This volume foregrounds the close, and mutually informing, relationships between mediated communication and technological innovation during the nineteenth century.
Resplendent icons, brilliant vestments, fragrant incense, and sonorous chants - the sights and sounds of the Orthodox Church have captured the imagination of people for centuries.
This volume illuminates some of the manifold ways in which Britain's communication infrastructure affected everyday life in nineteenth-century Britain.
This volume celebrates the work and impact of Professor Helen Nicholson by bringing together twenty-two chapters by colleagues, former students and friends which focus on her major research interests: the Military Orders, women in the Middle Ages and the history of the crusades and the Latin East.
This book explores the role of millennialism, the Millerites, and prophecy in the historical development of the Baha'i faith, especially in North America.
This book explores the role of millennialism, the Millerites, and prophecy in the historical development of the Baha'i faith, especially in North America.
This volume celebrates the work and impact of Professor Helen Nicholson by bringing together twenty-two chapters by colleagues, former students and friends which focus on her major research interests: the Military Orders, women in the Middle Ages and the history of the crusades and the Latin East.
Interludes of Peace in the Medieval Latin East undertakes a multifaceted examination of peacemaking processes as they unfolded in the medieval Latin East.
This volume illuminates some of the manifold ways in which Britain's communication infrastructure affected everyday life in nineteenth-century Britain.
At the age of nineteen, Catherine Spalding (17931858) ventured into what would become a lifetime of leadership with the Sisters of Charity of Nazareth (SCN)one of the most significant American religious communities for women.
Die erste Frau in der Bibel ("EVA" Gen 1-3) ist in der christlichen Geschichte und Tradition weitgehend zu einer negativen Figur gemacht worden, zum Symbol für die Unzuverlässigkeit von Frauen, zur Verführerin und Ursache allen Übels.
Die soziale und politische Wirkmächtigkeit und die Konflikthaftigkeit von religiösen Überzeugungen erfordern es, das Verhältnis von Religion und Bildung neu zu reflektieren.
Interludes of Peace in the Medieval Latin East undertakes a multifaceted examination of peacemaking processes as they unfolded in the medieval Latin East.
Die Feststellung einer Wiederkehr religiöser Erscheinungsformen und Deutungsmuster prägt die wissenschaftliche und gesellschaftliche Debatte am Beginn des 21.
This volume reveals how some Christian authors used the poetry of Vergil to explain important aspects of the three persons of the trinity, shedding new light on the attitudes of early Christians towards non-Christian texts.
This volume reveals how some Christian authors used the poetry of Vergil to explain important aspects of the three persons of the trinity, shedding new light on the attitudes of early Christians towards non-Christian texts.
Bei Hitze, Hagel, Kälte oder Trockenheit, als Mittel zur Brandbekämpfung und Abwendung von Wassergefahren hielt man Hostien für allgegenwärtig und allmächtig.
The first general survey of relations between Protestants and Catholics in America during the past half century will be welcomed not only by social historians but by clergymen and laymen interested in the development of constructive interfaith relations.
While religious diversity is often considered a recent phenomenon in America, the Cape Fear region of southeastern North Carolina has been a diverse community since the area was first settled.
Through an examination of the Opus maius, Roger Bacon's great scientific work of 1267, this book offers insight into Bacon's understanding of the role of science in society and the study and practice of science in the later Middle Ages.
Der Band untersucht dynamische Konfigurationen, die in der Interaktion von menschlichen und nicht-menschlichen Körpern, von Materialitäten und Technologien entstehen und fragt nach Konzepten, die deren gegenseitige Abhängigkeiten jenseits von Reifizierung und Naturalisierung denken.
Camilo Torres: Priest, Liberation Theologian, Guerrilla Fighter takes an in-depth look at the intense story of Colombian figure Camilo Torres Restrepo (1929-1966).
Just about fifty years ago, in its declaration on religious freedom at the Second Vatican Council, the Catholic Church programmatically dispensed with political coercion as a means of enforcing its claim to truth.
Providing an inclusive history of the entire territory and people of medieval Europe from 250 to1450, this volume examines not just the political history but the rich social and cultural history, too.
Providing an inclusive history of the entire territory and people of medieval Europe from 250 to1450, this volume examines not just the political history but the rich social and cultural history, too.
A renowned Buddhist teacher turns to two of the most influential figures in history for guidance on how to face the ethical challenges of our time The Buddha's revolutionary teachings transformed Asia, and his contemporary Socrates laid the foundations of Western philosophy.
This book builds on the latest research on India's partition and the politics of communal identity and explores the intricate relationship between community and religion on the one hand, and space or geography on the other.
This book builds on the latest research on India's partition and the politics of communal identity and explores the intricate relationship between community and religion on the one hand, and space or geography on the other.
Kierkegaard and Mysticism brings together scholars who show that reading Soren Kierkegaard from the perspective of mysticism not only sheds new light on the Dane's thought but also offers a fresh approach to mysticism as such, considering its relevance for existential questions, ethics, inter-faith dialogues, and socio-political criticism.
Chaplaincy for a Plural World provides a theoretical foundation for an inclusive understanding of chaplaincy and lays out key chaplaincy methods for providing spiritual care in a modern context.
Chaplaincy for a Plural World provides a theoretical foundation for an inclusive understanding of chaplaincy and lays out key chaplaincy methods for providing spiritual care in a modern context.
