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Making Martyrs East and West - Canonization in the Catholic and Russian Orthodox Churches (Paperback): Cathy Caridi Making Martyrs East and West - Canonization in the Catholic and Russian Orthodox Churches (Paperback)
Cathy Caridi
R747 Discovery Miles 7 470 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

For centuries, Catholics in the Western world and the Orthodox in Russia have venerated certain saints as martyrs. In many cases, both churches recognize as martyrs the same individuals who gave their lives for Jesus Christ. On the surface, it appears that while the external liturgical practices of Catholics and Russian Orthodox may vary, the fundamental theological understanding of what it means to be a martyr, and what it means to canonize a saint, are essentially the same. But are they? In Making Martyrs East and West, Caridi examines how the practice of canonization developed in the West and in Russia, focusing on procedural elements that became established requirements for someone to be recognized as a saint and a martyr. She investigates whether the components of the canonization process now regarded as necessary by the Catholic Church are fundamentally equivalent to those of the Russian Orthodox Church and vice versa, while exploring the possibility that the churches use the same terminology and processes but in fundamentally different ways that preclude the acceptance of one church's saints by the other. Caridi examines official church documents and numerous canonization records, collecting and analyzing information from several previously untapped medieval Russian sources. Her highly readable study is the first to focus on the historical documentation on canonization specifically for juridical significance. It will appeal to scholars of religion and church history, as well as ecumenicists, liturgists, canonists, and those interested in East-West ecumenical efforts.

The Other Catholics - Remaking America's Largest Religion (Hardcover): Julie Byrne The Other Catholics - Remaking America's Largest Religion (Hardcover)
Julie Byrne
R777 R674 Discovery Miles 6 740 Save R103 (13%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Independent Catholics are not formally connected to the pope in Rome. They practice apostolic succession, seven sacraments, and devotion to the saints. But without a pope, they can change quickly and experiment freely, with some affirming communion for the divorced, women's ordination, clerical marriage, and same-sex marriage. From their early modern origins in the Netherlands to their contemporary proliferation in the United States, these "other Catholics" represent an unusually liberal, mobile, and creative version of America's largest religion. In The Other Catholics, Julie Byrne shares the remarkable history and current activity of independent Catholics, who number at least two hundred communities and a million members across the United States. She focuses in particular on the Church of Antioch, one of the first Catholic groups to ordain women in modern times. Through archival documents and interviews, Byrne tells the story of the unforgettable leaders and surprising influence of these understudied churches, which, when included in Catholic history, change the narrative arc and total shape of modern Catholicism. As Pope Francis fights to soften Roman doctrines with a pastoral touch and his fellow Roman bishops push back with equal passion, independent Catholics continue to leap ahead of Roman reform, keeping key Catholic traditions but adding a progressive difference.

The Correspondence of Alexander Goss, Bishop of Liverpool 1856-1872 (Hardcover): Peter Doyle The Correspondence of Alexander Goss, Bishop of Liverpool 1856-1872 (Hardcover)
Peter Doyle
R1,491 Discovery Miles 14 910 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Collection of letters from the Catholic Bishop Goss vividly depict contemporary ecclesiastical life. These letters, covering the years between 1850 and 1872, illustrate the complex issues facing the newly-established Catholic hierarchy in England and Wales. Bishop Alexander Goss was closely involved in the struggles to assert diocesan independence from Westminster and undue interference by Rome and was a determined upholder of his episcopal rights, "strong and resolute almost to vehemence - the crozier, hook and point" as Cardinal Manning claimed. At thesame time, as leader of the diocese with the largest number of Catholics in England and Wales, he faced the problems of serving the needs of a rapidly expanding population and of integrating a huge numbers of Irish migrants, without damaging the flourishing recusant traditions that had made Lancashire so important in the survival and growth of English Roman Catholicism. Whether he was writing on ecclesiastical politics, or his reasons for opposing the definition of infallibility, or the spiritual needs of his people, he wrote "without restraint or reticence" and his letters show us both his energy and administrative ability, and something of his complex personality. They are presented here with introduction and elucidatory notes. Peter Doyle, a retired history lecturer, has written extensively on the history of the Catholic Church in England after 1850. His published work includes a historyof Westminster Cathedral, a ground-breaking history of the Catholic diocese of Liverpool from 1850-2000, and three volumes in the new Butler's Lives of the Saints, as well as a range of contributions to academic journals.

