Author: Roland Herbert BaintonPublisher:
ISBN: 9780972501736
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
Hunted Heretic
Author: Roland Herbert BaintonPublisher:
ISBN: 9780972501736
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 235
Book Description
Hunted Heretic
Author: Roland H. BaintonBlasphemy
Author: Leonard Williams LevyPublisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 9780807845158
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 708
Book Description
What society considers blasphemy - a verbal assault against the sacred - is a litmus test of the standards it believes to be necessary to preserve unity, order, and morality. Society has always condemned as blasphemy what it regards as an abuse of liberty
For Faith and Freedom
Author: Charles A. HowePublisher: Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations
ISBN: 9781558963597
Category : Europe
Languages : en
Pages : 236
Book Description
Untangling Polish, Transylvanian and English Unitarianism is a challenge even for the serious student. Charles Howe's lucid account reclaims for modern readers the heroic martyrdom of Michael Servetus, the humane leadership of Faustus Socinus, the eloquent conviction of Francis David and the literary genius of Harriet Martineau.
Calvin's Tormentors
Author: Gary W. JenkinsPublisher: Baker Books
ISBN: 1493413260
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
This book offers a unique approach to Calvin by introducing the individuals and groups who, through their opposition to Calvin's theology and politics, helped shape the Reformer, his theology, and his historical and religious legacy. Respected church historian Gary Jenkins shows how Calvin had to defend or rethink his theology in light of his tormentors' challenges, giving readers a more nuanced view of Calvin's life and thought. The book highlights the central theological ideas of the Swiss Reformation and introduces figures and movements often excluded from standard texts.
Navigating Right and Wrong
Author: Daniel E. LeePublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 9780742513952
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
This concise and readable book uses the question of obligation to the law as a stepping-off point to a more general discussion of deciding what's right and wrong. Visit our website for sample chapters!
Revelation, Redemption, and Response
Author: Philip Walker ButinPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0195086007
Category : Trinity
Languages : en
Pages : 247
Book Description
In this fresh consideration of Calvin's Christian vision, however, Philip Butin demonstrates Calvin's consistent and pervasive appeal to the Trinity as the basis, pattern, and dynamic of God's relationship with humanity.
Divided by Faith
Author: Benjamin J. KaplanPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674264940
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
As religious violence flares around the world, we are confronted with an acute dilemma: Can people coexist in peace when their basic beliefs are irreconcilable? Benjamin Kaplan responds by taking us back to early modern Europe, when the issue of religious toleration was no less pressing than it is today. Divided by Faith begins in the wake of the Protestant Reformation, when the unity of western Christendom was shattered, and takes us on a panoramic tour of Europe's religious landscape--and its deep fault lines--over the next three centuries. Kaplan's grand canvas reveals the patterns of conflict and toleration among Christians, Jews, and Muslims across the continent, from the British Isles to Poland. It lays bare the complex realities of day-to-day interactions and calls into question the received wisdom that toleration underwent an evolutionary rise as Europe grew more "enlightened." We are given vivid examples of the improvised arrangements that made peaceful coexistence possible, and shown how common folk contributed to toleration as significantly as did intellectuals and rulers. Bloodshed was prevented not by the high ideals of tolerance and individual rights upheld today, but by the pragmatism, charity, and social ties that continued to bind people divided by faith. Divided by Faith is both history from the bottom up and a much-needed challenge to our belief in the triumph of reason over faith. This compelling story reveals that toleration has taken many guises in the past and suggests that it may well do the same in the future.
Bibliophobia
Author: Brian CummingsPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0192847317
Category : Books
Languages : en
Pages : 591
Book Description
This volume is illustrated with manuscripts, printed objects, and art works. It tells a 5000-year history of writing and books, giving readers an account of why books matter and how they impact our lives.
Archeologies of Confession
Author: Carina L. JohnsonPublisher: Berghahn Books
ISBN: 1785335413
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 352
Book Description
Modern religious identities are rooted in collective memories that are constantly made and remade across generations. How do these mutations of memory distort our picture of historical change and the ways that historical actors perceive it? Can one give voice to those whom history has forgotten? The essays collected here examine the formation of religious identities during the Reformation in Germany through case studies of remembering and forgetting—instances in which patterns and practices of religious plurality were excised from historical memory. By tracing their ramifications through the centuries, Archeologies of Confession carefully reconstructs the often surprising histories of plurality that have otherwise been lost or obscured.