features of five extant versions, to show how and why it generated widely diverse audience reactions in both medieval times and our own.Trade Review'Andrew Walker White, professor at Stratford University (Virginia), is the first American theatre historian who has deeply analyzed Byzantine performance. This monograph is the result of his long research, which includes the staging of the Service of the Furnace at the University of Maryland campus.' Maria Pia Pagani, SinestesieonlineTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. Byzantine Spatial, Performance and Musical Practices: 1. Spatial practices in Byzantium; 2. Ritual versus theatrical performance in Byzantium; 3. Musical practices in Byzantium; Part II. A Study of the Service of the Furnace: 4. Origins of the Service; 5. The Service's historical context; Conclusion; Appendix 1. The Service of the Furnace, Athens 4027; Appendix 2. The Service of the Furnace, Athens 2406; Appendix 3. The Service of the Furnace, Iviron 1120; Appendix 4. The Service of the Furnace, Sinai 1527; Appendix 5. The Service of the Furnace, Lavra 165; Appendix 6. Archbishop Symeon's Dialogue in Christ; Appendix 7. The Russian Furnace Play; Glossary.
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Cambridge University Press Poetic Ethics in Proverbs
Book SynopsisThe Book of Proverbs'' frequent use of binary oppositions - righteous and wicked, wise and foolish - has led many to assume that its vision of the moral world is relatively simplistic. This study demonstrates that Proverbs in fact presents a remarkably sophisticated response to ethical questions of profound concern to the Israelite sages who crafted the book: what motivates human beings? How do they learn? How does the power of desire shape human characters? Anne W. Stewart analyzes Proverbs'' multifaceted collection of images and metaphors to reveal their complex understanding of the development of the moral self, which suggests that character formation requires educating all of the senses and not simply the cognitive faculties. One of few works to make explicit connections between the poetic form of Proverbs and its pedagogical function, Poetic Ethics in Proverbs will appeal to all those interested in literary approaches to the Bible.Trade Review'Throughout, the discussion is well-rooted not only in the regular debates and literature of biblical scholarship, but also in the debates and literature of moral philosophy as well as of the general study of literature. A recurrent emphasis is the limitations of those treatments of Proverbs that see the book as essentially a collection of simplistic and/or dogmatic perspectives; [Stewart] argues that this fails to do justice to the sophisticated understanding of the complexities of the human person and human motivations that she finds to be consistently present … This is one of the best books on Proverbs that I have read.' Walter Moberly, Journal for the Study of the Old TestamentTable of Contents1. Poetry, pedagogy, and ethos; Part I. Character and Poetry: 2. Character ethics and the shaping of the self; 3. Form criticism and the way of poetry in Proverbs; Part II. Models of Mûsār: 4. The model of rebuke; 5. The model of motivation; 6. The model of desire; 7. The model of imagination; Part III. Narrative, Poetry, and Personhood: 8. Narrative, poetry, and personhood.
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Cambridge University Press The Eucharist in Medieval Canon Law
Book SynopsisThomas Izbicki presents a new examination of the relationship between the adoration of the sacrament and canon law from the twelfth to fifteenth centuries. The medieval Church believed Christ''s glorified body was present in the Eucharist, the most central of the seven sacraments, and the Real Presence became explained as transubstantiation by university-trained theologians. Expressions of this belief included the drama of the elevated host and chalice, as well as processions with a host in an elaborate monstrance on the Feast of Corpus Christi. These affirmations of doctrine were governed by canon law, promulgated by popes and councils; and liturgical regulations were enforced by popes, bishops, archdeacons and inquisitors. Drawing on canon law collections and commentaries, synodal enactments, legal manuals and books about ecclesiastical offices, Izbicki presents the first systematic analysis of the Church''s teaching about the regulation of the practice of the Eucharist.Trade Review'The influence, construction, and use of medieval canon law is richly illuminated through such a focused study.' Kriston R. Rennie, Renaissance Quarterly'Izbicki begins with an indispensible guide to the canon lawyers themselves. The reader will find herself drawn back to this useful reference often as she gets lost among the thicket of references necessary to the field. … The material that Izbicki brings to light in this book offers a host of valuable information on the everyday devotional life of medieval Christians as they celebrated the central ritual of their religion. Any scholar of the great medieval drama will find this book an invaluable source for uncovering the rich religious life of a millennium of western civilisation.' Gary Macy, Journal of Ecclesiastical HistoryTable of ContentsIntroduction: the sacraments in medieval canon law; 1. The real presence of Christ, the minister and the materials of the sacrament; 2. The form of the sacrament and the elevation of the host; 3. Communion: union with Christ and unity in the sacrament; 4. Custody of the Eucharist and communion of the sick; 5. Corpus Christi and wonder hosts; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Jesus and the Temple The Crucifixion in its Jewish Context 165 Society for New Testament Studies Monograph Series Series Number 165
