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Catholic Schools and the Commo...The authors examine a broad range of Catholic high schools to determine whethe... The authors examine a broad range of Catholic high schools to determine whether or not students are better educated in these schools than they are in public schools They find that the Catholic schools do have an independent effect on achievement... moreDetails
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The Reformation of the Keys By...This is a study of the role of Lutheran private confession in the German Refor... This is a study of the role of Lutheran private confession in the German Reformation which was part of a fundamental transformation to rid the Church and society of alleged clerical abuses and had profound implications for the use of religious... moreDetails
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Renouncing the World Yet Leadi...In the 4th-6th centuries the monk-bishop became the dominant model of ecclesia... In the 4th-6th centuries the monk-bishop became the dominant model of ecclesiastical leadership in the eastern Roman Empire and Byzantium Andrea Sterk explores the social political intellectual and theological grounding for this development moreDetails
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Julian By Julian (Hardback) 97...The surviving works of the Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate 331 or 332-363 CE... The surviving works of the Roman Emperor Julian the Apostate 331 or 332-363 CE include eight Orations Misopogon Beard-hater assailing the morals of the people of Antioch more than eighty Letters and fragments of Against the Galileans written mainly to... moreDetails
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Prayers of the Faithful By Jam...A hundred years ago Catholic believers young and old rich and poor would fill ... A hundred years ago Catholic believers young and old rich and poor would fill churches on holy days drawn together in prayer and in the conviction that they the laypeople needed the clergy and patron saints to mediate between them and their God This... moreDetails
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Anselm's Other Argument By A D...Some commentators claim that Anselm's writings contain a second independent mo... Some commentators claim that Anselm's writings contain a second independent modal ontological argument for God's existence A D Smith contends that although there is a second a priori argument in Anselm it is not the modal argument This other argument... moreDetails
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Wehrmacht Priests By Lauren Fa...Lauren Faulkner Rossi plumbs the moral justifications of Catholic priests who ... Lauren Faulkner Rossi plumbs the moral justifications of Catholic priests who served willingly and faithfully in the German army in World War II She probes the Church's accommodations with Hitler's regime its fierce but often futile attempts to... moreDetails
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On the Liturgy Books 3-4 By Am...Amalar of Metz's On the Liturgy -one of the most widely circulated texts of th... Amalar of Metz's On the Liturgy -one of the most widely circulated texts of the Carolingian era-addresses Christian worship from prayers to vestments to bodily gestures of celebrants This volume adapts the text of Jean-Michel Hanssens's 1948 edition... moreDetails
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Insanity and Sanctity in Byzan...In the Roman and Byzantine Near East the holy fool emerged in Christianity as ... In the Roman and Byzantine Near East the holy fool emerged in Christianity as a way of describing individuals whose apparent madness allowed them to achieve a higher level of spirituality Youval Rotman examines how the figure of the mad saint or mystic... moreDetails
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Christian Novels from the Meno...The Menologion by Symeon Metaphrastes among the most important Byzantine relig... The Menologion by Symeon Metaphrastes among the most important Byzantine religious and literary works is a culmination of a well-established tradition of Greek storytelling This edition excerpts six Christian novels each featuring women who defy social... moreDetails
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Congregations in America By Ma...Mark Chaves examines the activities and concerns of the over 300 000 religious... Mark Chaves examines the activities and concerns of the over 300 000 religious congregations in the US He finds that far from being obsessed with political and social issues most concentrate on ritual knowledge and beauty through the cultural... moreDetails
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Rebecca's Children By Alan F S...Segal offers new insights into the origins of rabbinic Judaism and Christianit... Segal offers new insights into the origins of rabbinic Judaism and Christianity These twin descendants of Hebrew heritage shared the same social cultural and ideological context-and the same minority status-in the first century CE The separation... moreDetails
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The Travails of Conscience By ...Alexander Sedgwick explores a tumultuous period of French history which coinci... Alexander Sedgwick explores a tumultuous period of French history which coincided with and punctuates the Arnauld family's struggle with the world He show how this family reacted to political and religious developments and the ways in which they helped... moreDetails
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God the Problem By Gordon Dest...The most discussed and most significant issue on the religious scene today is ... The most discussed and most significant issue on the religious scene today is whether it is possible or even desirable to believe in God Mr Kaufman's valuable study does not offer a doctrine of God but instead explores why God is a problem for many... moreDetails
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Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical ...The texts that make up this volume record the immediate reception of the first... The texts that make up this volume record the immediate reception of the first five books of the Lawes A Christian Letter remains the only work in its day or ours entirely devoted to the refutation of Hooker's Lawes Hooker's autograph notes together... moreDetails
