History of religion Books
Baylor University Press Seek to See Him
Book SynopsisIn Seek to See Him April DeConick argues that the Gospel of Thomas, contrary to the way Thomas is normally understood, does not originate from gnostic traditions. Instead, she proposes that Thomas is best explained by Hermetic and Second Temple Jewish mystical traditions.
£26.96
Baylor University Press Angelomorphic Christology
Book SynopsisDemonstrates that angel and angel-related traditions, especially those built upon the so-called “Angel of the Lord” figure in the Hebrew Bible, had a profound impact upon the origin, development, and shape of early Christian claims about Jesus.Trade Review"Well-researched and carefully argued." -- James R Davila, Journal for the Study of Judaism in the Persian, Hellenistic & Roman Period, reviewing a previous edition or volume"Gieschens enthusiasm for the subject, along with the impressive erudition provided, combine to make this an engaging and valuable study." -- Larry Hurtado, Journal of Biblical Literature, reviewing a previous edition or volume"Gieschens enthusiasm for the subject, along with the impressive erudition provided, combine to make this an engaging and valuable study." -- Larry Hurtado, Journal of Biblical Literature, reviewing a previous edition or volume
£33.11
Baylor University Press The Jewish Roots of Christological Monotheism
Book SynopsisSecond Temple Judaism exerted a profound and shaping influence upon early Christianity. The Jewish Roots of Christological Monotheism documents this influence by exploring the ways in which the Christian praxis of Christ-devotion in the first two centuries of the Common Era can be understood as a manifestation of Jewish monotheism.
£33.11
Baylor University Press Patterns in History
Book SynopsisIn this concise volume, historian David Bebbington offers a summary of various theories of history from ancient times down to the present. Patterns in History provides Christian students of history with a trusted guide in what Mark Noll has described as “the best evangelical introduction to the history of history writing.”Trade Review"The book is a valuable contributionto the philosophy of history and the theory of historiography." C.T. McIntire, Church HistoryIn an age of trivial, superspecialized scholarship, this is Christian thinking of a high, broad order. Those interested in Christian ideas in the modern world, in comparative religion, and in the study of history all ought to invest in this unusually useful handbook." John G. Stackhouse, Jr., Christianity Today"A masterly summary of the major developments in the interpretation of history." Alastair Redfern, The Modern Churchman"A trusted guide for Christian students of history." Jacob P. Ellens, Calvin Theological JournalTable of ContentsPreface 1. What Is History? 2. Cyclical History 3. Christian History 4. The Idea of Progress 5. Historicism 6. Marxist History 7. Postmodern History 8. The Philosophy of Historiography 9. The Meaning of History Booklist Index
£29.71
Baylor University Press The End of the Psalter
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£33.11
Baylor University Press Baptists through the Centuries
Book SynopsisProvides a clear introduction to the history and theology of this influential and international people. David Bebbington, a leading Baptist historian, surveys the main developments in Baptist life and thought from the seventeenth century to the present.Trade Review"Conversations about Baptist identity too often generate more heat than light. This book is a happy exception, telling the Baptist story with great insight and clarity." Curtis W. Freeman, Research Professor of Theology and Baptist Studies, Duke University Divinity School"David Bebbington's well-earned reputation as a brilliant historian is certainly confirmed with this fine overview of Baptist history and practices. Bebbington's work will provide students with a timely, balanced, and insightful guide for generations to come." David S. Dockery, President, Union University"Bebbington, one of the leading historians of worldwide evangelicalism, presents a sweeping overview of Baptist history in Europe and the US from its beginnings in the Reformation to the present. A synthesis of the original research of others, Bebbington's interpretive scheme is nuanced and quite readable." J. F. Findlay, University of Rhode Island, Choice (2011, 48:8)"... the scope of [Bebbington's] coverage in just 300 pages is breathtaking. If you read only one book on the Baptists, this is the one for you." Richard V. Pierard, International Bulletin of Missionary Research, Oct. 2011"... the scope of [Bebbington's] coverage in just 300 pages is breathtaking. If you read only one book on the Baptists, this is the one for you." Richard V. Pierard, International Bulletin of Missionary Research, Oct. 2011"... a welcomed addition to the field of Baptist studies." Baptist History & Heritage Society (Fall 2012)"David Bebbington has placed us all in his debt by producing this volume." Journal of European Baptist Studies (2012, 12:2)"In Baptists through the Centuries, the distinguished University of Stirling (UK) professor further solidifies his already established reputation for careful scholarship, astute interpretation, and compelling storylines.... Bebbington offers the necessary resources for understanding the tradition's comlex historical roots, as well as the meandering pathways that have characterized denomination life for 400 years." Renewing Minds (2012, 1:1)"David Bebbington is one of our finest historians, and he has given us here a superb overview of the Baptist movement, from its Reformation roots to its global reach." Timothy George, founding Dean of Beeson Divinity School of Samford University, and General Editor of the Reformation Commentary on Scripture"Bebbington is a wise guide... This judicious and insightful account of Baptist history is to be commended." John Briggs, President of the Baptist Hictorical Society, Baptist Quarterly (2013, 45)Bebbingtons careful work and attempt to categorize and define the diverse family called Baptists is laudable and worthy of commendation. Jason. G. Duesing, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Journal of Ecclesiastical History (62:4)This book offers a world view and combines the fairly familiar with the surprisingly little known. It shows a remarkably vigorous community of faith throughout the world. -- David Salter -- Congregational History Society Magazine
£54.40
Baylor University Press Introduction to the Septuagint
Book SynopsisSiegfried Kreuzer's Introduction to the Septuagint presents, in English, the most extensive introduction of the Septuagint to date. It offers comprehensive overviews of the individual biblical writings, including the history of research, current findings and problems, and perspectives for future research.Table of ContentsIntroduction The Origins and Transmission of the Septuagint Siegfried Kreuzer Overview of Textual Witnesses to the Septuagint Siegfried Kreuzer / Marcus Sigismund 1. Pentateuch 1.0. From the Torah to Nomos: Perspectives of Research on the Greek Pentateuch Martin Rösel 1.1. Genesis Martina Kepper 1.2. Exodos/Exodus Peter Schwagmeier 1.3. Levitikon/Leviticus Martin Vahrenhorst 1.4. Arithmoi/Numeri/Numbers Gilles Dorival 1.5. Deuteronomion/Deuteronomium/Deuteronomy Melvin K. H. Peters 2. Historical Books 2.1. Jesus/Josue/Joshua Cornelis G. den Hertog 2.2. Kritai/Iudices/Judges Natalio Fernà ndez Marcos 2.3. Ruth Eberhard Bons 2.4. The Books of Kingdoms/Reigns 2.4.1â2. Basileion I and II / 1â2 Kingdoms / 1â2 Samuel Philippe Hugo 2.4.3. Basileion III / 3 Kingdoms / 1 Kings. Martin Meiser 2.4.4. Basileion IV / 4 Kingdoms / 2 Kings Julio Trebolle-Barreira 2.5. Paraleipomenon I and II / 1â2 Chronica / 1â2 Chronicles Adrian Schenker 2.6.1. Esdras I / 1 Esdras / 3 Ezra Dieter Böhler 2.6.2. Esdras II / 2 Esdras / Ezra-Nehemiah Dieter Böhler 3. Later Historical Books and Narratives 3.1. Esther / The Book of Esther Kristin De Troyer 3.2. Judith / The Book of Judith Helmut Engel 3.3. Tobit / The Book of Tobit / Tobias Katrin Hauspie 3.4. The Books of the Maccabees 3.4.1. Makkabaion I / 1 Maccabees Michael Tilly 3.4.2. Makkabaion II / 2 Maccabees Tobias Nicklas 3.4.3. Makkabaion III / 3 Maccabees Wolfgang Orth 3.4.4. Makkabaion IV / 4 Maccabees Robert J. V. Hiebert 4. Psalms and Odes 4.1. Psalmoi / The Book of Psalms Eberhard Bons / Ralph Brucker 4.2. Odai / Odai / The Book of Odes Ioan ChirilÄ / Siegfried Kreuzer 4.3. Psalmoi Solomontos / Psalms of Solomon Felix Albrecht 5. Wisdom Books 5.1. Paroimiai / Proverbia / Proverbs of Solomon Hans-Winfried JÃ"ngling 5.2. Ekklesiastes / Qohelet / Ecclesiastes Peter J. Gentry with Yun-Yeong Yi 5.3. Asma / Canticum Canticorum / Song of Songs Eva Schulz-FlÃ"gel 5.4. Job Markus Witte 5.5. Sophia Solomonos / Sapientia Salomonis / Wisdom of Solomon Helmut Engel 5.6. Sophia Sirach / Ekklesiasticus / The Wisdom of Jesus Son of Sirach Frank Ueberschaer 6. Prophetic Books 6.1. Dodekapropheton / The Twelve Prophets 6.1.0. Dodekapropheton / The Twelve Prophets: An Overview Cécile Dogniez 6.1.1. Osee/Hosea Jan Joosten 6.1.2. Amos Eberhard Bons 6.1.3. Michaias/Michaeas/Micah Cécile Dogniez / Jan Joosten 6.1.4. Joel Cécile Dogniez 6.1.5. Abdiu/Abdias/Obadiah Cécile Dogniez 6.1.6. Jonas/Jonah Cécile Dogniez 6.1.7. Naoum/Nahum Heinz-Josef Fabry 6.1.8. Ambakoum/Habacuc/Habakkuk Heinz-Josef Fabry 6.1.9. Sophonias/Zephaniah Jong-Hoon Kim 6.1.10. Aggaios/Aggaeus/Haggai Thomas Pola 6.1.11. Zacharias/Zechariah Thomas Pola 6.1.12. Malachias/Malachi Cécile Dogniez 6.2. Esaias/Isaias/Isaiah Arie van der Kooij 6.3. Jeremiah Writings 6.3.1. Jeremias/Ieremias/Jeremiah Pierre-Maurice Bogaert 6.3.2. Baruch Pierre-Maurice Bogaert 6.3.3. Threnoi/Lamentationes/Lamentations Frank Ueberschaer 6.3.4. Epistole Jeremiou / Epistola Ieremiae / Epistle of Jeremiah Benjamin Wright 6.4. Iezekiel/Ezechiel/Ezekiel Johan Lust 6.5. Daniel Writings 6.5.1. Daniel Marco Settembrini 6.5.2. Sousanna/Susanna/Susannah Heinz-Dieter Neef 6.5.3. Bel kai Drakon / Bel et Draco / Bel and the Dragon Heinz-Dieter Neef 7. The Septuagint and the New Testament 7.1. The Septuagint Text in Early Christianity Martin Karrer 7.2. The Significance of Septuagint Quotations in the New Testament against the Background of Old Testament Textual History Wolfgang Kraus
