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Originally published in 1995, The Antievolution Pamphlets of Harry
Rimmer is the sixth volume in the series, Creationism in Twentieth
Century America. The volume brings together original sources from
the prominent evangelist and pastor Harry Rimmer. The consortium of
pamphlets in this volume detail Rimmer's antievolutionist
sentiments, a notion which characterized his early writings. The
pamphlets detail Rimmer's rhetoric on evolution and science from
the early part of the 20th century as he travelled across America
to disseminate his writings. The works in this volume address
Rimmer's polemic on the danger posed by modern science and the
consequential disassociation with religion. While Rimmer did not
discount science itself, he argued for, what he termed, 'true
science', claiming that modern science was based only in scientific
opinion and not fact. As a self-proclaimed scientist, these
writings take a unique view of the relationship between religion
and science from this period through Rimmer's dual nature as both
scientist and pastor. This volume will be of great interest to
historians of natural history, science and religion.
In over 2,000 years of Christianity, there has been only one pope
from England: Nicholas Breakspear. Breakspear was elected pope in
1154, but his story started long before that. The son of a local
churchman near St Albans, he would battle his way across Europe to
defend and develop Christianity, facing war in Scandinavia and the
Moors in the Iberian Peninsula. But it was after he took the throne
of St Peter as Adrian IV that he would face his greatest threat:
Frederick Barbarossa, who was determined to restore the Holy Roman
Empire to its former greatness. In Breakspear: The English Pope,
R.A.J. Waddingham opens the archives to tell the story of a man who
rose from humble beginnings to glorious power - and yet has been
all but forgotten ever since.
This volume is about Pope Francis, the diplomat. In his eight years
of pontificate, Pope Francis as a peacemaker has propagated the
ideas of human and divine cooperation to build a global human
fraternity through his journeys outside the Vatican. This book
discusses his endeavours to connect and develop a common peaceful
international order between countries, faith communities, and even
antagonistic communities through a peaceful journey of human
beings. The book analyses his speeches, and meetings as a diplomat
of peace, including his visits to Cuba and the United States, and
his mediations for peace in Colombia, Myanmar, Kenya, Egypt,
Turkey, Jordan, Jerusalem, the Central African Republic, Sri Lanka,
and Bangladesh. It discusses the role of Pope Francis as mediator
in different circumstances through his own writings, letters, and
Vatican documents; his encounters with world leaders; as well as
his contributions to a universal understanding on inter-faith
dialogue, climate change and the environment, and human migration
and the refugee crisis. The volume also sheds light on his ideas on
a post-pandemic just social order, as summarised in his 2020
encyclical. A definitive work on the diplomacy and the travels of
Pope Francis, this volume will be of great interest to scholars and
researchers of religious studies, peace and conflict studies,
ethics and philosophy, and political science and international
relations. It will be of great interest to the general reader as
well.
Providing a model of how to 'do' biblical theology, this book also
explores important emerging trends over the last five years
including: reception-history as a means to grasping the theology of
the bible; theological interpretation as a new form of lectio
divina (meditative reading); the place of Jewish interpretation in
forming a biblical theology; and the ever-present problem of losing
Old Testament theology in New Testament theology. The second half
of the book discusses the theme of Providence, as found in both
Testaments, with insights gained from the history of biblical
interpretation and from major attempts at working out a theology of
Providence. Elliott focuses on Providence as it has been perceived
rather than the themes of God's goodness and powerfulness in
themselves.
This unique account of Russia's encounter with Catholicism from the
medieval period to the present provides fascinating insights into
Catholic-Russian relations. Dennis Dunn analyzes religious politics
in the former USSR and in Russia, particularly in areas where
relations between the state-backed Orthodox establishment and the
Catholic Church have renewed debates about civil rights, religious
freedom and Russian national identity under Vladimir Putin's
regime. Discussing issues such as the role of Pope John Paul II in
helping to bring down the Iron Curtain, Dunn argues provocatively
that Catholic-Russian relations are a microcosm of Western-Russian
relations and sheds new light on the historical strain between
Russia and the West. Showing how Russia's adoption of a secular
ideology - a vain attempt to surpass the West - alienated the
Russian government not only from the Catholic Church but also from
its own Orthodox foundation, this book discusses how Russia sealed
its fate while precipitating the Cold War with the West. Students
and general readers interested in Russian history, Western-Russian
relations, Catholicism, and comparative religion more broadly, will
find this an invaluable and accessible account of an important and
understudied subject.
