History of religion Books
Princeton University Press The Koran in English
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£14.24
Princeton University Press The Talmud
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the 2018 National Jewish Book Award in Education and Jewish Identity, In Memory of Dorothy Kripke""An altogether admirable introduction."---Luke Timothy Johnson, Commonweal Magazine
£14.24
Princeton University Press Catholic Spectacle and Romes Jews
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the Dorothy Rosenberg Prize, American Historical Association""Winner of the Albert C. Outler Prize, American Society of Church History""Finalist for the Jordan Schnitzer Book Award, Association for Jewish Studies""Runner up for the British and Irish Association of Jewish Studies Book Prize""[Catholic Spectacle and Rome’s Jews] demonstrates a method for writing excellent early modern global history."---Frank Lacopo, Renaissance and Reformation
£31.50
Princeton University Press Christianizing Egypt
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the Philip Schaff Prize, American Society of Church History""One of Choice Reviews' Outstanding Academic Titles of 2018""Outstanding. . . . The thesis is interesting [and] the evidence effective. . . . Agree or disagree with Frankfurter's central claims, Christianizing Egypt may become a methodological must-read for anyone working in pre-modern Christianity."---Zachary B. Smith, Reading Religion"Christianizing Egypt is a thoughtful and exceptionally valuable study, with implications that go far beyond either Egypt or Late Antiquity. . . . An excellent book."---Philip Jenkins, Journal of Church and State"A carefully nuanced and illuminating anaylsis of the mixture of religious traditions in late ancient Egypt, as traditional religions were slowly giving way to the spread of Christianity. . . . Deeply thought provoking." * Choice *"Christianizing Egypt builds on David Frankfurter’s career working on the religious history of Roman and late antique Egypt and his deep knowledge of the Egyptian sources, material and literary alike, from hagiographical texts and sermons (in both Coptic and Greek) to terracotta figurines and amulets. The contribution this book makes to describing, analysing and interpreting religious change and process is very valuable indeed. There is much in this book for those interested in questions of religious change far beyond the confines of late antique Egypt."---Lucy Grig, Times Literary Supplement"A sophisticated and thought-provoking study of Christianization in Egypt that offers as much to the scholar of religion as it does the historian of ancient Christianity."---Michael Beshay, Bryn Mawr Classical Review"Frankfurter has constructed a model of Christianization that allows him to read these activities as representative of religious processes writ large while still retaining the nuance and specificity of a particular time, place, and religious sensibility. He argues persuasively."---Dana Robinson, Church History and Religious Culture"The work nicely demonstrates the extraordinary range of objects, including texts, uniquely preserved in Egypt, and draws together the evidence for study in a compelling and highly readable exposition. F.’s systematic reappraisal of what it was to be Christian and his deep and critical reading of material sources are especially laudable."---Elisabeth R. O’Connell, Journal of Roman Studies"A deeply stimulating, thought-provoking book which should be on the radar of every researcher of religion in late ancient Egypt."---Dylan M. Burns, Vigiliae Christianae"Christianizing Egypt is a great, uncommon, and thought-provoking book."---Anne Marie Yasin, Journal of Early Christian Studies"A rich and compelling examination of processes of religious change. . . . Frankfurter’s book presents a forceful argument for a revision of our approaches to the mechanisms of Christianization, destabilizing what we mean when we speak of a Christianized community or landscape."---Francoise Dunand, History of Religions"Frankfurter’s learning is wide and deep . . . and his writing is consistently lucid. . . . A rewarding contribution to our understanding of religious change in the late ancient Mediterranean world."---James Rives, ARYS
£25.20
Princeton University Press The Closed Book
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Wollenberg . . . deserves praise for highlighting rabbinic views that are often glossed over and for her novel readings of various Talmudic narratives that suggest the rabbis viewed written scripture as flawed." * Choice *
£29.75
Princeton University Press The Church of Saint Thomas Paine
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Fascinating."---D. G. Hart, Wall Street Journal"[A] lively tour through the expansionist heyday of the secular creed."---Chris Lehmann, New Republic"Thought-provoking."---Dale Singer, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
£17.09
Princeton University Press Sonorous Desert
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£12.34
Princeton University Press Islamic Revival in British India
Book SynopsisIn a study of the vitality of Islam in late-nineteenth-century north India, Barbara Metcalf explains the response of Islamic religious scholars ('ulama) to the colonial dominance of the British and the collapse of Muslim political power. Originally published in 1982. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to againTrade Review"Outstanding studies . . . . Metcalf looks into the emergence, proliferation, and responses of the Deobandi Ulama to "modernity" when Muslim power in India was declining."---Md Anisur Rahman, Daily StarTable of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*Contents, pg. vii*List of Maps, pg. ix*List of Illustrations, pg. x*Acknowledgments, pg. xi*Note on Transliteration, pg. xiii*Introduction: The Pattern of Islamic Reform, pg. 1*I The 'Ulama In Transition: The Eighteenth Century, pg. 16*II. The 'Ulama In Transition: The Early Nineteenth Century, pg. 46*III The Madrasah at Deoband, pg. 87*IV The Style of Religious Leadership, I: Muftis and Shaikhs, pg. 138*V The Style of Religious Leadership, II: Writers and Debaters, pg. 198*VI The Social Milieu of the Deobandi 'Ulama, pg. 235*VII Alternative Tendencies within Sunni Islam: The Ahl-i Hadis and the Barelwis, pg. 264*VIII Further Alternatives: Aligarh and Nadwah, pg. 315*Conclusion: New Sects, New Strategies, Old Patterns, pg. 348*Glossary, pg. 361*Bibliography, pg. 369*Index, pg. 377
£49.30
Princeton University Press Chinese Transformation of Buddhism Princeton
Book SynopsisWhen Buddhism was introduced into China at about the beginning of the Christian era, the Chinese were captivated at first by its overpowering world view. Consequently, Buddhism in China has usually been discussed in terms of the Indianization of Chinese life and thought, but Kenneth Ch'en shows that as Indian ideas were gaining ground the Chinese wTable of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Acknowledgements, pg. vii*Contents, pg. ix*List of Abbreviations, pg. 1*One. Introduction, pg. 3*Two. Ethical Life, pg. 14*Three. Political Life, pg. 65*Four. Economic Life, pg. 125*Five. Literary Life, pg. 179*Six. Educational and Social Life, pg. 240*Bibliography, pg. 305*List of Chinese and Japanese Words, pg. 315*Index, pg. 331
£999.99
Princeton University Press Tradition and Authority in the Western Church
Book SynopsisBeginning with the conversion of Constantine in 312 and the establishment of the Christian Empire, the book continues through the Middle Ages up to the publication of Gratian's Decretum, the great, systematic book of Church law which transformed the idea of tradition into legal concepts. Throughout this period the hierarchy was called upon to dealTable of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Foreword, pg. vii*Contents, pg. xiii*Abbreviations, pg. xv*Chapter 1. Tradition as a Safeguard of Cohesion, pg. 1*Chapter 2. Paradoxes of Unity, pg. 37*Chapter 3. The Conflict of Tradition and Discretion, pg. 77*Chapter 4. The Byzantine Papacy: Tradition Reaffirmed, pg. 111*Chapter 5. The Eighth-Century Crisis: Papal Reassertion and Frankish Dissent, pg. 155*Chapter 6. Confrontation and Disengagement: Tradition and Political Groupings in the Iconoclastic Dispute, pg. 168*Chapter 7. Summary: The Progress of Transvaluation, pg. 195*Chapter 8. The New Political Order, pg. 205*Chapter 9. The Popes and the Franks, pg. 213*Chapter 10. The Tenth Century: Hardening the Lines, pg. 254*Chapter 11. Tradition Discarded: The Gregorians, pg. 269*Chapter 12. Tradition: Watchword of Resistance, pg. 292*Chapter 13. Conflict Among the Reformers, pg. 318*Chapter 14. Results of the Controversy, pg. 342*Chapter 15. Summary: From Law to Jurisprudence, pg. 349*Appendix A. Second Thoughts on the Attitudes of Popes Nicholas I and John VIII Toward Temporal Government, pg. 363*Appendix B. Saxon Germany and the Myth of the Sacerdotal King, pg. 373*Appendix C. The Gregorian Reformers' View of Temporal Government, pg. 390*Bibliography, pg. 409*Index, pg. 445
