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Book SynopsisAn exploration of Buddhism during the Sung Dynasty (960-1279). It asserts, that, far from signalling a decline, the Sung was a period of great efflorescence in Buddhism. The studies presented focus largely on elite figures, elite traditions, and interactions among Buddhists and literati.Trade ReviewI know of no edited volume of as consistently excellent scholarship as this one.... Every contribution to this volume is of significant value. - Journal of Asian Studies

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis book's collection of remarkable essays takes an interdisciplinary approach to clarifying the growth and development of Korean Christianity and the importance of this development for Korean politics, religion, gender issues, social issues, and interreligious dialogue. Since Western scholarship has mostly ignored this aspect of Korean history and the history of Christianity, [it] makes an important contribution toward filling a void. Given current Buddhist-Christian hostilities that occasionally break out in South Korea, [its] concluding essay on how best to encourage Korean Buddhist-Christian dialogue is particularly important.... Highly recommended. - Choice ""An impressively comprehensive overview of Korean Christianity.... An excellent guide - probably one of the best resources available in English - for the study of Korean Christianity."" - International Bulletin of Missionary Research

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Book SynopsisExamines the issue of whether enlightenment in Zen Buddhism is sudden or gradual - that is, something intrinsic to the mind that is achieved in a sudden flash of insight or something extrinsic to it that must be developed through a sequential series of practices. According to Chinul’s analysis, enlightenment is both sudden and gradual.

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Book SynopsisChristians are a tiny minority in Japan, less than one percent of the total population. Yet Christianity is ubiquitous in Japanese popular culture. In Holy Ghosts, Rebecca Suter explores the reasons behind the popularity of the Christian century in modern Japanese fiction and reflects on the role of cross-cultural representations in Japan.

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Book SynopsisTracing the lives of some two hundred Native Hawaiian teachers, preachers, pastors, and missionaries, Na Kahu provides new historical perspectives of the indigenous ministry in Hawaiâi.

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Book SynopsisProvides an invaluable analysis of late-Choson (1392-1897) thought, politics, and society to help readers understand the response of Confucians to Catholicism and of Korean Catholics to years of violent harassment. His analysis is informed by two remarkable documents expertly translated with the assistance of Franklin Rausch.

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Book SynopsisStarting in 1884 with the arrival of the first resident Protestant missionary in Korea and ending with the expulsion of missionaries from the peninsula by the Japanese colonial government in 1942, this book examines how the competing demands of communal identities and memberships shaped the early history of Protestantism in Korea.

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Book SynopsisAlthough contemporary scholars often study Esoteric Buddhism and Pure Land Buddhism as if they were mutually exclusive and diametrically opposed schools of Buddhism, Aaron Proffitt examines Dohan’s Compendium in the context of the eastward flow of Mahayana Buddhism from India to Japan.Trade ReviewAaron Proffitt combines two terms that are usually considered distinct—"Esoteric" and "Pure Land"—to show that both traditions as we know them today in Japan were incubated in the same historical and intellectual context. Their disambiguation did not happen until much later, and much of the reification happened in modernity. . . . With scholarly acumen, Proffitt shows that Esoteric Buddhism and Pure Land Buddhism were not mutually exclusive categories, but rather elements existing in the same cultural sphere, each influencing and shaping the other." - Joie Szu-Chiao Chen, Buddhadharma (Summer 2023)

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Book SynopsisRobert Ford Campany, one of North America’s preeminent scholars of Chinese religion, presents in this volume the first complete, annotated translation, with in-depth commentary, of the largest extant collection of miracle tales from the early medieval period, Wang Yan’s Records of Signs from the Unseen Realm, compiled around 490 CE.Trade ReviewTaken together, the translation and study are valuable both for scholars and for undergraduates in courses on Buddhism, religious literature or Chinese religion." - Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies (76:1, 2013)"Taken as a whole, the translation itself is refined, readable, and reliable. Campany has again set a new high standard for annotated Western-language translation of the Mingxiang ji Campany's book is a very welcome addition to the expanding scholarship on the zhiguai genre in general and Buddhist miracle tales of the Six Dynasties in particular." - Xiaohuan Zhao, China Review International (19:2, 2012)"The book is a comprehensive study and annotated translation with commentaries of Mingxiang ji a collection of Buddhist miracle tales. As a translation and study of zhiguai literature, Campany's book has surpassed all previous endeavors by other scholars of the genre in terms of its comprehensiveness, depth, and texture." - Sing-Chen Chiang, Boston College

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Book SynopsisCombines analyses of scriptural, exegetical, hagiographical, epigraphical, art historical, and literary materials to provide an episodic account of the Amitabha cult in Silla times and its rise in an East Asian context through the mutually interconnected perspectives of doctrine and practice.

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Book SynopsisBrings to life a classically misunderstood picaro: liberal soldier turned Catholic priest and revolutionary antipope, ‘Patriarch’ Joaquin Perez. Historian Matthew Butler weaves Perez’s controversial life story into a larger narrative about the relationship between religion, the state, and indigeneity in twentieth-century Mexico.Trade ReviewIn this first-ever study in English of the pro-revolutionary Mexican Catholic and Apostolic Church and the patriarch who led it, Matthew Butler offers readers a fascinating reconceptualization of popular, indigenous, and revolutionary religiosity in Mexico during the first half of the twentieth century. In his tremendously rich and detailed book, Butler reveals that Mexico was not simply a Catholic country but was instead a country of 'competing Catholicisms.'"--Julia G. Young, author of Mexican Exodus: Emigrants, Exiles, and Refugees of the Cristero War"Mexico's Spiritual Reconquest radically reshapes our understanding of this long-ignored (or actively misrepresented) independent Catholic church."--Ben Fallaw, author of Religion and State Formation in Postrevolutionary MexicoTable of Contents List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter One. Habemus Pérez, 1925 Chapter Two. "Mexico's Newest Revolution": ICAM Chapter Three. The Other Cristiada: Pérez's Second Coming Chapter Four. "Our Beloved Peasants": ICAM on the Ejido Chapter Five. "Acá todo es vida": ICAM as Local Religion Chapter Six. Bronze Priests: Mexican Revolutionary Clergy Conclusion. Pérez Is Dead, Viva Pérez Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisOffers a lavishly illustrated and comprehensive overview of the ways religion has shaped the idea of the American West and how the region has influenced broader religious and racial categories.Trade ReviewReligion and the American West brings together the best scholarship on the subject with a dizzying array of material evidence in order to tell the story of a multicultural, multidimensional American West--reflecting the American West not as it is imagined, but as it was."—Brandi Denison, author of Ute Land Religion in the American West, 1879-2009Table of Contents Foreword John Vanausdall Introduction Jessica Lauren Nelson Chapter One. Sacred Spaces: Religion, Land, and Identity in the Trans-Appalachian West (1800-1840) Jessica Lauren Nelson Chapter Two. Religion and Empire: Mythic Trails, Stolen Homelands, and Forced Migration in the Antebellum West (1840-1860) Danae Jacobson Chapter Three. Frontier Violence: Making Americans and the Myth of the West (1860-1890) Konden Smith Hansen Chapter Four. Religion Here and Now Daisy Vargas Conclusion. A Visual Epigraph Jessica Lauren Nelson Bibliography Contributors