This volume demonstrates that the Catholic rhetoric of tradition
disguised both novelties and creative innovations between 1550 and
1700. Innovation in Early Modern Catholicism reveals that the
period between 1550 and 1700 emerged as an intellectually vibrant
atmosphere, shaped by the tensions between personal creativity and
magisterial authority. The essays explore ideas about grace,
physical predetermination, freedom, and probabilism in order to
show how the rhetoric of innovation and tradition can be better
understood. More importantly, contributors illustrate how
disintegrated historiographies, which often excluded Catholicism as
a source of innovation, can be overcome. Not only were new systems
of metaphysics crafted in the early modern period, but so too was a
new conceptual language to deal with the pressing problems of human
freedom and grace, natural law, and Marian piety. Overall, the
volume shines significant light on hitherto neglected or
misunderstood traits in the understanding of early modern Catholic
culture. Re-presenting early modern Catholicism more crucially than
any other currently available study, Innovation in Early Modern
Catholicism is a useful tool for advanced undergraduates,
postgraduates, and scholars in the fields of philosophy, early
modern studies, and the history of theology.
This book explores what constitutes an enhancement fit for humanity
in the age of nanotechnologies, biotechnologies, information
technologies, and technologies related to the cognitive sciences.
It considers the influence of emergent technology upon our
understanding of human nature and the impact on future generations.
Drawing on the Catholic tradition, in particular, the book gathers
international contributions from scientific, philosophical, legal,
and religious perspectives. Together they offer a positive step in
an ongoing dialogue regarding the promises and perils of emergent
technology for man's integral human development.
This book offers an academically rigorous examination of the
biological, psychological, social and ecclesiastical processes that
allowed sexual abuse in the Catholic Church to happen and then be
covered up. The collected essays provide a means to better assess
systemic wrongdoing in religious institutions, so that they can be
more effectively held to account. An international team of
contributors apply a necessarily multi-disciplinary approach to
this difficult subject. Chapters look closely at the sexual abuse
of minors by Roman Catholic clerics, explaining the complexity of
this issue, which cannot be reduced to simple misconduct, sexual
deviation, or a management failure alone. The book will help the
reader to better understand the social, organizational, and
cultural processes in the Church over recent decades, as well as
the intricate world of beliefs, moral rules, and behaviours. It
concludes with some strategies for change at the individual and
corporate levels that will better ensure safeguarding within the
Catholic Church and its affiliate institutions. This multifaceted
study gives a nuanced analysis of this huge organizational failure
and offers recommendations for effective ways of preventing it in
the future. As such, it will be of keen interest to scholars of
Religious Studies, Sociology of Religion, Psychology, Psychiatry,
Legal Studies, Ethics, Anthropology, Cultural Studies, History, and
Theology.
This volume demonstrates that the Catholic rhetoric of tradition
disguised both novelties and creative innovations between 1550 and
1700. Innovation in Early Modern Catholicism reveals that the
period between 1550 and 1700 emerged as an intellectually vibrant
atmosphere, shaped by the tensions between personal creativity and
magisterial authority. The essays explore ideas about grace,
physical predetermination, freedom, and probabilism in order to
show how the rhetoric of innovation and tradition can be better
understood. More importantly, contributors illustrate how
disintegrated historiographies, which often excluded Catholicism as
a source of innovation, can be overcome. Not only were new systems
of metaphysics crafted in the early modern period, but so too was a
new conceptual language to deal with the pressing problems of human
freedom and grace, natural law, and Marian piety. Overall, the
volume shines significant light on hitherto neglected or
misunderstood traits in the understanding of early modern Catholic
culture. Re-presenting early modern Catholicism more crucially than
any other currently available study, Innovation in Early Modern
Catholicism is a useful tool for advanced undergraduates,
postgraduates, and scholars in the fields of philosophy, early
modern studies, and the history of theology.
John Taverner was the leading composer of church music under Henry
VIII. His contributions to the mass and votive antiphon are varied,
distinguished and sometimes innovative; he has left more important
settings for the office than any of his predecessors, and even a
little secular music survives. Hugh Benham, editor of Taverner's
complete works for Early English Church Music, now provides the
first full-length study of the composer for over twenty years. He
places the music in context, with the help of biographical
information, discussion of Taverner's place in society, and
explanation of how each piece was used in the pre-Reformation
church services. He investigates the musical language of Taverner's
predecessors as background for a fresh examination and appraisal of
the music in the course of which he traces similarities with the
work of younger composers. Issues confronting the performer are
considered, and the music is also approached from the listener's
point of view, initially through close analytical inspection of the
celebrated votive antiphon Gaude plurimum.
The Society of Jesus - the Jesuits - is the largest religious order
in the Roman Catholic Church. Distinguished by their obedience and
their loyalty to the Holy See, they have never, during nearly five
hundred years' history, produced a pope until now: Pope Francis is
the first Jesuit Pope. Michael Walsh tells the story of the Society
through the stories and exploits of its members over five hundred
years, from Ignatius of Loyola to Pope Francis himself. He explores
the Jesuits' commitment to humanist philosophy, which over the
centuries has set it at odds with the Vatican, as well as the
hostility towards the Jesuits both on the part of Protestants and
also Roman Catholics - a hostility which led one pope to attempt to
suppress the Society worldwide towards the end of the eighteenth
century. Drawing on the author's extensive inside knowledge, this
narrative history traces the Society's founding and growth, its
impact on Catholic education, its missions especially in the Far
East and Latin America, its progressive theology, its clashes with
the Vatican, and the emergence of Jorge Bergoglio, the first Jesuit
to become Pope. Finally, it reflects on the Society's present
character and contemporary challenges.