£54.00
Princeton University Press BishopElect A Study in Medieval Ecclesiastical
Book Synopsis"What were the constitutive acts in the making of a bishop and what was their significance?" In answering these questions, Professor Benson provides a new perspective on a crucial chapter in the history of ecclesiastical office. Drawing upon material from unedited canonistic manuscripts, as well as from Gratian's Decretum and the Decretales of GregTable of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. vii*Contents, pg. xi*Abbreviations, pg. xv*I. The Dimensions of the Problem: An Introduction, pg. 1*II. Constitutional Background: Gratian's Decretum, pg. 23*III. Master Rufinus: Auctoritas and Administratio, pg. 56*IV. Electoral Confirmation and the Bishop-Elect, pg. 90*V. The Dissent of Master Huguccio, pg. 116*VI. Three Exceptions: Papa, Metropolitanus, Exemptus, pg. 150*VII. Office, Regalia, and Investiture: The Age of Reform, pg. 203*VIII. The Regalia and the Bishop-Elect: Imperial Views, pg. 251*IX. The Church and the Regalia, pg. 303*X. The Eclipse of the Regalia, pg. 335*XI. Epilogue: Bishop-Elect, Church, and Papacy, pg. 373*Appendices, pg. 387*Bibliography, pg. 403*Index, pg. 413
£49.30
Princeton University Press Catholics and Unbelievers in 18th Century France
Book SynopsisMr. Palmer rescues from oblivion--for who knows much about Bergier, Freron, Gauchat, Berruyer, Yvon, Houteville?--the Christian critics who fought a rearguard action against the French secularists of the Enlightenment. Originally published in 1966. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available preTable of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*PREFACE, pg. vii*CONTENTS, pg. ix*I. THE CONDITIONS OF THINKING, pg. 1*II. NATURE AND GRACE, pg. 23*III. HISTORY AND TRADITION, pg. 53*IV. THE FACT OF REVELATION, pg. 77*V. SOME MODERNIZERS, pg. 103*VI. SOUL AND MIND, pg. 130*VII. CREATION AND CAUSALITY, pg. 155*VIII. OBLIGATION AND LIBERTY, pg. 178*IX. NATURE AGAIN, pg. 206*BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE, pg. 225*INDEX, pg. 231
£28.80
Princeton University Press Worship and Theology in England From Newman to
Book SynopsisTable of Contents*Frontmatter, pg. i*Acknowledgments, pg. v*Contents, pg. vii*Illustrations, pg. xi*Introduction, pg. 1*I. The Renascence of Roman Catholic Worship: Winter and the "Second Spring", pg. 15*II. Ecclesiastical Architecture: from Grecian to Gothic, pg. 42*III. Liturgical Renewal in the English Free Churches: A Survey, pg. 65*IV. Presbyterian Worship, Scottish and English, pg. 90*V. The Catholic Trend of Anglican Worship: The "Ritualistic" Controversy and the Religious Communities, pg. 114*VI. New Forms of Primitivism, pg. 139*VII. Faith Grappling with Doubt: The Theological Revolution, pg. 173*VIII. The Liturgical Pioneers of the Older Dissent: Baptists and Congregationalists, pg. 212*IX. The Newer Dissent: Methodism and Unitarianism, pg. 244*X. The Power of the Victorian Pulpit, pg. 282*Bibliography, pg. 349*Index, pg. 367
£127.50
LUP - Voltaire Foundation Le Rayonnement de Bayle
Book SynopsisTrade Review'...what this volume ultimately achieves, is that by emphasizing the philosopher in action, Bayle’s philosophy can be better understood in reaction to, and interaction with, not only the complex socio-political context of his time, but also equally importantly, and closer to home, the philosopher’s own elaborate web of personal exchanges, correspondences, and experiences.'- MLNTable of ContentsPrésentationI L’environnement historique et culturelClaudine Pailhès, Pierre Bayle et le Carla en FoixHans Bots, Pierre Bayle et l’ambiguïté de ses sentiments d’exilé en HollandePhilippe Joutard, Pierre Bayle et l’actualité internationale de son tempsMyriam Yardeni, La vision d’une civilisation protestante dans l’œuvre de BayleII La correspondanceAntony McKenna et Annie Leroux, L’édition électronique de la correspondance de Pierre Bayle et l’étude de ses réseaux relationnelsHubert Bost, Pierre Bayle et ses frères: les enseignements de la correspondanceRuth Whelan, ‘Un long commerce’: l’amitié dans la correspondance du jeune BayleLuc Daireaux, Aux sources d’un parcours d’exception: Pierre Bayle en NormandieEdward James, Aspects distinctifs de la correspondance de Jacques Du Rondel avec Pierre BayleIII L’engagement pour la toléranceGhislain Waterlot, La tolérance générale selon Bayle et son rapport à la liberté de consciencePierre Joxe, Bayle, ‘Mahomet’ et l’islamPatrick Cabanel, Bayle et Jurieu: à tort et à raisonJean Baubérot, Tolérance, liberté, laïcité: Pierre Bayle et nousIV La réflexion philosophiqueIsabelle Delpla, Le rapport à autrui selon Pierre BayleJean-Michel Gros, ‘Contrains-les de sortir’: la question de l’excommunication chez BayleOlivier Abel, Bayle sur Hobbes et MiltonV Face à la mortMarianne Carbonnier-Burkard, Les morts mémorables dans le Dictionnaire de BaylePhilippe de Robert, Le dernier mot de BayleRésumésBibliographieIndex
£98.30
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Islam Under Siege Living Dangerously in a Post
Book Synopsis* Examines the role of Islam in the 21st century and its increasingly forceful presence on the world stage. * Written by a Muslim and leading social scientist (who has worked in the Muslim world but lives in the West), the book explains what is going wrong in society by referring to Islamic history and beliefs.Trade Review"Above all, this is a courageous book. Ahmed uses his knowledge of the Koran and anthropology to confront his co-religionists with uncomfortable truths about women, honour, social cohesion and leadership at a time when Islam is confronting all major world religions" Times Higher Education Supplement "In my view there surely cannot be a more relevant book ... one of the most distinguished Muslim scholars today, Professor Akbar Ahmed offers us a clear vision that has the potential to unite us in common action and purpose. It is one of the most hopeful books as well as one of the most challenging I have read in recent years." Washington Times "Ahmed paints a frightening picture of a world reverting to a more primitive state. This is an honest attempt to describe the problems Muslims face. without absolving them entirely from blame. Western readers should reciprocate in kind." Karen Armstrong, Modern Asian Studies "This new book is written in a language that is understood in the West and is readily accessible...Ahmed explains convincingly the moral collapse of societies in what he calls our "Post-Honor World"..." Houston Chronicle "Bold and provocative, its penetrating cultural analysis will challenge Muslims and Westerners, demanding a more sophisticated consideration of what is occurring in the world" Christian Science Monitor "Ahmed's book is an immense contribution to understanding a contemporary, dangerous world. No course on contemporary Islam or global studies should be deemed complete without this work. Both the Muslim and non-Muslim worlds owe Ahmed a great debt for this piece of honest, hard-hitting scholarship." Islamic Studies "It is rare to find a book this is so theoretically sophisticated and yet to readable ... It is a book that one can give to a friend or neighbor who wants to make sense of Islam and the world today as well as assign to graduate students in Islamic Studies and political science ... If there is a better book about our post-9/11 world, this reviewer has not yet seen it. Hopefully, it will receive the widest possible readership." Middle East Journal "Islam Under Siege should be required reading for policy makers in Washington, Europe and the Islamic World. It deserves to be translated into all of the major