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Book SynopsisThis is the major treatise of Levi ben Gershom of Provence, one of the outstanding philosophers of the medieval world. This work examines in detail most of the controversial issues that had preoccupied the medieval mind: immortality of the human soul, prophecy, human freedom, divine providence, creation of the world, miracles.Table of Contentsv. 1. bk. 1. Immortality of the soul -- v. 2. bk. 2. Dreams, divination, and prophecy. bk. 3. Divine knowledge. bk. 4. Divine providence -- v. 3. bk. 5. The heavenly bodies and their movers, the relationships amongst these movers, and the relationship between them and God. bk. 6. Creation of the universe.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Hammer performs a delicate balancing act—not only between deciding between fact and legend, but in showing the struggles within the rabbinic community. Readers looking to learn more about Akiva and the growth of rabbinic Judaism will find his work has much to offer."—Rabbi Rachel Esserman, Reporter Group"Hammer is to be heartily congratulated for producing yet another book to be added to his list of prodigious publications."—Shalom M. Paul, Jerusalem Report"With this new work, readers will be able to move past the coarse legends and refine their understanding of Akiva's true characteristics, which turned this seemingly simple man into a rabbinical giant, and make his achievements still relevant to this day."—Benjamin Glatt, Jerusalem Post Magazine“Reuven Hammer’s Akiva is a bold and sophisticated engagement with one of the best documented but nevertheless elusive figures in early Rabbinic Judaism. By judiciously weighing Akiva’s complex literary legacy, Rabbi Reuven Hammer encourages readers to explore how we know the past and what it can teach us in the present.”—Ivan G. Marcus, Frederick P. Rose Professor of Jewish History at Yale University Table of ContentsAuthor’s Note Preface Abbreviations Timeline Chapter One. Akiva’s Early Life Chapter Two. Becoming a Sage Chapter Three. The New Sage and Public Figure Chapter Four. The Mystical Interpreter of Torah Chapter Five. The Organizer of Torah Chapter Six. Akiva and the Song of Songs Chapter Seven. Aspects of Akiva’s Theology Chapter Eight. Akiva—Resistance, Imprisonment, and Death Epilogue: The Man and His Legacy Notes Bibliography Index

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Book Synopsis This fiftieth anniversary edition of W. Gunther Plaut's classic volume on the beginnings of the Jewish Reform Movement is updated with a new introduction by Howard A. Berman. The Rise of Reform Judaism covers the first one hundred years of the movement, from the time of the eighteenth-century Jewish Enlightenment leader Moses Mendelssohn to the conclusion of the Augsburg synod in 1871. In these pages the founders who established liberal Judaism speak for themselves through their journals and pamphlets, books and sermons, petitions and resolutions, and public arguments and disputations. Each selection includes Plaut's brief introduction and sketch of the reformer. Important topics within Judaism are addressed in these writings: philosophy and theology, religious practice, synagogue services, and personal life, as well as controversies on the permissibility of organ music, the introduction of the sermon, the nature of circumcision, the observance of the Sabbath, the Trade Review“The characteristic diversity within Reform Judaism is underscored on virtually every page of Plaut’s volumes.”—Rabbi Howard A. Berman, executive director of the Society for Classical Reform Judaism “The work of Rabbi Plaut is not only crucial for an understanding of Reform Judaism; it is also indispensable for grasping the development and history of Judaism in the modern world.”—Rabbi David Ellenson, chancellor and past president of Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion“This valuable collection of source materials is designed to acquaint the reader with the primary forces in the development of Reform Judaism in Europe. From a wide range of essays, articles, speeches, and other writings, Dr. Plaut judiciously selects those that best represent the thinking of the leaders as well as of the lesser, more obscure figures of the Reform movement.”—Commentary magazineTable of Contents Introduction to the 50th Anniversary Edition by Howard A. Berman Foreword by Solomon B. Freehof Introduction CHAPTER I: TRAIL BLAZERS 1. The First Generation 2. The Journals CHAPTER II: NEW TEMPLES, NEW PRAYER BOOKS 1. Seesen, 1810 2. Hamburg, 1817 3. Vienna, 1826 4. Metz,1841 5. London, 1842 6. Frankfort, 18427. Berlin, 18448. Worms, 18489. Pesth, 1848CHAPTER III: THE GREAT CONTROVERSY--TIKTIN VS. GEIGERCHAPTER IV: CONFERENCES AND SYNODS1. The French Sanhedrin2. The Rabbinic Conferences3. The SynodsCHAPTER V: NEW PATTERNS OF THOUGHT1. General Considerations2. The “Science of Judaism”3. The Bible and Its Text4. The Authority of TraditionCHAPTER VI: A PEOPLE AND ITS FAITH1. Revelation2. The Jewish People--Dispersion and Restoration3. The Mission of Israel4. The Messiah5. Judaism and ChristianityCHAPTER VII: WORSHIP REFORM1. Changing the Prayer Book2. The Sermon3. Vernacular and Hebrew in the Service4. Synagogue Music5. Bar Mitzvah and Confirmation6. Covering the Head7. Torah Reading and PiyutimCHAPTER VIII: SABBATH AND HOLIDAY OBSERVANCEl. The Sabbath2. The HolidaysCHAPTER IX: THE PERSONAL LIFEl. Circumcision2. Dietary Laws3. Marriage4. Mourning Practices5. Home ObservanceCHAPTER X: THE COMMUNITY1. The Rabbinic Office2. The Public Oath3. Apostates4. Jewish Education5. The Status of Women6. For the Sake of Heaven7. A Guide for Reform JudaismBibliographical NotesIndex

