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From the murderous reaction to the publication in a French
satirical magazine of 'blasphemous' cartoons, to wrangles over the
wearing of religious dress and symbols in schools and workplaces,
the interaction between law and religion is rarely far from the
headlines. Indeed, the editors of this Routledge collection argue
that, since the events of 11 September 2001, the short- and
long-term implications of multiculturalism, religious resurgence,
and extremism have dominated public life both globally and
domestically. Consequently, they say, the legal framework
concerning the regulation of religion has changed dramatically over
the last decade or so. There have been numerous developments at the
global, regional, state, and sub-state level, and these changes
have been accompanied by an unprecedented number of high-profile
cases affecting religious individuals and groups. Now, this new
collection from Routledge's Critical Concepts in Law series, edited
by two prolific authors based at the world-leading Centre for Law
and Religion at Cardiff University, meets the need for an
authoritative reference work to help researchers and students
navigate and make better sense of an abundance of scholarship. With
a full index, and thoughtful introductions, newly written by the
learned editors, Law and Religion traces the field's development
and highlights the challenges for future explorations. The
collection will be valued by legal and religious scholars as a
vital and enduring resource.
John Owen was one of the most significant figures in Reformed
Orthodox theology during the Seventeenth Century, exerting
considerable religious and political influence in the context of
the British Civil War and Interregnum. Using Owen's sermons from
this period as a window into the mind of a self-proclaimed prophet,
this book studies how his apocalyptic interpretation of
contemporary events led to him making public calls for radical
political and cultural change. Owen believed he was ministering at
a unique moment in history, and so the historical context in which
he writes must be equally considered alongside the theological
lineage that he draws upon. Combining these elements, this book
allows for a more nuanced interpretation of Owen's ministry that
encompasses his lofty spiritual thought as well as his passionate
concerns with more corporeal events. This book represents part of a
new historical turn in Owen Studies and will be of significant
interest to scholars of theological history as well as Early Modern
historians.
The Invisible Religion is a modern classic of social science. Its
influence goes well beyond sociology as it continues to inspire
research in such diverse fields as sociology of knowledge,
ethnology, theology, sociology of religion, and religious studies.
In this volume, the author endeavours to answer one of the most
important questions regarding religion in modern times: Are Western
societies indeed becoming more secular as they modernize? His
surprising answer is still part of the ongoing debates about
secularization as he argues that rather than a decline of religion,
we are witnessing a shift from an older Church-centered form, to
another invisible and still largely unexplored form of religion.
Explaining why focusing only on Church when discussing religion is
inadequate, this book presents a thorough case for reframing the
question of the status of religion in modern life in a way that
makes visible forms of religion hitherto unseen, and sketches some
aspects of this new form. As such, it will appeal to sociologists
with interests in social theory, religion, and the secularization
thesis.
For centuries the great religious buildings of Great Britain have
inspired and fascinated pilgrims and visitors from around the
world. The beauty and diversity of British ecclesiastical
architecture is superbly captured in this guide to over 60 of
Britain's finest cathedrals.This definitive guide contains over 130
magnificent colour photographs that capture the enduring appeal of
these great monuments to the Christian tradition.Extended entries
are included on Durham Cathedral, York Minster, Lincoln Cathedral,
Norwich Cathedral, Gloucester Cathedral, Ely Cathedral, Winchester
Cathedral, Salisbury Cathedral, Exeter Cathedral, St Paul's
Cathedral, Canterbury Cathedral, Glasgow Cathedral, St David's
Cathedral. This definitive guide contains over 130 magnificent
colour photographs that capture the enduring appeal of these great
monuments to the Christian tradition. Extended entries are included
on Durham Cathedral, York Minster, Lincoln Cathedral, Norwich
Cathedral, Gloucester Cathedral, Ely Cathedral, Winchester
Cathedral, Salisbury Cathedral, Exeter Cathedral, St Pauls
Cathedral, Canterbury Cathedral, Glasgow Cathedral, St Davids
Cathedral.