£79.90
Baylor University Press Healing and Power in Ghana Early Indigenous
Book SynopsisFocusing on the southeastern Gold Coast in the middle of the nineteenth century, Healing and Power in Ghana identifies patterns of indigenous reception, rejection, and reformulation of what had initially arrived, centuries earlier, as a European trade religion.Table of Contents Introduction: The Moral Imagination Primal Globalization The Existing Ritual Toolkit Three Hundred Years of Irrelevance Satan's Strongholds5 How the Missionaries Became Shrine Priests Divergent Modes of Hermeneutics States of Exception Conclusion: The Cross and the Machete
£47.60
Baylor University Press Greek Genres and Jewish Authors
Book SynopsisArgues that a robust understanding of ancient genre facilitates proper textual interpretation. Adopting a cognitive-prototype theory of genre, Sean Adams provides a detailed discussion of Jewish authors writing in Greek from ca. 300 BCE to ca. 135 CE - including New Testament authors - and their participation in Greek genres.Table of Contents Preface Abbreviations 1 Introduction 2 Jewish Epic Poetry 3 Other Jewish-Greek Poets 4 Didactic Literature 5 Jewish Philosophical Treatises 6 Jewish Novelists 7 Jewish Historians 8 Jewish Biographers 9 Concluding Observations
£65.45
Baylor University Press Faith and History
Book SynopsisJoin over forty Christian historians as they journey through the biblical and historical past, reading God's word in light of the experiences of those made in God's image. Along with an invitation to study Scripture from Genesis through Revelation, Faith and History provides a link between modern Christians and faithful believers from the past.
£16.16
Baylor University Press A Spirit of Revitalization Urban Pentecostalism
Book SynopsisWhile outlining a century of successive renewal movements in Kenya between 1920 and 2020, the study delves into features of recent urban Pentecostal churches. Readers will find a thorough historical treatment of themes such as church structures, corporate vision, Christian formation, and theological education.Table of Contents Introduction 1 The Spirit-Roho Christians Conflict and Continuity in Early Kenyan Christianity 2 Revivalists and Student Movements Early Cosmopolitan Renewal in Kenya 3 Self-Determination, Evangelicalism, and Renewal New Pentecostal Charismatic Churches, 1970–1990 4 A New Pentecostal Response to Political and Economic Turmoil Progressive Pentecostal Churches, 1990–2005 5 Go Ye and Make Disciples Discipleship in Urban Kenyan Pentecostalism 6 Leadership Development and Renewal in Kenya The Beginnings of Historic Mission Theological Education 7 Spirit-Led and Structured The Case of "Christ Is the Answer Ministries" 8 "Without a Vision My People Perish" Reconceptualizing the Future at the Nairobi Chapel Conclusion
£46.80
Baylor University Press History of Early Christianity
Book SynopsisPresents the history of early Christianity from its beginnings to the time of the Second Judean Revolt. The book offers a thorough overview of the historical, social, and religious contexts of the Jesus movement in Judea and the various forms of Christian communities and traditions in the Greco-Roman world.
£36.51
Baylor University Press The Parables after Jesus
Book SynopsisThe first book to explore in a comprehensive way the ""afterlives"" of the parable tradition - how people have interpreted, been influenced by, and applied Jesus' enigmatic and compelling parables in a multitude of ways, perspectives, eras, contexts, and media.Table of Contents List of Illustrations Preface Abbreviations Introduction 1. The Afterlives of Jesus's Parables in Antiquity (to ca. 550 CE) Irenaeus The Gospel of Philip Clement of Alexandria Tertullian Origen John Chrysostom Augustine Macrina the Younger Ephrem the Syrian The Good Shepherd in Early Christian Art Oil Lamp Roman Catacombs Dura-Europos House Church Illuminations from the Rossano Gospels Byzantine Mosaics, Christ Separating Sheep from Goats, Sant'Apollinare Nuovo (Ravenna, Italy) Romanos the Melodist 2. The Afterlives of Jesus's Parables in the Middle Ages (ca. 550–1500 CE) Gregory the Great Sahih al-Bukhari Wazo of Liège The Golden Gospels of Echternach The Laborers in the Vineyard The Wicked Tenants The Great Dinner The Rich Man and Lazarus Theophylact Hildegard of Bingen Chartres Cathedral Bonaventure Thomas Aquinas John Gower Antonia Pulci Albrecht Dürer 3. The Afterlives of Jesus's Parables in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries Martin Luther Anna Jansz of Rotterdam John Calvin John Maldonatus William Shakespeare Domenico Fetti George Herbert Roger Williams Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn John Bunyan 4. The Afterlives of Jesus's Parables in the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries William Blake Søren Kierkegaard Frederick Douglass Fanny Crosby Leo Tolstoy John Everett Millais Emily Dickinson Charles Haddon Spurgeon Adolf Jülicher 5. The Afterlives of Jesus's Parables in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries Thomas Hart Benton Parables and the Blues: Rev. Robert Wilkins Flannery O'Connor Martin Luther King Jr. Godspell Two Latin American Receptions The Peasants of Solentiname Elsa Tamez David Flusser Octavia Butler Thich Nhat Hanh Conclusion: What Do Parables Want? Appendix: Descriptions of the Parables Cited in the Interpretations Works Cited Scripture Index Subject Index
£999.99
Baylor University Press The Evangelical Quadrilateral
Book SynopsisThe two volumes of The Evangelical Quadrilateral address different aspects of the Evangelical movement. The first volume deals with issues in the movement as a whole, and the second volume examines features of particular denominational bodies within Evangelicalism.Table of Contents Introduction: The Parameters of Evangelical Identity I The Character and Culture of Evangelicals 1 The Nature of Evangelical Identity 2 Revival and Enlightenment in Eighteenth-Century England 3 Gospel and Culture in British Evangelicalism 4 Evangelicalism and Cultural Diffusion II Evangelicals, Americans and the Wider World 5 The Legacy of Jonathan Edwards in Britain 6 Dwight L. Moody and Transatlantic Evangelicalism 7 Global Evangelicalism in the Nineteenth Century III Evangelicals, Doctrine and Experience 8 The Advent Hope in British Evangelicalism since 1800 9 Evangelical Conversion, c. 1740-c. 1850 10 Holiness in the Evangelical Tradition 11 The Deathbed Piety of Evangelical Nonconformists in the Nineteenth Century IV Evangelicals, History and Science 12 Calvin and British Evangelicalism in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries 13 The Evangelical Discovery of History 14 Science and Evangelical Theology in Britain from Wesley to Orr V Evangelicals into the Twenty-First Century 15 Evangelical Trends, 1959-2009 16 Evangelicals and Public Worship, 1965-2005
£42.26
Baylor University Press The Evangelical Quadrilateral
Book SynopsisThe two volumes of The Evangelical Quadrilateral address different aspects of the Evangelical movement. The first volume deals with issues in the movement as a whole, and the second volume examines features of particular denominational bodies within Evangelicalism.Table of Contents Introduction: The Parameters of Evangelical Identity I The Character and Culture of Evangelicals 1 The Nature of Evangelical Identity 2 Revival and Enlightenment in Eighteenth-Century England 3 Gospel and Culture in British Evangelicalism 4 Evangelicalism and Cultural Diffusion II Evangelicals, Americans and the Wider World 5 The Legacy of Jonathan Edwards in Britain 6 Dwight L. Moody and Transatlantic Evangelicalism 7 Global Evangelicalism in the Nineteenth Century III Evangelicals, Doctrine and Experience 8 The Advent Hope in British Evangelicalism since 1800 9 Evangelical Conversion, c. 1740-c. 1850 10 Holiness in the Evangelical Tradition 11 The Deathbed Piety of Evangelical Nonconformists in the Nineteenth Century IV Evangelicals, History and Science 12 Calvin and British Evangelicalism in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries 13 The Evangelical Discovery of History 14 Science and Evangelical Theology in Britain from Wesley to Orr V Evangelicals into the Twenty-First Century 15 Evangelical Trends, 1959-2009 16 Evangelicals and Public Worship, 1965-2005