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Book Synopsis This fiftieth anniversary edition of W. Gunther Plaut's classic second volume on the history of the Jewish Reform Movement is a sourcebook of the original writings that shaped the second century of organized liberal Judaism. The Growth of Reform Judaism features a new introduction, a new epilogue, and important additional primary sources documenting the profound changes of the last fifty years. Although the emphasis in this volume is chiefly on the American scene, where the movement had its most notable advances, selections of representative liberal Jewish thought in Europe and to a lesser degree in Israel are included as well. These selections help us to understand the emergence and character, problems and tensions of Reform Judaism as it developed and grew in modern times. In addition to the primary texts new to this edition, David Ellenson's epilogue considers the developments of the last fifty years that have continued to shape the course of Reform Judaism.Trade Review“The characteristic diversity within Reform Judaism is underscored on virtually every page of Plaut’s volumes.”—Rabbi Howard A. Berman, executive director of the Society for Classical Reform Judaism “The work of Rabbi Plaut is not only crucial for an understanding of Reform Judaism; it is also indispensable for grasping the development and history of Judaism in the modern world.”—Rabbi David Ellenson, chancellor and past president of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of ReligionTable of ContentsIntroduction to the 50th Anniversary Edition by Howard A. BermanForeword by Jacob K. ShankmanPrefaceIntroductionPART 1--REFORM IN TWO WORLDSCHAPTER 1: AMERICAN BEGINNINGS1. Five Cities2. Two Journals: The Israelite--Sinai (I. M. Wise, D. Einhorn)3. Two Rabbis in the Civil War (D. Einhorn, J. K. Gutheim)CHAPTER II: CONGREGATIONAL UNION IN AMERICA1. Call for an American Synod (I. M. Wise)2. Cleveland: Invitation--Articles of Union--To Unite the Most Divergent (M. Lilienthal)--Conservative Evaluation (I. Leeser)--A Reformer Protests (D. Einhorn)3. The Board of Delegates: An Editorial (Jewish Messenger)4. Cincinnati Conference, 18715. Union of American Hebrew Congregations: Three Reasons (M. Loth)--Objectives (From the Constitution)CHAPTER III: RABBINIC UNION IN AMERICA1. Philadelphia: Call--Resolutions2. Pittsburgh: Proceedings--Preparing our Platform (K. Kohler)--The Platform--Discussion--Conservative Comment--Challenge of Ethical Culture (F. Adler)--Defense (G. Gottheil)3. Founding the CCAR (I. M. Wise)CHAPTER IV: SEMINARIES1. Breslau: Invitation to Frankel--Questions Left Unanswered (S. R. Hirsch)--Progressive Tendencies in Judaism (Z. Frankel)2. Berlin: Fundamental Principles (I. Elbogen)3. Budapest: Why the Orthodox Opposed the Seminary (L. Löw)--A Choice Faculty (J. Bergl)4. Cincinnati: Needed, Our Own College (I. M. Wise)--Zion College (I. M. Wise)--Opening of Hebrew Union College (D. Philipson)--Commencement, 1883 (B. Szold)--Ill-fated Banquet (F. de Sola Mendes)5. New York: Jewish Theological Seminary (American Hebrew--L. Marshall)CHAPTER V: REALIGNMENT IN EUROPE1. france: The Paris Conference--Pastoral Letter (S. Ulmann)--The Dreyfus Affair (H. Prague)--L'Union Libérale Israélite2. England: The Jewish Religious Union (I. Abrahams)3. Germany: Program for Union--The Guide Lines--Declaration of Liberal Rabbis--French CommentPART 2--THE AGE OF CRISESCHAPTER VI: THE FIRST WAR1. The Battle2. The AftermathCHAPTER VII: THE CHANGING MOVEMENT1. New Vistas for the Seminaries2. World Union3. The Columbus Platform4. Frontiers and FailuresCHAPTER VIII: THE SOCIAL CONSCIENCE1. The German Voice2. The American VoiceCHAPTER IX: GERMANY: DREAM AND NIGHTMARE1. Tortured Dream2. Nightmare3. ReactionCHAPTER X: ZION: THE GREAT DEBATE1. Nationalism vs. Universalism2. Reality and PrincipleCHAPTER XI: THE SECOND WARCHAPTER XII: THE CHANGING ENVIRONMENT1. The Jewish People2. Chosenness and Mission3. Jew and Christian4. Our Jewish NeighborPART 3--REFORM IN TRANSITIONCHAPTER XIII: THEOLOGY IN TRANSITION1. Theology for a New Age2. Revelation3. The Nature of God4. The Reach of Man5. Faith and Reason6. The BibleCHAPTER XIV: PRACTIVE IN TRANSITION1. Reform and Halakhah2. Life and Death3. Marriage4. Of Food and Fasting5. The Sabbath6. Proselytes and ApostatesCHAPTER XV: SYNAGOGUE IN TRANSITION1. Liturgy2. Worship Practices3. Bar Mitzvah and Confirmation4. Jewish Education5. The Rabbinic Office6. The CongregationEpilogue--Reform Judaism After 1948Epilogue to the 50th Anniversary Edition by David EllensonSelect Documents, 1975-2008BibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisExplores the world of the Second Temple period (539 BCE-70 CE), in particular the vastly diverse stories, commentaries, and other documents written by Jews during the last three centuries of this period. Malka Z. Simkovich recounts Jewish history during this vibrant, formative era, analysing some of the period's most important works for both familiar and possible meanings.Trade Review"Well-designed to act either as a complete summary of the Second Temple corpus or as the first step into a larger world of study, Discovering Second Temple Literature makes its eponymous works fascinating."—Daniel Schindel, Foreword Reviews"For those unfamiliar with the many divisions within Judaism at that time or with Jewish life in other parts of the Roman Empire, this book offers an excellent introduction to a little-studied time period. Readers of Jewish history will definitely want to add this work to their shelves."—Rabbi Rachel Esserman, Reporter"This very informative and wonderfully accessible study by Jewish scholar Malka Simkovich, holder of the Crown-Ryan Chair in Jewish Studies at Catholic Theological Union, sheds welcome light on . . . [the Second Temple] period and the significant Jewish writings that emerged from it, including the Dead Sea Scrolls and other so-called pseudepigraphic literature and non-canonical writings. Her reflection on why these texts contribute to a modern understanding of Jewish identity will be of interest not only to Jewish readers but to Christian students of the New Testament as well."—Bible Today"Whether reappropriating a heritage that was almost lost or discovering one readers never knew existed, this work will likely pique the interest of a broad audience."—James Wetherbee, Library Journal“In this impressively erudite and popular volume, Simkovich reveals how audiences in the ancient world would have understood the writings of Second Temple authors that are often elusive to us. Moreover, she amply demonstrates why we should care about these works.”—Leonard Greenspoon, Klutznick Chair in Jewish Civilization, Creighton University“An excellent synthesis. Simkovich’s eminently readable and well-balanced account will help readers understand the contribution of the Apocrypha, Pseudepigrapha, and Dead Sea Scrolls to Judaism and Christianity, as well as period literature in Outside the Bible.”—Lawrence H. Schiffman, Judge Abraham Lieberman Professor of Hebrew and Judaic Studies, New York University, and coeditor, Outside the Bible“A thorough and very readable introduction to the literature of Second Temple Judaism, Simkovich’s book will fascinate anyone interested in the world of Hillel, Shammai, Josephus, and Jesus.”—Steven Fine, Churgin Professor of Jewish History, Yeshiva UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: In Search of the Second Temple Era Timeline Part 1. The Modern Recovery of Second Temple Literature Chapter 1. The Cairo Genizah Chapter 2. Manuscripts and Monasteries Chapter 3. The Dead Sea Scrolls Part 2. Jewish Life in the Second Temple PeriodChapter 4. Jerusalem Chapter 5. Alexandria Chapter 6. Antioch Part 3. The Worldviews of Second Temple WritersChapter 7. The Wisdom Seekers Chapter 8. The Sectarians Chapter 9. Interpreters of Israelite History Chapter 10. Josephus Flavius Part 4. The Holy Texts of Second Temple JudaismChapter 11. The Codified Bible Chapter 12. Rewriting the Bible Chapter 13. The Expanded Bible Conclusion Glossary of Key Names, Places, and Books Notes Bibliography General Index Index by Passage