languages of the Middle East and South Asia." Middle East Policy "It is a pleasure to read Ahmed's Islam Under Siege. One need not agree with every sentence and every phrase of any author. But if the author has been honest to his profession and made readers think, his contribution is seminal. Ahmed succeeds in doing precisely that." Seminar (New Delhi) "This is the most important book to date on life in the post 9/11 world. Islam Under Siege goes beyond assigning guilt, to understanding the world that has produced such hatred and misunderstanding. In this sometimes personal and consistently courageous meditation on the uncertainties of our time, Akbar Ahmed offers hope by focusing on shared notions of honor and human dignity.” Tamara Sonn, American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies “Akbar Ahmed is one of the wisest and bravest writers on Islam. This work confirms his reputation as a savant in the field.” Chris Rojek, Nottingham Trent University “Akbar Ahmed’s understanding of the relationship between politics and culture sets him apart from other analysts of contemporary Islam.” Louis W. Goodman, American University "Islam Under Siege is an honorable quest to capture and analyze the dishonorable conduct of human society in a post honor world. Just like an alarm clock that rings in your head it forces you to wake up from the pretentious slumber we are so used to. In fact this book keeps you awake long after you are done reading it." Faizan Haq, State University of New York at BuffaloTable of ContentsAcknowledgments. Introduction: God’s Gamble. Chapter 1 Islam under Siege. i The Return of Anthropology and the Final Crusade. ii The Sense of Muslim Siege. Chapter 2 What is Going Wrong?. i Is it about Islam or is it Globalization?. ii A Post-Honor World?. Chapter 3 Ibn Khaldun and Social Cohesion. i The Khaldunian Breakdown. ii The Man in the Iron Cage. Chapter 4 The Failure of Muslim Leadership. i. Muslim Leaders. ii. Veiled Truth: Women in Islam. Chapter 5 Searching for a Muslim Ideal: Inclusion. i Case Study One: The Scholarship of Inclusion. ii Inclusivists in America: Islam in Toledo, Ohio. Chapter 6 Searching for a Muslim Ideal: Exclusion. i Case Study Two: The Scholarship of Exclusion. ii Exclusivists in America: The Debate in Cleveland, Ohio. Chapter 7 Toward a Global Paradigm. i The Challenge for Islam. ii Questions for our Time. Notes. References. Index
£45.00
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Islam Under Siege
Book SynopsisIn this groundbreaking book, Akbar Ahmed, one of the world''s leading authorities on Islam, who has worked in the Muslim world but lives in the West, explains what is going wrong in his society by referring to Islamic history and beliefs. Employing theological and anthropological perspectives, he attempts to answer the questions that people in the West are asking about Islam: Why do they hate us? Is Islam compatible with democracy? Does Islam subjugate women? Does the Quran preach violence? These important questions are of relevance to Muslims and to non-Muslims alike. Islam Under Siege points out the need for, and provides the route to, the dialogue of civilizations. September 11, 2001, underlined the role of Islam in our time. In its demographic spread, its political span, and its religious commitment, Islam will be an increasingly forceful presence on the world stage in the twenty-first century. While some scholars predict that there will be a clash of civilizations, others see aTrade Review"Above all, this is a courageous book. Ahmed uses his knowledge of the Koran and anthropology to confront his co-religionists with uncomfortable truths about women, honour, social cohesion and leadership at a time when Islam is confronting all major world religions" Times Higher Education Supplement "In my view there surely cannot be a more relevant book ... one of the most distinguished Muslim scholars today, Professor Akbar Ahmed offers us a clear vision that has the potential to unite us in common action and purpose. It is one of the most hopeful books as well as one of the most challenging I have read in recent years." Washington Times "Ahmed paints a frightening picture of a world reverting to a more primitive state. This is an honest attempt to describe the problems Muslims face. without absolving them entirely from blame. Western readers should reciprocate in kind." Karen Armstrong, Modern Asian Studies "This new book is written in a language that is understood in the West and is readily accessible...Ahmed explains convincingly the moral collapse of societies in what he calls our "Post-Honor World"..." Houston Chronicle "Bold and provocative, its penetrating cultural analysis will challenge Muslims and Westerners, demanding a more sophisticated consideration of what is occurring in the world" Christian Science Monitor "Ahmed's book is an immense contribution to understanding a contemporary, dangerous world. No course on contemporary Islam or global studies should be deemed complete without this work. Both the Muslim and non-Muslim worlds owe Ahmed a great debt for this piece of honest, hard-hitting scholarship." Islamic Studies "It is rare to find a book this is so theoretically sophisticated and yet to readable ... It is a book that one can give to a friend or neighbor who wants to make sense of Islam and the world today as well as assign to graduate students in Islamic Studies and political science ... If there is a better book about our post-9/11 world, this reviewer has not yet seen it. Hopefully, it will receive the widest possible readership." Middle East Journal "Islam Under Siege should be required reading for policy makers in Washington, Europe and the Islamic World. It deserves to be translated into all of the major languages of the Middle East and South Asia." Middle East Policy "It is a pleasure to read Ahmed's Islam Under Siege. One need not agree with every sentence and every phrase of any author. But if the author has been honest to his profession and made readers think, his contribution is seminal. Ahmed succeeds in doing precisely that." Seminar (New Delhi) "This is the most important book to date on life in the post 9/11 world. Islam Under Siege goes beyond assigning guilt, to understanding the world that has produced such hatred and misunderstanding. In this sometimes personal and consistently courageous meditation on the uncertainties of our time, Akbar Ahmed offers hope by focusing on shared notions of honor and human dignity.” Tamara Sonn, American Council for the Study of Islamic Societies “Akbar Ahmed is one of the wisest and bravest writers on Islam. This work confirms his reputation as a savant in the field.” Chris Rojek, Nottingham Trent University “Akbar Ahmed’s understanding of the relationship between politics and culture sets him apart from other analysts of contemporary Islam.” Louis W. Goodman, American University "Islam Under Siege is an honorable quest to capture and analyze the dishonorable conduct of human society in a post honor world. Just like an alarm clock that rings in your head it forces you to wake up from the pretentious slumber we are so used to. In fact this book keeps you awake long after you are done reading it." Faizan Haq, State University of New York at BuffaloTable of ContentsAcknowledgments. Introduction: God’s Gamble. Chapter 1 Islam under Siege. i The Return of Anthropology and the Final Crusade. ii The Sense of Muslim Siege. Chapter 2 What is Going Wrong?. i Is it about Islam or is it Globalization?. ii A Post-Honor World?. Chapter 3 Ibn Khaldun and Social Cohesion. i The Khaldunian Breakdown. ii The Man in the Iron Cage. Chapter 4 The Failure of Muslim Leadership. i. Muslim Leaders. ii. Veiled Truth: Women in Islam. Chapter 5 Searching for a Muslim Ideal: Inclusion. i Case Study One: The Scholarship of Inclusion. ii Inclusivists in America: Islam in Toledo, Ohio. Chapter 6 Searching for a Muslim Ideal: Exclusion. i Case Study Two: The Scholarship of Exclusion. ii Exclusivists in America: The Debate in Cleveland, Ohio. Chapter 7 Toward a Global Paradigm. i The Challenge for Islam. ii Questions for our Time. Notes. References. Index
£15.19
John Wiley and Sons Ltd When Our World Became Christian 312394
