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Academy of American Franciscan History Voice of Empathy A History of Franciscan Media
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Academy of American Franciscan History Many Tongues One Faith A History of Franciscan
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Academy of American Franciscan History Many Tongues One Faith A History of Franciscan
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Master Books The Annals of the World James Usshers Classic
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Ibis Press Angel And The Sorcerer The Remarkable Story of
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Inner Traditions/Bear & Company The Templars and the Assassins
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Tan Books & Publishers Inc. Modern Saints Their Lives and Faces Book One
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Tan Books & Publishers Inc. Blessed Miguel Pro 20th Century Mexican Martyr
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Tan Books The Autobiography of St Teresa of Avila Including
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Tan Books St Catherine of Siena
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Tan Books & Publishers Inc. St Gerard Majella The WonderWorker and Patron of
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Tan Books & Publishers Inc. The Life of St Gemma Galgani
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Ignatius Press Teachings of the Church Fathers
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Ignatius Press Saint Thomas More of London
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St Michael's Abbey Press From Repatriation to Revival
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St Michael's Abbey Press Vatican II as I Saw it
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Bartleby Press Hope Matters
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ICS Publications To Quell the Terror The True Story of the
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University of Chicago Press God and Creation
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Heritage of London Trust Ltd Parish Churches of Greater London
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Amerisearch, Inc. Miracles in American History Volume Two Amazing
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LifeWay Christian Resources Christian History Volume 1
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LifeWay Christian Resources Old Testament Narrative Books
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B&H Publishing Group To Change All Worlds
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Patristics
Book SynopsisThis comprehensive volume brings together a team of distinguished scholars to create a wide-ranging introduction to patristic authors and their contributions to not only theology and spirituality, but to philosophy, ecclesiology, linguistics, hagiography, liturgics, homiletics, iconology, and other fields.Table of ContentsPreface x Notes on Contributors xi Part I Introduction 1 1 The Nature and Scope of Patristics 3Ken Parry Part II Collecting the Fathers 13 2 Byzantine Florilegia 15Alexander Alexakis 3 Modern Patrologies 51Angelo Di Berardino Part III Studies in Reception History I: Individual Fathers 69 4 Irenaeus of Lyons 71Denis Minns 5 Clement of Alexandria 84Piotr Ashwin]Siejkowski 6 Origen of Alexandria 98Mark Edwards 7 Athanasius of Alexandria 111David M. Gwynn 8 Ephrem of Nisibis 126Andrew Palmer 9 John Chrysostom 141Wendy Mayer 10 Augustine of Hippo 155Kazuhiko Demura 11 Cyril of Alexandria 170Hans van Loon 12 Shenoute of Atripe 184Janet Timbie 13 Nestorius of Constantinople 197George Bevan 14 Dionysius the Areopagite 211István Perczel 15 Severus of Antioch 226Youhanna Nessim Youssef 16 Gregory the Great 238Bronwen Neil 17 Maximos the Confessor 250Andrew Louth 18 John of Damascus 264Vassilis Adrahtas 19 Gregory of Narek 278Abraham Terian 20 Gregory Palamas 293Marcus Plested Part IV Studies in Reception History II: Collective Fathers 307 21 The Cappadocian Fathers 309H. Ashley Hall 22 The Desert Fathers and Mothers 326John Chryssavgis 23 The Iconophile Fathers 338Vladimir Baranov Part V Studies in the Fathers 353 24 Scripture and the Fathers 355Paul Blowers 25 Hagiography of the Greek Fathers 370Stephanos Efthymiadis 26 Liturgies and the Fathers 385Hugh Wybrew 27 Fathers and the Church Councils 400Richard Price 28 The Fathers and Scholasticism 414James R. Ginther 29 The Fathers and the Reformation 428Irena Backus 30 The Fathers in Arabic 442Alexander Treiger 31 The Greek of the Fathers 456Klaas Bentein 32 The Latin of the Fathers 471Carolinne White 33 Reimagining Patristics: Critical Theory as a Lens 487Kim Haines]Eitzen Index 497