Newly revised and updated, the second edition of English
Catholicism 1558-1642 explores the position of Catholics in early
modern English society, their political significance, and the
internal politics of the Catholic community. The Elizabethan
religious settlement of 1559 ostensibly outlawed Catholicism in
England, while subsequent events such as the papal excommunication
of Elizabeth I, the Spanish Armada, and the Gunpowder Plot led to
draconian penalties and persecution. The problem of Catholicism
preoccupied every English government between Elizabeth I and
Charles I, even if the numbers of Catholics remained small.
Nevertheless, a Catholic community not only survived in early
modern England but also exerted a surprising degree of influence.
Amid intense persecution, expressions of Catholicism ranged from
those who refused outright to attend the parish church (recusants)
to 'church papists' who remained Catholics at heart. English
Catholicism 1558-1642 shows that, against all odds, Catholics
remained an influential and historically significant minority of
religious dissenters in early modern England. Co-authored with
Francis Young, this volume has been updated to include recent
developments in the historiography of English Catholicism. It is a
useful introduction for all undergraduate students interested in
the English Reformation and early modern English history.
* Equips readers including criminal justice students and justice
system agents, as well as clergy and lay people, with knowledge
regarding sex crimes and sexual offenders so they can better
recognize potential sexual exploitation in church settings. * Ideal
as a primary or supplementary text in a criminal justice curriculum
or in religious colleges and seminaries preparing clergy and church
leaders. * Offers a unique in-depth review of the vulnerabilities
associated with church environments and sexual crimes.
This textbook not only provides a historical overview of Mexican
American religious traditions but also focuses on society today.
Making this a very comprehensive overview of the subject areas.
This is the first book to attempt to focus on this topic. Each
chapter includes a helpful pedagogy including a general overview,
case studies, suggestions for further reading, questions for
discussion, and a glossary. Making this the ideal textbook for
students approaching the topic for the first time. The use of case
studies and first person narratives provides a much needed 'lived
religion' approach to the subject area. Helping students to apply
their learning to the world around them.
The book investigates the aesthetic theology embedded in the
Franciscan artistic tradition. The novelty of the approach is in
applying concepts gleaned from Franciscan textual sources to create
a deeper understanding of how art in all its sensual forms was
foundational to the Franciscan milieu. Chapters range from studies
of statements about aesthetics and the arts in theological textual
sources to examples of visual, auditory, and tactile arts
communicating theological ideas found in texts. The essays cover
not only European art and textual sources, but also Franciscan
influences in the Americas found in both texts and artifacts.
The 264-page memoir of a Catholic priest and theologian who has
spent a lifetime advocating for the reform of outdated policies and
practices of the Church. A prolific writer of Christian literature
and film scripts, he was the founder and director of a center for
faith formation in London, which continues today as the Wijngaards
Institute for Catholic Research. This book reveals his "Ten
Commandments" for Church reform - ranging from the inclusion of
women in the priesthood to the appointment of open-minded, pastoral
bishops rather than hard-line traditionalists.
There were radical changes in the Order of Mass promulgated by Pope
Paul VI in 1969. Beyond the use of the vernacular, these included a
more dialogic format of the Mass, the transformation of the
offertory rite to a preparation of gifts, a complete revision of
the lectionary, new eucharistic prayers, and Communion under both
forms. In Eucharistic Adoration after Vatican II, Edward Foley
examines the relationship between Vatican II, liturgical prayer,
and contemporary eucharistic adoration and devotions.
Legal scholars and authorities generally agree that the law should
be obeyed and should apply equally to all those subject to it,
without favour or discrimination. Yet it is possible to see that in
any legal system there will be situations when strict application
of the law will produce undesirable results, such as injustice or
other consequences not intended by the law as framed. In such
circumstances the law may be changed but there may be broad policy
reasons not to do so. The allied concepts of dispensation and
economy grew up in the western and eastern traditions of the
Christian church as mechanisms whereby an individual or a class of
people could, by authority, be excused from obligations under a
particular law in particular circumstances without that law being
changed. This book uncovers and explores this neglected area of
church life and law. Will Adam argues that dispensing power and
authority exist in various guises in the systems of different
churches. Codified and understood in Roman Catholic and Orthodox
canon law, this arouses suspicion in the Church of England and in
English law in general. The book demonstrates that legal
flexibility can be found in English law and is integral to the law
of the Church, to enable the Church today better to fulfil its
mission in the world.
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