£42.26
Baylor University Press A Dangerous Parting
Book SynopsisEmploying social memory theory and insights from a thorough analysis of ancient ideology concerning beheading, A Dangerous Parting explores the communicative impact of the tradition of John the Baptist's decapitation in the first three centuries of the Common Era.Table of Contents Introduction: A History of Violence 1 Violence Exposed: Social Memory Theory and the Negotiation of Trauma 2 Cultures of Violence: Beheading in the Ancient World 3 Contesting Violence: John's Beheading and Degradation in the Gospel of Mark 4 The Violence of Memory: Christian Identity via Anti-Jewish Polemic Conclusion: Reading Beyond Violence
£36.51
Baylor University Press Visions of Salvation
Book SynopsisDrawing on a landmark collection of more than 200 colour prints, assembled and analysed here for the first time, leading scholars in Chinese Studies, mission history, Chinese Christianity, and visual culture reassess various facets of Chinese life in the second quarter of the twentieth century.Table of Contents Introduction, by Daryl R. Ireland 1. Social Reform: The Role of Christianity, by Peter Zarrow 2. Nationalism: The Great Convergence, by Zexi Sun 3. Women: Public Health, Hygiene, and Nurses, by Connie Shemo 4. Childhood: The Foundation for True Health, by Margaret Mih Tillman 5. Evangelism: The China Inland Mission and the Use of "Gospel Posters," 1925-1935, by Dana L. Robert 6. Theology: The Cross in Popular Chinese Christianity, by Daryl R. Ireland and David Li 7. Biblical Interpretation: The Art of Scripture, by Chloë Starr 8. Roman Catholicism: Painting, Printing, and Selling Morality in Modern China, by Stephanie M. Wong 9. Fine Art: Images of Beauty, by James He Qi 10. Visual Culture: The Convergence of Transnational Images, by Joseph W. Ho
£51.00
Baylor University Press In the Image of Her
Book SynopsisArgues that a feminist, maternal theology is an overlooked and yet critical perspective for our understanding of God’s work in the world. Far from only being vessels of new creation, the bodies of mothers are distinct ecosystems of God’s creative agency and demonstrate how God’s work involves both cooperation and competition.Table of Contents Introduction: The Institution of Motherhood in Western Civilization 1 Early Christian Skepticism of the Mother-Child Bond 2 Eve's Sin and the Generosity of the Maternal Body 3 The Vulnerable Sinner's Attachment to Mother Mary 4 Maternal Piety, Magic, and Sisterhood 5 The Prayers and Tears of Christian Mothers 6 White Mothers' Theology, Black Mothers' Bible Conclusion: Mothers and the Christian Imagination
£33.26
Baylor University Press After Paul
Book SynopsisFocuses on the many ways Pauline thought and tradition were reinterpreted, reused, reframed, and reconstructed in the first centuries of Christianity. James Aageson provides a bifocal look at Paul with the reference points being both how Paul transformed his own thinking and later how Paul and his thought were transformed by others in the church.Table of Contents Preface Credits AbbreviationsIntroduction An Overview of Paul's Legacy Paul and Religion An Overview of Recent Scholarship A Methodological Overview and the Intricate Tapestry of Early Christianity Conclusion1. Memory, Metamorphosis, and Christian Development: Paul and the Formation of a Legacy Scripture, Canon, and Interpretation: The Point of Entry The Earliest Remembering and Reframing of Paul The Acts of the Apostles The Acts of Paul The Pastoral Epistles Ignatius of Antioch Polycarp of Smyrna Clement of Rome Conclusion2. Meaning, Method, and Conflict: Paul's Place in Early Church Tradition 1 Cor 1:18–2:16: The Point of Entry A Lens for Interpreting Pauline Tradition From Dissension and Exhortation to Refutation and Apologetics 1 Clement Ignatius to the Ephesians Irenaeus: Adversus haereses 3.1–5 Tertullian: Contra Marcion 5.5–5.6 Conclusion3. Authority and Control in Pauline Tradition: The Building of a Legacy Romans 6: The Point of Entry Authority, Control, and Institutional Development The Pastoral Epistles Ignatius of Antioch, Polycarp, and 1 Clement Irenaeus and Tertullian Authority and Its Cross Currents Thecla Marcion Valentinus Conclusion4. Life in the Empire: Paul's Legacy, the Church, and Rome Resistance, Accommodation, and Negotiation: The Point of Entry Paul's Legacy and the Empire Luke's Paul Paul and the Pastorals Paul and Thecla Paul, Imprisonment, Suffering, Martyrdom, Imitation A Foundational Christian Narrative Ignatius of Antioch Polycarp 1 Clement Later Stories, Arguments, and Persecutions The Martyrdom of Paul Tertullian: De fuga in persecutione Conclusion5. Self-Definition and Contention: Israel, the Jews, and the Church Abraham, Israel, and Gentile Christianity: The Points of Entry The Legacy of Paul and the Jews, Judaism, and Israel Abraham Jews, Judaism, and Israel Ignatius to the Magnesians Epistle of Barnabas Epistle to Diognetus Justin Martyr: Dialogue with Trypho Tertullian: Adversus Judaeos Conclusion6. Sexuality, Marriage, and Asceticism: Paul's Ethical Legacy 1 Corinthians 7, 1 Thessalonians 4, and the Debate: The Point of Entry Marriage, Sexuality, Celibacy, and the Legacy of Paul The Pastoral and Deutero-Pauline Epistles The Apostolic Fathers Thecla and Sexual Renunciation Tertullian on Chastity and Virginity Exhortation to Chastity On Monogamy On Modesty To His Wife Methodius: Symposium of the Ten Virgins Conclusion7. Paul's Legacy in Place: Philippi, Rome, and Corinth Paul's Legacy in Place: The Point of Entry Paul's Early Legacy in Place in the New Testament Paul in Philippi: The Birth of a Legacy Paul and Rome: The Birth of an Imperial Legacy Paul, Corinth, and the Corinthians: The Birth of a Pastoral Legacy Conclusion8. E Pluribus Unum or Vice Versa: Mapping Unity and Diversity in Early Christian and Pauline Tradition One Body, Many Members: The Point of Entry Legacy and Geographical Location Ecclesiology and Opposition Function and Formation Unity and Diversity of Belief Unity and Diversity of Practice: Baptism, Eucharist, Worship, and Ministry Diversity beneath the Surface ConclusionConclusion
£44.20
Baylor University Press Sola Scriptura
Book SynopsisInvites readers to go back to the time of the writing of the Bible and look at what is said about the sacred texts with a specific focus on how the authority of such texts was viewed. Ben Witherington then walks through Christian history until the point where the phrase sola scriptura actually appears as an authority claim of some kind.Table of Contents Preface 1. The People of the Book: Early Christian Appropriations and Additions 2. The Origins of Sola Scriptura 3. The German and Swiss Reformation: Scripture as the Final Authority 4. The English Reformation and John Wesley: Anglican Views of Scripture 5. The Rise of Modern Science and the Conservative Christian Response 6. The Modern Quadrilateral, Inerrancy, and the Overruling of Scripture 7. Quo Vadis?: The Legacy and Future of Sola Scriptura
£18.00
Baylor University Press Exploring Christian Heritage
£36.51
1845 Books The Wesleyan Theological Heritage
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£54.00
University of Toronto Press NorthSouth The Great European Divide
Book SynopsisNorth/South focuses on the dramatic changes in the intellectual and political typography of a Europe divided between the countries of the North and of those of the South.Trade Review"Ricardo Quinones offers a sweeping exploration into the North and South division in which he succinctly describes not only his own perspective, but also perspectives of early modern to modern writers, scholars, philosophers, and statesmen…This intellectual history offers an intriguing view of the origin of the Europe’s North-South division that continues to the present." -- Jennifer Tellman, Louisiana State University * The Sixteenth Century Journal, Vol xlix, no 2, Summer 2018 *Table of ContentsPreface Chapter 1: Ground-works Chapter 2: Decline and Resistance Chapter 3: The Challenge of Ideas Chapter 4: Tolerance Twin to Incredulity Chapter 5: The Paradox of Time and the Moderns Chapter 6: Major Figures and Causality Chapter 7: Centering the Great Bases in Thought Chapter 8: English Thought: John Milton, John Locke and John Stuart Mill Chapter 9: The Edict of Nantes, Toleration and Voltaire Chapter 10: The Pending Revival of the South Chapter 11: Toward a Summation
£36.00
University of Toronto Press The Correspondence of Erasmus