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Inspiration and Innovation
Book SynopsisCovering more than 200 years of history from pre-contact to the present, this textbook places religion at the center of the history of the American West, examining the relationship between religion and the region and their influence on one another. A comprehensive examination of the relationship between religion and the American West and their influence on each other over the course of more than 200 years Discusses diverse groups of people, places, and events that played an important historical role, from organized religion and easily recognized denominations to unorganized religion and cults Provides straightforward explanations of key religious and theological terms and concepts Weaves discussion of American Indian religion throughout the text and presents it in dialogue with other groups Enriches our understanding of American history by examining key factors outside of traditional political, economic, social, and cultural domainsTrade ReviewWhat counts is that Kerstetter makes comprehensible the dizzying array of religion in the West and illuminates how belief systems often penetrated secular affairs to shape the contours of history. He is right to proclaim, “This is important stuff” (Western Historical Review, 2016) Table of ContentsList of Illustrations viii Acknowledgements x Introduction 1 1 Indigenous Religions in the West 8 Arctic 12 Sub-Arctic 13 Northwest Coast 16 Plains 18 Plateau 20 Great Basin 22 California 23 Southwest 24 Common Themes 27 Conclusion 29 Suggested Reading 30 2 Missions to New Worlds 32 Spain 34 France 50 Russia 60 Conclusion 66 Suggested Reading 67 3 Migrations, Manifest Destiny, and Mormons, 1803-1860 69 Transplanting Religions in the US Imperial Period 71 Protestantism 71 Roman Catholicism 80 Judaism 83 Asian religions 85 Religion and Manifest Destiny 86 Mormons and the Quest for Zion 91 The Mormon Question, 1852-1860 103 Conclusion 107 Suggested Reading 108 4 The West and Religion in the Era of the Civil War and Reconstruction, 1860-1890 109 Protestantism in the West 112 Catholicism in the West 119 Judaism in the West 124 Asian Religions in the West 127 The Mormon Question and the Mormon Answer, 1862–1890 127 American Indian Religious Experiences 135 Conclusion 150 Suggested Reading 150 5 Religion in the Modern West, 1890-1945 152 Mormonism 155 Catholicism 157 American Indians and Religion 162 Asian Religions and Influence 169 Modernism, Fundamentalism, and the Spirit of the West 172 World War I and Religion in the West 177 The Sunbelt and the Bible Belt 178 World War II and Religion in the West 188 Conclusion 189 Suggested Reading 190 6 Religion in the Cold War West, 1945-1965 192 Religious Innovation 197 Buddhism and the Beats 197 Scientology 198 Unidentified Flying Objects (UFOs) and religion 199 The Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 201 The Native American Church 206 Hispanics and Religion in the West 207 Evangelicals and the Sunbelt West 210 Conclusion 216 Suggested Reading 216 7 Creativity and Controversy after 1965 218 Immigration Reform and Asian Religions in the West 220 Religion in the Hispanic West 224 New Religious Movements 227 Religion and the Internet in the West 240 The Megachurch Boom 242 Religion in the Native West 251 Paths to the Present in Mormon Wests 254 Conclusion 258 Suggested Reading 258 Conclusion: The Frontier that Wouldn't Close 260 Index 266
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St. Martin's Griffin Killing Jesus
Book SynopsisMillions of readers have thrilled to bestselling authors Bill O''Reilly and historian Martin Dugard''s Killing Kennedy and Killing Lincoln, page-turning works of nonfiction that have changed the way we read history. The basis for the 2015 television film available on streaming. Now the iconic anchor of The O''Reilly Factor details the events leading up to the murder of the most influential man in history: Jesus of Nazareth. Nearly two thousand years after this beloved and controversial young revolutionary was brutally killed by Roman soldiers, more than 2.2 billion human beings attempt to follow his teachings and believe he is God. Killing Jesus will take readers inside Jesus''s life, recounting the seismic political and historical events that made his death inevitable - and changed the world forever.
