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MP-CUA Catholic Uni of Amer The Practice of Catholic Theology A Modest
Book SynopsisTrade Review“This short book says some things that definitely need saying about the cognitive nature of theology. It also gives creative advice to myoung theologians about how they can learn their craŸft.” —Michael Gorman, The Catholic University of America.
£23.96
MP-CUA Catholic Uni of Amer Called to Holiness On Love Vocation and
Book SynopsisGathers in one volume the most relevant addresses, speeches, and homilies of His Holiness, Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI to seminarians and consecrated men and women into a single volume for the English-speaking world. Pope Benedict XVI's words remind us of the fundamental meaning of a life of total consecration to God in a time of history where God is very much rejected.Trade ReviewAs a theologian, priest, bishop and pope, Joseph Ratzinger (Benedict XVI) ranks among the most gifted, fertile Catholic minds of the past century. Called to Holiness is a superb collection of his thoughts, both rich and accessible, on the meaning of the priestly and consecrated vocations. I warmly recommend it.""- Charles J. Chaput, OFM Cap, Archbishop of Philadelphia
£18.86
MP-CUA Catholic Uni of Amer Hell and the Mercy of God
Book SynopsisGod's goodness seems incompatible with inflicting horrible evil upon those who oppose his will and defy his law. If to this paradox we add the metaphysical requirement that God be perfect in goodness, the eternal evil of hell seems to be contradictory to God's own nature. Catholic philosopher Adrian Reimers takes on these challenges in Hell and the Mercy of God.Trade Review“This is a very impressive book. Reimers deals with some of the most controversial and contested topics in Catholic life and theology today—the reality of hell and eternal punishment, the possibility of mortal sin, and so on—in a truly excellent way. The generally educated Catholic interested in these questions will find the book of real value. But so will the professional theologian. To say that the book will be of interest to the educated Catholic should not be taken in any way to diminish the high quality of thought and seriousness of the accomplishment.”—Ralph Martin, Sacred Heart Major Seminary
£27.96
The Catholic University of America Press Irish Nationalists in Boston Catholicism and
Book SynopsisDuring the first quarter of the twentieth century, the intersection of support for Irish freedom and the principles of Catholic social justice transformed Irish ethnicity in Boston. This volume offers a study of that transformation.
£56.25
The Catholic University of America Press Whole Faith The Catholic Ideal of Emilia Pardo
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MP-CUA Catholic Uni of Amer The Hymns on Faith
Book SynopsisOffers far more than a simple Syriacpro-Nicene catechetical literature. In these hymns Ephrem reflects upon the mystery of God and the limits of human knowledge. He demonstrates a sophisticated grasp of symbol and metaphor and their role in human understanding.
£999.99
The Catholic University of America Press The Standard Bearer of the Roman Church Lawrence
Book SynopsisExamines the missionary work of the early modern Capuchin friar, and doctor of the Church, Lawrence of Brindisi. Renowned in his own day as a preacher, Bible scholar, missionary, chaplain, and diplomat, as well as vicar general of his order, Lawrence led the first organized, papally-commissioned Capuchin mission among the non-Catholics of Bohemia in the Holy Roman Empire from 1599 to 1602.
£56.25
The Catholic University of America Press Social Justice and Subsidiarity Luigi Taparelli
Book SynopsisLuigi Taparelli, SJ, 1793-1862 presented a neo-Thomistic approach to social, economic, and political sciences grounded in an integral conception of the human person as social animal but also as rational truth seeker. In this present book, Taparelli's ideas are evaluated both for their philosophical character but also in their historical context.
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MP-CUA Catholic Uni of Amer The Consensus of the Church and Papal Infallibil
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Explores a range of writers in the period 1682–1870 who addressed, from contrasting Roman Catholic positions, questions about papal infallibility…beautifully produced, finely written, very well-documented, based on extensive and impressive scholarship, while being throughout very accessible.”—Heythrop Journal“A charmingly written work, thought provoking and stimulating and ought to be read by everyone interested in the history of the development of the theology of papal infallibility.”—Irish Theological Quarterly“This learned volume studies the works of nine men who wrote on papal infallibility in the two centuries between the Gallican Articles of 1682 and the first Vatican council of 1869–70. Makes a major contribution to our understanding of the background of Vatican I. There is no comparable study that focuses so precisely on these major authors’ teachings regarding the consensus of the Church in the making of papal declarations.”—Journal of Theological Studies“Will illuminate theologians, church historians, and canonists concerned with teaching authority…especially helpful for ecumenical dialogue, as it seeks to understand the papacy within an ecclesiology of communion.”—The Jurist“Few events in modern Church history have given rise to more theological polemics and misinformation than the teaching of the First Vatican Council (1869-70) on infallibility. While this comprehensively researched book obviously cannot resolve all the theological issues related to the teachings of Vatican I, it certainly provides the historical-theological basis for a correct interpretation of an important aspect of that teaching.”—Religious Studies Review
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The Catholic University of America Press Dogma and Ecumenism Vatican II and Karl Barths
Book SynopsisThe conversation of this book is structured around five major documents from the Second Vatican Council, each of which Barth commented upon in his short but penetrating response to the Council, published as Ad Limina Apostolorum.