Why Catholic Bibles Are Bigger (Paperback, Revised Second ed.): Gary Michuta Why Catholic Bibles Are Bigger (Paperback, Revised Second ed.)
Gary Michuta
R565 R473 Discovery Miles 4 730 Save R92 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Unknown Relatives - The Catholic as the Other in the Victorian Novel (Hardcover): Monika Mazurek The Unknown Relatives - The Catholic as the Other in the Victorian Novel (Hardcover)
Monika Mazurek
R4,347 Discovery Miles 43 470 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The Unknown Relatives analyses a large body of Victorian literary texts dealing with the topic of Catholicism and Catholics, written from the non-Catholic perspective. The readings of these texts are inspired by psychoanalytic criticism, primarily by the work of Freud and Kristeva. Kristeva's work on abjection, the paradoxical repulsion mixed with attraction, provides the framework for the first part of the book, which argues that Victorian depictions of Catholicism exhibit the same mixture of fascination and attraction. The second part of the book is constructed largely around Freud's idea of the uncanny, showing how Catholicism was cast in the role of the archaic religion, profoundly strange and yet at the same time somehow familiar. The book includes the readings of a number of Victorian authors, both canonical (Charlotte Bronte, William Thackeray, Charles Dickens) and lesser-known ones (George Borrow, John Shorthouse, Mrs Humphry Ward). The book will be of interest to scholars of cultural, literary and religious studies, as well as to readers interested in the matters of religion in literature and religious prejudice.

Stepping on the Serpent - The Journey of Trust with Mary (Paperback): Fr Thaddaeus Lancton MIC Stepping on the Serpent - The Journey of Trust with Mary (Paperback)
Fr Thaddaeus Lancton MIC
R489 R418 Discovery Miles 4 180 Save R71 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Word of Lord (Verbum Domini) (Paperback): Benedict XVI Word of Lord (Verbum Domini) (Paperback)
Benedict XVI
R232 Discovery Miles 2 320 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In this Post-Synodal Apostolic Exhortation, the Pope sums up the important work done by the Synod of Bishops on the Word of God in the Life and Mission of the Church. The document has three major parts:

Ordinary Christology - Who Do You Say I Am? Answers From The Pews (Paperback): Ann Christie Ordinary Christology - Who Do You Say I Am? Answers From The Pews (Paperback)
Ann Christie
R1,353 Discovery Miles 13 530 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Ordinary Christology is defined as the account of who Jesus was/is and what he did/does that is given by Christian believers who have received no formal theological education. In this fascinating study Ann Christie analyses, and offers a theological appraisal, of the main christologies and soteriologies operating in a sample of ordinary churchgoers. Christie highlights the formal characteristics of ordinary Christology and raises questions about how we should respond to the beliefs about Jesus held by ordinary churchgoers. Empirical findings have important pastoral, theological, and missiological implications, and raise important questions about the importance (or otherwise) of 'right' belief for being Christian. This book presents a model for how the study of ordinary theology can be conducted, with the in-depth theological analysis and critique which it both requires and deserves.

The Last Judgment - Christian Ethics in a Legal Culture (Paperback): Andrew Skotnicki The Last Judgment - Christian Ethics in a Legal Culture (Paperback)
Andrew Skotnicki
R1,352 Discovery Miles 13 520 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In a culture obsessed with law, judgment, and violence, this book challenges Christians to remember that Jesus urged his followers to judge no one, bring harm upon no one, and follow no law save the law of altruistic love. It traces Christian history first to show that Christians of an earlier age took very seriously the gospel injunctions against punitive legal judgment and then how the advent of formal legal codes and philosophical dualism undermined that perspective to create a division between a private Christian spirituality and a public morality of order and legally sanctioned violence. This historical approach is accompanied by an argument that the recovery of a Christian ethic based upon unconditional love and forgiveness cannot be accomplished without the renewal of a Christian spirituality that mirrors the contemplative spirituality of Jesus.