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St Martin's Press The Lion House
Book SynopsisChristopher de Bellaigue has a magic talent for writing history. It is as if we are there as the era of Suleyman the Magnificent unfolds. Orhan Pamuk, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature Narrated through the eyes of the intimates of Suleyman the Magnificent, the sixteenth-century sultan of the Ottoman Empire, The Lion House animates with stunning immediacy the fears and stratagems of those brought into orbit around him: the Greek slave who becomes his Grand Vizier, the Venetian jewel dealer who acts as his go-between, the Russian consort who becomes his most beloved wife.Within a decade and a half, Suleyman held dominion over twenty-five million souls, from Baghdad to the walls of Vienna, and with the help of his brilliant pirate commander, Barbarossa, placed more Christians than ever before or since under Muslim rule. And yet the real drama takes place in close-up: in small rooms and whispered conversations, behind the curtain of power, where the s
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St. Martin's Publishing Group Do I Stay Christian
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Random House USA Inc Strange Gods
Book SynopsisIn a groundbreaking historical work that focuses on the long, tense convergence of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam with an uncompromising secular perspective, Susan Jacoby illuminates the social and economic forces that have shaped individual faith and the voluntary conversion impulse that has changed the course of Western history—for better and for worse. Covering the triumph of Christianity over paganism in late antiquity, the Spanish Inquisition, John Calvin’s dour theocracy, American plantations where African slaves had to accept their masters’ religion—along with individual converts including Augustine of Hippo, John Donne, Edith Stein, Muhammad Ali, George W. Bush and Mike Pence—Strange Gods makes a powerful case that nothing has been more important in struggle for reason than the right to believe in the God of one’s choice or to reject belief in God altogether.
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Thomas Nelson Publishers Amazing Grace
Book SynopsisAmazing Grace is the surprising true story of John Newton, author of the song that has touched millions. A biography that reads like a novel, it reveals Newton’s dramatic story of sin and salvation as a slave trader before his ultimate transformation to speaking out against the horror of slavery. His story speaks to the brokenness within us all and our need for God’s amazing grace—and reveals the truth behind his song.Amazing Grace is based on years of research on the life and writings of John Newton. It tells of a prodigal who returns home, and a young love that defies the odds; of a young man whose life is torn by grief and wounded by the cruelty of others, following his descent into deeper suffering and finally into the brutal world of the slave trade. Newton rejects God repeatedly but is rescued by a divine mercy that reaches deeper than he could ever have imagined as he ultimately faces his past and repents.Newt
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Thomas Nelson Publishers NET Bible Full Notes Edition NET Brown Genuine Leather Comfort Print Thumb Indexed
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Thomas Nelson Publishers 1611 KJV with Apocrypha Hardcover
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Thomas Nelson Publishers 1611 KJV with Apocrypha Brown Leathersoft
Book SynopsisEmbrace the majestic style and rich cadence of the first printing of the 1611 King James Version Bible.In this remastered edition of the original from 1611, you’ll find the signature elements from the original, including the word-for-word text of the first Authorized Version, elegant drop caps in the classic design, the lavishly illustrated genealogy of key biblical figures from Adam and Eve to Jesus, and the Apocrypha between the Testaments.Features include: Word-for-word reprint of the first edition of the Authorized Version Books of the Apocrypha between the Old and New Testaments Drop caps at the beginning of each chapter Original introductions from the 1611, including the article, “From the Translators to the Readers” Illustrated genealogy of key biblical figures from Adam and Eve to Jesus Reading plan to help you read through the entire Bible in a year Translator notes in the outer and gutter margins Updated typeface for easier reading
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Thomas Nelson Publishers 1611 KJV with Apocrypha Black Leathersoft
