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Presents 15 studies occasioned by the 500th anniversary of the European discovery of America. It covers both the initial encounters between the Europeans and native Americans and the golden age of Hispanic philosophy that followed the discovery - specifically between 1500 and 1650.

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The great nineteenth-century Portuguese author Jose Maria Eca de Queiros has long been known for his novels. However, he also wrote short stories. Although there is no question that Eca owes the lion's share of his reputation to his long fiction, this collection shows us that we are reading the work of a writer in full control of both genres.

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Presents the history of the Gregorian chant restoration. This book describes the strenuous efforts of personalities like Dom Joseph Pothier, Dom Andre Mocquereau, Fr Angelo de Santi, and Peter Wagner to carry out the wishes of the pope.

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Based on a multi-year consultation in the Society of Biblical Literature, The Bible and Early Trinitarian Theology brings new insights to the relationship between patristic exegesis and current strategies of biblical interpretation, specifically with reference to the doctrine of the Trinity.

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Do human rights apply only to a certain culture group or can they be demanded of all cultures and religions? Presenting a new theological theory of natural law, this discussion about a common world ethos demonstrates how relevant and explosive that question is.

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Consisting of nine studies, this volume presents a series of specific insights on Aristotle's influence from Plotinus through Arabic thought.

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Blaise Pascal was a French mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher, who laid the foundation for the modern theory of probabilities. This volume is a translation of Philippe Sellier's edition of Pascal's Pensees, plus two shorter texts, the Exchange with M. de Sacy and The Life of Monsieur Pascal.

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Provides extensive evidence of the relentless defense of Catholic virtue conducted by diocesan newspapers, and offers evidence that the Church may well have played the decisive role in guiding its Irish American faithful along paths that, while conservatively promoting Irish nationalism, did not jeopardize an ‘American First’ policy for Catholics.

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Offers a systematic treatment of St. Thomas Aquinas's account of the metaphysical relations of unity-to-union and unity-to-participation in God as the key structuring elements to the nature of love and friendship.

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Aquinas' first proof for God's existence is usually interpreted as a metaphysical argument immune to any objections coming from empirical science. This proposes a natural philosophical interpretation of Aquinas' argument sensitive to the broader context of Aquinas' work and yielding a more historically accurate account of the argument.

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Intended for those interested in Kant's contribution to philosophy, this volume provides an overview of Kant's arguments concerning central issues in metaphysics and ethics. Arthur Melnick argues that the key to all of Kant's arguments is his constructivist theory of space and time.

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This title brings together texts by and about Thomas More - poet, scholar, statesman, educational reformer, philospher, historian and saint. The writings focus upon More's views of education, political theory, church-state relations, love and friendship, practical politics and conscience.

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Summarizes the historical background to the Salmanticenses, from the time of Anselm up through the early-modern period. The book presents and defends the Salmanticenses' argument for the primacy of Christ the redeemer, and then turns to two key post-conciliar figures, Karl Rahner and Hans Urs von Balthasar.

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Huguccio was an important lawyer of the medieval church, bishop of Ferrara, and one of the greatest representatives of twelfth-century scholasticism. In this book-length study of this influential figure, Wolfgang P. Müller provides a critical account of the biographical information on the man and his writings.

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Pope Francis has called mandatory priestly celibacy “a gift for the Church”, but added “since it is not a dogma, the door is always open” to change. Priestly Celibacy fills a critical gap in the current theological literature on this important aspect of ecclesial ministry and life, and also helps to contribute to the advancement of the rather underdeveloped theology of priestly celibacy.

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Gathered here for the first time are the stories of Enid Dinnis, who lived and wrote in London throughout the first half of the 20th century. Few in London's literary scene knew that Dinnis was a nun but she lived most of her life in a small convent in Wimbledon with other well-known figures from the period, including Maud Petre.

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Written by Dominican preacher and mystic Bl. Henry Suso (c. 1300-1366), Horologium Sapientiae, or Wisdom's Watch upon the Hours, was one of the most successful religious writings of its time. Now it is offered to the English-speaking world in a new translation based on Pius Kunzle's critical Latin edition.

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Peter the Venerable (d. 1156), the powerful abbot of Cluny, left behind not only extensive letter collections, but also polemical treatises intended to refute contemporary challenges to Christianity. Perhaps the most important is Against the Inveterate Obduracy of the Jews.

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