Book SynopsisThis short book by one of France's leading historians deals with a big question: how was it that Christianity, that masterpiece of religious invention, managed, between 300 and 400 AD, to impose itself upon the whole of the Western world? In his erudite and inimitable way, Paul Veyne suggests three possible explanations.Trade Review"Takes its readers on a fascinating journey through the crucial events ... As Veyne's book vividly made clear throughout, without Constantine's conversion Christianity could have been a mere 'historical parenthesis'."Kelvingrove Review "A vigorously written interpretative essay about the triumph of Christianity in late antiquity, by a selfprofessed unbeliever. Veyne, always as sensitive to the process of writing history as he is to the study of the past itself, approaches the early history of Christianity as an avant-garde religion. He examines the implications of its appropriation by the state with great energy and in an uncompromising manner."Rosamond McKitterickTable of ContentsAcknowledgements vii 1 Constantine: The Saviour of Humanity 1 2 Christianity: A Masterpiece 17 3 The Church: Another Masterpiece 33 4 The Dream of the Milvian Bridge: Constantine’s Faith and his Conversion 46 5 The Motives, Both Major and Minor, for Constantine’s Conversion 58 6 Constantine, the Church’s ‘President’ 73 7 An Ambivalent Century, with an Empire at Once Pagan and Christian 84 8 Christianity Wavers, Then Triumphs 98 9 A Partial and Mixed State Religion: The Fate of the Jews 107 10 Was There an Ideology? 123 11 Does Europe Have Christian Roots? 138 Appendix: Polytheisms and Monolatry in Ancient Judaism 150 Notes 177 Supplementary Notes 236 Index 242
£49.50
University of Toronto Press The Christian Religion as Professed by a Daughter
Book SynopsisThis book is the most mature and comprehensive statement of Mary Astell's religious and philosophical views. It also represents the culmination of Astell's feminist project to teach her fellow women how to lead useful lives of virtue and wisdom. The main purpose of this work is to instruct women about the ultimate nature of reality, the true source of happiness, their duties and obligations to God, and about how best to live and how to treat other people. This volume offers the first complete modern version of the 1717 second edition. It provides a fully modernized text, a scholarly introduction, biographical and bibliographical information, general historical-intellectual background, and definitions of obscure and archaic terms.Trade Review"This first modern edition of Astell's The Christian Religion makes available an important but previously neglected text. Broad's thorough and well-researched footnotes and her lucid introduction do an excellent job of situating Astell's views in the philosophical landscape. This text will be essential reading for anyone interested in Astell and other women writers of the early modern period and a very valuable resource for readers interested in early modern philosophy more generally." * Deborah Boyle, College of Charleston *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ixCover Illustration xiIntroduction 1The Christian Religion, as Professed by a Daughter of the Church of England Advertisement 45I. Natural and Revealed Religion 47II. Of Our Duty to God 101III. Of Our Duty to Our Neighbor 151IV. Of Our Duty to Ourselves 179V. Appendix 267Index 315Bibliography 333
£999.99
John Wiley & Sons Religion Family and Community in Victorian Canada
Trade Review"Extraordinarily perceptive and compelling, this is a model for integrating the story of one family with broad national or regional history." Mark Noll, Wheaton College "Cultural history at its best. Van Die brings the Colbys to life in a work of unusual interpretive depth and engagement. A superb achievement, a tour de force." Brian Clarke, Emmanuel College, Toronto School of Theology
£26.99
John Wiley & Sons Fighting over God
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£27.90
John Wiley & Sons Tender to the World Jean Vanier LArche and the United Church of Canada
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£22.79
University of British Columbia Press Reforming Japan The Womans Christian Temperance
Book SynopsisChallenges received notions about women’s political involvement and engagement with the state in Meiji Japan by exploring the activism of members of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union.Trade ReviewThe author makes a valuable contribution to Japanese and feminist history...revising the traditional view that women were not involved in politics during this period. Highly recommended. All collections in modern Japanese history and the history of feminism in East Asia -- M.D. Ericson, University of Maryland University College * Choice *Table of ContentsIllustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Part 1: The WCTU in Meiji Japan: An OrganizationalHistory 1 The Founding of the WCTU in Japan:1886 2 The Tumultuous Early Years of the Tokyo WCTU:1886-92 3 The Organization and Development of the Japan WCTU:1892-1912 Part 2: Under the Guise of National Strengthening and“Good” Citizenship: Pillars of the WCTU’s ReformProgram 4 The Fight against Prostitution 5 The Struggle to Create a Sober Society 6 Imperial Loyalty and Patriotic Service JapanWCTU-Style Epilogue Bibliography Index
£73.95
University of British Columbia Press Science of the Seance
Book SynopsisIn this enthralling study of the ethereal, the scientific, and the strange, Beth A. Robertson investigates the gendered world of the seance, a place where self-proclaimed “psychic researchers” laid claim to objectivity and where spiritual mediums and the spirits they channeled resisted their methods.Trade ReviewWhile there has been a considerable academic interest in Victorian Spiritualism and séance room phenomena, the 1918–1939 period has been less well served. Beth Robertson’s Science of the Seance helps to redress that imbalance ... [S]he provides a useful introduction to some of the work exploring the boundary between this world and the next in the period. -- Tom Ruffles * Fortean Times *It’s a rare treat when I get to indulge my interest in the paranormal through such a well-researched and argued work as Beth A. Robertson’s Science of the Seance … it will appeal not only to those studying the paranormal, but also to scholars of technology, gender, and sexuality, and those who are interested in the origins of new sciences and the construction of knowledge ... It takes its subject matter seriously (which shouldn’t be underestimated), and makes far-reaching conclusions that cross disciplinary boundaries. It draws together a number of seemingly disparate threads into a concise framework that, for me, transformed how I thought about paranormal research. I look forward to more work like this. -- Matthew Hayes, The Frost Centre for Canadian Studies and Indigenous Studies, Trent University * American Review of Canadian Studies *In this provocative book, Robertson contends that the study of mediumship impacted both empirical methods and gender studies … A major contribution of this work is its description of how women, both as participants and researchers, debunked the stereotype that had linked femininity with “intellectual ineptitude.” Robertson’s work can serve as a model for further inquiries on the contributions psychical research can make to scholarship, methodology, and philosophy. -- S. Krippner, Saybrook University * CHOICE *Table of ContentsGroping in the Dark: An Introduction1 The “Scientific Self ”: Performative Masculinity in the Psychical Laboratory2 Otherworldly Subjects: Mediums and Spirits3 A Touch of the Uncanny: Sensing a Material Otherworld4 The Qualities of Quartz: Technology, Inscriptions, and Mechanizing Vision5 Fragments of a Spectral Self: Psychology, Medicine, and Aberrant Souls6 Teleplasmic Mechanics: Spirit Scientists and Vital TechnologiesThe Knot Unravelled: An EpilogueNotes; Bibliography
£25.19
Baker Publishing Group The 100 Most Important Events in Christian
Book SynopsisThis concise look at the major events that helped to shape Christianity is a valuable and insightful resource for pastors, teachers, and history buffs.
£13.29
Baker Publishing Group One Church Many Tribes
Book SynopsisRichard Twiss, a Lakota/Sioux, sifts through myth and legend to reveal God's strategy for First Nations peoples, showing that Native American Christians have much to offer the church and and a unique part to play in reaching the lost.