Book SynopsisVolume 18 in the Collected Works of Erasmus series covers the period from 1 April 1531 to 30 March 1532. The most persistent theme in the letters is the fear, to which Erasmus had long been prey, that the religious strife in Germany and Switzerland would eventually lead to armed conflict. His Catholic and Evangelical critics continued to annoy him. In June 1531 Erasmus published his final apologia against Alberto Pio, who had accused him of being the source of the Lutheran heresy. Though Erasmus’ public controversy with the Strasbourg theologians had come to an end in 1530, he wrote a long letter to Martin Bucer emphasizing his doctrinal differences with the Strasbourgers and his low estimate of their moral character. Erasmus’ financial affairs also figure prominently in the letters between him and his friend, the banker Erasmus Schets. The letters between them are testimony to his impatience with people who owed him money, his frequent inability to understand Trade Review"Erasmus, master of scholars, is well served by the CWE. James M. Estes brings the Allens’ edition up to date. He adds a letter unknown to the Allens (Ep. 2563A), redates five letters (and explains why), and repairs an omission in Ep. 2688. For both CWE 18 and 19 Estes provides concise introductions that put the letters in historical context—the Diet of Augsburg, the Siege of Vienna, war between Swiss cantons—and within Erasmus’ much larger output of new writings and new editions." -- Willis Goth Regier, University of Illinois * Erasmus Studies *"This work of superb scholarship makes a series that is already great even better." -- Andre A. Gazal, Montana Bible College * Sixteenth Century Journal *
£130.90
University of Toronto Press Transformation on the Southern Ukrainian Steppe
Book SynopsisThis book documents the Tsarist Mennonite experience through the papers of Johann Cornies (17891848), an ambitious and energetic leader of the Mennonite settlement of Molochna. Cornies' papers offer a widow onto both the Mennonite world, and onto the Tsarist state's relationship with minorities of the frontier.Table of ContentsList of Maps Preface Acknowledgments Translator’s Note Introduction Part One: Correspondence 1836 1837 1838 1839 1840 1841 1842 Part Two: Johann Cornies’ Archaeological Excavation Reports Editors’ Introduction Reports Appendix I: Genealogy of Johann Cornies’ Immediate Family Appendix II: List of Correspondents Appendix III: Glossary Appendix IV: Chronology Index
£68.00
University of Toronto Press Gifts and Graces
Book SynopsisThis book explores early modern debates over prayer and liturgy from Anglican and Puritan perspectives, highlighting the poetic representation of prayer on both sides of the controversy.Trade Review"In a powerful afterword, Gay speaks to the continued link between prayer and polemic in our post-secular times." -- Alison Shell * The Times Literary Supplement *"The book effectively produces a picture of faithful spiritual writing across emerging divisions, and the chief contribution of the book is the way it shows how intimate the division was: how congregations and poets were all praying the Lord’s Prayer, yet in ways marked in contradistinction." -- Paul Dyck, Canadian Mennonite University * Renaissance and Reformation / Renaissance et Réforme *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. Lancelot Andrewes and George Herbert: Where Most Pray 2. Jeremy Taylor: The Blessing of Unity 3. John Milton: The True Model 4. John Bunyan: The Nameless Instrument Afterword Bibliography
£41.65
University of Toronto Press The Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions
Book SynopsisThis book delves into over one hundred years of history of the Religieuses de Notre Dame des Missions (RNDM) / Our Lady of the Missions as they moved from ultramontanism to eco-spirituality and a focus on women and social justice.Trade Review"This well-written and researched institutional history presents a solid academic view of a woman religious teaching community from its nineteenth century conservative roots to its renewal since the Second Vatican Council." -- M.C. Havey * Historical Studies in Education, Vol. 33, No. 1 *"The Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions is a landmark work that captures the complexity of the transnational and transtemporal development of an educational institution between 1898 and 2008." -- Maria Patricia Williams, ICHRE, UCL Institute of Education * Paedagogica Historica *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Coming to Life at the Intersection of Ultramontanism and Colonialism Part One. Contextualizing the Vision of the Foundress 1. Who Were the RNDMs? Arrival in Canada (1898) and Transnational Ethos 2. Foundational Thoughts on Education and the Interplay of Locality, Congregational Structure, and Church Teachings Part Two. Educational Apostolate in Time and Space: The Schools in Canada 3. Manitoba in the Early Years: Building a French-Canadian Identity with the RNDM Foundations 4. English-Speaking Communities, Immigrants, and the Quest for Social Recognition in Manitoba 5. The RNDM in Saskatchewan: Residential, Parish, Separate, and Private Schools for Girls 6. The Dusty Years to the Post-War Years 7. The Church and the Classroom before Vatican II: Spirituality in the Schools and Recruitment 8. The 1960s: Changing Context and New Experiences Part Three. The Reception of Vatican II: Epistemic Shifts and Visionary Changes 9. The Setting That Framed the Reception of Vatican II 10. Resignifying Vision and Mission: The 1990s and 2000s, and the Movement towards Eco-Spirituality Part Four. The Province Engages in a Foreign Mission 11. The Mission in Peru Conclusion: Coming Full Circle Appendix A. Making Sense of Memories: Conversation among Former Provincials – A Literal Transcription Appendix B. Religieuses de Notre Dame des Missions (RNDM) Sisters’ Houses in Canada Notes Index
£48.45
University of Toronto Press Erasmus on the New Testament
Book SynopsisWhen Erasmus, at Cambridge in 1512, began to mark up his copy of the Vulgate Bible with a few alternative Latin translations and a biting comment here and there in Latin, he could not have guessed that his work would grow over the next twenty-three years into the twenty volumes currently being produced as annotated translations in The Collected Works of Erasmus. His Paraphrases vastly expanded the text of the New Testament books, and brought dynamic and controversial interpretations to the traditional reading of the Latin texts. A new translation based on the Greek text, the first ever to be published by a printing firm, became the basis for ever-expanding notes that explained the Greek, measured the contemporary church against the truth revealed by the Greek, taunted critics and opponents, and revealed the mind of a humanist at work on the Scriptures. The sheer vastness of the work that finally accumulated is almost beyond the reach of a single individual. ThTrade Review"Sider has given us an excellent guide through the vast extent of Erasmus’ work on the New Testament. It is also a useful corrective of popular images of Erasmus which play down the Christian element in his thought and depict him one-sidedly as an almost secular messenger of tolerance, pacifism and areligious humanism." -- Henk Jan de Jonge, Leiden University * Novum Testamentum *Table of ContentsPreface 1. Introduction: Erasmus’ New Testament Scholarship – Origin and Development 2. The Philosophy of Christ 3. The Interpretation of Scripture 4. Paraphrases on the Gospels and Acts I. The Life of Jesus II. Jesus, Teacher of the Heavenly Philosophy 5. Paraphrases on the Pauline Epistles I. Images of Paul II. Erasmian Perspectives on the Pauline Theological Vision III. Erasmian Interpretations of Pauline Ethics 6. Paraphrases on Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles 7. The Annotations on the New Testament I. Scripture II. The Biblical Text in the Consideration of Theological Issues III. Erasmian Perspectives on Church and Society IV. People and Places 8. Erasmus Reflects on his New Testament Projects I. The Nature and Purpose of the New Testament and Annotations II. The Nature and Purpose of the Paraphrases
£58.65
University of Toronto Press The Quest for Certainty in Early Modern Europe