Exploration of the interface between mystical theology and
continental philosophy is a defining feature of the current
intellectual and even devotional climate. But to what extent and in
what depth are these disciplines actually speaking to one another;
or even speaking about the same phenomena? This book draws together
original contributions by leading and emerging international
scholars, delineating emerging debates in this growing and dynamic
field of research, and spanning mystical and philosophical
traditions from the ancient, to the medieval, modern, and
contemporary. At the heart of which lies Meister Eckhart, perhaps
the single most influential Christian mystic for modern times. The
book is organised around significant historical and contemporary
figures who speak across the intersections of philosophy and
theology, offering new insights into key interlocutors such as
Pseudo-Dionysius, Augustine, Isaac Luria, Eckhart, Hegel,
Heidegger, Marion, Kierkegaard, Deleuze, Laruelle, and Zizek.
Designed both to contribute to current trends in mystical theology
and philosophy, and elicit dialogue and debate from further afield,
this book speaks within an emerging space exploring the retrieval
of the mystical within a post-secular context.
'There are four roads leading to Santiago, which combine to form a
single road'So begins The Pilgrim's Guide, the world's first
guidebook. Written early in the twelfth century by Benedictine
monks, it served travellers taking part in the great pilgrimage of
the Middle Ages, to the tomb of the apostle St James, the cousin of
Christ, at Santiago de Compostela in north-west Spain. The four
roads are all in France: from Paris in the north; from Vezelay in
Burgundy; from Le Puy-en-Velay in the Massif Central; and from
Arles in Provence - all threading their way across the country
before joining as a single road in northern Spain. A step-by-step
account of these four journeys through medieval France, the Guide's
aim was to explain to pilgrims the religious sites they would see
on their way to Santiago, but it also offered advice on where to
stay, what to eat and drink, and how to avoid dishonest innkeepers
and murderous boatmen.Edwin Mullins follows the same four roads as
they exist today in the footsteps of those medieval travellers. He
explores the magnificent churches, abbeys and works of art which
are the proud legacy of the pilgrimage, as well as reconstructing a
turbulent period of history that encompassed wars, crusades and the
Reconquest of Spain. Many of the buildings and landmarks that
sprang up along the pilgrim routes still stand there today, and The
Four Roads to Heaven brings to life their historical, architectural
and spiritual significance. From imposing Romanesque and Gothic
cathedrals to humble pilgrims' hospices, this book looks at the
living legacy of one of the great social phenomena of the Middle
Ages - the pilgrimage to Santiago. Richly illustrated with Adam
Woolfitt's colour photographs, The Four Roads to Heaven offers an
invaluable guide - nine hundred years after its predecessor - to
the paths still trodden by increasing numbers of pilgrims.
Since the Buddha did not fully explain the theory of persons that
underlies his teaching, in later centuries a number of different
interpretations were developed. This book presents the
interpretation by the celebrated Indian Buddhist philosopher,
Candrakirti (ca. 570-650 C.E.). Candrakirti's fullest statement of
the theory is included in his Autocommentary on the Introduction to
the Middle Way (Madhyamakavatarabhasya), which is, along with his
Introduction to the Middle Way (Madhyamakavatara ), among the
central treatises that present the Prasavgika account of the
Madhyamaka (Middle Way) philosophy. In this book, Candrakirti's
most complete statement of his theory of persons is translated and
provided with an introduction and commentary that present a careful
philosophical analysis of Candrakirti's account of the selflessness
of persons. This analysis is both philologically precise and
analytically sophisticated. The book is of interest to scholars of
Buddhism generally and especially to scholars of Indian Buddhist
philosophy.
The Daughter Zion allegory represents a particular narrative
articulation of the paradigm of bridal mysticism deriving from the
Song of Songs, the core element of which is the quest of Daughter
Zion for a worthy object of love. Examining medieval German
religious writing (verse and prose) and Dutch prose works, Annette
Volfing shows that this storyline provides an excellent springboard
for investigating key aspects of medieval religious and literary
culture. In particular, she argues, the allegory lends itself to an
exploration of the medieval sense of self; of the scope of human
agency within the mystical encounter; of the gendering of the
religious subject; of conceptions of space and enclosure; and of
fantasies of violence and aggression. Volfing suggests that
Daughter Zion adaptations increasingly tended to empower the
religious subject to seek a more immediate relationship with the
divine and to embrace a wider range of emotions: the mediating
personifications are gradually eliminated in favour of a model of
religious experience in which the human subject engages directly
with Christ. Overall, the development of the allegory from the
twelfth to the fifteenth centuries marks the striving towards a
greater sense of equality and affective reciprocity with the
divine, within the context of an erotic union.