£11.39
Baker Publishing Group Encountering the History of Mission
Book SynopsisLeading missionary scholars portray the sweep of missions history, revealing how God has fulfilled his promise to bless all the nations.Table of ContentsContents1. Missions in the Early Church2. Encountering Church of the East Missions3. Encountering Celtic Missions4. Encountering Orthodox Missions 5. Encountering Dominican and Franciscan Missions6. Encountering Medieval Renewal Missions7. Encountering Reformation Missions8. Encountering Jesuit Missions9. Encountering Pietist Missions10. Encountering Moravian Missions11. Encountering Methodist Missions12. The Great Century of Protestant Missions, Part I13. The Great Century, Part II14. The Twentieth Century15. Missionary Councils and Congresses16. Specialized Missions17. The Church Growth Movement18. In Retrospect and ProspectReference ListIndex
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Baker Publishing Group Beginnings Ancient Christian Readings of the
Book SynopsisAn accessible account of the early church's reading of the creation narrative in Genesis 1, providing contemporary readers with a model for attending to the theological meaning of the text.Table of ContentsAnd There Was Evening: A Preface The Authors under ReviewThe Questions We PoseA Word about Language1. And There was Morning: An Introduction The Text and Its JourneySilence and Irruption: First References to Genesis 1-32. At the Birth of Christian Reflection: Paul and the New Testament Paul in ContextPaul and ScripturePaul and the Paradise Narrative: Sin and DeathPaul and the Paradise Narrative: Gender and MarriagePaul and the EvangelistsPostscript: The Pastoral EpistlesConclusions3. Recapitulation: The Second-Century Apologists The Scriptures of the PeopleJustin MartyrMelito of SardisTheophilus of AntiochIrenaeus of LyonsConclusions4. Senses of Scripture: The World of Origen and the Origin of the World TertullianOrigenConclusions5. Paradise, Whatever That May Mean: The Cappadocians and Their Origen Cyril of JerusalemAthanasius of AlexandriaEnshrining Origen: The PhilocaliaBasil of CaesareaGregory of NazianzusGregory of NyssaConclusions6. These Are the Generations: Concluding Observations Scripture and ExegesisThe HexaemeronParadiseAllegory, Type, and HistoryThe One Thing NeedfulAppendix: Genesis 1-3 and 5:1-5 Indexes
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Baker Publishing Group The Gospel of Mark
Book SynopsisA respected biblical scholar offers a liturgical reading of the Gospel of Mark, arguing that the Gospel is a narrative interpretation of early Christian ritual.Table of ContentsContentsPrologueIntroduction: In the Beginning: Creation versus Chaos and the Liturgical Reading of Mark1. The Early Gentile Mission and Explanation (1:1-4:34)2. Baptismal Death and Resurrection: The First Mission to the Gentiles (4:35-5:20)3. Conclusion of the Jewish Mission and the Inclusion of Gentiles: The First Ritual Meal Narrative and Explanation (5:21-7:23)4. The Gentile Mission and the Second Ritual Meal Narrative: The One Loaf (7:24-8:26)5. The Necessity of the Death of Christ (8:27-10:52)6. The House of Prayer for All the Gentiles (11:1-12:44)7. The Apocalyptic Discourse and the Death of Jesus (13:1-37)8. The Passion of Jesus: Meal and Garden (14:1-52)9. The Passion of Jesus: Betrayal and Trials (14:53-15:20) 10. The Passion of Jesus: The Cross and Tomb (15:21-16:8)EpilogueIndexes
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Baker Publishing Group Neither Complementarian nor Egalitarian A
Book SynopsisCritiques both sides of the evangelical debate about the roles of women, presenting an alternative way to move the discussion forward.Table of ContentsContentsForeword, by Craig L. BlombergIntroductionPart 1: Gender in Evangelical History1. Evangelical Women and Social Reform2. Returning Home after World War II3. Egalitarianism and Equal RightsPart 2: Reframing Gender4. Kingdom Themes5. Ministry, Part 1: Rethinking Equality and Rights in the Body of Christ6. Ministry, Part 2: Rethinking Authority and Leadership in the Body of Christ7. Marriage, Part 1: Adam and Eve in Genesis 2-38. Marriage, Part 2: Husbands and Wives in Ephesians 5Final ThoughtsAfterword, by Lynn H. CohickIndexes
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Baker Publishing Group The Hope of the Early Church A Handbook of
Book SynopsisThis comprehensive survey of patristic eschatology acquaints readers with the faith of their forebears in Christ.
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Baker Publishing Group The Substance of Our Faith
Book SynopsisA noted historian introduces essential foundations for the history of Christian doctrine, including the role of God's spirit in guiding our instruction, the authority of Scripture in clarifying what the Spirit wants from disciples, and the global composition of the church and the difference this should make in the way Christians are taught the faith.Table of Contents1. Jesus' Promise of the SpiritKerygma, Rules of Faith, Canons of Scripture, and the SpiritInterpreting the Word by the Spirit with the ChurchListening to the Spirit in an Era of ImprovementThe Spirit-BoundBody of Christ as "Pillar" and "Bulwark" of Christian Teaching2. From Every Tribe and LanguageModern Missions, Western Power, and the Rise of "the Global South"But the Church Has Always Been GlobalThe Promise and the Peril of Postcolonial Christian TeachingTeaching the Christian Faith across Both Time and Space3. Doctrine as Church Teaching for the Shaping of Faith and PracticeWhat Is Christian Doctrine?How Is Doctrine Devised?Should Doctrine Ever Be Revised? How So? And by Whom?Why Does Any of This Matter?4. Teaching in, with, and under the Christian Church"Constructive Theology" and Its Liberating Pedagogy"Retrieval Theology" and Its Classical InstructionRessourcement Revisited"Free Church Theologies" in Search of Deeper RootsLate-Modern Work on the Concept of TraditionThinking in, with, and under the Christian ChurchConclusionIndex
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Baker Publishing Group Reading the Apostolic Fathers
Book SynopsisThe Apostolic Fathers is a critically important collections of texts for studying the first century of Christian history. Here a leading expert on the Apostolic Fathers offers an accessible, up-to-date introduction and companion to these diverse and fascinating writings. This work is easy to use and affordable yet offers a thorough overview for students and others approaching these writings for the first time. It explains the context and significance of each document and points to further reading. This new edition of a well-received text has been updated throughout and includes a new chapter on the fragments of Papias.Table of ContentsContentsPreface to the Second EditionFor the ReaderIntroduction: What Are the Apostolic Fathers?1. The Letter of Barnabas2. The Teaching of the Twelve Apostles (The Didache)3. The Letters of Ignatius4. The Fragments of Papias5. The Letter of Polycarp to the Philippians6. The Martyrdom of Polycarp7. The First Letter of Clement of Rome to the Corinthians (1 Clement)8. The Second Letter of Clement of Rome to the Corinthians (2 Clement)9. The Shepherd of Hermas10. The Letter to DiognetusGlossaryIndex
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Baker Publishing Group Classical Christian Doctrine
Book SynopsisAn internationally known expert on early Christian theology offers a clear and concise text on basic Christian doctrine for beginning students of theology.Table of ContentsContents1. What Is Classical Christian Doctrine?2. Christian Scripture: The Source of Classical Christian Doctrine3. "The Lord Our God Is One": The Jewish God and the Christian Faith4. "And the Word Was God": The Christian Faith and the Greek Philosophers5. "He Who Has Seen Me Has Seen the Father": The Monarchian Approach to God6. "Today I Have Begotten You": Origen and the Eternal Generation of the Son7. "One God the Father" and "One Lord Jesus Christ": Arius and the Council of Nicaea8. Truly God and Truly Man: Defining the Nature of Jesus9. "And in the Holy Spirit": The Struggle to Understand the Spirit10. God the Father: "Maker of Heaven and Earth"11. Binding the Strong Man: The Redemptive Work of Christ12. "I Will Build My Church": Defining the Church13. "The Washing of Regeneration": "One Baptism for the Forgiveness of Sins"14. The Christian Eschatological Hope: The Resurrection of the Dead15. "And They Came to Life and Reigned with Christ a Thousand Years": The MillenniumIndex