Book SynopsisMost Jesus specialists agree that the Temple incident led directly to Jesus'' arrest, but the precise relationship between Jesus and the Temple''s administration remains unclear. Jesus and the Temple examines this relationship, exploring the reinterpretation of Torah observance and traditional Temple practices that are widely considered central components of the early Jesus movement. Challenging a growing tendency in contemporary scholarship to assume that the earliest Christians had an almost uniformly positive view of the Temple''s sacrificial system, Simon J. Joseph addresses the ambiguous, inconsistent, and contradictory views on sacrifice and the Temple in the New Testament. This volume fills a significant gap in the literature on sacrifice in Jewish Christianity. It introduces a new hypothesis positing Jesus'' enactment of a program of radically nonviolent eschatological restoration, an orientation that produced Jesus'' conflicts with his contemporaries and inspired the first attTrade Review'There is much to be commended in this book. Jesus and the Temple is a very readable and well-researched investigation into the circumstances of Jesus's death. … an engaging read and one full of tantalizing possibilities. Joseph's arguments deserve to be taken seriously by anyone interested in the study of the historical Jesus and the question of why he died.' Timothy Wardle, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society'… this is an excellent scholarly work on the historical Jesus and an insightful resource for both undergraduate and graduate courses on the topic.' Yongbom Lee, HorizonsTable of Contents1. The death of Jesus as an historical and theological problem; 2. The eschatological Torah; 3. The eschatological Temple; 4. The Temple controversy; 5. Redescribing the Temple incident: towards a new model of eschatological restoration; 6. The Jewish Christian rejection of animal sacrifice; 7. The dying savior; Summary and conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press Augustine in Context
Book SynopsisAugustine in Context assesses the various contexts - historical, literary, cultural, spiritual - in whichAugustine lived and worked. The essays, written by an international team of scholars especially for this volume, provide the background against which Augustine''s treatises should be read and interpreted. They are organized according to a rationale which moves from an introduction to the person (the so-called ''personal context'') to the contexts of Augustine''s works and ideas, starting from the intellectual setting and extending to the socio-political realm. Collectively the essays highlight the embeddedness of Augustine in the world of late antiquity and the interdependence of his discourse with contemporary forms of social life. They shed new light on one of the most important figures of the western canon and facilitate a more enlightened reading of his writings.Trade Review'… the book will be a valuable resource for those seeking knowledge of Augustine's background.' J. P. Blosser, ChoiceTable of Contents1. Chronological chart; 2. 'Augustine in Context and Augustine on context' Tarmo Toom; Part I. Life: 3. Biography in late antiquity Arthur P. Urbano; 4. Augustine on himself Annemareì Kotzeì; 5. Possidius on Augustine Erika T. Hermanowicz; 6. Augustine in Roman North Africa (Thagaste, Carthage) Gareth Sears; 7. Augustine in higher society (Rome and Milan) David Gwynn; 8. Augustine as a Bishop (Hippo) Andrea Sterk; Part II. Literary and intellectual contexts: 9. Language James Clackson; 10. Classical literary culture in North Africa Martin Bloomer; 11. Education, grammar, and rhetoric Yun Lee Too; 12. Scripture and biblical commentaries Stephen A. Cooper; 13. Latin Christian literature I (polemical and theological writings) Josef Lössl; 14. Latin Christian literature II (moral and spiritual writings) David Hunter; 15. Letter-writing and preaching Jaclyn Maxwell; 16. Philosophical trends in Augustine's time Giovanni Catapano; Part III. Religious Contexts: 17. Roman religion Jeffrey Brodd; 18. Manicheism Nicholas Baker-Brian; 19. Ecclesiological controversies Alden Bass; 20. Soteriological controversies Dominic Keech; 21. Trinitarian controversies Mark Weedman; 22. Monasticism/asceticism Marilyn Dunn; Part IV. Political, Social, and Cultural Contexts: 23. Imperial politics and legislation in Roman Africa Dean Hammer; 24. War Alexander Sarantis; 25. Religious violence Despina Iosif; 26. Relationships in Augustine's life Geoffrey Nathan; 27. Popular culture and entertainment Jerry Toner; Part V. Reception: 28. Augustine's reception of himself Johannes Brachtendorf; 29. Reception of Augustine during his lifetime Mathijs Lamberigts; 30. Reception of Augustine in Hadrumetum and Southern Gaul Alexander Y. Hwang.