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Book SynopsisCulling the finest thinking of renowned historian Jonathan D. Sarna, Coming to Terms with America examines how Jews have long “straddled two civilizations,” endeavoring to be both Jewish and American at once, from the American Revolution to today. Trade Review"As with all his work, Sarna, in these essays, displays both a wide topical breadth and an extraordinary analytical depth. His mastery of Hebrew language and the classical sources of Jewish tradition, his complete control of every era of Jewish history, his skill and training as an American historian, and his attention to theory make these articles unparalleled in originality, richness, and insights. His reach and influence in the academic and larger worlds are exceptional, and this book will only enhance and extend that reach and influence. . . . Readers will be immeasurably enriched by its contents."—David Ellenson, American Jewish Archives Journal"This collection is worth having in all Judaica libraries."—Fred Isaac, Association of Jewish Libraries"Fascinating. . . . The dualistic character of the Jewish experience in America is highlighted in fifteen carefully researched and and thoughtful chapters on American Jewish history, culture, and religion."—Reading Religion“A tour d’horizon of a remarkable historian’s storied career, this valuable collection of essays is as much a testament to the complexity and creativity of the American Jewish experience as it is a celebration of the scholarly imagination.”—Jenna Weissman Joselit, author of Set in Stone: America’s Embrace of the Ten Commandments“For over four decades, Jonathan Sarna has enriched our understanding of the American Jewish experience. How fortunate we are to now have in one volume so many of Sarna’s groundbreaking articles! Replete with memorable anecdotes and brilliant insights, Coming to Terms with America is a trove of riches for all who care about American Jewish culture and American religion.”—Shuly Rubin Schwartz, chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary“The breadth and depth of Jonathan D. Sarna’s work on the American Jewish experience is electrifying. This collection of the author’s most outstanding historical essays is a page-turning exploration of the dynamics of Jewish life, shedding light on American Jewry’s ongoing effort to ‘straddle two civilizations.’ Readers will discover that even as America has transformed Judaism, so too have Jews contributed to the shaping of the American nation.”—Gary P. Zola, executive director of the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives“Jonathan Sarna, the most erudite of historians of American Jewry, speaks of the past and of the present through this thought provoking and engaging volume.”—Deborah Lipstadt, Dorot Professor of Modern Jewish and Holocaust History at Emory University“As a doyen of American Jewish history, Sarna’s work has long helped define this field of study. This collection of his pathbreaking essays offers scholars and students of history alike a second look at his sterling contributions to illuminating the Jews’ and Judaism’s encounter with America’s free society.”—Jeffrey Gurock, Libby M. Klaperman Professor of Jewish History at Yeshiva University“Bringing together a wealth of insights from Jonathan Sarna’s long scholarly engagement with American Jewish culture, Coming to Terms with America illuminates the evolution of the field of American Jewish history itself.”—Beth S. Wenger, associate dean for graduate studies and Moritz and Josephine Berg Professor of History at the University of PennsylvaniaTable of ContentsContentsNotes about the CoverPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart 1. Straddling Two Civilizations1. The Cult of Synthesis in American Jewish Culture2. The Democratization of American Judaism3. Jewish Prayers for the United States Government4. The Lofty Vision of Cincinnati Jews5. Reconciling Athens and Jerusalem: The Jews of Boston in Historical Perspective6. Subversive Jews and Early American CulturePart 2. The Shaping of American Jewish Culture7. The Late Nineteenth-Century American Jewish Awakening8. Jewish Publishing in the United States9. Timeless Texts or Timely Issues? Competing Visions of Seminary ScholarshipPart 3. When Faiths Collide10. The American Jewish Response to Nineteenth-Century Christian Missions11. The “Mythical Jew” and the “Jew Next Door” in Nineteenth-Century America12. Cultural Borrowing and Cultural Resistance in Two Nineteenth-Century American Jewish Sunday School Texts13. Jewish-Christian Hostility in the United States14. Christians and Non-Christians in the Marketplace of American Religion15. Church-State Dilemmas of American JewsSource AcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book Synopsis2023 Top Ten Book from the Academy of Parish ClergyThe Messiah Confrontation casts new and fascinating light on why Jesus was killed. Grounded in meticulous research on the messianism debates in the Bible and during the Second Temple period, biblical scholar Israel Knohl argues that Jesus’s trial was in reality a dramatic clash between two Jewish groups holding opposing ideologies of messianism and anti-messianism, with both ideologies running through the Bible. The Pharisees (forefathers of the rabbinic sages) and most of the Jewish people had a conception of a Messiah similar to Jesus: like the prophets and most psalmists, they expected the arrival of a godlike Messiah. However, the judges who sentenced Jesus to death were Sadducees, who were fighting with the Pharisees largely because they repudiated the Messiah idea. Thus, the trial of Jesus was not a clash between Jewish and what would become Christian doctrines but a confrontation between two Trade Review"Knohl suggests that Jesus would not have been convicted and executed if tried by Pharisees instead of Sadducees. Accessible prose makes parsing scriptural texts and placing them in historical and political context enthralling, even for those unfamiliar with biblical criticism. This thought-provoking work fascinates."—Publishers Weekly, starred review"This book really is a gift to those of us who wish to pursue Jewish-Christian dialog that allows for a conversation about Jesus. His book also helps us read the New Testament and its descriptions of the various religious parties and their interactions with early Christians. As such, The Messiah Confrontation offers us a helpful guide to the roots of Jesus’ own sense of calling and purpose, while allowing us to embrace the Jewish roots of the Christian faith more fully (especially the Pharisaic ones, to rehabilitate the Pharisees in the eyes of Christians)."—Word&Way"The Messiah Confrontation is an engaging, provocative book."—John J. Collins, Jewish Review of Books"Knohl's treatment of Isaiah, Hosea, Jeremiah, Haggai, Zechariah, Daniel, the Psalms of Solomon, and other important texts is astute and perspicacious. The writing is felicitous. . . . I teach a freshman seminar at USC on the history of the messianic idea, and I imagine I will be consulting this new volume periodically as I hone my lessons moving forward."—Joshua Garroway, CCAR Journal"Brilliant . . . detailed and scientific. . . . Knohl’s thorough analysis has far-reaching consequences for the relationship between Jews and Christians today. . . . The Messiah Confrontation unfolds like a fascinating mystery."—Jerusalem Report“For Christians, rejecting the theological anti-Jewishness of their own tradition and embracing the Jewishness of Jesus require radical revisions of basic understandings. The Messiah Confrontation moves this project forward by showing that the defining conflict leading to the death of Jesus took place within Judaism, not against it. Knohl’s bold analysis is compelling, illuminating, and important for Christian and Jewish readers alike.”—James Carroll, author of Constantine’s Sword“A fascinating interpretation of two strands of biblical thought that developed over a millennium and collided in the trial of a Jew named Jesus of Nazareth. Erudite and a page-turner.”—Ronald Hendel, Norma and Sam Dabby Professor of Hebrew Bible and Jewish Studies, University of California–Berkeley“The Messiah Confrontation is the product of meticulous research yet it takes away one’s breath. It can be seen as a key that allows us to understand messianic phenomena hundreds of years after the writing of biblical literature, and in reality until this very day. Knohl lays the foundation for the development of a narrative that allows us to classify, categorize, and evaluate key events throughout Jewish history in light of messianic tension. In essence, it provokes the reader and the scholar to develop a new narrative of Jewish history—one based entirely on the tensions between different messianic ideas.”—Dov Schwartz, professor of Jewish philosophy, Bar Ilan University“Knohl not only documents a series of transformations in Israelite messianism but also meticulously discusses their political ramifications. This thought-provoking work is a must-read for anyone interested in the biblical world as well as in Jewish thought and politics throughout history.”—Ishay Rosen-Zvi, chair of the Department of Jewish Philosophy and Talmud, Tel Aviv University“In The Messiah Confrontation, Israel Knohl, one of the leading Bible scholars of our time, proposes an original and provocative history of messianism from the Bible through ancient Judaism, culminating in a new interpretation of the trial and death of Jesus. This profoundly learned and accessibly written book will be of great interest to scholars and laypersons alike, and especially to all readers concerned with the fraught history of Judaism and Christianity and their many intersections.”—David Stern, Harry Starr Professor of Classical and Modern Hebrew and Jewish Literature, Harvard UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Birth of the Messianic Figure 2. Rejection of the Kingship Concept 3. Reconceiving the Messiah 4. Messianic Rise and Fall of “the Branch” 5. Shifting Sands of Torah Authority 6. Torah Distinctions between the Human and the Divine 7. Introducing Resurrection of the Dead into Jewish Thought 8. The Sadducees’ Denial of the Doctrine of Reward 9. Qumran Accounts of an Exalted and Suffering Messiah 10. The Pharisees’ Expectations of an Imminent Messiah 11. Jesus’s Messianic Conception 12. The Trial of Jesus Afterword Notes Bibliography Subject Index Scriptural Index