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Rescuing the Bible
Book SynopsisWhat is the future for the Bible, one of the most important books in the world? In this manifesto, Roland Boer explores the idea that the Bible is an unruly and uncontrollable text that has been colonized by church, synagogue, and state.Trade Review"This is a welcome addition to Blackwell's new Manifestos series." (Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, June 2009) "Rescuing the Bible is deeply thoughtful and provocative, and it deserves to be widely read and discussed by both scholars and layfolk, believers and nonbelievers, on the left and the right.” (Biblical Interpretation, April 2010) "There is an important focus here on how the bible can be read with an appropriate theological suspicion which will seek to discern how it can become life-giving while not ignoring its oppressive potential." (European Journal of Theology, April 2009)Table of ContentsPreface. Introduction. 1. The New Secularism. 2. The Worldly Left: Towards a Politics of Alliance. 3. Bad Conscience: Battles Over the Bible. 4. (Ab)using the Text: Conflicts in Politics and Science. 5. Making All Things New: The Revolutionary Legacy of the Bible. 6. Rescuing the Bible. Conclusion. Notes. References. Index of Subjects. Index of Biblical References
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Formed From This Soil
Book SynopsisFormed from This Soil offers a complete history of religion in America that centers on the diversity of sacred traditions and practices that have existed in the country from its earliest days. Organized chronologically starting with the earliest Europeans searching for new routes to Asia, through to the global context of post-9/11 America of the 21st century Includes discussion of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic class, political affiliations, and other elements of individual and collective identity Incorporates recent scholarship for a nuanced history that goes beyond simple explanations of America as a Protestant society Discusses diverse beliefs and practices that originated in the Americas as well as those that came from Europe, Asia, and Africa Pedagogical features include numerous visual images; sidebars with specialized topics and interpretive themes; discussion questions for each chapter; a glTable of ContentsAcknowledgments x Prelude for Instructors: A Decentered Narrative of American Religious History xii Beginnings: The Diversity of Religion in America 1 Part I New Worlds 11 1 Encounters 13 African Encounters 20 European Conquests in America 27 Native Encounters 39 New Worlds of Contact 47 2 Reformations 52 Religious Upheavals 56 Colonizing America 69 Reforming Native Religions of America and Africa 80 New Worlds of Reformed Authorities 85 3 Conflicts and Persecutions 90 Native Revolutions 92 Improvements upon the Land 103 Captivities 108 The Diversity of Religious Conflicts 117 4 Resistance, Revival, and Revolution 122 Resisting Slavery 125 Reviving Religious Fervor 129 A New Nation 137 The Limits of Liberty 145 Part II The New Nation 153 5 An Expanding Nation 155 America in the Pacific World 160 A New Awakening 169 A Nation Enslaved 176 Expansion 184 6 The Many Religious Voices 189 Women’s Voices 193 Displaced Voices 199 Immigrant Voices 206 Restorationist Voices 212 The Diversity of Religious Voices in America 223 7 One Nation 231 Spiritual Purposes 235 A Nation Divided 239 The Nation at War 252 Reconstructing the Nation 254 Diverse Voices of the Unified Nation 260 8 Changing Society 267 New Lands 270 New People 279 New Religious Ways 294 America's Double Consciousness 301 Part III The Modern World 309 9 Modern Worlds 311 Science 313 Religious Responses to Modern Sciences 318 Migrations 329 Global America 342 10 Cold War and Civil Rights 349 Religion of the Nation 352 Clash of Classes 359 Confronting Racial Apartheid 368 Liberated People 378 11 A Spiritual Nation 385 Spiritual Immigrants 388 Religious Bodies 398 Spiritual Borderlands 405 Religious America 411 12 Crossing Borders 418 Rethinking America and Religion 421 Glossary 427 Index 431
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Johns Hopkins University Press Between Church and State