In this third decade of the 21st century, deep problems plague our
world. Many people lack adequate nutrition, health care, and
education, because-while there is enough wealth for everyone to
meet these basic needs-most of it is tightly controlled by precious
few. Global warming causes droughts, floods, rising sea levels, and
soon the forced migrations of millions of people. In this book,
philosopher Graham Priest explains why we find ourselves in this
situation, defines the nature of the problems we face, and explains
how we might solve and move beyond our current state. The first
part of this book draws on Buddhist philosophy, Marx's analysis of
capitalism, and their complementary role in explaining our present
crisis and the events that led us here. In the second part of the
book, Priest turns to the much harder question of how one might go
about creating a more rational and humane world. Here, he draws
again on Buddhist and Marxist ideas as well as some key aspects of
anarchist thought. His discussion of the need for bottom-up control
of production, power, ideology, and an emerging awareness of our
interdependence is a must-read for anyone who cares about the
future of the planet and our latent capacity to care for each
other. Key Features Explains the necessary elements of Marxist,
Buddhist, and anarchist thought-no background knowledge of
political theory or Buddhism is necessary Shows how Buddhist and
Marxist notions of persons are complementary Convincingly shows
capitalism's role in creating current socio-economic problems
Provides an analysis of the corrosiveness of top-down power
structures and why they should be eliminated in a post-capitalist
state Discusses capitalism's role in war, environmental
degradation, and race and gender-based oppression
Aims to do for Religious Education what developmental psychology
has already done for learning in science, maths and literacy.
Informed by research with both children and teachers and offers
perspectives from a range of faiths and traditions - Christian,
Hindu, Muslim and Jewish. Essential reading for all developmental
psychologists researching religious and spiritual development, and
special teachers and researchers of RE who want to better
understand children's knowledge, teaching and learning.
God and Gaia explores the overlap between traditional religious
cosmologies and the scientific Gaia theory of James Lovelock. It
argues that a Gaian approach to the ecological crisis involves
rebalancing human and more-than-human influences on Earth by
reviving the ecological agency of local and indigenous human
communities, and of nonhuman beings. Present-day human ecological
influences on Earth have been growing at pace since the Scientific
and Industrial Revolutions, when modern humans adopted a machine
cosmology in which humans are the sole intelligent agency. The
resultant imbalance between human and Earthly agencies is degrading
the species diversity of ecosystems, causing local climate changes,
and threatens to destabilise the Earth as a System. Across eight
chapters this ambitious text engages with traditional cosmologies
from the Indian Vedas and classical Greece to Medieval
Christianity, with case material from Southeast Asia, Southern
Africa and Great Britain. It discusses concepts such as deep time
and ancestral time, the ethics of genetic engineering of foods and
viruses, and holistic ecological management. Northcott argues that
an ontological turn that honours the differential agency of
indigenous humans and other kind, and that draws on sacred
traditions, will make it is possible to repair the destabilising
impacts of contemporary human activities on the Earth System and
its constituent ecosystems. This book will be of considerable
interest to students and scholars of the environmental humanities,
history, and cultural and religious studies.
Now in its second edition, Grounding Religion explores
relationships between the environment and religious beliefs and
practices. Established scholars introduce students to the ways in
which religion shapes human-earth relations, surveying a series of
questions about how the religious world influences and is
influenced by ecological systems. Case studies, discussion
questions, and further reading enrich students' experience. This
second edition features updated content, including revisions of
every chapter and new material on natural disasters, gender and
sexuality, race and ethnicity, climate change, food, technology,
and hope and despair. An excellent text for undergraduates and
graduates alike, it offers an expansive overview of the academic
field of religion and ecology as it has emerged in the past fifty
years.
