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Most people remember where they were when John F. Kennedy was assassinated, just as they remember how they felt when humans first set foot on the moon. Elements of both reactions are present in the story of Christa McAuliffe, the energetic young schoolteacher chosen to be the first civilian to go into space—and who died with her astronaut companions in the Challenger explosion of January 28, 1986. In this straightforward memoir, McAuliffe's mother, Grace George Corrigan, makes it very clear just who and what the nation lost in the Challenger tragedy. The product of family history, notes and letters, and the commemorative efforts to honor her daughter, A Journal for Christa provides a very personal biography of a remarkable young woman.Christa McAuliffe's story is solidly American—the eldest child of a close Catholic Massachusetts family, and a dedicated Girl Scout, she came of age in the turbulent sixties and early seventies and became a schoolteacher and mother. Generous, outgoing, funny, and beloved by her many friends and students, she was little known beyond her personal circle until selected by NASA to be the first civilian sent on a space mission as the "Teacher in Space." Whether or not the selection was a publicity stunt, Christa McAuliffe may have proved more than NASA bargained for. Honest, direct, and outspoken, she was impatient with the stultifying ceremonies of the government bureaucracy and did not hesitate to speak out on behalf of the constituency she felt she had been selected to represent: American public schoolteachers and the children in their classrooms.

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One of the most significant, but often overlooked, interpreters during the Reformation was Johannes Oecolampadius (1482-1531), the first-generation reformer at Basel. This book is the first to analyse and identify the significance of Oecolampadius's voice among those who shaped the way the Bible was interpreted during the pivotal time of the Reformation. The focus of this study is on Oecolampadius's 1534 commentary on the biblical book of Hebrews, which derived from his theology lectures at the University of Basel in 1529-1530. By comparing his exegesis with more than twenty-five of the most relevant interpreters from the early church to the Reformation, this work reveals several important aspects of the changes in medieval and Reformation-era exegesis that need to be incorporated into our understanding of the history of biblical interpretation. Most significantly, this work demonstrates that by recovering and adapting an Alexandrian interpretive notion of Christ as the goal of Scripture, Oecolampadius's Christoscopic reading of Scripture served as an essential step in the shift toward Reformed interpretative approaches, such as that of John Calvin. Recognizing the value of this Christoscopic approach also identifies that Oecolampadius functions as a great example of one who embodied a theological interpretation of Scripture and contributed to the way scholars speak about the use of the New Testament in the Old even today.

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Writers in Conversation compiles Christopher Bigsby's interviews with the world's greatest writers from a decade of the Arthur Miller Centre's International Literary Festival at the University of East Anglia. These often candid, in-depth, witty and illuminating exchanges shine a light on the craft and profession of the working writer today.Featuring interviews with Naomi Alderman, David Almond, Tash Aw, Vince Cable, Tracy Chevalier, Bernard Cornwell, Andrew Cowan, Richard Dawkins, Margaret Drabble, Stephen Fry, David Hare, Emma Healey, Charlie Higson, Eimear McBride, Ian McEwan, David Mitchell, Lawrence Norfolk, Paul Nurse, Jane Smiley, Rose Tremain, David Vann and Vendela Vida.

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Der Münchner Künstler Christoph Brech (*1964), der in vielen internationalen Sammlungen vertreten ist, wurde vor allem mit Foto- und Videoarbeiten, Rauminstallationen und Arbeiten im öffentlichen Raum bekannt. Für dieses aktuelle Projekt inszeniert er in der Sammlung mittelalterlicher Kunst des Bayerischen Nationalmuseums 21 Video-, Sound- und Rauminstallationen. Er greift ikonographische Themen auf, setzt sie bildlich um oder interpretiert sie neu. Die Arbeiten stellen formal und inhaltlich interessante, unerwartete Bezüge her, die sich oft erst auf den zweiten Blick erschließen. Räume und Objekte werden überraschend inszeniert, einzelne Museumsstücke verfremdet, durch besondere Beleuchtung oder veränderte Stellung hervorgehoben, andere mit Klanginstallationen zum Leben erweckt. Das gemeinsame Ausstellungsprojekt des Bayerischen Nationalmuseums und der Deutschen Gesellschaft für christliche Kunst in München eröffnet völlig neue Sichtweisen auf das Bayerische Nationalmuseum. Zur gleichen Zeit wird in der Galerie der DG ein Zyklus von Fotografien gezeigt, die Brech 2015 und 2016 im Bayerischen Nationalmuseum aufgenommen hat. Zudem sind zwei Leihgaben des Museums zentrale Bestandteile zweier von dem Künstler in den Galerieräumen neu konzipierter Installationen.