Book SynopsisReflecting on humanity's shared desire for certainty, this book explores the discrepancies between religious adherence and inner belief specific to the early modern period, a time marred by forced conversions and inquisition.Trade Review"How did theology, medicine, law, natural science, exegesis and literature respond to the rising demand for credibility and truth? All nine essays in this volume adopt an approach we could call case-based, a CHOICE that renders the individual articles particularly intriguing." -- Vincenzo Lavenia, Università di Bologna * Journal of Jesuit Studies *“Barbara Fuchs and Mercedes García-Arenal have distinguished themselves, not only as gifted scholars but also as notably successful collaborators and editors of collections of essays. Their previous volumes of essays demonstrate a consistently high quality of scholarship and a coherence of thematic focus. The Quest for Certainty in Early Modern Europe: From Inquisition to Inquiry, 1550–1700, is a worthy addition to this corpus.” -- Gretchen Starr-LeBeau, Principia College * Journal of Modern History *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction Mercedes García-Arenal I. Staging Inquisitions: Nature, Culture, Religion 1. Trusting the “I”: Picaresque Confession and Early Modern Scepticism Barbara Fuchs 2. Feeling Certainty, Performing Sincerity: The Emotional Hermeneutics of Truth in Inquisitorial and Theatrical Practice Paul Michael Johnson 3. Conflicting Certainties or Different Truths: Healers and Inquisition in Baroque Spain María Luz López Terrada 4. True Peste and False Doors: Medical and Legal Discourse during the Great Castilian Plague, 1596–1601 Ruth MacKay 5. Policing Talent in Early Modern Jesuit Rome: Difference, Self-Knowledge, and Career Specialization Javier Patiño Loira II. Negotiating History and Theology 6. Stolen Saint: Relic Theft and Relic Identification in Seventeenth-Century Rome A. Katie Stirling-Harris 7. Baptizing “Uncertain Human Beings”? Probabilist Theology and the Question of the Beginning of Human Life in Seventeenth-Century Catholicism Stefania Tutino 8. Truth and Human History in Melchor Cano’s De locis theologicis Fernando Rodríguez Mediano 9. Ambivalent Origins: Isaac La Peyrère and the Politics of Historical Certainty in Seventeenth-Century Europe Carlos Cañete
£46.75
University of Toronto Press Reading Old English Biblical Poetry
Book SynopsisReading Old English Biblical Poetry proposes new ways of engaging with a well-known text and serves as a fascinating case study for reading in early medieval England.Trade Review“Ericksen’s full-length study of MS Junius 11 is a welcome addition to the body of scholarship, and it has applications for contemporary reading as well.” -- Jodi Grimes, Dallas Baptist University * Christianity & Literature *Table of ContentsAbbreviations Acknowledgements Introduction: Reading Junius 11 1. The Thrice-Told Tale 2. Seeing and Believing in Daniel and Genesis B 3. Boceras and Exodus 4. Wisdom Literature at the Back of the Book 5. The Book in the Library References Index
£42.30
University of Toronto Press All Things in Common
Book SynopsisAll Things in Common explores the history of a Canadian utopian community, highlighting the roles of family, faith, and business pragmatism in its cohesion and longevity.Trade Review"Two exemplary contributions to Canadian social history stand out in Ruth Compton Brouwer’s All Things in Common. One is her illustration of how several research areas, such as family, religion, migration, land occupation, and rural life are connected to the utopian form of settlement, a type largely absent from Canadian historical research. Brouwer’s second contribution is to show how a utopian case can be explored sensitively yet dispassionately by a professional historian who is also a descendant of the family at the centre of the story." -- Beth Moore Milroy, Toronto Metropolitan University * Histoire sociale / Social History *Table of ContentsIntroduction Part One: Unsettled Maritimers 1. Loyalist William and His Namesake in the Maritime Colonies: “Movement became a habit” 2. The Comptons and Colonial Prince Edward Island: Settlement and Spirituality 3. On the Road Again: Sojourners and Religious Renegades in the Post-Confederation Era Part Two: “Prince Edward Island’s Unique ‘Brotherly Love’ Community” 4. The Founding and Growth of an Island Utopia 5. Living in Community: Family, Faith, and Fame 6. Restiveness Within, Pressures from Without: The Road to Dissolution 7. Life beyond Community: Diverse Paths in an Era of Change Concluding Reflections
£46.80
University of Toronto Press Erasmus on the New Testament
Book SynopsisWhen Erasmus, at Cambridge in 1512, began to mark up his copy of the Vulgate Bible with a few alternative Latin translations and a biting comment here and there in Latin, he could not have guessed that his work would grow over the next twenty-three years into the twenty volumes currently being produced as annotated translations in The Collected Works of Erasmus. His Paraphrases vastly expanded the text of the New Testament books, and brought dynamic and controversial interpretations to the traditional reading of the Latin texts. A new translation based on the Greek text, the first ever to be published by a printing firm, became the basis for ever-expanding notes that explained the Greek, measured the contemporary church against the truth revealed by the Greek, taunted critics and opponents, and revealed the mind of a humanist at work on the Scriptures. The sheer vastness of the work that finally accumulated is almost beyond the reach of a single individual. ThTrade Review"Sider has given us an excellent guide through the vast extent of Erasmus’ work on the New Testament. It is also a useful corrective of popular images of Erasmus which play down the Christian element in his thought and depict him one-sidedly as an almost secular messenger of tolerance, pacifism and areligious humanism." -- Henk Jan de Jonge, Leiden University * Novum Testamentum *Table of ContentsPreface 1. Introduction: Erasmus’ New Testament Scholarship – Origin and Development 2. The Philosophy of Christ 3. The Interpretation of Scripture 4. Paraphrases on the Gospels and Acts I. The Life of Jesus II. Jesus, Teacher of the Heavenly Philosophy 5. Paraphrases on the Pauline Epistles I. Images of Paul II. Erasmian Perspectives on the Pauline Theological Vision III. Erasmian Interpretations of Pauline Ethics 6. Paraphrases on Hebrews and the Catholic Epistles 7. The Annotations on the New Testament I. Scripture II. The Biblical Text in the Consideration of Theological Issues III. Erasmian Perspectives on Church and Society IV. People and Places 8. Erasmus Reflects on his New Testament Projects I. The Nature and Purpose of the New Testament and Annotations II. The Nature and Purpose of the Paraphrases
£31.50
University of Toronto Press Servant of the Crown and Steward of the Church
Book SynopsisIn the thirteenth century, radical reformers churchmen, devout laywomen and laymen, and secular rulers undertook Herculean efforts aimed at the moral reform of society. No principality was more affected by these impulses than France under its king, Louis IX or Saint Louis. The monarch surrounded himself with gifted, energetic moralists to carry out his efforts. Servant of the Crown and Steward of the Church explores the career of one of the most influential of King Louis’s reformers, Philippe of Cahors. Born into a bourgeois family dwelling on the periphery of the medieval kingdom of France, Philippe rose through the ecclesiastical hierarchy to the office of judge. There he came to the attention of royal administrators, who recommended him for the king’s service. He ascended rapidly, and was eventually entrusted with the royal seal, effectively making constituting him the chancellor of the kingdom, the highest member of the royal administration. Louis ITable of ContentsAcknowledgments Conventions 1. The Early Years 2. A Swift Ascent: From Junior Clerk to "Chancellor" 3. Bishop of Evreux 4. The Prelate and His Holy Man Bibliography Index
£17.99
University of Toronto Press All Things in Common
Book SynopsisAll Things in Common explores the history of a Canadian utopian community, highlighting the roles of family, faith, and business pragmatism in its cohesion and longevity.Trade Review"Two exemplary contributions to Canadian social history stand out in Ruth Compton Brouwer’s All Things in Common. One is her illustration of how several research areas, such as family, religion, migration, land occupation, and rural life are connected to the utopian form of settlement, a type largely absent from Canadian historical research. Brouwer’s second contribution is to show how a utopian case can be explored sensitively yet dispassionately by a professional historian who is also a descendant of the family at the centre of the story." -- Beth Moore Milroy, Toronto Metropolitan University * Histoire sociale / Social History *Table of ContentsIntroduction Part One: Unsettled Maritimers 1. Loyalist William and His Namesake in the Maritime Colonies: “Movement became a habit” 2. The Comptons and Colonial Prince Edward Island: Settlement and Spirituality 3. On the Road Again: Sojourners and Religious Renegades in the Post-Confederation Era Part Two: “Prince Edward Island’s Unique ‘Brotherly Love’ Community” 4. The Founding and Growth of an Island Utopia 5. Living in Community: Family, Faith, and Fame 6. Restiveness Within, Pressures from Without: The Road to Dissolution 7. Life beyond Community: Diverse Paths in an Era of Change Concluding Reflections
£18.89
University of Toronto Press The Cartulary of Premontre
