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The Benedictines in the Middle Ages

By: James G. Clark

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The Benedictines in the Middle Ages

By: James G. Clark

The men and women that followed the 6th-century customs of Benedict of Nursia (c.480-c.547) formed the most enduring, influential, numerous and widespread religious order of the Latin Middle Ages. This text follows the Benedictine Order over 11 centuries, from their early diaspora to the challenge of continental reformation.

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Boydell & Brewer Ltd

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1843839733

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9781843839736

Verging on Extra-Vagance

Anthropology, History, Religion, Literature, Arts . . . Showbiz

By: James A. Boon

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Verging on Extra-Vagance

Anthropology, History, Religion, Literature, Arts . . . Showbiz

By: James A. Boon

In this book, James Boon ranges through history and around the globe in a series of provocative reflections on the limitations, attractions, and ambiguities of cultural interpretation. The book reflects the unusual keyword of its title, extra-vagance, a term Thoreau used to refer to thought that skirts traditional boundaries. Boon follows Thoreau's lead by broaching subjects as diverse as Balinese ritual, Montaigne, Chaucer, Tarzan, Perry Mason, opera, and the ideas of Jacques Derrida, Ruth Benedict, Kenneth Burke, and Mary Douglas. He makes creative and often playful leaps among eclectic texts and rituals that do not hold single, fixed meanings, but numerous, changing, and exceedingly specific ones. Boon opens by exploring links between ritual and reading, focusing on commentaries about the seclusion of menstruating women in Native American culture, trance dances in Bali, and circumcision (or lack of it) in contrasting religions. He considers the ironies of "first-person ethnography" by telling stories from his own fieldwork, reflecting on ethnological museums, and making seriocomic connections between Mark Twain and Marcel Mauss. In expansive discussions that touch on Manhattan and Sri Lanka, the Louvre and the "World of Coca-Cola" museum, willfully obscure academic theory and shamelessly commercial show business, Boon underlines the inadequacies of simple ideologies and pat generalizations. The book is a profound and eloquent exploration of cultural comparison by one of America's most original and innovative anthropologists.

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Princeton University Press

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069123115X

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9780691231150

Catholicism and Liberal Democracy

Forgotten Roots and Future Prospects

By: James Martin Carr

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Catholicism and Liberal Democracy

Forgotten Roots and Future Prospects

By: James Martin Carr

Catholicism and Liberal Democracy seeks to clarify if there is a place for Catholicism in the public discourse of modern liberal democracy, bringing secular liberalism, as articulated by Jürgen Habermas, into conversation with the Catholic tradition. James Martin Carr explores three aspects of the Catholic tradition relevant to this debate: the Church's response to democracy from the nineteenth century up until the eve of the Second Vatican Council; the Council's engagement with modernity, in particular through Gaudium et spes and Dignitatis humanae; and Joseph Ratzinger's theology of politics as a particularly incisive (and influential) articulation of the Catholic tradition in this area. Jürgen Habermas's theorization of the place of religion in modern democracy, both in his earlier secularist phase and after his 'post-secular' turn, is evaluated. The adequacy of Habermas's recent attempts to accommodate religious citizens are critically examined and it is argued that developments in his later thought logically require a more thoroughgoing revision of his earlier theory. These developments, it is argued, create tantalizing openings for fruitful dialogue between Habermas and the Catholic tradition. Using analytical tools drawn from communications theory, the debates on same-sex marriage at Westminster and in the Irish referendum campaign are analyzed, assessing whether Catholic contributions to these debates comply with Habermasian rules of civic discourse. In light of this analysis, the prospects of, and impediments to, Catholic participation in public discourse are appraised. Carr concludes by proposing a Ratzingerian critique of contemporary attempts to redefine marriage within a broader, more fundamental critique of the modern democratic state as currently configured. A political system founded upon secularist monism cannot but regard Christian Gelasianism, and its Catholic variant in particular, as an existential threat. Thus, Catholics, however Habermasian their political behavior, can never be more than uneasy bedfellows with modern liberal democracy.

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362

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CUA Press

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0813235928

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9780813235929

Lee Roberson -- Always about His Father's Business

By: James H. Wigton

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Lee Roberson -- Always about His Father's Business

By: James H. Wigton

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Xulon Press

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1609579887

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9781609579883

Nature Cures

The History of Alternative Medicine in America

By: James C. Whorton

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Nature Cures

The History of Alternative Medicine in America

By: James C. Whorton

Writing with wit and with fairness to all sides, Whorton offers a fascinating look at alternative health systems, highlighting their history, theories, successes and failures. His book is an engaging and authoritative history that highlights the course of alternative medicine in the U.S., providing valuable background to the wide range of therapies available today.

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0195171624

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Practicing Catholic

By: James Carroll

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Practicing Catholic

By: James Carroll

A landmark biography of American belief - and an exhilarating blueprint for the millions who value their faith over the misused authority of religious leaders Book jacket.