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Book SynopsisA essential reference work for the history of the Church of England and Anglican canon law.This volume is a major new scholarly edition of some of the most important sources in the history of the Anglican Church. It includes all the canons produced by the Church of England, from the opening of the Reformation parliamentin 1529 to 1947. Most of the material comes from the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, among which the canons of 1529, 1603 and 1640, and Cardinal Pole's legatine constitutions of 1556, are of particular importance. Butthe volume also includes the first scholarly editions of the deposited canons of 1874 and 1879 and the proposed canons of 1947. In addition, it includes both the Irish canons of 1634 and the Scottish canons of 1636. The canons areaccompanied by a substantial number of supplementary texts and appendixes, illustrating their sources and development; Latin texts are accompanied by parallel English translations, and the editor provides a full scholarly apparatus, which is particularly valuable for its identification of the sources of the various canons. The texts are preceded by an extended introduction, which provides not only an up-to-date analysis of the framing and significance ofeach set of canons, but also critical discussions of the origins and development of canon law and the system of ecclesiastical courts. It is an essential work of reference for anyone interested in the history of the Church of England since the Reformation, or in Anglican canon law. GERALD BRAYis Anglican Professor of Divinity at Beeson Divinity School, Samford University.Trade ReviewA formidable volume - the first critical edition of post-Reformation Anglican canon law to appear since 1842... A substantial introduction combines conceptual clarity with immense detail... Altogether, this is a book of remarkable scholarship and weight, and, for historians of canon law, it must be an indispensable volume. A work of great historical interest to the Church of England... will undoubtedly prove to be an invaluable asset. Offers theologians, historians and legal experts the most comprehensive and expertly annotated single volume available on English canon law from the genesis of the English Reformation to the reign of * ANGLICAN AND EPISCOPAL HISTORY *

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Book SynopsisFirst volume in the new Westminster Abbey Record Series, covering changes in Abbey ritual during the Reformation.This book is the first volume in a new venture, the Westminster Abbey Record Series, which aims to publish documents, calendars, lists and indexes from the Abbey's large and continuous archive of over a thousand years, making itscontents available both to scholars and to a wider interested public. This edition of the earliest Chapter Act Book of the Dean and Chapter is an essential source for the impact of the Reformation at Westminster. The years covered in this volume show the business of setting up a reformed cathedral; the administration of the Abbey's large estate is also well illustrated, including the relations with the powerful courtiers and politicians who were among the Abbey's tenants. Dr CHARLES KNIGHTON gained his Ph.D. from Magdalene College, Cambridge.Trade ReviewThe post-Reformation history of the abbey has been seriously neglected... [this] edition is therefore to be greatly welcomed... a firm and indispensable foundation upon which further and more wide-ranging research can build. [see also vol 2 - EHR] * JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY [see also vol 2 - EHR] *Table of ContentsPart 1 The Chapter and its Acts: general; Westminster Abbey - constitutional changes 1540-1560; the first chapter meetings; time and place of meetings; signatures. Part 2 The manuscript and the edition: description of the manuscript; previous treatments; conspectus of present edition; editorial conventions. Part 3 Survey of contents: principal entries; deans and canons; discipline; fabric; liturgy; state occasions; burials; school; library and muniments. Part 4 Text - miscellaneous preliminary matter; Acts 1543-1556; material outside the main sequence of Acts. Part 5 Maps - Westminster Abbey and its surroundings, St Martin-le-Grand.

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Book SynopsisDetailed study of monastic life of the English white canons, based on 15c visitation records.Monasteries were a dominant feature of the landscape of medieval England, but although much critical attention has been devoted to them, comparatively little has been written on the thirty abbeys of the English Premonstratensians[`White Canons'], a gap which this book, the first detailed study since the early 1950s, seeks to fill. Centred upon the remarkable visitation records of Richard Redman [d.1505], commissary-general and visitor of the English Premonstratensian abbeys, it covers topics such as the foundation and development of the English Premonstratensian province; Redman's visitation of the Premonstratensian abbeys; conventual food and clothing; misdemeanours, such as sexual immorality and apostasy; liturgical observances; spirituality and learning; and English Premonstratensian libraries. It thus offers evidence for the vitality of the English Premonstratensians, as well as re-evaluating their monastic observances.Trade ReviewA valuable addition to a growing body of new research on the old monastic orders at the end of the middle ages. * ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW *An important addition to the literature on the religious orders in the late middle ages. * AGRICULTURAL HISTORY REVIEW *A useful volume. * AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW *A work of meticulous scholarship that makes a valuable contribution to the subject. * HISTORY *This new study is to be welcomed.... Gribbin's discussion...is persuasive and revealing. * SPECULUM *Table of ContentsThe establishment of the Premonstratensians in England and the development of the "Provincia Angliae"; the visitation records of the late medieval English Premonstratensians; the visitation of England's Premonstratensian abbeys, c.1478-1500; the English Premonstratensian liturgy in the later middle ages; learning, spirituality and "Pastoralia" - English Premonstratensian manuscripts, books and libraries in the later middle ages; Richard Redman, O. Praem; conclusion - from cessation to dissolution. Appendices: the visitation itineraries of Richard Redman in Bodleian Library MS Ashmole 1519; maps of Redman's proposed visitation journeys, 1478, 1491 and 1500; English Premonstratensian visitations, 1458-1503; fornication among the English Premonstratensians, 1475-1500; the date of John Capgrave's "Life of St Norbert".