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Vier StudienDie Frage nach dem messianischen Anspruch Jesu und dem Ursprung der Christologie ist nach wie vor umstritten. In vier Beiträgen betrachten Martin Hengel und Anna Maria Schwemer das Thema unter verschiedenen Aspekten und kommen dennoch zu einer einheitlichen Lösung.

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The language of 'christophanies' is used technically by scholars to refer to appearances of the incarnate Son of God after his resurrection, as narrated in the New Testament Gospels and Acts. At a more popular level, though, the term is increasingly applied to alleged appearances of the pre-incarnate Son in the Old Testament. That Jesus appeared to - and was even recognized by - the likes of Abraham and Moses is usually argued from several scriptural trajectories. The New Testament suggests that God the Father is invisible, inviting us to ask who conducted the Old Testament appearances; the mysterious Angel of the Lord has often been interpreted as a manifestation of the divine Son; and several New Testament passages imply Old Testament appearances of and encounters with Jesus. It seems obvious, indeed orthodox, to affirm that Jesus has always been at work in communicating with and saving his world. However, Andrew Malone argues that, while Christ-centred readings of the Old Testament abound, christophanies prove to be a flimsy foundation on which to build. Despite apparent success, any scholarship commending the idea does not withstand close scrutiny. Malone carefully sifts the evidence to show that the popular arguments should be abandoned, and that the pursuit of Old Testament christophanies ultimately threatens to undermine the very values it promotes. He concludes that it better honours the Trinity and the text of Scripture to allow that the Father and the Spirit, as well as the Son, were themselves involved in Old Testament appearances.

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The feast of Corpus Christi, celebrated annually on Thursday after Trinity Sunday, was devoted to the Eucharist, and the normal practice was to have solemn processions through the city with the Host, the consecrated wafer that was believed to have been transformed into the true body and blood of Jesus. In this way the "cultus Dei" thus celebrated allowed the people to venerate the Eucharistic bread in order that they might be stimulated to devotion and brought symbolically, even mystically into a relationship with the central moments of salvation history. Perhaps it is logical, therefore, that pageants and plays were introduced in order to access yet another way of visualizing and participating in those events. Thus the "invisible things" of the divine order "from the creation of the world" might be displayed. The York Corpus Christi Plays, contained in London, British Library, MS. Add. 35290 and comprising more than thirteen thousand lines of verse, actually represent a unique survival of medieval theater. They form the only complete play cycle verifiably associated with the feast of Corpus Christi that is extant and was performed at a specific location in England.

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A provocative volume of the controversial radical thinker Christopher Hitchens—political journalist, cultural critic, public intellectual and self-described contrarian—is one of the most controversial and prolific writers of his generation. His most recent book, God Is Not Great, was on the New York Times bestseller list in 2007 for months. Like his hero, George Orwell, Hitchens is a tireless opponent of all forms of cruelty, ideological dogma, religious superstition and intellectual obfuscation. Once a socialist, he now refers to himself as an unaffiliated radical. As a thinker, Hitchens is perhaps best viewed as post-ideological, in that his intellectual sources and solidarities are strikingly various (he is an admirer of both Leon Trotsky and Kingsley Amis) and cannot be located easily at any one point on the ideological spectrum. Since leaving Britain for the United States in 1981, Hitchens's thinking has moved in what some see as contradictory directions, but he remains an unapologetic and passionate defender of the Enlightenment values of secularism, democracy, free expression, and scientific inquiry. The global turmoil of the recent past has provoked intense dispute and division among intellectuals, academics, and other commentators. Hitchens's writing during this time, particularly after 9/11, is an essential reference point for understanding the genesis and meaning of that turmoil—and the challenges that accompany it. This volume brings together Hitchens's most incisive reflections on the war on terror, the war in Iraq, and the state of the contemporary Left. It also includes a selection of critical commentaries on his work from his former leftist comrades, a set of exchanges between Hitchens and various left-leaning interlocutors (such as Studs Terkel, Norman Finkelstein, and Michael Kazin), and an introductory essay by the editors on the nature and significance of Hitchens's contribution to the world of ideas and public debate. In response, Hitchens provides an original afterword, written for this collection. Whatever readers might think about Hitchens, he remains an intellectual force to be reckoned with. And there is no better place to encounter his current thinking than in this provocative volume.