Book SynopsisThis volume presents the first transcription and edition of the thirteenth-century cartulary of Prémontré.Table of ContentsAbbreviations List of Maps, Figures, Tables, and Charts Acknowledgments Introduction Towards a Feminist Edition Towards Material Analysis as a Methodological Approach to the Study of Cartularies The Abbey of Notre-Dame et Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Prémontré Par Eulx et Leurs Gens: Prémontré and Its Place in the Social, Economic, and Religious Landscape Social Networks and Patronage Economic Life and the Curtes Network Confraternity and Conflict: Relationships with Other Religious Communities Munimine Roborare: The Cartulary of Prémontré The Manuscript and Its Maker A Brief Description of the Cartulary’s Material Aspects The Conceptual Design and Organizational Schema The Practical Design: The Cartulary Maker's Workflow and Practices The Date of Cartulary Construction and Completion The Historical Context of Cartulary Construction The Context of Documentary Production at the Time of Cartulary Completion Later Readers Conclusion Editorial Principles and Methodology Principles of Transcription Act Structure The Cartulary of Prémontré Bibliography Manuscript Primary Sources from Prémontré Other Manuscript Primary Sources Primary Sources in Print Archaeological Reports Online Resources Secondary Sources Appendices Appendix 1: Other Manuscripts Possibly Made or at Prémontré in the Thirteenth Century Appendix 2: Select Latin Glossary Appendix 3: Select French Glossary Appendix 4: List of Abbots of Prémontré Appendix 5: Bishops of Laon, Noyon, and Soissons Appendix 6: List of Popes Appendix 7: List of Acts in Chronological Order Index
£97.75
MY - University of Toronto Press The Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions From
Book SynopsisThis book delves into over one hundred years of history of the Religieuses de Notre Dame des Missions (RNDM) / Our Lady of the Missions as they moved from ultramontanism to eco-spirituality and a focus on women and social justice.Trade Review"This well-written and researched institutional history presents a solid academic view of a woman religious teaching community from its nineteenth century conservative roots to its renewal since the Second Vatican Council." -- M.C. Havey * Historical Studies in Education, Vol. 33, No. 1 *"The Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions is a landmark work that captures the complexity of the transnational and transtemporal development of an educational institution between 1898 and 2008." -- Maria Patricia Williams, ICHRE, UCL Institute of Education * Paedagogica Historica *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: Coming to Life at the Intersection of Ultramontanism and Colonialism Part One. Contextualizing the Vision of the Foundress 1. Who Were the RNDMs? Arrival in Canada (1898) and Transnational Ethos 2. Foundational Thoughts on Education and the Interplay of Locality, Congregational Structure, and Church Teachings Part Two. Educational Apostolate in Time and Space: The Schools in Canada 3. Manitoba in the Early Years: Building a French-Canadian Identity with the RNDM Foundations 4. English-Speaking Communities, Immigrants, and the Quest for Social Recognition in Manitoba 5. The RNDM in Saskatchewan: Residential, Parish, Separate, and Private Schools for Girls 6. The Dusty Years to the Post-War Years 7. The Church and the Classroom before Vatican II: Spirituality in the Schools and Recruitment 8. The 1960s: Changing Context and New Experiences Part Three. The Reception of Vatican II: Epistemic Shifts and Visionary Changes 9. The Setting That Framed the Reception of Vatican II 10. Resignifying Vision and Mission: The 1990s and 2000s, and the Movement towards Eco-Spirituality Part Four. The Province Engages in a Foreign Mission 11. The Mission in Peru Conclusion: Coming Full Circle Appendix A. Making Sense of Memories: Conversation among Former Provincials – A Literal Transcription Appendix B. Religieuses de Notre Dame des Missions (RNDM) Sisters’ Houses in Canada Notes Index
£30.60
University of Toronto Press Johann Cornies the Mennonites and Russian
Book SynopsisDrawing on the story of the leader of a small Mennonite community in southern Ukraine, this book explores how colonial subjects were shaped by and helped shape Russian imperial policy.Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Abbreviations 1. Introduction 2. Land of Opportunity, 1804–1817 3. A Public Life, 1818–1824 4. Awakening, 1824–1828 5. Imposing Order, 1828–1834 6. Mennonites in the Era of Small Reforms, 1834–1838 7. “A Useful Man,” 1838–1842 8. The Warkentin Affair, 1841–1842 9. An Agent of the State, 1842–1847 10. Conclusion: “Something for the Future,” 1847–1848 Notes Bibliography Index
£44.10
University of Toronto Press Retrospective Prophecy and Medieval English
Book SynopsisThis book examines the reception of medieval authors' works in order to dispel the inaccurate and misleading prophetic reputations that have been attributed to them.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Sybil and Merlin: Political Prophecy in the French and English Royal Courts 2. William Langland’s Parodic Prophecies 3. Henry IV and the Post Facto Construction of a Prophetic John Gower 4. The Legacy of “Chaucer’s Prophecy” in The House of Fame Afterword
£38.70
University of Toronto Press AlRiddah and the Muslim Conquest of Arabia
Book SynopsisThe wars that the new state of Medina wages against tribes in the Arabian Peninsula, after the death of Muhammad, have been known traditionally as Hurub al-Riddah to denote an apostasy from Islam and forcible reconversion. The application of the term Riddah by the classical Muslim historians implied that Arabia was unified and completely converted to Islam before the Prophet's death. Because this legend has been contested by modern scholarship in its re-evaluation of Muhammad's political achievements, a thorough examination of the whole question of the Riddah -- as it is treated in the first sources -- has been rendered inevitable.Dr. Shoufani's conclusions are the outcome of careful comparative study of the traditional sources in the light of modern criticism of these sources. Dr. Shoufani concludes that only some tribes of Najd deserve this unflattering epithet "Ahl al-Riddah," or apostates. Contrary to what Muslim historians have claimed of it, the Riddah was not a religio
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University of Toronto Press Brains and Numbers
Book SynopsisA group of Oxford graduates, influenced by Arnold and later by Comte, formed the core of a generation of academic radicals who attempted to define the role of an educated élite in an emerging industrial mass democracy. This perceptive study of the English academic scene traces the emergence of Comtism in the university community and examines its expression in the ideas of Frederic Harrison and John Morley.The social and political dimensions of Comte's ideology in England are commonly considered to have been obscured by the tendency to regard it as a sort of eccentric religious sect. This study demonstrates the subtlety with which Harrison applied positivist ideas to mid-Victorian politics and the generally underestimated influence of Comte in Morley's political thought. Both men looked to the frank éliticism of Comte in Morley's political thought – in both thought and action – the political claims of 'brains and numbers.' It was, as the book shows, an attempt si
£19.79
University of Toronto Press Preaching and Theology in AngloSaxon England
Book SynopsisIn Preaching and Theology in Anglo-Saxon England, Professor Gatch deals with two aspects of the writings of Ælfric and Wulfstan that have been hitherto ignored by scholars of the period.First, he investigates the uses for which the two homilists prepared their sermons, analysing the homiliaries of the Carolingian church and its legislation concerning preaching and teaching, and showing that one should look not to the model of patristic preaching but to the development, in the place of exegetical preaching, of a vernacular catechetical office, the Prone. He also considers the evidence from England in the time of Ælfric and Wulfstan, distinguishing a number of uses which Ælfric intended for his homiletic materials, but questioning whether users of Ælfric's work (Wulfstan perhaps among them) understood or accepted the basic homiletic practices that the abbot had in mind.Second, Gatch investigates the eschatological teaching of the homilists as specimen of the ove
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University of Nebraska Press Imperial Zions