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Book SynopsisInsight into the minds and methods of 'godly' ministers - early nonconformists - who sought to modify the Elizabethan settlement of religion.At the heart of Elizabeth I's reign, a secret conference of clergymen met in and around Dedham, Essex, on a monthly basis in order to discuss matters of local and national interest. Their collected papers, a unique survival from the clandestine world of early English nonconformity, are here printed in full for the first time, together with a hitherto unpublished narrative by the Suffolk minister, Thomas Rogers, which throws a flood of light on similar, ifmore public, clerical activity in and around Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, during the same period. Taken together, the two texts provide an unrivalled insight into the minds and the methods of that network of 'godly' ministers whose professed aim was to modify the strict provisions of the Elizabethan settlement of religion, both by ceaseless lobbying and by practical example. The editors' introduction accordingly emphasizes the complex nature of the English protestant tradition between the Tudor mid-century and the accession of James I, as well as attempting to plot the politico-ecclesiastical developments of the 1580s in some detail. A comprehensive biographical register of the members of the Dedham conference, of the Bury St Edmunds lecturers, and of many other important names mentioned in the texts, completes the volume. PATRICK COLLINSON is Regius Professor of Modern History, University of Cambridge;JOHN CRAIG is associate professor at Simon Fraser University; BRETT USHER is an expert on Elizabethan clergy.Trade ReviewThe fulsome scholarly apparatus that the editors have provided in this edition will doubtless make it an essential resource for scholars interested in Elizabethan Puritanism both nationally and in East Anglia. * HISTORY *At last the student of Elizabethan religion has a worthy edition of the unique archive on the Dedham conference. [...] By far the most important contribution of this new edition is its much greater insight into the lives and motive of the dramatis personae of the conference, and their relationship to the wider Elizabethan religious context. The editors have an unrivalled collective knowledge. * ENGLISH HISTORICAL REVIEW *

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Book SynopsisLetters written by a clergyman during the late seventeenth century illuminate the religious turmoil of the period.This book provides an edition of the letters of George Davenport, an Anglican clergyman in the north of England whose adult career covered the period of the Interregnum and the Restoration. Many of the letters are to his former Cambridge tutor, William Sancroft, beginning from 1651 after Sancroft had been expelled from Cambridge, and continuing after the Restoration when Davenport replaced Sancroft as chaplain to John Cosin, bishop of Durham, later becoming Rector of Houghton-le Spring, Durham. They were written to keep Sancroft supplied with information about Durham, where he was a prebendary with license to be non-resident, needing to collect revenues from his living and then torebuild his prebendal house. The earlier letters reveal something about the life of an illegally (since episcopally) ordained young Anglican who, unlike many, did not go into exile but stayed largely in London supported by friends. Davenport eventually became a most conscientious resident parish priest and the letters throw considerable light on the Restoration settlement in the Durham diocese, from the `beautifying' of Houghton church to the catechisingof the people and the collection of tithes from a sometimes tardy flock. Davenport also helped Cosin to Catalogue his famous library and himself gave many manuscripts to it, of which a list is included here as an appendix. The letters are presented here with full introduction and elucidatory notes.Trade ReviewThis is an important edition of letters which illuminates the clerical concerns of the Restoration. * ARCHIVES *This edition forms a valuable new resource for ecclesiastical historians. * JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY *Table of ContentsIntroduction Letters of George Davenport Appendix A i] Davenport's Catalogue ii] Will of George Davenport, 1677 iii] Inventory of George Davenport, 1677 iv] Dilapidation Document, 1665 v] Churchwardens' Accounts of Houghton le Spring, 1677 Appendix B Books referred to in the Letters Bibliography

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Book SynopsisAn edition, with introduction and notes, of the unique census for religious worship, in north-east England.In 1851, for the only time in British history, a count of those attending any place of religious worship was held alongside the usual decenial census of population. This volume is an edition of the census for the counties of Northumberland and Durham, together with some outlying parts of the diocese of Durham now in modern-day Cumbria and North Yorkshire. An introduction sets the census in context, as well as highlighting some surprises, such as the number of Mormon churches in the North-East by this time, or the returns signed off by women, or even the Church of England clergyman too drunk to complete the return. A detailed description of each place of worship follows, showing for instance the numbers who attended the various churches, the age of the church, its endowment if any, together with comments from those who completed the form. The census returns are supplemented with additional information by the editor, and also by a list of those places of worship overlooked by the census.Trade ReviewA handsome production. * ARCHIVES *This handsomely produced volume provides an excellent and scholarly working tool for the historian of religion in the North East. * NORTHERN HISTORY *Table of ContentsIntroduction The Twenty-Four Registration Districts The Religious Census of 1851 - Northumberland The Religious Census of 1851 - County Durham Places of Religious Worship in Yorkshire included in the Durham Returns Places of Religious Worship in Cumberland included in the Durham Returns Appendices Bibliography Indices

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Book SynopsisThe notebooks of bishops of Carlisle reveal a wealth of detail concerning clerical life at the time.The volume presents three nineteenth-century manuscripts originally created for the use of bishops of Carlisle: Walter Fletcher's "Diocesan Book", written between 1814 and 1845, and Bishop Hugh Percy's two parish notebooks, compiled between 1828 and 1855. Based on visitations, and on articles of enquiry now lost, they add to a growing body of knowledge relating to the condition of the Church in the first half of the nineteenth century, providing a unique record of livings in the Carlisle diocese prior to its expansion in 1856. In particular, they illuminate the concerns of two significant clerical figures. In 1814 the newly installed chancellor, Walter Fletcher, set about recordinghis primary visitation, updating his notes frequently until the year before his death in 1846. In 1828 the newly consecrated bishop, Hugh Percy, created his own diocesan record, utilising Fletcher's material while adding matter of his own. The popularity of Anglican ritualism since the advent of Tractarianism has made it commonplace for the Georgian Church to be viewed with a certain amount of disdain. The notebooks allow us a more objective view ofthe period. Fletcher's notes on the 130 churches he visited are particularly valuable in presenting a diligent, hard-working clergyman, loyal to the Tory high-church traditions into which he had been born, with a vision for the diocese which, above all, was one of orderliness and obedience to canon law. The documents are presented here with introduction and notes. Dr Jane Platt is an honorary researcher in history at Lancaster University.Table of ContentsIntroduction Deanery of Carlisle Deanery of Allerdale Deanery of Cumberland Deanery of Westmorland Schools Appendix: Loose papers in Percy's notebook Biographical Index Glossary