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The Studies in Christian Doctrine and Scripture (SCDS) series promotes fresh understandings of Christian belief through creative, faithful readings of the canonical text. ---------------------------------- What does the epistle to the Hebrews mean when it calls Jesus 'Son'? Is 'Son' a title that denotes his eternal identity in the one, triune God? Or is it a title given to Jesus in light of his unique role as the Messiah? In this volume, theologian and pastor Bobby Jamieson considers the complexity of the Christology presented in the epistle to the Hebrews. Exploring the paradox of the term, Jamieson argues that we should understand Jesus’ sonship in light of both his eternal existence as a distinct person of the triune God as well as the messianic office to which he is appointed. Jesus is, in short, the eternal Son who became the incarnate Son in order to fulfil the mission given to him by the Father.

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Over the past fifteen years, writer, producer and director Christopher Nolan has emerged from the margins of independent British cinema to become one of the most commercially successful directors in Hollywood. From Following (1998) to Interstellar (2014), Christopher Nolan's films explore philosophical concerns by experimenting with nonlinear storytelling while also working within classical Hollywood narrative and genre frameworks. Contextualizing and closely reading each of his films, this collection examines the director's play with memory, time, trauma, masculinity, and identity, and considers the function of music and video games and the effect of IMAX on his work.

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The roles that Christodora House has played from 19th-century settlement house to its newest forms Settlement house workers helped transform the lives of thousands of people despite lack of funding, the influenza epidemic of 1918, economic depressions, and two World Wars. Many of these houses still exist in the original neighborhoods where they confront the problems of today and advocate for their communities. Christodora House, founded in 1897 as “The Young Women’s Settlement,” played an important role in the life of immigrants and other residents on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. For over 50 years, residents and volunteers at Christodora House provided classes, clubs, recreational activities, and medical and dental clinics for thousands of New Yorkers, and then continued to operate programs out of public housing and other locations for more than two decades. The building at 143 Avenue B, now housing condominiums, has had a tumultuous history since 1948 but still stands, towering over its tenement neighborhood in the East Village. Christodora Inc. is now a nonprofit foundation with offices in Midtown Manhattan, whose staff works with underserved New Yorkers, including youth in the public school system, carrying on a long, distinguished history of service to the city and country.

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The roles that Christodora House has played from 19th-century settlement house to its newest forms Settlement house workers helped transform the lives of thousands of people despite lack of funding, the influenza epidemic of 1918, economic depressions, and two World Wars. Many of these houses still exist in the original neighborhoods where they confront the problems of today and advocate for their communities. Christodora House, founded in 1897 as “The Young Women’s Settlement,” played an important role in the life of immigrants and other residents on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. For over 50 years, residents and volunteers at Christodora House provided classes, clubs, recreational activities, and medical and dental clinics for thousands of New Yorkers, and then continued to operate programs out of public housing and other locations for more than two decades. The building at 143 Avenue B, now housing condominiums, has had a tumultuous history since 1948 but still stands, towering over its tenement neighborhood in the East Village. Christodora Inc. is now a nonprofit foundation with offices in Midtown Manhattan, whose staff works with underserved New Yorkers, including youth in the public school system, carrying on a long, distinguished history of service to the city and country.

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The classic Christological formulations of the 4th and 5th Centuries are basically meaningless today. Questioning the Incarnation offers a new approach to Christology based on modern biblical, scientific and philosophical studies. Whilst using different concepts and language and courting controversy and disagreement, the overall thrust of the study is to take Jesus' humanity seriously, whilst seeking to interpret what may be meant by his 'divinity' in a way that remains fully Trinitarian and which takes seriously the intentions of the early Church Fathers.

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Matthias Kreplin setzt sich mit den verschiedenen Positionen der älteren und neueren Forschung zu der historischen Rückfrage nach Jesus und insbesondere dessen Selbstverständnis auseinander und klärt dabei auch deren theologische Relevanz. Er verbindet sprachanalytische und christologische Ansätze so miteinander, daß eine Relevanz historischer Jesus-Forschung deutlich wird, ohne daß dabei der christliche Glaube in direkter Abhängigkeit von wechselnden Forschungsmeinungen steht.Der Ausdruck 'der Menschensohn' ist zunächst Gegenstand der auf diesem hermeneutischen Fundament aufbauenden historischen Rückfrage nach Jesu Selbstverständnis. Matthias Kreplin greift eine in der Menschensohn-Diskussion wenig bekannte These neu auf: Der Ausdruck 'der Menschensohn' ist nicht als apokalyptischer Titel, sondern als ein von Jesus selbst geprägter Name für die indirekte Selbstbezeichnung zu verstehen. Die apokalyptischen Menschensohnworte sind sekundär.Da es über Hoheitstitel keinen Zugang zum Selbstverständnis Jesu gibt, untersucht Matthias Kreplin die von Jesus beanspruchte und eingenommene Rolle. Er zeigt, daß Jesus sich als eschatologischer Repräsentant Gottes sah. Für die Tatsache, daß sich Jesus trotz dieses Selbstverständnisses aller Titel und Hoheitsansprüche enthielt, gibt es folgende Erklärung: Weil Jesus seiner eigenen Botschaft entsprechen wollte, mußte er ein Geheimnis um seine Person machen. Das Messiasgeheimnis wird so im Kern auf Jesus selbst zurückgeführt.Weitere historische und theologische Schlußfolgerungen zur Entstehung und Interpretation der neutestamentlichen Christologie schließen den Band ab.