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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0618670181

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9780618670185

Princetonians, 1748-1768

A Biographical Dictionary

By: James McLachlan

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Princetonians, 1748-1768

A Biographical Dictionary

By: James McLachlan

Benjamin Rush, William Paterson, David Ramsay, Oliver Ellsworth, Jonathan Edwards, Jr.—these are only a few of the remarkable men who attended the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University) in its first twenty-one classes. Alumni included five members of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, twenty two participants in the Continental Congress, four Senators, seven Congressmen, and two Justices of the Supreme Court. This volume describes the lives of the 338 men who graduated from the College between 1748 and 1768. Their biographies are arranged by year of graduation, and an introduction provides the early history of the College and its role in colonial culture. In sharp contrast to the graduates of other colleges at the time, Princeton's early students were either born or found their later careers in every one of the thirteen states as well as in Tennessee, Kentucky, the West Indies, and Ireland. After graduation most became clergymen, lawyers, doctors, businessmen, and soldiers. While some served as national leaders, others rose to prominence in state and local government, becoming governors, state legislators, and participants in the drafting of state constitutions. This record of their lives is a mine of information about America during the Colonial, Revolutionary, and Early National periods. Originally published in 1977. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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Princeton University Press

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1400870771

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9781400870776

Homage to Political Philosophy

The Good Society from Plato to the Present

By: James R. Flynn

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Homage to Political Philosophy

The Good Society from Plato to the Present

By: James R. Flynn

This book offers a model introduction to political philosophy, addressing philosophers from Plato to Rawls and Nozick, with each thinker treated as exploring perennial problems. These include ethical truth, free will, the common good, whether God exists, whether America could become a Hobbesian world sovereign, appeals to nature, free speech, the nature of rights, how one can argue with Nietzsche, whether history is predictable, whether the market can be humanized, and assumed genetic differences between races and genders. When a thinker poses a problem not resolvable at that time, (such as racial equality) modern social science and economics are used to provide answers. There are two persistent themes in this book: namely, that a futile search for ethical truth has drained the original image of the good society (Plato and Aristotle) of its rich content, and that the market has replaced justice as the ordering principle of human society leaving philosophers helpless unless they learn economics.

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Cambridge Scholars Publishing

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1527524523

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9781527524521

Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art

By: James Hall

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Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art

By: James Hall

The understanding and enjoyment of a work of art depends as much on the story it depicts as on the artist's execution of it. But what were once biblical or classical commonplaces are not so readily recognizable today. This book relates in a succinct and readable way the themes, sacred and secular, on which the repertoire of Western art is based. Combined here in a single volume are religious, classical, and historical themes, figures of moral allegory, and characters from romantic poetry that appeared throughout paintings and sculpture in Western art before and after the Renaissance. More than just a dictionary, this text places these subjects in their narrative, historical, or mythological context and uses extensive cross-referencing to enhance and clarify the meanings of these themes for the reader. The definitive work by which others are compared, this volume has become an indispensable handbook for students and general appreciators alike. This wholly redesigned second edition includes a new insert of images chosen by the author, as well as a new preface and index to highlight the ideas, beliefs, and social and religious customs that form the background of much of this subject matter.

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Routledge

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0429973586

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9780429973581

The Collected Writings of James Leo Garrett Jr., 1950–2015: Volume Six

The Roman Catholic Church

By: James Leo Garrett Jr.

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The Collected Writings of James Leo Garrett Jr., 1950–2015: Volume Six

The Roman Catholic Church

By: James Leo Garrett Jr.

James Leo Garrett Jr. has been called "the last of the gentlemen theologians" and "the dean of Southern Baptist theologians." In The Collected Writings of James Leo Garrett Jr., 1950-2015, the reader will find a truly dazzling collection of works that clearly evince the meticulous scholarship, the even-handed treatment, the biblical fidelity, the wide historical breadth, and the honest sincerity that have made the work and person of James Leo Garrett Jr. so esteemed and revered among so many for so long. Volume 6 contains Garrett's writings on Roman Catholicism, writings that arise from his own careful study of and interactions with the Catholic Church. Spanning sixty-five years and touching on topics from Baptist history, theology, ecclesiology, church history and biography, religious liberty, Roman Catholicism, and the Christian life, The Collected Writings of James Leo Garrett, Jr., 1950-2015 will inform and inspire readers regardless of their religious or denominational affiliations.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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1532607458

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9781532607455

Encyclopedia of Anthropology

By: H. James Birx

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Encyclopedia of Anthropology

By: H. James Birx

Focuses on physical, social and applied athropology, archaeology, linguistics and symbolic communication. Topics include hominid evolution, primate behaviour, genetics, ancient civilizations, cross-cultural studies and social theories.

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SAGE

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0761930299

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9780761930297

Social Issues in America

An Encyclopedia

By: James Ciment

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Social Issues in America

An Encyclopedia

By: James Ciment

More than 150 key social issues confronting the United States today are covered in this eight-volume set: from abortion and adoption to capital punishment and corporate crime; from obesity and organized crime to sweatshops and xenophobia.

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1317459717

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Who's who in Christian History

By: James Dixon Douglas

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Who's who in Christian History

By: James Dixon Douglas

Describes the men and women who made a lasting impact on Christian faith and experience. With over 1,500 biographical entries, this book is the most comprehensive resource available. It spans the first through the twentieth centuries--from Jesus and the apostles to Billy Graham and Mother Teresa. A great reference book for pastors, Bible students and teachers, or anyone desiring a one-volume biographical dictionary of who's who in Christian history.

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Tyndale House Publishers, Inc.

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0842310142

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9780842310147

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The Benedictines in the Middle Ages

The Benedictines in the Middle Ages

Verging on Extra-Vagance

Verging on Extra-Vagance

Catholicism and Liberal Democracy

Catholicism and Liberal Democracy

Lee Roberson -- Always about His Father's Business

Lee Roberson -- Always about His Father's Business

Nature Cures

Nature Cures

Practicing Catholic

Practicing Catholic

Princetonians, 1748-1768

Princetonians, 1748-1768

Homage to Political Philosophy

Homage to Political Philosophy

Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art

Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art

The Collected Writings of James Leo Garrett Jr., 1950–2015: Volume Six

The Collected Writings of James Leo Garrett Jr., 1950–2015: Volume Six

Encyclopedia of Anthropology

Encyclopedia of Anthropology

Social Issues in America

Social Issues in America

Who's who in Christian History

Who's who in Christian History

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