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Book SynopsisAn edition, with introduction and notes, of the unique census for religious worship, in north-east England.In 1851, for the only time in British history, a count of those attending any place of religious worship was held alongside the usual decennial census of the population. Its purpose was to investigate the extent of church and chapel attendance, and to identify where more places of worship were required - but as an incidental consequence, it also identified the strengths and weaknesses of nearly forty religious bodies, overwhelmingly of Christian churches,but also including the Jewish community. The figures suggested that something like a quarter of the population had then chosen not to attend a place of worship, a striking finding in an allegedly religious age. This volume isan edition of the census for Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness. An introduction sets the census in context; a detailed description of each place of worship follows, showing for instance the numbers who attended the various churches, the age of the church, its endowment if any, and comments from those who completed the form. The census returns are supplemented with notes, and also by a list of those places of worship overlooked by the census. ALAN MUNDEN is an Anglican clergyman; he has served in parishes in Cheltenham, Coventry and Jesmond, in all three places writing extensively on aspects of local ecclesiastical history.Table of ContentsIntroduction Editorial Conventions The Religious Census of Cumbria, 1851 Appendix 1: Summaries by Registration District Appendix 2: Summary totals, by denomination, by place of worship and by numerical strength Appendix 3: Places of worship not listed in the Religious Census Appendix 4: Bishops, deans, chancellors and archdeacons, c.1800-c.1900 Appendix 5: The consecration of Anglican churches and chapels in the diocese of Carlisle Appendix 6: The consecration of Anglican churches and chapels in the diocese of Chester Bibliography Index of persons Index of places

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Book SynopsisEdition of important documents from one of the major monastic centres of medieval England.In the wake of the Conqueror's ravaging of the North in the course of the rebellion and Danish invasion of 1069-70 the devastated city of York had to be largely rebuilt. The Conqueror himself contributed a major new abbey built in the west of the city, no doubt in a spirit of penitence for the wasting of the city and county carried out by his troops. The community's origins were not straightforward. It had begun in the early 1080s as a struggling monastic settlement on the ancient site of Lastingham on the North York Moors under its charismatic leader, Stephen. Around 1085 the community was adopted by the king and translated to the western quarter of York, to a site which had previously been the "burh" of the earl of Northumbria. The Conqueror made a creative use of the new Norman elite of Yorkshire to endow and secure the new abbey, an enterprise adopted and extended by his son William II Rufus in 1088. By the end of Abbot Stephen's term of office his abbey had absorbed a remarkable number of land grants from a variety of greater and lesser aristocrats across the North and East Ridings, as well as spawned two daughter houses in Cumbria. This new study uncovers in meticulous detail the manoeuvres of the king, the abbot and the aristocracy of Yorkshire as each looked to make spiritual and political capital out of the grand new royal foundation.Trade ReviewThe depth of the scholarly activity underpinning this volume is remarkable ... it is a major contribution to our understanding of the monastic revival in the north. Richard Sharpe was a scholar of enormous energy with an extensive range of intellectual interests and we are fortunate that he returned to the history of his native city in this way. -- Kathleen Thompson * Northern History *This substantial Surtees volume is certain to become an invaluable source for anyone working on the revival of northern monasticism and the patronage of the new Norman aristocracy and their tenants in late eleventh and early twelfth century Yorkshire. -- Local HistorianTable of ContentsRichard Sharpe : An Appreciation 1. A Foundation Book? Michael Gullick 2. The Foundation of the Abbey Richard Sharpe 3. Forged Charters of Confirmation Richard Sharpe 4. The Deeds of Gift Richard Sharpe 5. Introduction to the Foundation Narrative Nicholas Karn 6. The Foundation Narrative Nicholas Karn 7. The Confraternity List Janet Burton 8. The Anniversaries Richard Sharpe Indexes

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Book SynopsisEverything you need to know about the reformation and why you need to know it.Trade Review“I don’t know of a better brief introduction to the Reformation and its continuing importance today. It provides an ideal opportunity in this anniversary year for Christians both to remember the past and to reflect on how we can build on it into the future.” -- Vaughan Roberts, Rector, * St Ebbe’s Church, Oxford and Lausanne plenary speaker *"This packs a punch way beyond its size, and is far more than just an appetizer. Alan Purser’s Appendix on one of the most misused passages of Scripture, John 17, is worth the price alone! " -- David Robertson * Minister at St Peter’s Church, Dundee and blogger at the weeflea *"This book is guaranteed to put a new spring in the step of every evangelical. It takes us back to our roots, and shows us how the apostolic gospel of Jesus Christ can change the world." -- John Benton * Editor of Evangelicals Now *Table of ContentsContentsReformation Timeline ixA Pre-Reformation Hymn xivForeword: Lindsay Brown xvPART IThe Story and Significance of theReformation 1Michael ReevesPART IIKeep the Faith and Pass It On 27John StottAPPENDICESJesus’ Prayer for Unity in His Church 49Alan PurserMartin Luther’s 95 Theses 54Questions for Study and Reflection 69Recommended Reading 73

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Book SynopsisAn inspiring exploration of key historical and contemporary figures who have defended the Christian faith.Trade Review“With a keen eye for detail, a passion for truth, and a desire to probe into the valuable lessons we can learn from the past, Matthew Knell has given the church a wonderful resource in Defenders of the Faith. He pushes us to ask tough questions and to reflect deeply on what it means to be committed to living faithfully for Christ today as we stand in the shadows of those who have gone before us. There is more to this book than history, however. As all good historians do, Matthew challenges our assumptions of today by teaching us to think deeply about yesterday. If we will heed its lessons and follow its trajectory, Defenders of the Faith will help us to remain faithful while helping us avoid the pitfalls of the past that present themselves today in new guises, but with the same dangers as they have always held.” -- Rev Malcolm Duncan (FRSA), senior pastor, Gold Hill Baptist ChurchTable of ContentsCONTENTSAcknowledgments 8Introduction 10Chapter 1Defence against Cultural Attack:Irenaeus of Lyon 16Chapter 2Defence against Theological Attack:Basil of Caesarea 46Chapter 3aDefence against Political Attack:The Church in China 77Chapter 3bThe Church in China:Considerations from Within the Context 99Conclusion 122Epilogue 132Further Reading 156Picture Acknowledgments 158

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Book SynopsisLogic in a Popular Form brings to light many significant aspects of the multifaceted phenomenon of popular religion in Bengal, while tracing the impact of urbanization, colonialism, and nationalism