Collected Studies CS1064 This collection of Giles Constable's key
articles on medieval monastic and ecclesiastical history provides
nothing less than a comprehensive overview of research in the
field. The book provides an insight into monastic life in the
Middle Ages - from Germany to Normandy and from England to Sicily.
One of the keys to effectively preaching and teaching God's Word is
a deep understanding of the meaning of biblical words in the
original Hebrew and Greek. As the building blocks of language,
words are the means we use to communicate with one another, and
they're also the means God has chosen for communicating with us,
his people. To enrich your preaching, teaching, and personal study
of God's Word, this clear, accurate, and easy-to-use dictionary
offers the most up-to-date evangelical biblical scholarship as well
as fascinating, detailed explanations of biblical words. Whether
you're a pastor, a seminary student, or a lay student of the Bible,
this expository dictionary offers a wealth of information about the
original Hebrew and Greek words of Scripture.
Eighteenth-Century Dissent and Cambridge Platonism identifies an
ethically and politically engaged philosophy of religion in
eighteenth century Rational Dissent, particularly in the work of
Richard Price (1723-1791), and in the radical thought of Mary
Wollstonecraft. It traces their ethico-political account of reason,
natural theology and human freedom back to seventeenth century
Cambridge Platonism and thereby shows how popular histories of the
philosophy of religion in modernity have been over-determined both
by analytic philosophy of religion and by its critics. The
eighteenth century has typically been portrayed as an age of
reason, defined as a project of rationalism, liberalism and
increasing secularisation, leading inevitably to nihilism and the
collapse of modernity. Within this narrative, the Rational
Dissenters have been accused of being the culmination of
eighteenth-century rationalism in Britain, epitomising the
philosophy of modernity. This book challenges this reading of
history by highlighting the importance of teleology, deiformity,
the immutability of goodness and the divinity of reason within the
tradition of Rational Dissent, and it demonstrates that the
philosophy and ethics of both Price and Wollstonecraft are
profoundly theological. Price's philosophy of political liberty,
and Wollstonecraft's feminism, both grounded in a Platonic
conception of freedom, are perfectionist and radical rather than
liberal. This has important implications for understanding the
political nature of eighteenth-century philosophical theology:
these thinkers represent not so much a shaking off of religion by
secular rationality but a challenge to religious and political
hegemony. By distinguishing Price and Wollstonecraft from other
forms of rationalism including deism and Socinianism, this book
takes issue with the popular division of eighteenth-century
philosophy into rationalistic and empirical strands and, through
considering the legacy of Cambridge Platonism, draws attention to
an alternative philosophy of religion that lies between both
empiricism and discursive inference.
Contextualizing Michelangelo's poetry and spirituality within the
framework of the religious Zeitgeist of his era, this study
investigates his poetic production to shed new light on the
artist's religious beliefs and unique language of art. Author Ambra
Moroncini looks first and foremost at Michelangelo the poet and
proposes a thought-provoking reading of Michelangelo's most
controversial artistic production between 1536 and c.1550: The Last
Judgment, his devotional drawings made for Vittoria Colonna, and
his last frescoes for the Pauline Chapel. Using theological and
literary analyses which draw upon reformist and Protestant
scriptural writings, as well as on Michelangelo's own rime
spirituali and Vittoria Colonna's spiritual lyrics, Moroncini
proposes a compelling argument for the impact that the Reformation
had on one of the greatest minds of the Italian Renaissance. It
brings to light how, in the second quarter of the sixteenth century
in Italy, Michelangelo's poetry and aesthetic conception were
strongly inspired by the revived theologia crucis of evangelical
spirituality, rather than by the theologia gloriae of Catholic
teaching.
Church History reveals that Christianity has its roots in Palestine
during the first century and was spread throughout the
Mediterranean countries by the Apostles. However, despite sharing
the same ancestry, Muslims and Christians have been living in a
challenging symbiotic co-existence for more than fourteen centuries
in many parts of South-Eastern Europe and the Middle East. This
book analyses contemporary Christian-Muslim relations in the
traditional lands of Orthodoxy and Islam. In particular, it
examines the development of Eastern Orthodox ecclesiological
thinking on Muslim-Christian relations and religious minorities in
the context of modern Greece and Turkey. Greece, where the
prevailing religion is Eastern Orthodoxy, accommodates an official
recognised Muslim minority based in Western Thrace as well as other
Muslim populations located at major Greek urban centres and the
islands of the Aegean Sea. On the other hand, Turkey, where the
Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople is based, is a Muslim
country which accommodates within its borders an official
recognised Greek Orthodox Minority. The book then suggests ways in
which to overcome the difficulties that Muslim and Christian
communities are still facing with the Turkish and Greek States.