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Baker Publishing Group The Story of Monasticism Retrieving an Ancient
Book SynopsisThis accessible history of monasticism recovers the riches of the monastic tradition for contemporary spiritual formation and devotional practice.Table of ContentsContentsIntroduction: The Monastic ImpulsePart I: Anthony to Benedict1. The Origins of Christian Monasticism2. Of Anchorites and Cenobites3. The RulePart II: Benedict to Bernard4. The Flowering of Benedictine Monasticism5. Other Voices: Celtic, Frankish, and Eastern Monasticism6. Challenges of Christendom7. The Road to ReformPart III: Bernard to Luther8. The Cistercians, Carthusians, and Other Reforming Orders9. Regular Canons, Hospitallers, and the Military Orders10. The Friars11. Decline or Development? Lay Piety and Religious Life in the Late Medieval EraPart IV: Luther to Merton12. The Reformers and Counter-Reformers13. Protestants and Monasticism after the Reformation14. Continuing Roman Catholic Monastic PracticeEpilogue: Monasticism Today and Tomorrow
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Baker Publishing Group The Holy Trinity in the Life of the Church
Book SynopsisAn ecumenical roster of leading scholars explores trinitarian faith as it is concretely experienced in the life of the church.Table of ContentsContentsForeword by Father Nick TriantafilouPart 1. The Trinity in Christian Worship1. The Baptismal Command (Matthew 28:19-20) and the Doctrine of the Trinity Joseph T. Lienhard, SJ2. Eucharist and Trinity in the Liturgies of the Early Church Robert J. Daly, SJ3. The Nascent "Trinitarian" Worship of Martyrdom of Polycarp 14 and Ephesians 1 Paul A. Hartog4. Gregory of Nyssa on Knowing the Trinity Nonna Verna HarrisonPart 2. Jesus Christ, the Trinity, and Christian Salvation5. The Holy Trinity as the Dynamic of the World's Salvation in the Greek Fathers John Anthony McGuckin6. Maximus the Confessor and John of Damascus on the Trinity Brian E. Daley, SJ7. Deification in Augustine: Plotinian or Trinitarian? Matthew Drever8. Justification as Declaration and Deification Bruce D. MarshallPart 3. The Trinity and Ecclesial Being9. Personhood, Communion, and the Trinity in Some Patristic Texts Khaled Anatolios10. The Trinitarian Being of the Church John Behr11. The Relevance of Gregory of Nyssa's Ad Ablabium for Catholic-Orthodox Ecumenical Dialogue on the Trinity and the Church Thomas Cattoi12. Syriac Christian Tradition and Gender in Trinitarian Theology Kathleen McVeyConclusion: A God in Whom We Live: Ministering the Trinitarian God Brian E. Daley, SJIndexes
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Baker Publishing Group The Great Emergence How Christianity Is Changing
Book SynopsisRenowned religion expert Phyllis Tickle reflects on our pivotal time in Church history and describes an exciting path for the future.
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Baker Publishing Group - Baker Books Rescuing the Gospel The Story and Significance
Book SynopsisECPA Gold Medallion Award-winning author Erwin Lutzer tells the riveting story of the Protestant Reformation, when believers were forced to define their faith in the crucible of controversy and hot debate--with ramifications that shook the world.
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Baker Publishing Group Willing to Believe
Book SynopsisWhat does an individual contribute to his or her own salvation? Does God wait on the doorsteps of our hearts, quietly hoping to be let in when we decide to open the door? Or does he call us and pursue us in a way we can''t resist? The debate between the irresistible call of God and a human being''s free will has raged for centuries. So what is the answer? And why does it matter?In Willing to Believe, R. C. Sproul uncovers issues that provoked the Reformation and revived the controversy between Pelagius and Augustine. He carefully explores the relationship between original sin and human free will, clarifies misconceptions about the work of God in a believer''s liberation from sin, illuminates the work of the Holy Spirit in salvation, and offers compelling reasons to believe the work of salvation is in God''s hands.
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Baker Publishing Group Getting to Know the Church Fathers
Book SynopsisThis concise introduction to the church fathers connects evangelical students and readers to twelve key figures from the early church. Now updated and revised.Table of ContentsContentsTimelineIntroduction1. Ignatius of Antioch2. Justin Martyr3. Irenaeus of Lyons4. Tertullian of Carthage5. Perpetua of Carthage6. Origen of Alexandria7. Athanasius of Alexandria8. Ephrem the Syrian9. John Chrysostom10. Augustine of Hippo11. Cyril of Alexandria12. Patrick of IrelandEpilogueIndex
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Baker Publishing Group The Unexpected Christian Century
Book SynopsisA respected scholar surveys the most recent century of Christian history, highlighting epochal changes in global Christianity.Table of ContentsContentsList of FiguresForeword by Mark A. NollIntroduction: From Jesus to the End of Christendom1. World Christianity: The Gilded Age through the Great War2. Christian Lives: Practices and Piety3. Politics and Persecution: How Global Politics Shaped Christianity4. Confessional Families: Diverse Confessions, Diverse Fates5. On the Move: Christianity and Migration6. One Way among Others: Christianity and the World's ReligionsEpilogue: Future Hope and the Presence of the PastAppendix 1: African Independence and ColonizersAppendix 2: Asian Independence and ColonizersIndex
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Baker Publishing Group Calvins Tormentors
Book SynopsisThis book offers a unique approach to Calvin by introducing the individuals and groups who, through their opposition to Calvin''s theology and politics, helped shape the Reformer, his theology, and his historical and religious legacy. Respected church historian Gary Jenkins shows how Calvin had to defend or rethink his theology in light of his tormentors'' challenges, giving readers a more nuanced view of Calvin''s life and thought. The book highlights the central theological ideas of the Swiss Reformation and introduces figures and movements often excluded from standard texts.Table of ContentsContents1. Louis du Tillet and Calvin the Nicodemite: The Fitful Separationfrom the Whore of Babyon's Church2. Pierre Caroli and Calvin: Arianism, Sabellianism, and the Heretical Farellistae3. Sadoleto: The Erasmian from Rome4. Michael Servetus: The Primus Adversarius5. Sebastian Castellio: Colaboring Admirer to Belligerent Vilifier6. Calvin and the Enfants de Genève: Flatulence in a Purely Reformed Church7. François Baudouin: An Odyssey of Werewolves and Brothel Keepers8. Jerome Bolsec: No Insult or Vicious Defamation Good Enough9. Jocahim Westphal: Calvin the Reluctant Zuricher10. The Radicals: Italia as More Trouble Than Iberia Matteo Gribaldi: The Origin of Later Radicalism Francisco Stancaro: Turning Calvin into a Tritheist Giorgio Biandrata: The Tritheist Apostle to the Poles (and Valentino Gentili, His Silas) Laelius and Faustus Soccinii: Calvin's Thought FermentingConclusionIndexes
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Baker Publishing Group Dictionary of Latin and Greek Theological Terms
Book SynopsisThis indispensable companion to key post-Reformation theological texts offers clear and precise definitions of Latin and Greek terms. Now updated and revised throughout.