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Book SynopsisAn investigation into the influence of, and reaction to, the atheistic writings of the baron d'Holbach.The Baron d'Holbach, a prominent figure in the French Enlightenment, is best known for his writings against religion. His prolific campaign of atheism and anti-clericalism, waged from the printing presses of Amsterdam in the yearsaround 1770, was so radical that it provoked an unprecedented public response. For the baron's enemies, at least, it suggested the end of an era: proof that the likes of Voltaire and Jean-Jacques Rousseau were simply a cabal of atheists hell-bent on the destruction of all that was to be cherished about religion and society. The philosophes, past their prime and under fire, recognised the need to respond, but struggled to know which way to turn. France's institutional bodies, lacking unity and fatally distracted, provided no credible lead. Instead, the voice of reason came from an unlikely source - independent Christian apologists, Catholic and Protestant, who attacked the baron on his own terms and, in the process, irrevocably changed the nature of Christian writing. This book examines the reception of the works of the baron d'Holbach throughout francophone Europe. It insists that d'Holbach's historical importance has been understated, argues the case for the existence of a significant "Christian Enlightenment" and raises questions about existing secular models of the francophone public sphere. MARK CURRAN is the Munby Fellow in Bibliography, Cambridge University Library.Trade ReviewA well-written and well-documented study that will be of considerable interest to scholars working on eighteenth-century religion, the Enlightenment, and the intersection of the two. * AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW *Has many merits. * EUROPEAN HISTORY QUARTERLY *As a contribution to the history of the public sphere in the age of Enlightenment, [this] study is a solid and impressive piece of work. * HISTORY, July 2013 *Table of ContentsPrologue Introduction The Virtuous Atheist The Oral and Written Public Sphere Books and Pamphlets Periodicals The Philosophe Response Institutional Reactions in France The Christian Enlightenment? Beyond the Christian Enlightenment Appendix 1. D'Holbach's Publications, 1752-1789 Appendix 2. Responses in French to d'Holbach's publications, 1752-1789 Appendix 3. The Corpus of Periodical Press Articles Produced in Reaction to d'Holbach's Publications Bibliography

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Book SynopsisNew investigation of John Wyclif's writings on the theory of the "just war" shows him to be the first genuine pacifist of medieval Europe.John Wyclif (c. 1330-84) was the foremost English intellectual of the late fourteenth century and is remembered as both an ecclesiastical reformer and a heresiarch. But, against the backdrop of the Hundred Years War, Wyclif also tackled the numerous ethical, legal and practical problems arising from war and violence. Since the fifth-century works of St Augustine of Hippo, Christian justifications of war had revolved around three key criteria: just cause, proper authority and correct intention. Utilising Wyclif's extensive Latin corpus, the author traces how and why Wyclif dismantled these three pillars of medieval just war doctrine, exploring his critique within the context oflate medieval political thought and theology. Wyclif is revealed to be a thinker deeply concerned with the Christian virtues of sacrifice, suffering and charity, which ultimately led him to repudiate the concept of justified warfare in both theory and practice. The author thus changes the way we understand Wyclif, demonstrating that he created a coherent doctine of pacifism and non-resistance which was at that time unparallelled. Dr Rory Cox isa Lecturer in Late Mediaeval History at the University of St Andrews.Trade ReviewThis book carefully argues for Wyclif's conceptual repudiation of major tenets of just war theory, practical skepticism about application of these tenets in the real world, and spiritual application of principles of martyrdom even in the realm of politics. * SPECULUM *Cox has made a compelling case for Wyclif's role in returning a principled Christological pacifism to the theological conversation in the later Middle Ages. * FIDES ET HISTORIA *Rory Cox has done an important service in producing the first book-length study of Wyclif's views on perennial themes: violence, war, and the prospect of peace. His generally limpid writing opens up Wyclif's dense and scattered arguments to a broad audience of readers, and his case for Wyclif as the first medieval pacifist is credible and well argued. * CATHOLIC HISTORICAL REVIEW *Clear and comprehensive in the way it brings together and sets out complex ideas and arguments gleaned from a wide variety of Wyclif's work...this study should be of the greatest interest to a wide readership, students of the history of war ... philosophers, politicians, soldiers and others as they debate whether war can ever be 'just'...or not. * REVIEWS IN HISTORY *Table of ContentsIntroduction: War, peace and Wyclif The development of just war doctrine up to the fourteenth century Wyclif's rejection of just cause Wyclif's rejection of proper authority Wyclif's rejection of correct intention Wyclif on politics The medieval pacifist Conclusion Bibliography

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Book SynopsisAn examination of changes in religious practice over the course of the long fourteenth century.Ripon Minster was St Wilfrid's church, and its vast parish at the edge of the Yorkshire dales was his domain, his memory living on among the people of his parish centuries after his death. Wilfrid was a saint for all seasons: histhree feast days punctuated the cycle of the agricultural year and an annual procession sought his blessings on the growing crops each May. This procession brought together many of the parish's earthly lords - the clergy and the gentry - as they carried the relics of their celestial patron. In death they hoped that they too would be remembered, and so remain a part of parish society for as long as their tombs survived or prayers were said for them in the church of Ripon. This book charts the developments in the practice of religion, and in particular the commemoration of the deceased, from the late fourteenth to the early sixteenth centuries in this important parish. In particular, it shows how the twin necessities of honouring the minster's patron saint and remembering the parish dead had a profound effect on the practice of religion in late medieval Ripon, shaping everything from the ritual calendarto weekly and daily religious routines. It provides, moreover, insights into the state of English religion on the eve of the Reformation. Stephen Werronen completed his PhD at the University of Leeds and is currently a visiting researcher at the Arnamagnæan Institute, University of Copenhagen.Trade ReviewA pleasing study of the parish of Ripon and its illustrious shrine, depicting the contours of the liturgical year and its companion in the movement of the seasons. * HISTORY *A welcome addition to the field. * NOTTINGHAM MEDIEVAL STUDIES *[T]his book will be useful to local historians working on this corner of late medieval Yorkshire, especially those interested in religious life, and it provides a valuable insight into the workings of Ripon Minster and its environs, opening it up for further research. * SPECULUM *Provides valuable light on the vitality of English religious life at the ground level at the same time as revealing the institutional shortcomings of the church on the eve of the Reformation. * THE RICARDIAN *Table of ContentsIntroduction St Wilfrid, patron of the minster and parish The minster clergy The minster and its parishioners: the living The ritual year of the minster and parish The minster and its parishioners: the dead Conclusion Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThis translation of Confessions enlivens the beguiling world of late antiquity.Trade Review"... Constantine makes Augustine his own in the way of great translators." -- The Best Books of 2018: Works in Translation! - Open Letters Review

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Book SynopsisThe story of a universal deluge, from which a few persons survived in order to repopulate the earth, is found in literature around the world. The most famous account is that of the Bible, concerned with the survival of Noah's family by means of an ark. Within the last century, a number of explanations for “the flood” have been proposed, as well as evidence for its historicity.

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Book SynopsisThis study challenges traditional interpretations of the roles of royal women in a patriarchial society. Drawing upon sources in anthropology, sociology, art history and literature, the author demonstrates that the wives of the early tsars played complex roles in government.Trade Review"An important study that opens up the whole area of women at the Russian court before Peter's time." -Russian Review "Finely nuanced."—American Historical Review "Highly recommended.... The book breaks new ground."—Canadian Slavonic PapersTable of ContentsTable of Contents Introduction 1. The Myth of the Tsaritsa's Blessed Womb 2. Helpmate to the Tsar and Intercessor for the Realm 3. The Tsaritsa as Ruler and Dynastic Link 4. The Royal Terem in the Early Romanov Period 5. Sofiia Alekseevna, the Tsarevna as Ruler Conclusion Glossary Appendix: Genealogical Charts Notes Selected Bibliography Index

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