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The Catholic University of America Press Seamus Heaney the End of Catholic Ireland
Book SynopsisStarts from Heaney’s awareness in the new millennium of ""something far more important in my mental formation than cultural nationalism or the British presence or any of that stuff - namely, my early religious education."" The book then examines the full trajectory of Heaney's religious beliefs as represented in his poetry, prose, and interviews.
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MP-CUA Catholic Uni of Amer Leo Strauss and His Catholic Readers
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewLeo Strauss greatly revived the study of political philosophy in the twentieth century and in the process reinvigorated discussion of the permanent questions of politics…This meeting of Strauss’s mind and Catholic minds is worthy of consideration, for it led to significant questions and debates about faith and reason, the ancient and modern political worlds, the place of the philosopher, and the contest of natural right versus natural law, to name a few."" - Richard M. Reinsch II, University Bookman""In all, Geoffrey Vaughan has compiled a work that is essential not only for students of Strauss and Straussian thought but for anyone, whether Catholic or not, who is interested in questions of faith and reason. It is a worthy tribute to Strauss and his Catholic interlocutors, and essays like Hancock’s should lead Catholic readers not to despair over the congruity of fides et ratio but to appreciate the hazards inherent in the tradition of the Christian West. If the synthesis poses a danger, a remedy must be found - but that does not, for the Christian, mean the synthesis must be abandoned."" - Daniel McCarthy, Law & Liberty""All the essays are of extremely high quality, but standouts in the first part are V. Bradley Lewis on Charles McCoy’s dialogue with Strauss and Marc Guerra on the shared concerns of Strauss and emeritus Pope Benedict XVI. Fascinating in part 2 are Carson Holloway on Strauss’s Progress or Return? and Gary Glenn’s essay on the differences between classical natural right and Catholic natural law and Strauss’s preference for classical natural right. In the third part, James Stoner’s Aristotelian Metaphysics and Modern Science is especially provocative and insightful. Overall, this is an outstanding group of essays by careful and thoughtful readers of Strauss. Required reading for any serious student of Strauss or of the theologico-politcal problem."" - M. Harding, Montgomery College, Choice Connect""A serious, learned, and courageous confrontation with the most radical critique of Catholic synthesis, which deepens and quickens Catholic self-understanding, a bold exercise in clarity and probity. "" - Pierre Manent, author of Metamorphoses of the City""A rich collection of deeply thoughtful and thought- provoking inquiries into a fraught topic that has been previously inadequately explored but that is crucial for understanding the influence and significance of Leo Strauss."" - Thomas L. Pangle, University of Texas at Austin""Sheds much light on Catholic thought’s reception of the philosophic inquiries of Leo Strauss, as it carefully explores the welcome contributions as well as the significant challenges that his work addresses to Catholic treatments of law and politics and their relation to faith. The authors are not Catholic Straussians but Catholic scholars seriously engaged with Strauss. For a long time Strauss has been a source for Catholic thinkers who are critical of historicism and who seek to articulate the crisis of modernity. As these essays show, Strauss also provokes Catholics to place more stress on the question of the best regime (moderating traditional emphasis on universal law), to consider anew the contrast between pre-modern and modern natural right and natural law (as recent Catholic teaching has mostly followed the modern tradition), and to reflect on the relation between Platonic claims for the philosophic life as the highest human possibility and biblical injunctions to charity and justice. The volume . . . will be read eagerly by both Catholic and non-Catholic readers interested in Strauss."" - Richard Velkley, author of Heidegger, Strauss and the Premises of Philosophy: On Original Forgetting
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The Catholic University of America Press Introduction to Mariology
Book SynopsisProvides a synthesis of Mariology and the biblical fundaments and development of Marian doctrine. While it works as a comprehensive introduction suitable for courses on the subject, it is a panoramic view on the Marian doctrine, and will be essential for the theological formation of seminarians, priests, theologians, and educated Catholics.
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The Catholic University of America Press Thomas Aquinas on Faith Hope and Love A Summa of
Book SynopsisDesigned to make as easy as possible a first reading of key passages from the Summa theologiae. The book contains selections from the Summa that are most influential, most important, or likely to be most interesting to the contemporary reader. The text of the Summa itself is edited and arranged for beginners.
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The Catholic University of America Press Thomas Aquinas on the Cardinal Virtues A Summa of
Book SynopsisProvides essential passages from Thomas's treatment of the cardinal virtues in the Summa theologiae. The book contains passages from the Summa of great historical import, contemporary relevance, or intrinsic interest combined with abundant footnotes aiding the modern reader.