Book SynopsisDu Bois's debates about African American schooling, and the rapid growth of Jewish day schools among a community previously known for its deep commitment to secular public education.Trade Review. . . engaging volume . . .—Catholic SouthwestTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. From Holy Commonwealth to "No Laws Respecting the Establishment of Religion," 1600-17922. Creating an American Common School and a Common Faith: Horace Mann and the Protestant Public Schools, 1789-18603. Roman Catholics and the Common School Movement, 1801-18924. Church and School in Slave and Free Communities, 1802-19025. Native American Religion, Christian Missionaries, and Government Schools, 1819-19786. The Many Origins of the Scopes Trial, 1859-19257. Prayer, Bible Reading, and Federal Money: The Expanding Role of Congress and the Supreme Court, 1918-19688. Culture Wars, Creationism, the Courts, and the Reagan Revolution, 1968-19909. Changing School Boards, Curriculum, and the Constitution, 1990-200010. Creationism, Money, the Courts, and the Curriculum: The Battle for the Schools of the Twenty-First CenturyNotesFor Further ReadingIndex
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Johns Hopkins University Press Switching Sides
Book SynopsisWhy have so many recent scholars of colonial witchcraft written sympathetically about the accusers while ignoring their victims?For most historians living through the fascist and communist tyrannies that culminated in World War II and the Cold War, the Salem witch trials signified the threat to truth and individual integrity posed by mass ideological movements. Work on the trials produced in this era, including Arthur Miller's The Crucible and Marion L. Starkey's The Devil in Massachusetts: A Modern Enquiry into the Salem Witch Trials, left little doubt that most intellectuals' sympathies lay with the twenty innocent victims who stood up to Puritan intolerance by choosing to go to their deaths rather than confess to crimes they had never committed. In Switching Sides, Tony Fels traces a remarkable shift in scholarly interpretations of the Salem witch hunt from the postWorld War II era up through the present. Fels explains that for a new generation of historians influenced by the radiTrade ReviewThis is a book that is important in college, especially for young historians, because it helps us become better ones and shows us that ways of looking at things do change. Even people who are not historians will find this interesting, as it shows that history is a living, breathing, topic.—Manhattan Book ReviewThere is much to learn from Fels' in-depth exploration . . . [Switching Sides] is an important work for anyone teaching historiography and/or Salem witchcraft . . . a useful tool in introducing students to how history is studied and written.—Francis J. Bremer, Millersville University of Pennsylvania, Teaching History: A Journal of MethodsTable of ContentsList of FiguresPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Starkey's Devil in Massachusetts and the Post–World War II Consensus2. Boyer and Nissenbaum's Salem Possessed and theAnti-capitalist CritiqueAn Aside3. Demos's Entertaining Satan and the Functionalist Perspective4. Karlsen's Devil in the Shape of a Woman andFeminist Interpretations5. Norton's In the Devil's Snare and Racial Approaches I6. Norton's In the Devil's Snare and Racial Approaches IIConclusionAppendix 1Appendix 2NotesBibliographyIndex
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Barcharts, Inc History Of Christianity Quickstudy Academic
Book SynopsisAn academic/historical overview, not a religious commentary, our 3-panel (6-page) guide outlines the Christian religion from an historic perspective. Divided into chronological sections, it highlights the major figures and events of each time period, so it can be read from start to finish or section by section. Certain to appeal to all readers, this guide is jam-packed with information, as well as illustrations and graphic elements that complement the text.
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National Geographic Society The Story of Christianity A Chronicle of
Book SynopsisSumptuously illustrated with hundreds of gorgeous photographs, artifacts, and maps, The Story of Christianity focuses on the rich social and cultural history of Christianity through the ages, from its roots in Palestine to its triumph as a global movement, told through a series of dramatic turning points and unforgettable people. Beginning with the story of Jesus' life, author Isbouts expertly sets key turning points in the story of Christianity in context, from the conversion of Constantine to Martin Luther's protest; from the Crusades to the ministry of Mother Teresa. Using the dramatic art and architecture of the Christian faith as visual touchpoints and highlighting inspiring quotes and stories with resonance to the modern era, Isbouts writes with a deep respect for both Catholic and Protestant traditions and provides an excellent introduction to the complex and compelling world of the Christian faith.