Clothed in the Body - Asceticism, the Body and the Spiritual in the Late Antique Era (Paperback): Hannah Hunt Clothed in the Body - Asceticism, the Body and the Spiritual in the Late Antique Era (Paperback)
Hannah Hunt
R1,534 Discovery Miles 15 340 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Hunt examines the apparent paradox that Jesus' earthly existence and post resurrection appearances are experienced through consummately physical actions and attributes yet some ascetics within the Christian tradition appear to seek to deny the value of the human body, to find it deadening of spiritual life. Hunt considers why the Christian tradition as a whole has rarely managed more than an uneasy truce between the physical and the spiritual aspects of the human person. Why is it that the 'Church' has energetically argued, through centuries of ecumenical councils, for the dual nature of Christ but seems still unwilling to accept the full integration of physical and spiritual within humanity, despite Gregory of Nazianzus's comment that 'what has not been assumed has not been redeemed'?

Every Day with Mary (Paperback): Dr Mary Amore Every Day with Mary (Paperback)
Dr Mary Amore; Reflections by the Affiliates of Mayslake Ministries
R552 R466 Discovery Miles 4 660 Save R86 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Jacinta - The Flower of Fatima (Hardcover): Humberto S Medeiros Jacinta - The Flower of Fatima (Hardcover)
Humberto S Medeiros
R645 R532 Discovery Miles 5 320 Save R113 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Ecclesial Mediation in Karl Barth (Paperback): John Yocum Ecclesial Mediation in Karl Barth (Paperback)
John Yocum
R1,268 Discovery Miles 12 680 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Karl Barth is widely considered the greatest theologian of the Twentieth Century, exerting a major influence in almost every area of theological thought in both Reformation and Roman Catholic traditions. Ecclesial Mediation in Karl Barth deals with one of the most important and controversial themes in Barth's theology, the relation between divine and human action. John Yocum argues that Barth's late rejection of the concept of sacrament, explicated in the final volume of his Church Dogmatics, is not only at odds with his account of the nature and importance of sacraments presented earlier in the Church Dogmatics but subverts important elements of his theology as a whole especially the mediation of divine grace in preaching and the Bible. Bringing Barth into fruitful dialogue with Yves Congar, Yocum contends that the notion of sacrament is crucial to an account of the divine-human relation that respects the character of both agents.

The Hermeneutics of Jesuit Leadership in Higher Education - The Meaning and Culture of Catholic-Jesuit Presidents (Hardcover):... The Hermeneutics of Jesuit Leadership in Higher Education - The Meaning and Culture of Catholic-Jesuit Presidents (Hardcover)
Maduabuchi Muoneme, S.J.
R3,761 Discovery Miles 37 610 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

With a focus on seven Jesuit university leaders emeriti and the late University of Notre Dame President Father Theodore Hesburgh, this book offers a critical analysis of the common values, philosophies, and leadership practices of Jesuit-Catholic university presidents within the broader higher education context. Looking at the impact of these leaders' spirituality on their leadership styles, The Hermeneutics of Jesuit Leadership illuminates the influence of their common perspectives and leadership styles on university policy and culture. Offering a clear framework for Jesuit-Catholic organizational culture in higher education, the author explores the key lessons and practices that can be derived from the presidents' similar leadership ideals and qualities.

The Life and Witness of Saint Maria Goretti - Our Little Saint of the Beatitudes (Paperback): Jeffrey Kirby The Life and Witness of Saint Maria Goretti - Our Little Saint of the Beatitudes (Paperback)
Jeffrey Kirby
R236 R195 Discovery Miles 1 950 Save R41 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Saint Joseph Prayerbook (Leather / fine binding): Tan Books Saint Joseph Prayerbook (Leather / fine binding)
Tan Books
R308 R247 Discovery Miles 2 470 Save R61 (20%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Shadow of His Wings - The True Story of Fr.Gereon Goldmann, OFM (Paperback, Revised edition): Gereon Goldmann The Shadow of His Wings - The True Story of Fr.Gereon Goldmann, OFM (Paperback, Revised edition)
Gereon Goldmann; Translated by Benedict Leutenegger, Mary Cherubina Madl
R530 R449 Discovery Miles 4 490 Save R81 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Here is the astonishing true story of the harrowing experiences of a young German seminarian drafted into Hitler's dreaded SS at the onset of World War II. Without betraying his Christian ideals, against all odds, and in the face of Evil, Gereon Goldmann was able to complete his priestly training, be ordained, and secretly minister to German Catholic soldiers and innocent civilian victims caught up in the horrors of war. How it all came to pass will astound you.

