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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Personification of Wisdom Society for Old
Book SynopsisThis book examines the personification of Wisdom as a female figure - a central motif in Proverbs, Job, Sirach, Wisdom and Baruch. Alice M. Sinnott identifies how and why the complex character of Wisdom was introduced into the Israelite tradition, and created and developed by Israelite/Jewish wisdom teachers and writers. Arguing that by personifying Wisdom the authors of Proverbs responded to Israel''s defeat by Babylon and the loss of Davidic monarchy, and by retrieving and transforming the Wisdom figure the authors of Sirach, Baruch and Wisdom responded to the spread of Hellenism and the potential loss of identity for Jews. Sinnott concludes that personified Wisdom functioned to reinterpret and transform the Israelite/Jewish tradition.Trade Review'There is a great deal of scholarship here, and this book offers a good introduction both to the texts and the literature. The style is clear and accessible.' Stewart Weeks, Durham University 'This rich study is valuable for its breadth of coverage of diverse biblical writings and its depth of scholarship on the particular chosen texts. While offering the fruits of deep research, this volume is concisely written... I recommend this book for colleges where the Old Testament wisdom literature or feminist theology is studied.' Scripture Bulletin '... carefully researched work... The bibliographical coverage up until 1995 is extensive, and those reading and working in this field will be indebted to [the author] for providing such a clear and concise account of previous scholarship... takes its place among the resources available to those wishing to engage with this contribution of the wisdom scribes not only to Israel, but also to Christian and Jewish understandings of God.' Colloquium 'Sinnot does a good job in helping us to see how Wisdom is depicted as the active and saving presence of God in the world.' Letter and Spirit ’This is a fine study of the essential repertoire of biblical texts in which Wisdom personified features...’ Intenational Review of Biblical StudiesTable of ContentsContents: Introduction; Origins of personified wisdom; Wisdom responds to a crisis; Wisdom, where shall she be found?; Wisdom: an enduring heritage; Personified wisdom as saviour; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Aboriginal Religions in Australia
Book SynopsisOver the last 25 years there has been an explosion of interest in the Aboriginal religions of Australia and this anthology provides a variety of recent writings, by a wide range of scholars. Australian Aboriginal Religions are probably the oldest extant religious systems. Over some 50,000 years they have coped with change and re-invented themselves in an astonishingly creative way. The Dreaming, the mythical time when the Ancestor Spirits shaped the territories of the Aborigines and laid down a moral and ritual law for their occupants, is the fundamental religious reality. It is the basis of the Aborigines''s view of their land or country, kinship relationships, ritual and art. However, the Dreaming is not a static principle since it is interpreted in different ways, as in the extraordinary movement in contemporary indigenous painting, and in attempts at an accommodation with Christianity. The contributions of anthropologists, cultural historians, philosophers of religion and others Table of ContentsContents: Introduction, Max Charlesworth. Part 1 Revaluations: Introduction, Max Charlesworth; Baldwin Spencer and F.J. Gillen, John Mulvaney; High gods, L.R. Hiatt; Stanner on Aboriginal religion, Ian Keen. Part 2 Religious Business: Introduction, Howard Morphy; 'Women's business', what is it?, Diane Bell; Big businesswomen, Françoise Dussart. Part 3 Sacred Places: Introduction, Françoise Dussart; Do places appear?, Francesca Merlan; Sacred geography, Marcia Langton; Myth and history, Peter Sutton. Part 4 Art and Religion: Introduction, Françoise Dussart; Yolngu art and the creativity of the inside, Howard Morphy; Linda Syddick on longing, Fred Myers; The enigma of Emily Kngwarray, Jenny Green. Part 5 Different Dreamings: Introduction, Howard Morphy; Aboriginal religion today, John Morton; Life and land in Aboriginal Australia, Deborah Bird Rose; Creation in the Kimberley, David Mowaljarlai. Part 6 Religions and Law: Introduction, Max Charlesworth; Land rights: the religious factor, Frank Brennan; The Hindmarsh Bridge affair and secret knowledge, Robert Tonkinson. Part 7 Religious Exchanges: Introduction, Max Charlesworth; Faith and fear in Aboriginal Christianity, Fiona Magowan; Islam and Australian Aborigines, Ian McIntosh. Index.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Islamophobia
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Islamophobia
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Envisioning Gender in Burgundian Devotional Art 13501530 Experience Authority Resistance Women and Gender in the Early Modern World
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Managing Gods Business Religious and FaithBased Organizations and their Management
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Taylor & Francis The Sermon on the Mount in the Light of the Temple
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Explorations in Reconciliation New Directions in Theology
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Place of Judas Iscariot in Christology