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MP-CUA Catholic Uni of Amer Bonds of Wool The Pallium and Papal Power in the Middle Ages
Trade Review“An outstanding and stimulating monograph. The small size and humble material of the object that is its focus belies the historical significance Schoenig reveals through his erudite analysis and exposition of the development of papal power across the early and central Middle Ages.” - Church History“Concentrating on the eighth to twelfth centuries, Bonds of Wool is engaging reading for students of church history and for others interested in the exercise of power.” - First Things“In this exhaustive and superbly researched monograph, Steven Schoenig shows how the history of a seemingly humble liturgical garment can be used to document the evolution of the papal-monarchic ecclesiology of medieval western Christendom...will long be considered the definitive source for this subject.” - Journal of Ecclesiastical History“This is a monumental work, of immense learning and interest, into which are skilfully woven together both the threads of significant change and development in the history of the medieval papacy, and innumerable lively details of the forces shaping the lives and endeavours of the Metropolitans and other bishops of Western Europe.” - New Blackfriars“Scholars and liturgical buffs will find much to learn and ponder in Bonds of Wool. This scholarly study gives a thorough history of the band of white wool — worn around the collar of residential archbishops even to the present day — and its ties to medieval culture and the era’’s papal influence.” - Our Sunday Visitor“Schoenig’s mastery of the source documents and insights into the archival habits of the papal chancery make Bonds of Wool of great value to historians, especially those focused on the history of the institutional church. Students of medieval gift exchange will also find this a rich source of inspiration.” - Speculum
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The Catholic University of America Press The Complementarity of Women and Men Philosophy
Book SynopsisProvides a Catholic Christian case that men and women are in certain respects quite different but also have a positive, synergistic complementary relationship. Although differences and their mutually supporting relationships are focused on throughout the volume, men and women are assumed to have equal dignity and value.
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The Catholic University of America Press Biomedicine Beatitude An Introduction to
Book SynopsisThis timely and up to date new edition of Biomedicine and Beatitude features an entirely new chapter on the ethics of bodily modification. It is also updated throughout to reflect the pontificate of Pope Francis, and recent concerns including ethical issues raised by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The Catholic University of America Press The Devil and the Dolce Vita Catholic Attempts
Book SynopsisItaly's economic expansion after World War Two triggered significant social and cultural change. Secularization accompanied this development and triggered alarm bells across the nation's immense Catholic community. The Devil and the 'Dolce Vita' is the story of that community and their efforts to preserve a traditional way of life.
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The Catholic University of America Press An Immigrant Bishop John Englands Adaptation of
Book SynopsisOffers a revised examination of the Irish intellectual roots of Bishop John England's American pastoral works in the diocese of Charleston, South Carolina (1820-1842). The text focuses on his political philosophy and his theology of the Church, both of which were influenced by the Enlightenment and a theological, not a political, Gallicanism.
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The Catholic University of America Press Church and Communion An Introduction to
Book SynopsisExplores ecumenism from a Catholic point of view. The first part describes the history of divisions within the Church, as well as of the efforts to bring about Christian unity. The second part examines Ecumenism from a systematic theological perspective.
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The Catholic University of America Press Seat of Wisdom An Introduction to Philosophy in
Book SynopsisDemonstrates that the philosophical principles developed in the Catholic tradition, especially as articulated in Thomism, provide the intellectual foundation for belief in God and are also the only reliable basis for a fully coherent vision of man's place in the world.
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The Catholic University of America Press Spirituality in Architectural Education Twelve
Book SynopsisAddresses a variety of philosophical, disciplinary, pedagogic, and practical questions. Grounded on the Walton Critic Program at the Catholic University of America School of Architecture and Planning, this book offers reflections on the role that ‘big questions’ and spiritual sensibility ought to play in the architectural academy today.
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The Catholic University of America Press Religious Freedom after the Sexual Revolution A
Book SynopsisDrawing upon Scripture, tradition, history, theology and empirical evidence, Helen Alvare frames a complete, inspiring and appealing response to current laws' attempts to impose a new sexual orthodoxy upon Catholic institutions, clarifying the ‘ecclesial’ nature of Catholic schools, hospitals and social services.
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The Catholic University of America Press From the Dust of the Earth Benedict XVI the
Book SynopsisDistinguishing between evolutionary theory properly speaking and the materialist attitude that is often conflated with it, Matthew Ramage's work meets the challenge of evolutionary science to Catholic teaching on human origins, guided by Joseph Ratzinger's conviction that faith and evolutionary theory mutually enrich one another.
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The Catholic University of America Press The Irreducibility of the Human Person A
Book SynopsisPresents a philosophical portrait of human persons on which we are entirely irreducible to anything non-personal, by synthesizing claims from many strands of the Catholic tradition. These include Thomism, Scotism, phenomenology, personalism, nouvelle theologie, analytic philosophy, Greek and Russian thought, and several others.
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MP-CUA Catholic Uni of Amer An Evangelical Adrift The Making of John Henry
Book SynopsisA theological biography of John Henry Newman (1801-1890) that reconstructs the most formative period in his development: the years between his teenage conversion to evangelicalism in 1816 and the beginning of the Tractarian Movement in 1833.
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MP-CUA Catholic Uni of Amer Faithful Fictions The Catholic Novel in British
Book SynopsisCatholic writers have made a rich contribution to British fiction, despite their minority status. Evelyn Waugh, Graham Greene, and Muriel Spark are well-known examples, but there are many others. This is the first book to survey the whole range of this material and examine whether valid generalizations can be made about it.
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The Catholic University of America Press Catholicism and Liberal Democracy Forgotten
Book SynopsisExplores three aspects of the Catholic tradition: the Church's response to democracy from the nineteenth century up until the eve of the Second Vatican Council; the Council's engagement with modernity; and Joseph Ratzinger's theology of politics as a particularly incisive (and influential) articulation of the Catholic tradition in this area.