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Cornell University Press The Birth of the Despot
Book SynopsisIn her graceful account of the transformation of European attitudes toward the Ottoman empire during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, Lucette Valensi follows the genealogy of the concept of Oriental despotism. The Birth of the Despot examines...Trade ReviewIn The Birth of the Despot, Lucette Valensi argues that the developing discourse on the Oriental despot indicated both disquiet at the prospect that that the Turks were more likely than any Christian king to reunite Europe, and reaction against domestic shifts in power from the nobility to kings and signori.... Her book is beautifully organized and written. Shaped like an oratorio, it follows a simple narrative line in intricate melodies that are pristine and classical in form. * Middle East Journal *Lucette Valensi's essay is an elegant, almost lyrical historical study.... Her study makes some important corrections to traditional assumptions of how Venetians perceived and appropriated the image of the Ottoman Empire in the early modern era. * Sixteenth Century Journal *Using reports read to the doge and senate by ambassadors and envoys extraordinary to the Porte on their return home, Lucette Valensi analyzes their portrayals of Sultans within the context of Renaissance literary traditions. The origins and etymological evolution of the word 'despot,' its attachment to the Sultans, and its emigration into contemporary usage in modern European languages form a central theme. Valensi tells a fascinating story, using the structure of Vivaldi's operatic rendition of the biblical parable of Judith and Holofernes as the organizing principle. She offers important historical insights as well, for Venice was surely better informed about the Turk than any other western polity. The story begins with visions of the Sultan as the model of an enlightened Renaissance prince in all but religion, and ends with an arbitrary and bloodthirsty Mehmet IV driven by strange appetites and unknowable impulses, the very image of Montesquieu's Oriental despot. The style is polished; the organization effective; the insights into the educational methods, rhetoric, and modes of thought of late Renaissance Venice fascinating. * The International History Review *
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MB - Cornell University Press Catholic Converts British and American
Book SynopsisFrom the early nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century, an impressive group of English speaking intellectuals converted to Catholicism. Outspoken and gifted, they intended to show the fallacies of religious skeptics and place Catholicism, once...Trade ReviewA generally well-informed study of intellectual converts to the Roman Catholic Church in the Anglo-American world, spanning the period from Newman to the Second Vatican Council. Catholic Converts is a fascinating and well-written book which makes a strong case for the importance of converts in Roman Catholic intellectual life. * Times Literary Supplement *Until World War II, in both England and the United States, converts supplied the church's intellectual leadership. They were much better prepared educationally than the working-class immigrants who constituted the bulk of the faithful, and they were conversant with the surrounding non-Catholic culture. In Catholic Converts, Patrick Allitt ushers a fascinating cast of these converts on and off his stage: major figures like John Henry Newman, Orestes Brownson, G. K. Chesterton, Graham Greene, Evelyn Waugh, Dorothy Day, Thomas Merton, and Marshall McLuhan, but also less well-known figures like Richard Simpson, a tireless critic of the temporal and spiritual claims made by the 19th-century papacy, and St. George Mivart, an expert in primate anatomy who criticized Darwin but argued his own form of evolution and was eventually excommunicated for his then-maverick views on everything from hell to church history. * New York Times Book Review *This volume is the first comprehensive treatment of the impact of British and American converts on the intellectual life of Catholicism from the early 19th to the mid-20th century. Allitt reviews the profound contributions of a wide variety of poets, artists, and intellectual converts—including such prominent figures as John Henry Newman, G. K. Chesterton, Isaac Hecker, Orestes Brownson, Evelyn Waugh, Dorothy Day, and Thomas Merton—who claimed that Catholicism was intellectually liberating despite its emphasis on tradition and its rejection of modernism. Elegantly written and well document, this volume represents an important contribution to Catholic studies. Highly recommended. * Choice *The century and a quarter before Vatican Council II saw quite a few American and British intellectuals enter the Roman Catholic Church. Through their writings, these converts, among them John Henry Newman, Dorothy Day, Thomas Merton, Christopher Dawson, and G. K. Chesterton, affected the life of the whole Catholic community and in fact often far outshone their born-Catholic contemporaries. While their stories have already been told individually, as well as by others, Allitt considers them as a group. And what a diverse group then were: liberals and conservatives, contemplatives and activists, apologists, spiritual writers, historians, and literary figures all evaluated here in the context of the wider church and society. Written in a lively style, this is intellectual history at its best. Recommended for all general collections. * Library Journal *A scholarly and stimulating history of the impact made by gifted thinkers who became Catholics on both sides of the Atlantic between 1825 and 1962, and of the problems they faced in their new Church and in society. Generations of penal legislation in Britain and in many parts of the American colonies had left Catholics an uneducated, suspect group. Allitt traces the fortunes of a rich variety of scholars and literary figures who 'went over to Rome,' often in the face of social and professional ostracism. Allitt makes good use of the extensive scholarship available on many of these figures, adding his own incisive observations and showing how their work tried but failed to restore the cultural visibility that the Church had enjoyed in former centuries. * Kirkus Reviews *Allitt offers an informed evaluation of the converts' lives and works and situates them in the larger arenas of British and American cultural history. He makes a convincing case. He offers concise examinations of issues in theology, philosophy, literature, and the social sciences. * Journal of American History *Patrick Allitt argues persuasively that in the past even a small band of intellectual converts has had a decisive influence. Allitt convinces us that converts, never more than 3 per cent of the Catholic population, wielded tremendous influence. * New Statesman *Catholic Converts succeeds admirably at showing the rich transatlantic religious culture that emerged after the early decades of the nineteenth century.... This clearly written, well-organized, and carefully documented overview of Catholic thinkers succeeds in providing a broad and necessary reminder that vibrant intellectual traditions can and do exist.... From the early theologians... through the twentieth-century converts... and event the media guru Marshall McLuhan—not to mention the dozens of other Catholic converts that crowd the pages of this generous intellectual history—the reiterated themes are resistance to progress, affection for the pleasures and pains of tradition, and deep suspicion about a troubled modernity arriving with increasing speed and on seemingly friction less rails. * New England Quarterly *Engaging.... Making a complicated 'big picture' seem obvious is the mark of an accomplished synthesist and storyteller; and Allitt, associate professor of history at Emory University, excels at drawing connections, charting trajectories of thought and behavior and discerning patterns embedded in huge chunks of historical material. Part of the delight in reading Catholic Converts lies in watching him skillfully weave together the insights and findings of a plethora of secondary works with carefully chose illustrations and quotations from the novels, treatises and memoirs of the converts themselves.... Catholic Converts reminds us... that a significant and influential company of modern thinkers, caught up in 'the quests for truth,' found Catholic traditions compelling and indeed irresistible. Eyes and ears wide open to the claims of its detractors, they freely chose the church as their intellectual home and them set about drawing its institutions ever closer, in practice, to the ideals for which they had sacrificed their old lives and livelihoods. It is a remarkable story, and Patrick Allitt has done it justice. * America *Exhaustively researched.... Allitt's book is a fine example of intellectual history. It is thoroughly researched and eminently readable. He has a genius for resurrecting little known, forgotten, obscure, minor figures and showing how important they were in their own time. He is a scholarly detective in searching out amusing anecdotes about the historical figures who are his subjects.... Every chapter of this book is a gem. Each is massively informed and extremely well-written. * Cithara *
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MB - Cornell University Press Castration and the Heavenly Kingdom A Russian Folktale
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MB - Cornell University Press Creating Christian Granada