Father Goldmann tells of his own incredible experiences of the trials of war, his many escapes from almost certain death, and the diabolical persecution that he and his fellow Catholic soldiers encountered on account of their faith. What emerges is an extraordinary witness to the workings of Divine Providence and the undying power of love, prayer, faith, and sacrifice.

Catholics and Everyday Life in Macau - Changing Meanings of Religiosity, Morality and Civility (Hardcover): Chen Hon Fai Catholics and Everyday Life in Macau - Changing Meanings of Religiosity, Morality and Civility (Hardcover)
Chen Hon Fai
R3,914 Discovery Miles 39 140 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Catholicism has had an important place in Macau since the earliest days of Portuguese colonization in the sixteenth century. This book, based on extensive original research including in-depth interviews, examines in detail the everyday life of Catholics in Macau at present. It outlines the tremendous societal pressures which Macau is currently undergoing - sovereignty handover and its consequences, the growth of casinos and tourism and the transformation of a serene and somewhat obscure colony into a vibrantly developing city. It shows how, although the formal structures of Catholicism no longer share in rule by the colonial power, and although formal religious observance is declining, nevertheless the personal piety and ethical religious outlook of individual Catholics continue to be strong, and have a huge, and possibly increasing, impact on public life through the application of personal religious ethics to issues of human rights and social justice and in the fields of education and social services.

Teresa of Avila - Mystical Theology and Spirituality in the Carmelite Tradition (Hardcover): Peter Tyler, Edward Howells Teresa of Avila - Mystical Theology and Spirituality in the Carmelite Tradition (Hardcover)
Peter Tyler, Edward Howells
R4,194 Discovery Miles 41 940 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This innovative book offers an original insight into the context and times of St Teresa of Avila (1515 - 1582) as well as exploring her contemporary relevance from the perspective of some of the foremost thinkers and scholars in the Teresian field today including Professors Julia Kristeva, Rowan Williams and Bernard McGinn. As well as these academic approaches there will be chapters by friars and nuns of the Carmelite order living out the Carmelite charism in today's world. The book addresses both theory and practice, and crosses traditional disciplinary and denominational boundaries - including medieval studies, philosophy, psychology, pastoral and systematic theology - thus demonstrating her continuing relevance in a variety of contemporary multi-disciplinary areas.

Birth Control in China 1949-2000 - Population Policy and Demographic Development (Hardcover): Thomas Scharping Birth Control in China 1949-2000 - Population Policy and Demographic Development (Hardcover)
Thomas Scharping
R3,945 Discovery Miles 39 450 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This comprehensive volume analyzes Chinese birth policies and population developments from the founding of the People's Republic to the 2000 census. The main emphasis is on China's 'Hardship Number One Under Heaven': the highly controversial one-child campaign, and the violent clash between family strategies and government policies it entails. Birth Control in China 1949-2000 documents an agonizing search for a way out of predicament and a protracted inner Party struggle, a massive effort for social engineering and grinding problems of implementation. It reveals how birth control in China is shaped by political, economic and social interests, bureaucratic structures and financial concerns. Based on own interviews and a wealth of new statistics, surveys and documents, Thomas Scharping also analyzes how the demographics of China have changed due to birth control policies, and what the future is likely to hold. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of modern China, Asian studies and the social sciences.