£56.25
The Catholic University of America Press Intelligibility of Nature A William A Wallace
Book SynopsisThe intelligibility of nature was a persistent theme of William Wallace, one of the most prolific Catholic scholars of the late twentieth century. This Reader makes available a representative selection of his work in the history of science, natural philosophy, and theology illustrating his defense and development of this central theme.
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The Catholic University of America Press Homilies on Psalms 3638
Book SynopsisProvides the first English translation of the nine extant homilies on Psalms 36[37]-38[39] preached by Origen (d. 253/4) to his congregation at Caesarea as arranged and translated for Latin readers by his admirer, Rufinus of Aquileia (d. 411).
£36.00
The Catholic University of America Press Acts of Faith and Imagination Theological
Book SynopsisThrough an exploration of more than a dozen Catholic authors' novels and short stories, Brent Little argues that Catholic fiction encourages the reader to reflect upon their faith holistically, that is, the way faith informs one's affections, and how a person conceives and interacts with the world as embodied beings.
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The Catholic University of America Press Ministry to the Sick and Dying in the Late
Book SynopsisThe focus of this volume is on ministry to the sick and dying in the later Middle Ages, especially providing them with the sacraments. Medieval writers linked illness to sin and its forgiveness. The priest, as physician of souls, was expected to heal the soul, preparing it for the hereafter.Trade ReviewThis is a learned and well-written volume by a highly experienced scholar whose research in both primary and secondary sources is exceptionally wide, deep, and up-to-date. The geographical breadth and textual depth of this survey, which includes not only major and less well-known figures and texts on canon law and theology but also sermons, manuals for preachers, legislation of church councils and synods, visitation records, rulings of individual prelates, saints' lives and more, gives this study a range that puts it in a class of its own, with a coverage not found in previous treatments of its subject."" - Marcia Colish, author of Faith, Fiction, and Force in Medieval Baptism Debates
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Catholic University of America Press The Christology of Erasmus Christ Humanity and
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MP-VIR Uni of Virginia Witchcraft and the Papacy An Account Drawn from the Formerly Secret Archives of the Roman Inquisition
Book SynopsisBased on newly available materials, this traces the role of the papacy in witchcraft prosecutions from medieval times to the eighteenth century. Decker contends that the post-medieval papacy played a restraining role at the height of the witch-hunting freTrade Review"Let there be no mistake: Decker has not produced a nostalgic apology for the Church, for he works historically in the best sense, by seeking the foundation of historical judgment in the only place he can find it, in empirical fact. In place of the 'Black Legend,' he has not erected a 'rosy legend.'... The last witch was burned in Rome in 1572, just a few years before the first true avalanche of trials overtook Germany and France around 1590, and well before the witch craze reached its high point with many thousands of victims, in the period between 1626 and 1631, but not in Italy or on the south side of the Alps, and not influenced by the Roman Inquisition, but rather in the territories of the Holy Roman Empire." - Thomas Brechenmacher, Tagespost, on the German edition.
£38.66
MP-VIR Uni of Virginia Against Popery Britain Empire and
Book SynopsisAlthough commonly regarded as a prejudice against Roman Catholics, anti-popery is both more complex and far more historically significant than this common conception would suggest. As the essays collected in this volume demonstrate, anti-popery is a powerful lens through which to interpret the culture and politics of the British-American world.
£31.30
New York University Press The History of the Catholic Church in Latin
Book SynopsisOffers a concise and far-reaching synthesis of the Church's role from the earliest contact between the Spanish and native tribes until the modern dayTrade ReviewSchwaller has produced a book that has long been needed in Latin American studies...one leaves reading [him] with vivid details rather than pre-digested summaries. * Journal of Latin American Studies *Stimulating...Schwaller takes readers on an even-paced and informative journey through 500 years of Catholic history. -- Matthew Butler * Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion *What Professor Schwaller has accomplished is a rather pleasant review of the pre-Columbian civilizations—the classic Maya, the Aztec and the Inca—followed by the Iberian history of the late Middle Ages and the missionary endeavors of the early Spanish Franciscan and Dominican friars in New Spain and the vice-royalty of Peru and the Portuguese in BrazilThis is his area of specialization, and he tells the story well. -- Diego von Vacano * America Magazine *As Latin America assumes the role of the world's most Catholic continent, it becomes all the more necessary for anyone interested in contemporary Christianity to understand its historical roots. Schwaller's well-written and thoroughly researched history serves as an excellent guide to Latin America's turbulent religious past, and its contemporary realities. This is a valuable book from a distinguished scholar. -- Phillip Jenkins,author of The Next Christendom: The Rise of Global ChristianityProvides an essential account of the presence and influence of Catholicism in Ibero?America. From its colonial past to a future facing many challenges, the Church has a multifaceted story. Schwaller gives us the most comprehensive overview to date of a cardinal component of Latin American culture. This book will be of great interest to all fields across the social sciences and the humanities in Latin America. -- Diego von VacanoSchwaller captures the fundamental question of power in this heart?felt analysis of the Catholic Church in Latin America over five centuries. Both colonial and national political figures sought to instrumentalize the institutional Church while multiethnic and multiclass peoples re?imagined the faith within their own communities. How those tensions expressed themselves in time and place is the core of this contribution to the field of Latin American history. -- Douglass Sullivan‒González,author of Piety, Power, and Politics: Religion and Nation in Guatemala, 1821-1871Schwaller provides a largely cohesive and authoritative narrative, which offers strong judgments about the church during each period under discussion, and seeks to highlight commonalities over regional differences. * Commonweal *It is comprehensive, providing a good overview of its subject...it appreciates complexity and diversity within the Church. * Missiology *Schwallers book is ambitious, succinct, and well written; the authors institutional focus is clear and the book is a good source for understanding the interplay between the Catholic religion and history during five centuries in Latin America, [] John Frederick Schwaller fearlessly and clearly champions the churchs role, hierarchy, history, and & divine purpose in Latin America. * H-Net Reviews *another fine work of synthesis that brings together more than a generation of rich scholarship in the field * Hispanic American Historical Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1 Religious Origins of Catholicism in Latin America2 Spain and Portugal in the New World3 Conquest-Spiritual and Otherwise 4 The Colonial Church 5 Reform and Enlightenment6 The Church and Clergy at Independence 7 Working Out the Differences 8 The Established Order and the Threat of Popular Religion9 Revolution and Reform10 The Mid-Twentieth-Century Church 11 The Decline of Liberation Theology ConclusionGlossaryNotesBibliographyIndexAbout the Author
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New York University Press Aztl225n and Arcadia Religion Ethnicity and the
Book SynopsisIn the wake of the Mexican-American War, competing narratives of religious conquest and re-conquest were employed by Anglo American and ethnic Mexican Californians to make sense of their place in North America. This book deals with this topic.Trade Review"In clear prose and supported by abundant evidence, it interrogates one of the most important concepts in Chicana/o historyAztlánfrom a fresh perspective. The book will be welcomed by anyone interested in southern California, its history, and its relationship to Aztlán." * The Journal of American History *"This book is U.S.-Mexico borderland scholarship at its best. [] While written for an academic audience, Lint Sagarena writes with poetic elegance that could dance with even the most casual reader. This book is a must-read for any regional studies onSouthern California." * Review of Religious Research *"A brilliant study. Read about how 'American hispanophilia' was imprinted in buildings even as hatred for Mexicans reigned in the streets. Discover how Protestant fantasies about Spanish culture helped Americanize Catholicism and make Mexico seem more foreign. Learn how Mexicans projected their own fantasies of an idealized indigenous past onto their northern territories. See how the mythical homeland of the Aztecs became the political hope of Chicanos, who helped make California the site of new portrayals of the Mexican Virgen de Guadalupe. . . . A timely book for our national discourse about Mexico, immigration, and future cultural identities in the U.S." -- David Carrasco,Neil L. Rudenstine Professor of the Study of Latin America, Harvard Divinity School"A compelling study of an important and disturbing history with significant contemporary implications. Lint Sagarena demonstrates how various political, cultural, and commercial interests reimagined California's Spanish religious past in order to diminish its Mexican and indigenous present. Mining mission revival architecture, the mural movement, popular literatures, public festivals, and international expositions, this illuminating volume charts the invention, and reinvention, of an 'American' California." -- Sally M. Promey,Yale University"This book is for anyone who is fascinated by the layering of time, by the structuring of place, memory, and peoples in landscapes that are half fantasy in the storied terrain of Southern California. Lint Sagarena gives us a subtle investigation of how ethnicity and nationalism rely on material forms anchored in style and imagination. He shows how history is a tale of loss and imagined reconstitution. Myths are special kinds of stories, told and performed in ways that make their credibility visceral. Aztlán is one of these, a beguiling, wonderful, fantastic notion imbued in the architecture of homes and malls. This is a tale well told and a book that fills an enormous gap in the literature of religious life and imagination in America." -- David Morgan,Duke University"Lint Sagarena offers a multifaceted study of historical memory in California that examines how Euro-Americans and Chicanos created distinct and conflicting interpretations of the state's Spanish and Mexican heritage." * Choice *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 1. Conquest and Legacy 2. Building a Region3. The Spanish Heritage 4. Making Aztlan Conclusion
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New York University Press The Mystery of the Rosary Marian Devotion and
Book SynopsisEver since its appearance in Europe five centuries ago, the rosary has been a widespread, highly visible devotion among Roman Catholics. Its popularity has persisted despite centuries of often seismic social upheaval, cultural change, and institutional reform. This title deals with the mystery of the rosary.Trade Review"In this truly remarkable work, from both scholarly and practical perspectives, Mitchell clearly articulates the central role of a unique devotion in the life of the Roman Catholic Church. . . . In providing a solid historical foundation, Mitchell also shows how art, liturgy, and ritual have influenced and been influenced by this prayer over the past five centuries." * Library Journal *"In this dazzling venture in & reframing, what could have been a nostalgic revisiting of a traditional devotion has, instead, been rendered a masterful reflection on Catholic identity and imagination. With all the prowess of an accomplished scholar, the ear of a poet, and the soul of an artist, Nathan Mitchell leads us from Caravaggio to Rahner, Erasmus to Vatican II with singular aplomb and dexterity. This case study in early modern Catholicism will reshape your understanding of post-Tridentine Catholicism, as well as the powerful Marian devotion which helped transform it." -- Edward Foley,Catholic Theological Union"Mitchell has demonstrated that religion is sustained and communicated not primarily by creeds and dogmatic statements, but by art and architecture as well as by other symbols, rituals, stories, myths and metaphors. This book sheds much needed light on the contemporary Catholic Church. . . . The brilliant discussion of Caravaggios work alone is worth the price of