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Book SynopsisCoerced into taking the veil, Venetian writer Arcangela Tarabotti (16041652) spent her life protesting the practice of forcing girls into convents. Her fearless defense of women and attacks on patriarchal Venetian society earned her renown and access to the presses. Her publications, however, invited constant controversy. Tarabotti published herLetters Familiar and Formalto protect and enhance her literary reputation while also chronicling contemporary literary society and material existence in an early modern convent. TheLettersflaunted Tarabotti's literary accomplishments, humiliated her critics, and advertised her powerful network of allies in Northern Italy and France. The Letters document how Tarabotti established herself as one of the most forceful proponents for women's self-determination in early modern Europe.Trade Review"After their Italian edition of Tarabotti’s Lettere, Meredith Ray and Lynn Westwater have now produced the definitive English translation of this remarkable text: clear, accurate and lively -- a delight to read. Their introduction sets the historical and cultural context, while meticulous notes fully explain each letter. Altogether, compelling reading that brings the extraordinary story told by Tarabotti's Letters to English-speaking audience for the first time." * -Letizia Panizza, University of London *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments xiIntroductionArcangela Tarabotti: A Life of Letters 1A Note on the Translation 41Abbreviations 44Map of Seventeenth-Century Venice including the Convent of Sant’Anna 45Letters Familiar and Formal Presented by Arcangela Tarabotti to Her Most Illustrious and Esteemed Patron Giovan Francesco Loredano 47The Tears of Arcangela Tarabotti upon the Death of the Most Illustrious Signora Regina Donati 285Bibliography 297Index 309

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Book SynopsisIn addition to being a religious country--over ninety percent of Americans believe in God--the United States is also home to more immigrants than ever before. Churches and Charity in the Immigrant City focuses on the intersection of religion and civic engagement among Miami''s immigrant and minority groups. The contributors examine the role of religious organizations in developing social relationships and how these relationships affect the broader civic world. Essays, for example, consider the role of leadership in the promotion and creation of 'civic social capital' in a Haitian Catholic church, transnational ties between Cuban Catholics in Miami and Havana, and several African American congregations that serve as key comparisons of civic engagement among minorities. This book is important not only for its theoretical contributions to the sociology of religion, but also because it gives us a unique glimpse into immigrants'' civic and religious lives in urban America.Trade ReviewAny future research on immigrant religion will be guided by the insights in this important book. -- Helen Rose Ebaugh * author of Religion and the New Immigrants: Continuities and Adaptations in Immig *A stunning achievement! The volume offers rich detail and illuminating theory. One of the best books ever written on religion, immigration, and civic life. -- Thomas A. Tweed * author of Crossing and Dwelling: A Theory of Religion *A valuable addition to the burgeoning literature on immigrants' religion and their civic engagement. Highly recommended. * Choice *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments 1. Religion, Immigration, and Civic Engagement Part One. Charismatic Leaders and Linking Civic Social Capital 2. So Close and Yet So Far Away: Comparing Civic Social Capital in Two Cuban Congregations 3. Refugee Catholicism in Little Haiti: Miami's Notre Dame d'Haiti Catholic Church 4. Politics and Prayer in West Perrine: Civic Engagement in the Black Church Part Two: Service and Volunteerism and Bridging Civic Social Capital 5. Unidos en la Fe: Transnational Civic Social Engagement between Two Cuban Catholic Parishes 6. La Catedral del Exilio: A Nicaraguan Congregation in a Cuban Church 7. Black Churches and the Environment in Miami Part Three. Religious and Spiritual Activities and Bonding Social Capital 8. Youth and Charity in a Sweetwater Parish: Our Lady of Divine Providence Church 9. Faith in the Fields: Mexican Marianism in Miami-Dade County 10. The Struggle for Civic Social Capital in West Indian Churches 11. Religious Practice and Civic Social Capital among Miami Youth 12. Conclusions: Religious Leadership and Civic Social Capital Contributors Index

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Book SynopsisThe Yaysmawurk' is an Armenian liturgical collection of brief saints' lives arranged according to the day on which they were celebrated in the annual church calendar. The first Yaysmawurk' was translated from an existing Greek liturgical collection, the Synaxarion, where the lives are all collected. In fact, it is common knowledge that this Greek collection was the basis for nearly all such liturgical collections of the lives of the saints throughout the early Christian world; however, it was not a mere translation. Rather, it constituted a logical culmination of a long and steady development in the Armenian Church of what scholars today like to call the cult of the saints. This volume in the On This Day series collects the entries for March.

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