Book SynopsisIn the nineteenth century, white Americans contrasted the perceived purity of white, middle-class women with the perceived eroticism of women of color and the working classes. The Latter-day Saint practice of polygamy challenged this separation, encouraging white women to participate in an institution that many people associated with the streets of Calcutta or Turkish palaces. At the same time, Latter-day Saints participated in American settler colonialism. After their expulsion from Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois, Latter-day Saints dispossessed Ute and Shoshone communities in an attempt to build their American Zion. Their missionary work abroad also helped to solidify American influence in the Pacific Islands as the church became a participant in American expansion.Imperial Zions explores the importance of the body in Latter-day Saint theology with the faith’s attempts to spread its gospel as a “civilizing” force in the American West and the Pacific.Trade Review"Imperial Zions is an admirable and ambitious project."—Carleigh Beriont, Montana: The Magazine of Western History"Hendrix-Komoto has written a book that takes belief and practice seriously, and not just for those in power. She shows how those on the margins of society used belief to advocate for themselves and to maintain their long-standing cultural identities."—Nathaniel Wiewora, Reading Religion"With Imperial Zions, Amanda Hendrix-Komoto adds to a burgeoning scholarship that locates Latter-day Saints as very much a part of the history of empire-building in the American West and across the Pacific world."—Tisa Wenger, Pacific Historical Review"Imperial Zions is an important contribution to ongoing efforts to center Native cultures, stories, experiences, and perspectives as we seek to further understand the complexities of early Latter-day Saint history and culture."—Sam Mitchell, Dawning of a Brighter Day“Imperial Zions is a signal contribution to the history of the Latter-day Saints. Amanda Hendrix-Komoto brings modern scholarly concepts of empire and colonialism to bear in a thoughtful, insightful way. Her intertwined analyses of Native American and Pacific Islander Latter-day Saints represent a crucial advance in the field.”—Quincy D. Newell, author of Your Sister in the Gospel: The Life of Jane Manning James, a Nineteenth-Century Black MormonTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments Note on Terminology Introduction 1. The Race and Sex of God 2. The Bonds between Sisters 3. Redeeming the Lamanites in Native America and the Pacific 4. Creating Polygamous Domesticities 5. Making Native Kin 6. Native Zions Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index
£69.70
University of Nebraska Press The Mysterious Sofia
Book SynopsisWho was the “Mysterious Sofía,” whose letter in November 1934 was sent from Washington DC to Mexico City and intercepted by the Mexican Secret Service? In The Mysterious Sofía Stephen J. C. Andes usesthe remarkable story of Sofía del Valle to tellthe history of Catholicism’s global shift from north to south and the importance of women to Catholic survival and change over the course of the twentieth century. As a devout Catholic single woman, neither nun nor mother, del Valle resisted religious persecution in an era of Mexican revolutionary upheaval, became a labor activist in a time of class conflict, founded an educational movement, toured the United States as a public lecturer, and raised money for Catholic ministries—all in an age dominated by economic depression, gender prejudice, and racial discrimination. The rise of the Global South marked a new power dynamic within the Church as Latin America moved from the margins of activismTrade Review"Stephen J. C. Andes’ The Mysterious Sofía is a solid contribution to the growing body of literature on the lives of elite and conservative women in Latin America. Its function as an exploration of wealthy Catholic views establishes it as an important work, but the form in which Andes packages this knowledge is just as important."—Jason Dormady, Latin Americanist“With a sensitive, creative, and highly readable style, Andes narrates the life of Sofía del Valle, a complex, dynamic, and fascinating Mexican Catholic activist and lay leader. Yet Andes has done more than write a biography: he has also vividly portrayed the transnational world in which Sofía lived—a world in which lay activists and clergy circulated between Mexico, Europe, the Vatican, and the United States, exchanging ideas and plans, founding vibrant new organizations and publications, and working to engage Catholics in new ways with their Church. . . . Andes has brilliantly narrated an essentially Mexican story, one that explains and investigates the long and often contentious interplay between Church, state, and society in twentieth-century Mexico.”—Julia G. Young, author of Mexican Exodus: Emigrants, Exiles, and Refugees of the Cristero WarTable of ContentsContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsNota Bene, Dear ReaderPrologue: De te fabula narraturPart 1. The Mysterious Sofía1. Days of the Dead2. The Sophie Letters3. Miss del Valle4. The MastermindInterlude: Tere HuidobroPart 2. A Family Romance5. Little Flowers6. Sofía’s Belle Époque7. Vocation8. Respectable Telephone Operator9. Preparing the FutureInterlude: Family AlbumsPart 3. Mexican Odyssey10. The Catacombs11. The Voyage12. The Test13. Gasparri’s Parrots14. A Long, Hot Roman Summer15. The Return16. The PeaceInterlude: Las viejitasPart 4. A Woman Alone17. Out of the Shadows18. The New Woman19. Resistance20. Les femmes internationales21. Terrible Beasts22. Winter in the City of Light23. Doubt24. Lourdes25. The Road to Warsaw26. Borders27. BridgesInterlude: WallsPart 5. Catholic Vagabond28. Miss del Valle Goes to Washington29. The Plan30. The Deception of Miss Duffy31. Consider the Lobster32. Golden Hour of the Little Flower33. On the Road34. La patria CallsPostlude: Day’s EndMatins: A Few Days AfterPostscriptNotesBibliographyIndex
£48.60
University of Nebraska Press Deza and Its Moriscos Religion and Community in
Book SynopsisDeza and Its Moriscos reframes historiographical debates about the so-called Morisco problem, a defining crisis for early modern Spain, by focusing on the lives and local context of a community that experienced it. Trade Review"In Deza and Its Moriscos, Patrick J. O'Banion astutely illustrates the extent to which Morisco religious identity and practice, clandestine or overt, existed on a spectrum."—Donald W. Wood, Church History“It’s not easy to piece together the information needed to make sense of Morisco life on the ground, but O’Banion has done it admirably well. Deza and Its Moriscos is a major contribution to the field.”—Trevor J. Dadson, author of Tolerance and Coexistence in Early Modern Spain: Old Christians and Moriscos in the Campo de Calatrava“Innovative, well-structured, well-argued, and thoroughly documented. The virtues of Deza and Its Moriscos include a careful and nuanced reading of the massive evidence from the Inquisition trials as well as more local sources, the skillful way it probes instead of pushes the evidence, the constant attention to the importance of individuals within broader social groups, and a consistently level-headed assessment of what were often highly complicated situations.”—James S. Amelang, author of Parallel Histories: Muslims and Jews in Inquisitorial SpainTable of ContentsContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsEditorial NotesAbbreviations and ConventionsIntroduction1. Town, Contours, and Kingdoms: Deza and Its People2. Deza Divided: Bernardino Almanzorre’s Story3. Getting On With Their Lives: Alexo Gorgoz’s Story4. Seeking a Freer Land: Lope Guerrero’s Story5. The Guardians of Morisco Culture: María la Jarquina’s Story6. Favor and Fame: Román Ramírez el Menor’s Story, Part 17. The Demons of Tajahuerce: Román Ramírez el Menor’s Story, Part 28. The Better Law: Román Ramírez el Menor’s Story, Part 39. Small-Town Dreams: Miguel García Serrano’s Story10. As Much Moors Now as Ever: Ana Guerrera’s Story11. Cleverer than His Father: Miguel Ramírez’s StoryConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex
£49.30
University of Nebraska Press The Mysterious Sofia
Book SynopsisWho was the “Mysterious Sofía,” whose letter in November 1934 was sent from Washington DC to Mexico City and intercepted by the Mexican Secret Service? In The Mysterious Sofía Stephen J. C. Andes usesthe remarkable story of Sofía del Valle to tellthe history of Catholicism’s global shift from north to south and the importance of women to Catholic survival and change over the course of the twentieth century. As a devout Catholic single woman, neither nun nor mother, del Valle resisted religious persecution in an era of Mexican revolutionary upheaval, became a labor activist in a time of class conflict, founded an educational movement, toured the United States as a public lecturer, and raised money for Catholic ministries—all in an age dominated by economic depression, gender prejudice, and racial discrimination. The rise of the Global South marked a new power dynamic within the Church as Latin America moved from the margins of activismTrade Review"Stephen J. C. Andes’ The Mysterious Sofía is a solid contribution to the growing body of literature on the lives of elite and conservative women in Latin America. Its function as an exploration of wealthy Catholic views establishes it as an important work, but the form in which Andes packages this knowledge is just as important."—Jason Dormady, Latin Americanist“With a sensitive, creative, and highly readable style, Andes narrates the life of Sofía del Valle, a complex, dynamic, and fascinating Mexican Catholic activist and lay leader. Yet Andes has done more than write a biography: he has also vividly portrayed the transnational world in which Sofía lived—a world in which lay activists and clergy circulated between Mexico, Europe, the Vatican, and the United States, exchanging ideas and plans, founding vibrant new organizations and publications, and working to engage Catholics in new ways with their Church. . . . Andes has brilliantly narrated an essentially Mexican story, one that explains and investigates the long and often contentious interplay between Church, state, and society in twentieth-century Mexico.”