the book!" -- Kevin Seasoltz,author of A Sense of the Sacred: Theological Foundations of Sacred Architecture"“Mitchell (Univ. of Notre Dame) offers a valuable new addition to his corpus of work on bottom-up Catholic spirituality and its attendant sense of spiritual mystery. Here he provides and insightful reframing of Catholic identity after the Council of Trent, demonstrating how very soon after the Council’s rigorously magisterial Counter-Reformation agenda ended, a new and overlooked sense of Catholic spirituality emerged during the late 16th and 17th centuries." * CHOICE *"Mitchell draws upon contemporary historical scholarship, as well as the pioneering work of an older generation of historians like H. Outram-Evennett and John Bossy, to demonstrate the positive and innovative side of the Counter-Reformation, an aspect that he says came to the surface especially in the quarter century between 1585 and 1610." * America: The National Catholic Weekly *"essential English-language studies of the history of the rosary" * The Way *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1 Reframing Reform 2 Reframing Representation 3 Reframing Ritual 4 Reframing Religious Identity 5 Reframing the Rosary 6 Reading the Beads Conclusion Notes Index About the Author
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New York University Press The Mystery of the Rosary Marian Devotion and
Book SynopsisWhy has this particular devotional object been so ubiquitous and resilient, especially in the face of Catholicism's reinvention in the Early Modern, or Counter-Reformation, Era? In this book, the author argues that to understand the rosary's adaptability, and more.Trade Review"In this truly remarkable work, from both scholarly and practical perspectives, Mitchell clearly articulates the central role of a unique devotion in the life of the Roman Catholic Church. . . . In providing a solid historical foundation, Mitchell also shows how art, liturgy, and ritual have influenced and been influenced by this prayer over the past five centuries." * Library Journal *"In this dazzling venture in & reframing, what could have been a nostalgic revisiting of a traditional devotion has, instead, been rendered a masterful reflection on Catholic identity and imagination. With all the prowess of an accomplished scholar, the ear of a poet, and the soul of an artist, Nathan Mitchell leads us from Caravaggio to Rahner, Erasmus to Vatican II with singular aplomb and dexterity. This case study in early modern Catholicism will reshape your understanding of post-Tridentine Catholicism, as well as the powerful Marian devotion which helped transform it." -- Edward Foley,Catholic Theological Union"Mitchell has demonstrated that religion is sustained and communicated not primarily by creeds and dogmatic statements, but by art and architecture as well as by other symbols, rituals, stories, myths and metaphors. This book sheds much needed light on the contemporary Catholic Church. . . . The brilliant discussion of Caravaggios work alone is worth the price of the book!" -- Kevin Seasoltz,author of A Sense of the Sacred: Theological Foundations of Sacred Architecture"“Mitchell (Univ. of Notre Dame) offers a valuable new addition to his corpus of work on bottom-up Catholic spirituality and its attendant sense of spiritual mystery. Here he provides and insightful reframing of Catholic identity after the Council of Trent, demonstrating how very soon after the Council’s rigorously magisterial Counter-Reformation agenda ended, a new and overlooked sense of Catholic spirituality emerged during the late 16th and 17th centuries." * CHOICE *"Mitchell draws upon contemporary historical scholarship, as well as the pioneering work of an older generation of historians like H. Outram-Evennett and John Bossy, to demonstrate the positive and innovative side of the Counter-Reformation, an aspect that he says came to the surface especially in the quarter century between 1585 and 1610." * America: The National Catholic Weekly *"essential English-language studies of the history of the rosary" * The Way *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1 Reframing Reform 2 Reframing Representation 3 Reframing Ritual 4 Reframing Religious Identity 5 Reframing the Rosary 6 Reading the Beads Conclusion Notes Index About the Author
£70.30
MP-SYR Syracuse University P The Forgotten Catholics of the Soviet Empire from Lenin through Stalin
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University of Arizona Press Indian Pilgrims
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The University of Alabama Press Blessed Are the Activists
Book SynopsisDocuments the history of Catholic activists to mitigate human rights abuses in Guatemala and the failed US policies in the country and region during the 1970s and 1980s.Trade Review“Michael Cangemi provides an outstanding contribution to historical research on Guatemala, Catholic activism, and US policy in Central America. By using a breadth of United States English language secular and religious archives, a range of Catholic newspaper accounts, and by delving into Guatemalan Human Rights reports, Cangemi creates a dialogue among these distinct experiences of and perspectives on Guatemala’s violent history.”—Susan Fitzpatrick-Behrens, author of The Maryknoll Catholic Mission in Peru, 1943–1989: Transnational Faith and Transformation "The book is a work of remarkably deep multilingual and multiarchival research that uses documents from religious as well as government archives in the United States and Guatemala, Catholic newspapers, and official human rights reports to give a voice to the victims of the Guatemalan genocide. Cangemi treats the topic with extraordinary sensitivity, delving deeply into diplomatic relations, state and church relations, and the experiences of Guatemalans and Catholic activists, including priests, nuns, and lay people. It is a wrenching, devastating account, but never a sensationalized one, and Cangemi weaves together the complex stories of transnational human rights activism, Cold War exigencies, and genocide with sophistication. The writing is crisp and the arguments compelling. It adds considerable to our understanding of Cold War U.S.-Latin American relations as well as to our understanding of the religious dynamics of genocide and the significant influence of religious activism on U.S. politics and foreign policy making. In short, it is a groundbreaking addition to the work on religious groups and the Guatemalan civil war that scholars such as Theresa Keeley and Virginia Garrard have done."—Lauren Turek, author of To Bring the Good News to All Nations: Evangelical Influence on Human Rights and U.S. Foreign Relations.