Book SynopsisExploring the significance of Judas Iscariot for Christian theology and the difficult issues surrounding Judas, Anthony Cane shows that focusing on the tension between providential and tragic interpretations of Judas in the New Testament and in subsequent writing about Judas, is the key to understanding his significance. Building on the work of Karl Barth and Donald MacKinnon, Cane''s argument sheds light not simply on the way Judas is understood, but on the way Jesus and the whole economy of salvation are understood. This book also highlights implications for the way in which issues relating to anti-Semitism and evil and suffering are most effectively explored.Trade Review'I can only heartily recommend and endorse the publication of this book. Theologians, I fear, have hardened hearts and obtuse minds which keep them trapped in the age old heresy that Jesus did not have Judas in mind when he prayed from the cross, 'Father forgive them...'. Anthony Cane presents a more balanced picture.' William Klassen, Professor of Biblical Studies, Emeritus, University of Waterloo, Canada. '... topical, scholarly, and absorbing...' Church Times 'The basic insights of this work are not only sound; they are vital, challenging, and should be pondered by all Christians, not just specialists. Thankfully, the writing of the book is mostly accessible to non-specialists, and I would encourage all to take up and read this important and fascinating treatment of Judas.' The Catholic Historical Review '... Cane's book will provide fascinating background material for the figure of Judas in early Christianity...' Theological Book Review ’Crane's guiding assertion on how to situate Judas in Christology and theology make the book a very useful acquisition for theological schools.’ Religious Studies ReviewTable of ContentsContents: Introduction; Judas in the New Testament; Judas and the tension between tragedy and providence; Judas' participation in the footwashing and Last Supper; Judas' place in the 'handing over' of the Son; Judas' repentance and death; Judas and Christ's descent into hell; A christology facing the tension between providence and tragedy; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.
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Taylor & Francis The Idol in the Age of Art
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Taylor & Francis Islam and Global Dialogue
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Ancient Taboos and Gender Prejudice Challenges for Orthodox Women and the Church Routledge New Critical Thinking in Religion Theology and Biblical Studies
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Taylor & Francis SpirituallyEngaged Knowledge
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Taylor & Francis Ltd William Percys Mahomet and His Heaven
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Taylor & Francis Ltd New Era New Religions Religious Transformation in Contemporary Brazil Routledge New Critical Thinking in Religion Theology and Biblical Studies
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Law Liberty and Church Authority and Justice in the Major Churches in England Routledge New Critical Thinking in Religion Theology and Biblical Studies
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Taylor & Francis Buddhism Christianity and the Question of Creation
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Dreams of Glory The Sources of Apocalyptic Terror
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Taylor & Francis The Old Testament Canon Literature and Theology Collected Essays of John Barton Society for Old Testament Study
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Taylor & Francis Reading Religion in Text and Context
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Romance of the Holy Land in American Travel Writing 17901876
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Byzantine Orthodoxies Papers from the Thirtysixth
Book SynopsisThe Byzantine Empire - the Christianized Roman Empire - very soon defined itself in terms of correct theological belief, ''orthodoxy''. The terms of this belief were hammered out, for the most part, by bishops, but doctrinal decisions were made in councils called by the Emperors, many of whom involved themselves directly in the definition of ''orthodoxy''. Iconoclasm was an example of such imperial involvement, as was the final overthrow of iconoclasm. That controversy ensured that questions of Christian art were also seen by Byzantines as implicated in the question of orthodoxy. The papers gathered in this volume derive from those presented at the 36th Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies, Durham, March 2002. They discuss how orthodoxy was defined, and the different interests that it represented; how orthodoxy was expressed in art and the music of the liturgy; and how orthodoxy helped shape the Byzantine Empire''s sense of its own identity, an identity defined against the ''other''Trade Review’... this volume is a welcome collection of careful research and clear expression on the orthodoxies we usually fail to recognize, whether in the Byzantine or other contexts. Andrew Louth's most insightful introduction, which sets the papers into the larger context of historical theology while also relating them to each other, is especially commended to the reader.’ Logos: A Journal of Eastern Christian StudiesTable of ContentsContents: Preface; Introduction, Andrew Louth. Section I Defining Orthodoxy: The question of Nicene orthodoxy, John Behr; Gregory of Nazianzus as the authoritative voice of orthodoxy in the 6th-century, Caroline Macé; Theotokos-Diadochos, Dirk Krausmüller; Methodios and his synod, Patricia Karlin-Hayter; Prochoros Cydones and the 14th-century understanding of orthodoxy, Norman Russell. Section II Orthodoxy in Art and Liturgy: In the beginning was the Word...: art and orthodoxy at the Councils of Trullo (692) and Nicaea II (787), Leslie Brubaker; ...and the Word was with God...: what makes art orthodox?, Liz James; ...and the Word was God: art and orthodoxy in late Byzantium, Robin Cormack; The British Museum triumph of orthodoxy icon, Dimitra Kotoula; Medieval Byzantine chant and the sound of orthodoxy, Alexander Lingas; Byzantine hymns of hate, Archimandrite Ephrem (Lash). Section III Orthodoxy and the Other: Can we speak of Jewish orthodoxy in Byzantium, Nicholas de Lange; The apostolic foundation stone: the conception of orthodoxy in the controversy between Photius of Constantinople and Isaac surnamed Mrut, Igor Dorfmann-Lazarev; The orthodoxy of the Latins in the 12th century, Tia M. Kolbaba. Epilogue: Some constant characteristics of the Byzantine orthodoxy, Sergei Averintsev. Index.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Hybrid Church in the City Third Space Thinking
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Taylor & Francis Faithful Performances Enacting Christian Tradition Routledge Studies in Theology Imagination and the Arts
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Taylor & Francis Dominican Women and Renaissance Art The Convent of San Domenico of Pisa Women and Gender in the Early Modern World
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Performing Early Modern Trauma from Shakespeare to Milton
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Taylor & Francis Renewing Pastoral Practice
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Taylor & Francis Ltd From Primitive to Indigenous The Academic Study of Indigenous Religions Vitality of Indigenous Religions
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Taylor & Francis Biodivinity and Biodiversity The Limits to Religious Environmentalism
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Taylor & Francis Reading Genesis in the Long Eighteenth Century From Milton to Mary Shelley
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Taylor & Francis Good and Evil
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Visions of Development Faithbased Initiatives
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Cambridge Theology in the Nineteenth Century
Book SynopsisMany books have been written about nineteenth-century Oxford theology, but what was happening in Cambridge? This book provides the first continuous account of what might be called ''the Cambridge theological tradition'', by discussing its leading figures from Richard Watson and William Paley, through Herbert Marsh and Julius Hare, to the trio of Lightfoot, Westcott and Hort. It also includes a chapter on nonconformists such as Robertson Smith, P.T. Forsyth and T.R. Glover. The analysis is organised around the defences that were offered for the credibility of Christianity in response to hostile and friendly critics. In this period the study of theology was not yet divided into its modern self-contained areas. A critical approach to scripture was taken for granted, and its implications for ecclesiology, the understanding of salvation and the social implications of the Gospel were teased out (in Hort''s phrase) through enquiry and controversy as a way to discover truth. Cambridge both engTrade Review'For much of the twentieth century, especially in the thirty years after the end of the Second World War, Cambridge theology was no mere academic ghetto. David Thompson himself recalls the intellectual excitement of the early 1960s, when the questions raised by the Cambridge theologians - and their manner of raising them - were able to capture the minds and imaginations of a generation about to transform British society. As an historian, Thompson knows that such moments do not arrive from nowhere, and that to understand the story and the significance of Cambridge theology in the twentieth century, one has to go back to the nineteenth. As might be expected, the great trio of Westcott, Lightfoot, and Hort feature prominently in his groundbreaking study, but their work too is contextualized by a series of figures and debates reaching back to the eighteenth century. A story that weaves its way through so many shifting and interrelated currents in national, Church, and university life, as well as touching on private histories of faith and loss of faith is not easy to summarize, but Thompson brings the passion of his protagonists to life. Cambridge theology itself emerges as equally hard to summarize: 'broad', tolerant, questioning, difficult, attentive to the validity of science and to the demands of new historical criticism - certainly; but, at the same time, often all too 'establishment' (until the arrival in the late-nineteenth century of the nonconformists); and, then again, repeatedly courageous in breaking the mould of easy conformism. This is a book that every British theologian should ponder, and it is only to be hoped that someone will now go and do likewise for Oxford!' Revd Canon George Pattison, Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity, University of Oxford, UK David Thompson draws on his extensive knowledge of the nineteenth century to ask whether it is possible to identify a 'Cambridge tradition' in nineteenth-century theology. The pattern that emerges isTable of ContentsContents: Preface; Introduction; The end of the 18th century; Herbert Marsh and the beginning of Biblical criticism; Evangelicals, Protestants and orthodox; The Coleridgean inheritance; Theological reconstruction: historical criticism; Theological reconstruction: atonement, incarnation and church; Some nonconformist voices; Conclusion; Epilogue; Bibliography; Index.