£88.34
Cambridge University Press Excommunication for Debt in Late Medieval France
Book SynopsisUsing quantitative and qualitative methods to re-evaluate the role of late medieval church courts, Tyler Lange examines the relatively common occurrence of excommunicated debtors. This reveals how day-to-day credit functioned in the late Middle Ages, what debt meant to contemporaries, and how believers understood the Church.Trade Review'Thanks to an impressive data base derived from sampling three church courts (Chartres, Paris and Montvilliers) including more than 11,000 sentences, Tyler Lange provides us with a useful empirical presentation of the issue, depicting the rise and the fall of excommunication for debt from 1300 to 1600.' Jerome Loiseau, European History QuarterlyTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Church courts and credit; 2. The supply of ecclesiastical justice; 3. Case studies: demand for ecclesiastical justice; 4. A crisis of credit? The Reformation and the early modern world; Conclusion: from church to market; Bibliography; Index.
£81.00
Cambridge University Press The Canons of the Third Lateran Council of 1179
Book SynopsisAlexander III''s 1179 Lateran Council, was, for medieval contemporaries, the first of the great papal councils of the central Middle Ages. Gathered to demonstrate the renewed unity of the Latin Church, it brought together hundreds of bishops and other ecclesiastical dignitaries to discuss and debate the laws and problems that faced that church. In this evaluation of the 1179 conciliar decrees, Danica Summerlin demonstrates how these decrees, often characterised as widespread and effective ecclesiastical legislation, emerged from local disputes which were then subjected to a period of sifting and gradual integration into the local and scholarly consciousness, in exactly the same way as other contemporary legal texts. Rather than papal mandates that were automatically observed as a result of their inherent papal authority, therefore, Summerlin reveals how conciliar decrees should be viewed as representative of contemporary discussions between the papacy, their representatives and local bishops, clerics, and scholars.Trade Review'Undergraduate and graduate students interested in the impact of canon law should profit greatly from this work, as should those interested in dialogues between sacred and secular, theology and canon law, and the papacy and regional churches.' Jessalynn Lea Bird, Speculum: A Journal of Medieval StudiesTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Historical survey; 2. Disputes, decretals, and the 1179 conciliar canons; 3. The 1179 canons and the schools; 4. The dissemination of the 1179 canons; 5. Use of the canons, ca. 1179–ca. 1191; Conclusions; Appendix 1. Manuscript listing of the 1179 canons.
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Cambridge University Press Theology in a Suffering World
Book SynopsisIn this book, Christopher Southgate proposes a new way of understanding the glory of God in Christian theology, based on glory as sign. Working from the roots of the concept in the Hebrew Bible,Theology in a Suffering World: Glory and Longingshows that ''glory'' is not necessarily about beauty or radiance, but is better understood as a sign of the unknowable depths of God. Southgate goes on to show how John and Paul transform the concept of glory in the light of the cross. He then explores where glory may be discerned in the natural world, including in situations of pain and suffering. In turn glory is explored in the poetry of R. S. Thomas and the writings of the Jewish mystic Etty Hillesum. Finally, the book considers what it might mean for Christians to be ''transformed from one degree of glory to another'': that might mean becoming a sign of the great sign of God that is Christ, and conforming their longing to God''s longing for the Kingdom to come.Trade Review'What Southgate has attempted here is nothing less than courageous; whether he has succeeded will be up to the reader. I would recommend Theology in a Suffering World to all those who are interested in theodicy, suffering and impassibility, and the vexing question of natural and moral evil in the Christian life. Southgate's work should be commended as an honest look at difficult issues and indeed is an engaging contribution to theological studies concerning glory and suffering; it can be approached by theologians and ministers alike.' Brent McCulley, International Journal of Systematic TheologyTable of Contents1. Glory as sign: relation of glory to beauty and wonder; 2. Glory in the Scriptures; 3. Glory in the natural world; 4. Glory in the arts and in mysticism; 5. Glory in the Christian journey.
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