£79.90
Ohio University Press Romes Most Faithful Daughter The Catholic Church
Book SynopsisWhen an independent Poland reappeared on the map of Europe after World War I, it was widely regarded as the most Catholic country on the continent. Yet the relations of the Second Polish Republic with the Church proved far more difficult than expected.Trade Review“It is impossible to summarize the complex history that unfolds with gripping tension and wonderful detail in Professor Pease’s marvelous book…. Rome’s Most Faithful Daughter is a riveting read that combines an engaging style with academic rigor. It should travel easily beyond the confines of academe and grace the bookshelves of anyone interested in Poland, in the Vatican, in church-state relations, and the ambitions, friendships and rivalries of men and institutions.” * The Cosmopolitan Review *“This excellent book is highly recommended for those interested in the history of Poland, interwar Europe, the Catholic Church, and World War II. It also has important things to say about church-state relations, namely, that even in a country celebrated for its Catholicity, relations between church and state can be complex and troubled.” * Slavic Review *“I have no doubt that this monograph (Rome’s Most Faithful Daughter) is set to become the standard work on the topic.” * Canadian Slavonic Papers *A “subtle and sophisticated scholarly study…. Pease’s study is impressively grounded in archival and printed sources and reflects a mastery of the secondary literature. Very well written, it is an authoritative work that corrects conventional wisdom.” * Church History *“Rome’s Most Faithful Daughter is elegantly written, scrupulously researched, and persuasively argued. Above all, it manages to strike a rare balance while dealing with a topic that is replete with polemical landmines…. This book will offer revelations even for specialists in Polish history, but its audience should extend far beyond that subfield to encompass anyone interested in the history of Catholicism in modern Europe.” * The Catholic Historical Review *“Making clear what actually happened in and to Poland between the wars, Pease provides an insightful contribution to understanding the major issues faced by Europe. Each of the nine chapters is admirably clear, often eloquent, and well informed…. Summing Up: Highly recommended.” * Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries *“Neal Pease’s minutely researched Rome’s Most Faithful Daughter is not just first-class political history earning its place among the best of the type. It is a detailed recounting of the four-way dance between socialist leader Pilsudski, a Catholic nuncio (Msgr. Achille Ratti, later Pope Pius XI) who liked him and could overlook his peccadillos, a right-wing Polish hierarchy that detested Pilsudski and did not entirely trust Ratti to seek Poland’s best interests, and a Vatican papacy that needed its ‘most faithful daughter’ far more than most people realized…. (A) superbly researched and highly enlightening book.” * National Catholic Reporter *“Historians and academics will value the substantial amount of information on this fragile time in Poland.” * Polish American Journal *
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Ohio University Press Between the Brown and the Red
Book SynopsisBetween the Brown and the Red captures the multifaceted nature of church-state relations in communist Poland, relations that oscillated between mutual confrontation, accommodation, and dialogue. Ironically, under communism the bond between religion and nation in Poland grew stronger. This happened in spite of the fact that the government deployed nationalist themes in order to portray itself as more Polish than communist. Between the Brown and the Red also introduces one of the most fascinating figures in the history of twentieth-century Poland and the communist world.In this study of the complex relationships between nationalism, communism, authoritarianism, and religion in twentieth-century Poland, Mikolaj Kunicki shows the ways in which the country's communist rulers tried to adapt communism to local traditions, particularly ethnocentric nationalism and Catholicism. Focusing on the political career of Boleslaw Piasecki, a Polish nationalist politician who began his surprisiTrade Review“Employing excellent archival research and deft writing, Kunicki weaves the complex saga [of Boleslaw Piasecki’s career] into an analysis of the relationship between authoritarianism, nationalism, communism, and religion in Poland over the decades to the present postcommunist nation…. Summing Up: Highly recommended.” * Choice *“Mikołaj Stanisław Kunicki has written a magnificent political biography of Bolesław Piasecki…. This book will be required reading for any historian of modern Poland and should also appeal to anyone interested in nationalism, communism, the political Right in the twentieth century, the nature of totalitarianism in postwar Eastern Europe, and the persistence of prewar fascist strands in the communist East (hence the book’s title)…. This is an extremely well-researched, wellconceptualized, and original work.” * American Historical Review *“This is an original, thought provoking, often deliberately provocative book, based on a wealth of archival and published sources. It is, as well, a pleasure to read. Between the Brown and the Red takes its place as one of the best studies of the complex relationship of Catholicism and politics in recent Polish history.” * Cosmopolitan Review *“Kunicki provides a concise political history of Poland and its significant leaders. Piasecki, while not a major leader, contributed from the very beginnings of Poland’s turbulent times with a taste of freedom following World War I up to his death in 1979…. This biography, one of the few in English, will be a welcome addition to Polish American historians.” * Polish American Journal *