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Earthly Paradise By Milad Doue...Contemplates key moments in the philosophical reception and uses of Paradise m... Contemplates key moments in the philosophical reception and uses of Paradise marked by the rise of critical and historical methods in the Early Modern period moreDetails
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Saints' Lives By Henry of Avra...Henry of Avranches professional versifier to abbots bishops kings and a pope d... Henry of Avranches professional versifier to abbots bishops kings and a pope displays pyrotechnical verbal skill and playfulness that rivals the Carmina Burana and collections of rhymed secular verse Yet The Saints' Lives also stands as self-conscious... moreDetails
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Saints' Lives By Henry of Avra...Henry of Avranches professional versifier to abbots bishops kings and a pope d... Henry of Avranches professional versifier to abbots bishops kings and a pope displays pyrotechnical verbal skill and playfulness that rivals the Carmina Burana and collections of rhymed secular verse Yet The Saints' Lives also stands as self-conscious... moreDetails
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Faith on the Margins By Charle...In the wake of 1572 revolt against Spain the Dutch Republic outlawed Catholic ... In the wake of 1572 revolt against Spain the Dutch Republic outlawed Catholic worship and secularized all church property Calvinism prevailed as the public faith yet Catholicism experienced a resurgence in the first half of the 17th century with... moreDetails
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Nature Lost By Frederic Gregor...A study of natural science and religion in 19th-century German-speaking Europe... A study of natural science and religion in 19th-century German-speaking Europe German theologians paid little attention to natural science and eschewed philosophically popular yet naive versions of natural theology Gregory examines the implications and... moreDetails
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Platonic Theology By Marsilio ...This is a translation of the visionary work and the philosophical masterpiece ... This is a translation of the visionary work and the philosophical masterpiece of Marsilio Ficino who was largely responsible for the Renaissance revival of Plato Platonic Theology is one of the keys of understanding the art thought culture and... moreDetails
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Platonic Theology Books XV-XVI...Platonic Theology is the visionary and philosophical masterpiece of Marsilio F... Platonic Theology is the visionary and philosophical masterpiece of Marsilio Ficino 1433-1499 the Florentine scholar-philosopher-magus largely responsible for the Renaissance revival of Plato This work translated into English for the first time is a... moreDetails
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On the World and Religious Lif...Salutati's first surviving treatise was written for a lawyer who entered a Flo... Salutati's first surviving treatise was written for a lawyer who entered a Florentine monastery and requested a piece encouraging him to persevere in religious life On the World and Religious Life is a wide-ranging reflection on humanity's misuse of... moreDetails
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Native Apostles By Edward E An...As Protestantism expanded across the Atlantic most evangelists were not Anglo-... As Protestantism expanded across the Atlantic most evangelists were not Anglo-Americans but were members of the groups that missionaries were trying to convert Native Apostles reveals the way Native Americans Africans and black slaves redefined... moreDetails
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Godly Republicanism By Michael...Puritans did not find a life free from tyranny in the new world-they created i... Puritans did not find a life free from tyranny in the new world-they created it there Massachusetts emerged a republic as they hammered out a vision of popular participation and limited government in church and state spurred by Plymouth pilgrims Godly... moreDetails
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The Peculiar Life of Sundays B...A study of the changing role of religion in Western culture It focuses on the ... A study of the changing role of religion in Western culture It focuses on the Sunday lives of a number of prominent British and American writers - and what they have had to say about Sunday It also examines such observant Christians as George Herbert... moreDetails
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Judging the French Reformation...Systematically investigates the judicial history of the French Reformation The... Systematically investigates the judicial history of the French Reformation The text examines the myriad encounters between Protestants and judges in French parlements identifying more than 425 prisoners condemned to death for heresy by French courts... moreDetails
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The Bible as it Was By James L...This is a guide to the Hebrew Bible leading the reader chapter by chapter thro... This is a guide to the Hebrew Bible leading the reader chapter by chapter through its most important stories It aims to show how ancient interpretors let their own interpretations become the generally accepted meaning All the major transformations and... moreDetails
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Imagining The Sacred Past By S...In 911 the French king ceded land along the river Seine to Rollo the Viking on... In 911 the French king ceded land along the river Seine to Rollo the Viking on condition that he convert to Christianity This work advances our understanding of early Normandy and the Vikings' transformation from pagan raiders to Christian princes It... moreDetails
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Traditions Of The Bible By Jam...This text focuses on core stories of the Pentateuch - from the Creation and th... This text focuses on core stories of the Pentateuch - from the Creation and the Tree of Knowledge through the Exodus from Egypt and journey to the Promised Land It shows how the earliest interpreters transformed the Bible and explains how and why they... moreDetails
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