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In 1593, the brilliant and controversial young playwright Christopher Marlowe was stabbed to death in a Deptford lodging house. The circumstances were shady, the official account - a violent quarrel over the bill, or 'recknynge' - long regarded as dubious.For the first time tracing Marlowe's shadowy political and intelligence dealings, Charles Nicholl uncovers critical new evidence about that fatal day. Also providing an enthralling revelation of the extraordinary underworld of Elizabethan crime and espionage, the 'secret theatre', Nicholl penetrates four centuries of obscurity to expose a complex and chilling story of entrapment and betrayal.

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Just when she thought she’d gotten far enough away . . . a life-changing phone call throws an antisocial scientist back into her least favorite place—the spotlight. A hilarious and insightful new novel from the USA Today bestselling author of The Bookish Life of Nina Hill. After a tumultuous childhood, Christa Barnet has hidden away, both figuratively and literally. Happily studying sea snails in the middle of the Indian Ocean, Christa finds her tranquil existence thrown into chaos when her once-famous father—long thought dead after a plane crash—turns out to be alive, well, and ready to make amends. The world goes wild, fascinated by this real-life saga, pinning Christa and her family under the spotlight. As if that weren’t enough, her reunion with an old childhood friend reveals an intense physical attraction neither was expecting and both want to act on . . . if they can just keep a lid on it. When her father&rsquo

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Dieser Band enthält exegetische Aufsätze von Samuel Vollenweider aus den Jahren 1988 bis 2002, in denen er sich mit zwei Themenbereichen beschäftigt. Das Entstehen der neutestamentlichen Christologie wird in Studien über das Verhältnis von Monotheismus und Christologie, die frühjüdischen Weisheitskonzeptionen als Hintergrund der entstehenden Christologie, die Gottebenbildlichkeit Jesu Christi, den Sühnetod und die Auferstehung betrachtet. Zudem beschäftigt sich der Autor mit Jesu Vision vom Sturz Satans und dem Antijudaismus des Neuen Testaments.Der zweite Schwerpunkt gilt einzelnen Aspekten der paulinischen Theologie: Neben dem apokalyptischen Weltbild, dem Geistverständnis, der 'Mystik', Anthropologie und der Ekklesiologie finden sich Spezialstudien zum Philipperbrief und seiner Christologie. Außerdem beschäftigt sich Samuel Vollenweider mit weiteren Bereichen des antiken Christentums: Der Band enthält Aufsätze zur Johannesapokalypse, zu altchristlichen Reinkarnationsdebatten und zur Gnosis. Samuel Vollenweider verbindet in diesen Studien die religionsgeschichtlich-philologische Analyse mit einer hermeneutisch orientierten Fragestellung nach der Relevanz neutestamentlicher Texte in der Moderne.Der Band enthält englische Abstracts zu jedem einzelnen Aufsatz.

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How does the Evangelist utilize the Descent/Ascent Leitmotif to shape the telling of Jesus’ story, and what is he conveying by incorporating this round trip language? The argument of this book is that the Descent/Ascent Leitmotif, which includes the language of not only descending and ascending, but also coming, going, and being sent, performs a significant literary and christological function in the Gospel of John. The Evangelist’s Descent/Ascent Leitmotif becomes the Gospel’s organizing principle, drawing together this constellation of verbs and a number of christological themes, including Jesus’ origin, identity, relationship to God, authority, signs and works, life, and glory. Using a thematic structural method, this book illustrates the transforming influence of the Leitmotif on these themes from which John’s Christology emerges. Additionally, this book examines the spatial dimensions and christological importance of the vertical and horizontal depictions of Jesus’ divine round trip.

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Discover the secrets of Christopher Nolan's Tenet with this exclusive behind-the-scenes look at 2020's most anticipated film. In 2020, director Christopher Nolan returns with Tenet, an action epic evolving from the world of international espionage. This deluxe book takes fans through the full creative journey that brought Tenet to the screen, from the genesis of Nolan's uniquely imaginative script through to the cutting edge techniques used to realise the film's innovative action sequences. Featuring exclusive interviews with the director and his crew, including producer Emma Thomas and production designer Nathan Crowley, The Making of Tenet is a can't-miss companion to Nolan's thrilling new masterpiece.