Finally, it proposes that the positive aspects of the coexistence
between Muslims and Christians in Western Thrace and Istanbul might
constitute an original model that should be adopted in other EU and
Middle East countries, where challenges and obstacles between
Muslim and Christian communities still persist. This book offers a
distinct and useful contribution to the ever popular subject of
Christian-Muslim relations, especially in South-East Europe and the
Middle East. It will be a key resource for students and scholars of
Religious Studies and Middle Eastern Studies.
Hinduism comprises perhaps the major cluster of religio-cultural
traditions of India, and it can play a valuable role in helping us
understand the nature of religion and human responses to life.
Hindu image-worship lies at the core of what counts for Hinduism -
up-front and subject to much curiosity and misunderstanding, yet it
is a defining feature of this phenomenon. This book focuses on
Hindu images and their worship with special reference to
Vaisnavism, a major strand of Hinduism. Concentrating largely, but
not exclusively, on Sanskritic source material, the author shows in
the course of the book that Hindu image-worship may be understood
via three levels of interpretation: the metaphysical/theological,
the narratival or mythic, and the performative or ritual. Analysing
the chief philosophical paradigm underlying Hindu image-worship and
its implications, the book exemplifies its widespread application
and tackles, among other topics such as the origins of
image-worship in Hinduism, the transition from Vedic to image
worship, a distinguishing feature of Hindu images: their multiple
heads and limbs. Finally, with a view to laying the grounds for a
more positive dialogic relationship between Hinduism and the
"Abrahamic" faiths, which tend to condemn Hindu image-worship as
"idolatry", the author examines the theological explanation and
justification for embodiment of the Deity in Hinduism and discusses
how Hinduism might justify itself against such a charge. Rich in
Indological detail, and with an impressive grasp of the
philosophical and theological issues underlying Hindu material
culture, and image-worship, this book will be of interest to
academics and others studying theology, Indian philosophy and
Hinduism.
International contributors provide insight into Freud's last book.
Discusses themes including tradition, anti-Semitism, historical
truth and memory. Each author elaborates a contemporary perspective
of elements in Freud's volume.
The Thiri Rama - or the Great Rama - was written for court
performance and is the only known illustrated version of the
Ramayana story in Myanmar. Based on palm-leaf manuscripts and
scenes carved on over 300 sandstone plaques at a
mid-nineteenth-century Buddhist pagoda west of Mandalay in Myanmar,
this book presents an original translation of the Thiri Rama
rendered in prose. The volume also includes essays on the history
and tradition of the Ramayana in Myanmar as well as the cultural
context in which the play was performed. It contains many helpful
resources, incorporating a glossary and a list of characters and
their corresponding personae in Valmiki's Ramayana. With over 250
fascinating visuals and core text contributions by distinguished
Burmese scholars, U Thaw Kaung, Tin Maung Kyi, and U Aung Thwin,
this book will greatly interest scholars and researchers of South
and Southeast Asian culture, literary forms, epics, art and art
history, theatre and performance studies, religion, especially
those concerned with Hinduism, as well as folklorists.
This Festschrift is dedicated to the former Director and
Editor-in-chief of the Monumenta Serica Institute in Sankt Augustin
(Germany), Roman Malek, S.V.D. in recognition of his scholarly
commitment to China. The two-volume work contains 40 articles by
his academic colleagues, companions in faith, confreres, as well as
by the staff of the Monumenta Serica Institute and the
China-Zentrum e.V. (China Center). The contributions in English,
German and Chinese pay homage to the jubilarian's diverse research
interests, covering the fields of Chinese Intellectual History,
History of Christianity in China, Christianity in China Today,
Other Religions in China, Chinese Language and Literature as well
as the Encounter of Cultures.
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