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LifeWay Christian Resources Baptist Story 2nd Edition The
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Large Print Press Killing Jesus A History Thorndike Press Large Print Core
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Crossway Books Eight Women of Faith
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State University of New York Press Western Esotericism A Concise History SUNY series
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Handbook to the Reception of Classical
Book SynopsisA Handbook to the Reception of Classical Mythology presents a collection of essays that explore a wide variety of aspects of Greek and Roman myths and their critical reception from antiquity to the present day.Trade Review“Of priceless help in working with the volume – a handbook par excellence, as it is targeted also at non-professional readers – is the fact that the dominant ideas of each essay and its place in the collection are carefully explained in the introduction.” -- Journal of Hellenic Studies 139 (2019)Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors ix Introduction 1Vanda Zajko Part I Mythography 13 1 Greek Mythography 15Robert L. Fowler 2 Roman Mythography 29Gregory Hays 3 Myth and the Medieval Church 43James G. Clark 4 The Renaissance Mythographers 59John Mulryan 5 Bulfinch and Graves: Modern Mythography as Literary Reception 75John Talbot 6 Myth Collections for Children 87Sheila Murnaghan and Deborah H. Roberts 7 Contemporary Mythography: In the Time of Ancient Gods, Warlords, and Kings 105Ika Willis Part II Approaches and Themes 121 8 Circean Enchantments and the Transformations of Allegory 123Greta Hawes 9 The Comparative Approach 139Sarah Iles Johnston 10 Revisionism 153Lillian Doherty 11 Alchemical Interpretations of Classical Myths 165Didier Kahn 12 Nationalism and Cosmopolitanism: On the Gods of Greece, Italy, and India 179Phiroze Vasunia 13 The Golden Age 193Andreas T. Zanker 14 Matriarchy and Utopia 213Peter Davies Part III Myth, Creativity, and the Mind 229 15 The Half‐Blood Hero: Percy Jackson and Mythmaking in the Twenty-First Century 231Joanna Paul 16 Myth as Case Study 243Heather Tolliday 17 Mythical Narrative and Self‐Development 257Meg Harris Williams 18 Finding Asylum for Virginia Woolf ’s Classical Visions 271Emily Pillinger Part IV Iconic Figures and Texts 285 19 Orpheus and Eurydice 287Genevieve Liveley 20 Narcissus and Echo 299Rosemary Barrow 21 Prometheus, Pygmalion, and Helen: Science Fiction and Mythology 311Tony Keen 22 Dionysus in Rome 323Fiachra Mac Góráin 23 Cupid and Psyche 337Julia Haig Gaisser 24 Constructing a Mythic City in the Book of the City of Ladies: A New Space for Women in Late Medieval Culture 353Kathryn McKinley 25 Francis Bacon’s Wisdom of the Ancients: Between Two Worlds 367John Channing Briggs 26 Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s Landscape with the Fall of Icarus 379Jeanne Nuechterlein 27 Ancient and Modern Re‐sounding: Monteverdi’s Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria 391George Burrows 28 Shelley Prometheus Unbound 407Michael O’Neill 29 George Bernard Shaw: Pygmalion 419Helen Slaney 30 Camus and the Myth of Sisyphus 433Kurt Lampe 31 Creative Strategies: Lars von Trier’s Medea 447Mette Hjort 32 Regarding the Pain of Others with Marsyas: On Tortures Ancient and Modern 463Lisa Saltzman Index 475
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1517 Media Atlas of Christian History
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Arcadia Publishing (SC) Ventura County Images of America
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