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Glorious new rejacket of a Diana Wynne Jones favourite, exploring the childhood of Chrestmanci – now a book with extra bits! Discovering that he has nine lives and is destined to be the next ‘Chrestomanci’ is not part of Christopher’s plans for the future: he’d much rather play cricket and wander around his secret dream worlds. But he soon finds that destiny is difficult to avoid, and that having more than the usual number of lives is pretty inconvenient – especially when you lose them as easily as he does! Then an evil smuggler, known only as The Wraith, threatens the ways of the worlds and forces Christopher to take action…

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Hans-Christian Kammler fragt anhand einer eingehenden Untersuchung des gleichermaßen gewichtigen wie exegetisch umstrittenen Textes Joh 5,17-30 nach der Christologie und der Eschatologie des Johannesevangeliums sowie nach dem Verhältnis beider Themenkomplexe zueinander. Hinsichtlich der Christologie wird aufgezeigt: Der Evangelist sieht sich dem Vorwurf der zeitgenössischen Synagoge konfrontiert, daß das Christuszeugnis der johanneischen Gemeinde im Widerspruch zum alttestamentlich-frühjüdischen Monotheismus steht und deshalb eine Gotteslästerung darstellt. Er begegnet diesem Vorwurf keineswegs - wie in der Forschung nicht selten erklärt wird - damit, daß er die wesenhafte Unterschiedenheit Jesu von Gott behauptet, sondern im Gegenteil so, daß er die vollkommene Einheit beider argumentativ herausstellt. Im Blick auf die Eschatologie ergibt sich: Der Evangelist vertritt eine streng präsentische Eschatologie, wobei er traditionelle futurisch-eschatologische Erwartungen im Horizont seiner Konzeption radikal uminterpretiert. Es kann somit - entgegen dem in der gegenwärtigen Johannesauslegung vorherrschenden Trend - keine Rede davon sein, daß für die Sicht des Evangelisten ein 'dialektisches' Nebeneinander von präsentischer und futurischer Eschatologie kennzeichnend sei.Da die Christologie und die Eschatologie das Zentrum der johanneischen Theologie bilden und Hans-Christian Kammler neben Joh 5,17-30 zahlreiche weitere Texte des Evangeliums in die Betrachtung mit einbezieht und sorgfältig analysiert, geht seine Untersuchung über eine Auslegung des genannten Textes weit hinaus. Sie bietet eine eigenständige und in sich konsistente Interpretation wesentlicher Grundlinien der johanneischen Theologie.

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Ernst Jüngers Roman Eumeswil hat bei seinem Erscheinen im Jahr 1977 wesentliche Elemente jener ‘condition posthistoire’ vorweggenommen, die die kulturkritischen Debatten der folgenden Jahre prägen sollten. Ähnlich wie Christoph Ransmayrs Roman Morbus Kitahara arbeitet Jüngers literarische Imagination eines Zustandes der Nachgeschichtlichkeit mit Techniken der Repräsentation von zeitlichen Strukturen in topographischen Konstellationen. Die Schauplätze beider Romane gewinnen ihr Bildarsenal aus dem destruierten Kontinuum einer katastrophisch verlaufenden Geschichte. Mit einem an Walter Benjamins Kulturtheorie geschulten Blick werden die Bildkonstellationen entzifferbar.

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This study punctures the stereotyped portrayals of Marlowe, first created by his rival Robert Greene, and, yet, which still colour our view. In doing so, Ide reveals the social and cultural discourses out of which such myths emerged. We know next to nothing about the life of the playwright Christopher Marlowe (b.1564 - d. 1593). Few documents survive other than his birth record in the parish register, a handful of legal cases in court records, Privy Council mandates and reports to the Council, the coroner's examination of his death, and a few hearsay accounts of his atheism. With such a limited collection of biographical documents available, it is impossible to retrieve from history a complete sense of Marlowe. However, this does not mean that biography cannot play a significant role in Marlowe studies. By observing the details of the specific places and communities to which Marlowe belonged, this book highlights the collective experiences and concerns of the social groups and communities with which we know he was personally and financially involved. Specifically, Localizing Christopher Marlowe reveals the political and cultural dynamics in the community of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, into which Marlowe was deeply integrated and through which he became affiliated with the circle of Sir Francis Walsingham, mapping these influences in both his life and works.

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