Order of Mass in English (Paperback, New Translation): Catholic Truth Society Order of Mass in English (Paperback, New Translation)
Catholic Truth Society
R162 Discovery Miles 1 620 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Law, Liberty and Church - Authority and Justice in the Major Churches in England (Paperback): Gordon Arthur Law, Liberty and Church - Authority and Justice in the Major Churches in England (Paperback)
Gordon Arthur
R1,532 Discovery Miles 15 320 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Law, Liberty and Church examines the presuppositions that underlie authority in the five largest Churches in England - the Church of England, the Roman Catholic Church, the Methodist Church, the United Reformed Church and the Baptist Union. Examining what has influenced their development, and how the patterns of authority that exist today have evolved, Gordon Arthur explores the contributions of Scripture, Roman Legal Theory, and Greek Philosophy. This book shows how the influence of Roman legal theory has caused inflexibility, and at times authoritarianism in the Roman Catholic Church; it explores how the influence of reason and moderation has led the Church of England to focus on inclusiveness, often at the cost of clarity; it expounds the attempts of the Free Churches to establish liberty of conscience, leading them at times to a more democratic and individualistic approach. Finally Arthur offers an alternative view of authority, and sets out some of the challenges this view presents to the Churches.

Muslim and Catholic Pilgrimage Practices - Explorations Through Java (Paperback): Albertus Bagus Laksana Muslim and Catholic Pilgrimage Practices - Explorations Through Java (Paperback)
Albertus Bagus Laksana
R1,536 Discovery Miles 15 360 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Exploring the distinctive nature and role of local pilgrimage traditions among Muslims and Catholics, Muslim and Catholic Pilgrimage Practices draws particularly on south central Java, Indonesia. In this area, the hybrid local Muslim pilgrimage culture is shaped by traditional Islam, the Javano-Islamic sultanates, and the Javanese culture with its strong Hindu-Buddhist heritage. This region is also home to a vibrant Catholic community whose identity formation has occurred in a way that involves complex engagements with Islam as well as Javanese culture. In this respect, local pilgrimage tradition presents itself as a rich milieu in which these complex engagements have been taking place between Islam, Catholicism, and Javanese culture. Employing a comparative theological and phenomenological analysis, this book reveals the deeper religio-cultural and theological import of pilgrimage practice in the identity formation and interaction among Muslims and Catholics in south central Java. In a wider context, it also sheds light on the larger dynamics of the complex encounter between Islam, Christianity and local cultures.

Ethics with Barth: God, Metaphysics and Morals (Paperback): Matthew Rose Ethics with Barth: God, Metaphysics and Morals (Paperback)
Matthew Rose
R1,620 Discovery Miles 16 200 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Although interest in the theology of Karl Barth is greater today than at any time since his death, Barth's moral thought continues to be widely misunderstood. This groundbreaking study of the twentieth-century's most important Christian thinker offers the first treatment of Barth's ethics from a Roman Catholic perspective. Focusing particularly on Barth's 'ethics of creation' in the Church Dogmatics, Rose reclaims Barth from a number of misinterpretations and presents Barth's account of the good life within his distinctively Christian metaphysics. Among the most provocative of Rose's claims is that Barth sees the Christian life as guided by reason and nature, an interpretation that finds Barth in conversation with ancient and medieval ethical theories about the nature of human happiness. A significant contribution to Barth studies and current debates in contemporary Christian theology, Ethics with Barth sheds valuable light on the connection between metaphysics and ethics, the trinitarian dimensions of Christian moral thought, the nature of the divine good, the role of Christian philosophy, Barth's conception of moral reasoning, and his views on eudaimonism and the natural law.

Education in a Catholic Perspective (Paperback): Stephen J. McKinney Education in a Catholic Perspective (Paperback)
Stephen J. McKinney; John Sullivan
R1,536 Discovery Miles 15 360 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A distance is opening up between Catholic education and the rich intellectual heritage of the Catholic Church. Education in a Catholic Perspective explores Catholic philosophical and theological foundations for both education per se and for Catholic education in particular. With contributions spanning the theological foundations of Catholic education, the interplay of theology and education, and discussions of the social and missional dimensions of education, this book will be of considerable interest to educators and students of Catholic education, to academics in the fields of applied theology and philosophy and to those with an interest in the foundations of education.

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