£23.39
Duke University Press Manufacturing Confucianism
Book SynopsisTraces the history of the Jesuits' invention of Confucius and of themselves as native defenders of Confucius' teaching. This book demonstrates how sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Western missionaries used translations of the ancient ru tradition to invent the historical figure who has since been globally celebrated as philosopher, and prophet.Trade Review“A thesis that will scandalize cultural purists: the ‘Confucius’ we love, honor and emulate springs from the intercultural trafficking of seventeenth-century Jesuit missionaries. Jensen argues his case on many planes, with nuance and bedrock affection for both China and sinology.”—Haun Saussy, Stanford University, and author of The Problem of a Chinese Aesthetic“Jensen makes his case with a forceful combination of detailed sinological research and rigorous reasoning. It is certain to be a focus of discussion for many decades to come. Indeed, it will be a significant milestone in the field.”—Hoyt Cleveland Tillman, Arizona State University, and author of Confucian Discourse and Chu Hsi’s Ascendancy
£89.10
Duke University Press Alone Before God
Book SynopsisPosits an underlying religious impetus for modernity in Mexico, claiming that the Catholic Church nursed a reform movement that ultimately affected many of the same changes as the Protestant Reformation.Trade Review“This arresting study couples substance and style to transform what could have been a dry treatise on internecine clerical debates about dogma and inner spirituality into an intriguing and lively examination of the character of Mexican modernity sure to complicate our understandings of nineteenth-century liberal thought.”—Allen Wells, Bowdoin College“Voekel's engaging history of the debates surrounding burials and cemetaries in late colonial Mexico provides a fresh perspective on the origins of nationalist sentiments in Latin America. Her creative reading of wills and other archival materals will inspire historians and anthropologists to think in new ways about the role of religion in early liberal thought.”—Deborah Poole, New School UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. The Baroque Backdrop 2. The Reformation in Mexico City 3. Freeing the Virtuous Individual 4. The Battle for Church Burials 5. Piety, Power, and Politics 6. The Ideology Articulated 7. The Rise of Medical Empiricism 8. The Heir Apparent Conclusion Postscript Appendix Archives Notes Primary Sources Secondary Sources
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Duke University Press Cachitas Streets
Book SynopsisJalane D. Schmidt shows how the Virgin of Charity of El Cobre, discovered in 1612 and known as Cachita, is a potent and contested symbol of Cuban national identity. She analyzes the five times over the last eighty years Cachita has been celebrated in Cuba's urban streets.Trade Review"[W]hat makes Cachita's Streets special is the attention the author gives to the many different contexts within which the Virgin has been venerated, supplicated, politicized, and racialized over the centuries—Cuba's tumultuous 20th century in particular. Providing a careful study of all the facets of the Virgin’s role in Cuban life, Schmidt documents the multidimensional and contested Cachita of the streets, not merely the Virgin of the shrine in El Cobre. The result is an exemplary socioreligious history." -- D. Jacobsen * Choice *"The book is carefully researched and is a special contribution to the study of religion, particularly in the Oriente (Eastern region of Cuba)....Schmidt’s work represents a unique approach to the study of religion in Cuba and uses rich archival research to follow worship of La Virgen de la Caridad throughout the island’s history." -- Danielle Pilar Clealand * Ethnic and Racial Studies *"Cachita’s Streets is deeply researched and skillfully crafted." -- Reinaldo L. Román * New West Indian Guide *"Schmidt offers up a history of the Virgin and her devotees, but in the process, she engages the reader in a sweeping narrative of Cuban politics, identity, race and religion over the past four centuries. . . . Schmidt sheds light on the importance of the Cuban streets as a stage for political and religious leaders to influence their audience, the Cuban people." -- Caroline Barnett * AmeriQuests *"[Schmidt's] ethnographic research is unparalleled . . . . The book adds a much-needed piece to the study of historical and contemporary Cuban religion." -- Michelle Gonzalez Maldonado * Religious Studies Review *"Careful and captivating. . . . One of the best histories of Marian devotion that I have read, and one of the best books on Cuba overall." -- Linda B. Hall * Catholic Historical Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments vii Introduction. "Antes": Processions Past 1 Part I. Cuba Produnda, 1612–1927 1. From Foundling to Intercessor: Our Lady Help of Slaves 17 2. Mambisa Virgin: Patrona of the Patria 49 Part II. Regal Streets, 1931–1936 3. Royalty in Exile: Banishing Bembes 69 4. Crowning La Caridad: The Queen of Republican Cuba 94 Part III. Martial Streets, 1951–1958 5. The Virgin General on the March: Conquering Cuba? 131 6. Rebel Sierras and Lowlands: Petitioning the Mother of Cuba 164 Part IV. Revolutionary Streets, 1959–1998 7. "¡Todos a la Plaza!": Mobilizing in Revolutionary Time and Space 185 8. "The Streets Are for Revolutionaries!": Prohibiting Processions 207 9. Luchando in the Special Period: Papal Visit 235 Conclusion. Processions Present: Returning to the Streets, 1998–2012 273 Notes 299 Bibliography 323 Index 347
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