Book SynopsisA richly detailed examination of a critical and transitional episode in Spain's march to global empire.Trade ReviewDavid Coleman seeks to bridge the gap between local and institutional history in his study of the transformation of the Spanish city of Granada in the century after its conquest by Isabella and Ferdinand on January 2, 1492, by asking when and how Granada became a Christian city. To answer these questions, Coleman takes his readers on a far-flung trip that begins and ends at Granada but in the meantime takes us all over the Iberian Peninsula and as far as the Council of Trent.... By suggesting that Granada is a case study for understanding the emergence of empire, Spain's treatment of religious minorities, and the development of the sixteenth-century church, Coleman opens his book up to a wide range of readers.... Students of European expansion into the Americas will find the case of Granada interesting as a possible prototype of colonial expansion. -- Lucy K. Pick * Journal of Modern History *David Coleman's richly detailed book takes the conquest of Granada in 1492 not as the culmination of a military campaign, but instead as the first step in the century-long Christianization of an ethnically diverse and socially dynamic Spanish city.... It is to Coleman's credit that this valuable book captures the city's unique frontier atmosphere at the same time that it illuminates Granada's role in the wider Catholic Reformation. -- David Carrico Wood * Sixteenth Century Journal *In this thoughtful and much-needed history, David Coleman examines the recreation of the former Nasrid capital of Granada as a newly Castilian, newly Christian city on Spain's southern frontier. In the process, he demonstrates the necessarily interrelated nature of Granada's status on the one hand as a newly repopulated city with a long list of institutional challenges, cultural conflicts, and religious innovation, and on the other hand as an incubator of some of the most influential religious figures in Iberia in the sixteenth century.... This readable book takes the history of Granada as its standpoint, from which to address much larger questions about the nature of religious, social, and political identity in sixteenth-century Spain. The result is an important contribution to the historiography of Old Christian-morisco relations, of early modern Spain, and of Catholic Reform in the sixteenth century. -- Gretchen Starr-LeBeau * Renaissance Quarterly *There is much to praise in this book: its amenable style, its rich documentation (much of it unused before), its fascinating story-line, its lively pageant of individuals from the Jewish convert Juan de la Torre, who made a fortune in the silk trade which allowed him to become lord of a nearby village and to purchase a seat on Granada's municipal council for his son, to another judeoconverso Juan de Avila, who was the principal figure in the reform movement that would shape the future of the Catholic Church in Europe, to Granada's first saint Joao Cidade, who through his acts of charity and the founding of hospitals for the poor would become San Juan de Dios. -- Trevor J. Dadson * Islam and Christian-Muslim Relations *This book invites us to look afresh at the relationship between church and society, a relationship that excelled as a formative, dynamic one. -- Helen Rawlings * European History Quarterly *Table of ContentsIntroductionChapter 1. A Frontier SocietyChapter 2. Mudejares and MoriscosChapter 3. A Divided City, A Shared CityChapter 4. The Emergence of a New OrderChapter 5. Creating Christian GranadaChapter 6. Defining ReformChapter 7. Negotiating ReformChapter 8. Rebellion, Retrenchment, and the Road to the SacromonteNotes Bibliography Index
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Cornell University Press A Threat to Public Piety
Book SynopsisIn A Threat to Public Piety, Elizabeth DePalma Digeser reexamines the origins of the Great Persecution (AD 303313), the last eruption of pagan violence against Christians before Constantine enforced the toleration of Christianity within the Empire. Challenging the widely accepted view that the persecution enacted by Emperor Diocletian was largely inevitable, she points out that in the forty years leading up to the Great Persecution Christians lived largely in peace with their fellow Roman citizens. Why, Digeser asks, did pagans and Christians, who had intermingled cordially and productively for decades, become so sharply divided by the turn of the century? Making use of evidence that has only recently been dated to this period, Digeser shows that a falling out between Neoplatonist philosophers, specifically Iamblichus and Porphyry, lit the spark that fueled the Great Persecution. In the aftermath of this falling out, a group of influential pagan priests and philosophers Trade Review"Occasionally in every generation a few books may be published that refreshingly redirect scholarship in their respective areas of expertise. This book by Elizabeth DePalma Digeser indisputably falls into that categoryowing to the fact that she has done something that no one has done beforenamely analyzing the works of ArnobiusLactantiusand Eusibius together to show how their common themes reveal a sustained criticism of the anti-Christian philosopher Porphyry of Tyre." —Michael Bland Simmons * Journey of Early Christian Studies *The intellectual conflict between pagan philosophy and Christian theology is one of the fascinating—if not booming—topics in current studies of the third and fourth centuries.... DePalma Digeser's book is a valid attempt to bring together the often fragmented research on the Christian and pagan sides of this discourse. It also highlights the immense importance of both Porphyry and Origen—not only for third-century thought, but also for the eventual developments in the realm of politics and Roman society. -- Ulrich Volp * Ecclesiastical History *Table of ContentsIntroduction: From Permeable Circles to Hardened Boundaries 1. Ammonius Saccas and the Philosophy without Conflicts 2. Origen as a Student of Ammonius 3. Plotinus, Porphyry, and Philosophy in the Public Realm 4. Schism in the Ammonian Community: Porphyry v. Iamblichus 5. Schism in the Ammonian Community: Porphyry v. Methodius of Olympus Conclusion: The Ammonian Community and the Great Persecution
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Cornell University Press Holy Tears Holy Blood Women Catholicism and the
Book SynopsisIn Holy Tears, Holy Blood, Richard D. E. Burton continues his investigation of Catholic France from Revolution to Liberation. From his focus in Blood in the City on public demonstrations of the cultural power of Catholicism, he now turns to more...Trade Review"The doctrine of mystical substitution, sometimes known as vicarious suffering, calls upon innocent believers to endure hunger, poverty, sickness, and even stigmata in order to redeem a corrupt world. Richard D. E. Burton's provoking book demonstrates the extent to which the doctrine permeated French Catholic discourse and religious practice during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as radical Catholics sought to redeem France from secular republicanism."—Sarah Howard, Times Literary Supplement, October 15, 2004"Burton continues the examination of nineteenth-century French Catholicism he began in Blood in the City. . . . As in his previous work, he boldly uses 'secular suffering,' from sadomasochistic pornography to the Tour de France to the fate of the alleged 'horizontal collaborators' of WWII, as a comparative model. As with all such books, this one invites debate and rebuttal; at once respectful but intelligently interrogative, it will inform and challenge religious, intellectual, and cultural historians."—Choice"Holy Tears, Holy Blood sets out to explore an extremely powerful pre-Vatican II world that seems incomprehensible to us today and has now practically vanished. Largely literary in expression, the 'culture of suffering' described by scholar and author Richard Burton appealed to social and intellectual elites, attracting numerous converts to Catholicism. . . . Burton's work overflows with riches that recover tragic lives now nearly forgotten. Their world—one predating antibiotics, blood transfusions, microsurgery, and protease inhibitors—is hard to read about and even harder to imagine."—Stephen Schloesser, Commonweal, September 24, 2004"Richard D. E. Burton is a lively writer and a brilliant scholar who has traced out a theme of religious agony in France that is highly original. All of Burton's books are worth studying but this one may be his best yet!"—Edmund White, Director of Creative Writing at Princeton University"Holy Tears, Holy Blood is a fascinating, wide-ranging, and erudite analysis of faith and spirituality in the lives of twelve French Catholic women in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It is an impressive achievement on its own as well as a worthy sequel to Blood in the City. Richard D. E. Burton's focus on suffering in this highly original book substantially broadens and deepens our understanding of French Catholic spirituality."—Sarah A. Curtis, author of Educating the Faithful: Religion, Schooling, and Society in Nineteenth-Century France"In Holy Tears, Holy Blood Richard D. E. Burton explores with great sensitivity a powerful current in modern Catholic devotional life, the doctrine of mystical substitution, which calls on innocent victims (generally women) to suffer sickness, hunger, poverty, and in extreme cases, the stigmata, in order to redeem a corrupt world. Through a series of eleven biographical sketches Burton shows the different paths that French women could take in embodying this ideal—including the 'little way' of Thérése Martin, the 'Little Flower' who accepted suffering but opposed self-mortification, and the harsh asceticism of Simone Weil. Burton's work combines a profound empathy for the women he writes about with a critical spirit that confronts the troubling dimension of a spirituality in which self-sacrifice approaches masochism. Readers of Holy Tears, Holy Blood enter a world that is both beautiful and appalling, and which has shaped the lives and thoughts of millions of Catholics over the last two centuries."—Thomas Kselman, University of Notre Dame
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