—Julia G. Young, author of Mexican Exodus: Emigrants, Exiles, and Refugees of the Cristero WarTable of ContentsContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsNota Bene, Dear ReaderPrologue: De te fabula narraturPart 1. The Mysterious Sofía1. Days of the Dead2. The Sophie Letters3. Miss del Valle4. The MastermindInterlude: Tere HuidobroPart 2. A Family Romance5. Little Flowers6. Sofía’s Belle Époque7. Vocation8. Respectable Telephone Operator9. Preparing the FutureInterlude: Family AlbumsPart 3. Mexican Odyssey10. The Catacombs11. The Voyage12. The Test13. Gasparri’s Parrots14. A Long, Hot Roman Summer15. The Return16. The PeaceInterlude: Las viejitasPart 4. A Woman Alone17. Out of the Shadows18. The New Woman19. Resistance20. Les femmes internationales21. Terrible Beasts22. Winter in the City of Light23. Doubt24. Lourdes25. The Road to Warsaw26. Borders27. BridgesInterlude: WallsPart 5. Catholic Vagabond28. Miss del Valle Goes to Washington29. The Plan30. The Deception of Miss Duffy31. Consider the Lobster32. Golden Hour of the Little Flower33. On the Road34. La patria CallsPostlude: Day’s EndMatins: A Few Days AfterPostscriptNotesBibliographyIndex
£25.19
University of Nebraska Press Liverpool to Great Salt Lake
Book SynopsisLaJean Purcell Carruth and Ronald G. Watt’s transcribed and edited edition of George Watt’s journal, written in Pitman shorthand, describing his 1851 migration from Liverpool to Salt Lake City, provides a literary contribution to Latter-day Saints’ historiography, detailing the multivarious challenges of migrating to Utah. Trade Review"[Liverpool to Great Salt Lake is] an important contributor when considering how we can better understand the complexities and realities of the Latter-day Saint trek."—Samuel Mitchell, Dawning of a Brighter Day“LaJean Purcell Carruth and Ronald G. Watt make mid-nineteenth-century pioneers speak as if ‘out of the dust,’ bringing us into contact with their hardships, humor, and faith.”—John G. Turner, author of Brigham Young: Pioneer Prophet“Carruth and Watt expand greatly our understanding of the nineteenth-century Mormon experience, especially the emigrant trek to Utah, and the theology of Orson Pratt. Scholars and general readers alike will appreciate the book’s significance and substance.”—John Sillito, professor emeritus for libraries at Weber State University“Liverpool to Great Salt Lake is a delight. George D. Watt’s newly transcribed journal divides his international journey into three phases: ocean voyage, river steamer, and overland wagons, each marked by Watt’s penchant for observing both the unusual and the mundane. He notes births and deaths, Sunday observances and sometimes the lack thereof, gossip and its consequences, sermons and seasickness, broken pickle jars, pets as passengers, drowning oxen, people overboard, violent thunderstorms at sea and on the Great Plains, dead cattle, and the ‘sin’ of killing buffalo for sport. This and so much more make Watt’s journal a welcome addition to the migrant genre and an absolute pleasure to read.”—W. Paul Reeve, author of Religion of a Different Color: Race and the Mormon Struggle for Whiteness“Although nineteenth-century migrants did not benefit from Watt’s journal, modern readers can glean much from its pages now. Liverpool to Great Salt Lake has a readable style that is easily accessible to general readers and will appeal to a broad audience. It is suitable for classroom adoption and is also a valuable source for academic research and specialists in the field who study and write about the Atlantic crossing, steamboat travel, and overland migration in the mid-nineteenth century.”—Jay H. Buckley, director of the Charles Redd Center for Western Studies at Brigham Young UniversityTable of ContentsList of Illustrations Preface: George D. Watt—Out of Obscurity and into the Light Acknowledgments Introduction: The Latter-day Saint Gathering George D. Watt’s Pitman Shorthand and the Process of Transcription 1. The Atlantic Ocean 2. The Rivers 3. The Trail 4. The End of the Trail 5. Sermons Delivered by Orson Pratt On Board the Ellen Maria Appendix 1: Style Guide for Transcriptions from Pitman Shorthand Appendix 2: Third Company of Ten of the John Brown Company Appendix 3: George D. Watt’s Wives and Children Appendix 4: Two Reminiscent Accounts from Early Latter-day Saint Missionaries to England Appendix 5: Yearly Numbers of People Traveling the Overland Trails Glossary of Nautical, Steamboat, and River Terms Notes Bibliography Index
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University of Nebraska Press Indigenous and African Diaspora Religions in the
Book SynopsisIndigenous and African Diaspora Religions in the Americas offers an introduction and nine original perspectives on religious and cultural traditions emanating from communities in several regions across the Americas.Trade Review“One of the benefits of this book is the contributors’ use of a wide range of methodologies and approaches. There are few existing studies in comparative religion that offer such an intellectual feast to nourish the religious and critical mind. This is an excellent and well-researched book that is desperately needed in contemporary scholarship in religion and comparative religion.”—Celucien L. Joseph, author of Theologizing in Black: On Africana Theological Ethics and AnthropologyTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgements Introduction: Indigenous and African Diaspora Religions in the Americas: Multidisciplinary ApproachesBenjamin Hebblethwaite and Silke Jansen 1. Meeting Grounds in Saint-Domingue and the Emergence of Haitian Vodou; An Ecological ApproachLeGrace Benson 2. The Many Faces of Marie Laveau and Voudou in Nineteenth-century New OrleansEleanor A. Laughlin 3. Shamanic Healing, Initiation, and Ritual Technique in a Kwak’wala Narrative from the Boas-Hunt Corpus Daniel J. Frim4. Language and Rituals of the Brotherhood of the Holy Spirit of the Kongos of Villa Mella José María Santos Rovira 5. “A Joyful Place”: Baniwa Jaguar Shamans’ Songs and Historical Change Robin M. Wright 6. Embodying, Reshaping, and Combining the Past and the Future: A Mapuche Shaman’s Historical Agency in Chile Ana Mariella Bacigalupo 7. Other Knowledges: Tensions and Negotiation between Religion, Knowledges, and School in a Wixárika community Francisco Iritamei Benítez de la Cruz and Itxaso García Chapinal 8. “It’s the Song that Cures”: Healing, Music, and Ayahuasca in Brazil’s Santo Daime Churches Dereck Daschke 9. Finding Orisha in New Places Jeffery M. Gonzalez ContributorsNotesIndex
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University of Nebraska Press Indigenous and African Diaspora Religions in the
Book SynopsisIndigenous and African Diaspora Religions in the Americas offers an introduction and nine original perspectives on religious and cultural traditions emanating from communities in several regions across the Americas.Trade Review“One of the benefits of this book is the contributors’ use of a wide range of methodologies and approaches. There are few existing studies in comparative religion that offer such an intellectual feast to nourish the religious and critical mind. This is an excellent and well-researched book that is desperately needed in contemporary scholarship in religion and comparative religion.”—Celucien L. Joseph, author of Theologizing in Black: On Africana Theological Ethics and AnthropologyTable of ContentsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgements Introduction: Indigenous and African Diaspora Religions in the Americas: Multidisciplinary ApproachesBenjamin Hebblethwaite and Silke Jansen 1. Meeting Grounds in Saint-Domingue and the Emergence of Haitian Vodou; An Ecological ApproachLeGrace Benson 2. The Many Faces of Marie Laveau and Voudou in Nineteenth-century New OrleansEleanor A. Laughlin 3. Shamanic Healing, Initiation, and Ritual Technique in a Kwak’wala Narrative from the Boas-Hunt Corpus Daniel J. Frim4. Language and Rituals of the Brotherhood of the Holy Spirit of the Kongos of Villa Mella José María Santos Rovira 5. “A Joyful Place”: Baniwa Jaguar Shamans’ Songs and Historical Change Robin M. Wright 6. Embodying, Reshaping, and Combining the Past and the Future: A Mapuche Shaman’s Historical Agency in Chile Ana Mariella Bacigalupo 7. Other Knowledges: Tensions and Negotiation between Religion, Knowledges, and School in a Wixárika community Francisco Iritamei Benítez de la Cruz and Itxaso García Chapinal 8. “It’s the Song that Cures”: Healing, Music, and Ayahuasca in Brazil’s Santo Daime Churches Dereck Daschke 9. Finding Orisha in New Places Jeffery M. Gonzalez ContributorsNotesIndex
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