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Taylor & Francis Marian Moments in Early Modern British Drama Studies in Performance and Early Modern Drama
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Taylor & Francis Religious Diversity and Public Religion in China
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Contemporary Biblical Hermeneutics An Introduction
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Pentecostal Theology for the TwentyFirst Century Engaging with MultiFaith Singapore Routledge New Critical Thinking in Religion Theology and Biblical Studies
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Taylor & Francis Towards Liturgies that Reconcile Race and Ritual among AfricanAmerican and EuropeanAmerican Protestants Liturgy Worship and Society Series
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Biblical Scholarship Science and Politics in Early Modern England Thomas Browne and the Thorny Place of Knowledge Literary and Scientific Cultures of Early Modernity
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Baptismal Liturgy of Jerusalem Fourth and FifthCentury Evidence from Palestine Syria and Egypt Liturgy Worship and Society Series
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The New Generation Witches Teenage Witchcraft in Contemporary Culture Routledge New Religions
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Liturgical Space Christian Worship and Church Buildings in Western Europe 15002000 Liturgy Worship and Society Series
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Taylor & Francis Liturgical Space Christian Worship and Church
Book SynopsisThis is the first comprehensive and up-to-date account of the internal arrangement of church buildings in Western Europe between 1500 and 2000, showing how these arrangements have met the liturgical needs of their respective denominations, Catholic and Protestant, over this period. In addition to a chapter looking at the general impact of the Reformation on church buildings, there are separate chapters on the churches of the Lutheran, Reformed, Anglican and Roman Catholic traditions between the mid-sixteenth and mid-nineteenth centuries, and on the ecclesiological movement of the nineteenth century and the liturgical movement of the twentieth century, both of which have impacted on all the churches of Western Europe over the past 150 years. The book is extensively illustrated with figures in the text and a series of plates and also contains comprehensive guides to both further reading and buildings to visit throughout Western Europe.Trade Review'Nigel Yates is the foremost authority on the relationship between the liturgy and the ordering of church buildings in the post reformation world. Building on his earlier book, Buildings, Faith and Worship, which explored the liturgical arrangement of Anglican churches between 1600 and 1900, Professor Yates has provided a well researched and entertaining account of the interplay between the liturgies of the various denominations and the way church buildings, old and new, have been ordered. Professor Yates is an acknowledged expert in this field, and serious students and amateur church crawlers alike will enjoy his eye for quirky detail as well as the scholarly erudition that underpins this splendid volume.' The Right Reverend David Stancliffe, Bishop of Salisbury, UK This is a masterly overview of the continual process down the centuries by which the Church responds to a renewed vision of God by revisiting the church building and reshaping it to better reflect the hopes and aspirations of the community of faith. Both scholar and worshipper will be enriched by it. The Very Reverend Richard Giles, Dean of Philadelphia Cathedral, USA No liturgical historian or indeed anyone who has any kind of responsibility for liturgy can afford to be without this book, dealing as it does with how theology and worship affect the use of liturgical space. This book shows how different theological and liturgical insights impact on how churches have been re-ordered for worship at different times and across all the denominations, and is therefore invaluable for those responsible for modern day worship. The Most Reverend Dr Barry C Morgan, The Archbishop of Wales Interesting and attractive in equal measure, and much more than a handbook or introductory overview, Liturgical Space is comprehensive, authoritative, and suggestive in its interweaving of architecture, theology, ecclesiology, and history. Professor Clyde Binfield, UK ’This superb study, by the leading historian of liturgTable of Contents1: The Legacy of the Pre-Reformation Church and the Impact of the Reformation; 2: The Lutheran Churches of Germany and Scandinavia; 3: The Calvinist and Reformed Churches; 4: The Worship and Buildings of the Anglican Via Media; 5: Counter-Reformation Roman Catholicism; 6: Ecclesiology and Neo-Medievalism; 7: Liturgical Renewal and Church Design in the Twentieth Century; Guide to Further Reading; Guide to Buildings to Visit
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Bible and Lay People An Empirical Approach to Ordinary Hermeneutics Explorations in Practical Pastoral and Empirical Theology
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Taylor & Francis Tantric Buddhism and Altered States of Consciousness Durkheim Emotional Energy and Visions of the Consort Routledge New Critical Thinking in Religion Theology and Biblical Studies
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Reading the Jewish Woman on the Elizabethan Stage Women and Gender in the Early Modern World
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Healing Rhythms The World of South Koreas East Coast Hereditary Shamans SOAS Studies in Music
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Women and Religion in the West Challenging Secularization Theology and Religion in Interdisciplinary Perspective Series in Association with the BSA Sociology of Religion Study Group
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