Search Results - Authority

Imperial Bibles, domestic bodies women, sexuality, and religion in the Victorian market / by Carpenter, Mary Wilson, 1937-

Subjects: “…English literature Women authors History and criticism.…”
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Exploring the scripturesque Jewish texts and their Christian contexts / by Kraft, Robert A.

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Christianity today by Chryssides, George D., 1945-

Table of Contents: “…The basics -- Sources of authority -- Science and Christianity -- Modern biblical interpretation -- Mission and ecumenism -- Ethics -- Women in Christianity -- Life and death -- The future.…”
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Communicating the word revelation, translation, and interpretation in Christianity and Islam : a record of the seventh Building Bridges seminar convened by the Archbishop of Canter...

Table of Contents: “…-- pt. 3. Methods and authority in interpretation.…”
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Muslim-Christian polemic during the Crusades the letter from the people of Cyprus and Ibn Abī Ṭālib al-Dimashqī's response / by Ebied, R. Y.

Table of Contents: “…The letters and their authors -- The manuscripts of the letters -- The language of the letters: divergences from classical usage -- The letter from the people of Cyprus -- Al-Dimashqi's response to the letter from the people of Cyprus…”
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Mighty stories, dangerous rituals weaving together the human and the divine / by Anderson, Herbert, 1936-

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- The authors -- The power of storytelling -- Ritualizing our stories -- Connecting the divine and human narratives -- Welcoming the child -- Preparing for marriage -- Encountering death -- Creating new rituals -- Revitalizing rituals with stories -- Reconciling stories and rituals -- Epilogue.…”
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Madness : American Protestant reactions to mental illness across three centuries / by Vacek, Heather H., 1969-

Table of Contents: “…Making theological sense out of suffering, sin, and sickness / Cotton Mather -- Christian vocation and the shape the secular profession / Benjamin Rush -- Advocating for the helpless, forgotten, and insane / Dorothea Dix -- Reclaiming religious authority in medicine / Anton Boisen -- A passionate plea to engage finds lukewarm reaction / Karl Menninger.…”
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Acts of Care : Recovering Women in Late Medieval Health / by Ritchey, Sara Margaret

Table of Contents: “…Translating care: the circulation of healing stories -- Bedside comforts: the social organization of care -- Empirical bodies: competing theories of therapeutic authority -- Rhythmic medicine: the psalter as a therapeutic technology in Beguine communities -- Salutary words: saints' lives as efficacious texts in Cistercian women's abbeys.…”
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Acts of Care : Recovering Women in Late Medieval Health / by Ritchey, Sara Margaret

Table of Contents: “…Translating care: the circulation of healing stories -- Bedside comforts: the social organization of care -- Empirical bodies: competing theories of therapeutic authority -- Rhythmic medicine: the psalter as a therapeutic technology in Beguine communities -- Salutary words: saints' lives as efficacious texts in Cistercian women's abbeys.…”
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The insight of unbelievers Nicholas of Lyra and Christian reading of Jewish text in the later Middle Ages / by Klepper, Deeana Copeland

Table of Contents: “….: mediating Hebrew traditions for a Christian audience -- The challenge of unbelief: knowing Christian truth through Jewish scripture -- Wrestling with Rashi: Nicholas of Lyra's quodlibetal questions and anti-Jewish polemic -- Christian ownership of Jewish text: Nicholas of Lyra as an alternative Jewish authority.…”
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Religious entrepreneurism in China's urban house churches : the rise and fall of Early Rain Reformed Presbyterian Church / by Ma, Li (Sociologist)

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Music, theology, and worship selected writings, 1841-1896 /

Table of Contents: “…Potter ; Hints concerning church music, the liturgy, and related subjects (1857) / James M. Hewins ; The Bible authority for church music (1875) / Wilbur Fisk Crafts ; The evolution of church music (1896) / F. …”
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Creativity and change in Nigerian Christianity

Table of Contents: “…Ogungbile -- A bizarre exodus typology in Lk. 11, 20 / Ukachukwu Chris Manus -- Daughters of Ethiopia / Ogbu U. Kalu -- Authority in Pentecostalism / Joseph Kenny -- Interrogating the form and the Spirit / Pentecostalism and the Anglican Communion / Anthony O. …”
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In search of a round table : gender, theology & church leadership /

Table of Contents: “…Brand -- In search of a round table / Christine Grumm -- Re-reading Scripture : a hermeneutical approach / Nirmala Vasanthakumar -- Power, authority and the Bible / Wanda Deifelt -- Reading the Bible as equals / Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza -- Naming and reclaiming power / Martha E. …”

In search of a round table : gender, theology & church leadership /

Table of Contents: “…Brand -- In search of a round table / Christine Grumm -- Re-reading Scripture : a hermeneutical approach / Nirmala Vasanthakumar -- Power, authority and the Bible / Wanda Deifelt -- Reading the Bible as equals / Elisabeth Schüssler Fiorenza -- Naming and reclaiming power / Martha E. …”

Establishing boundaries Christian-Jewish relations in early council texts and the writings of Church Fathers / by Boddens Hosang, F. J. E.

Table of Contents: “…Fourth century developments -- Jews and Christians in the scholarly debate -- Judaism in decline -- Parting of the ways -- A different type of -- Source material: council texts -- The Council of Elvira -- Pre-fourth century -- Archeological and literary evidence for Jews and Christians in Spain -- The Jewish evidence -- The Christian evidence -- Fourth century evidence for Jews and Christians in Spain -- Jewish evidence -- Christian evidence -- Jews in Christian texts -- The Council of Elvira -- Graeco-Roman meals -- Jewish meals -- Christian meals -- The Council of Laodicea -- Fourth century Anatolia: introduction -- Jewish evidence in Anatolia -- Evidence for Christians in Anatolia -- The Council of Laodicea -- The Apostolic Canons -- Fourth century Antioch: Jewish and Christian evidence -- Christian-Jewish relations in Church Father texts -- The Apostolic Canons -- Gaul -- Fifth century Gaul -- Jewish evidence -- Christian evidence -- Christian authors on Jews and Judaism -- The text of the Statuta ecclesiae antiqua -- Later Gallic Councils (c. 465-541) -- Vannes -- Agde -- Epaon -- Orleans II -- Clermont -- Orleans III -- Orleans IV.…”
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Redefining first-century Jewish and Christian identities essays in honor of Ed Parish Sanders /

Table of Contents: “…Bassler -- Part 2: Judaism -- Common Judaism in Greek and Latin authors / Shaye J.D. Cohen -- Setting the outer limits : temple policy in the centuries prior to destruction / Albert I. …”
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The Troubled Origins of the Italian Catholic Labor Movement, 1878-1914 / by Agócs, Sándor, 1932-

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: Philosophy by Decree: Leo XIII and the Thomistic Revival; Chapter 2: The Right to Property Sanctioned by Natural Law; The Defense of Private Property; The Social Functions of Property; The Tutelage Extended to Working People by the Upper Classes; Chapter 3: Inequality of Rights and Power Proceeds from the Very Author of Nature; The Hierarchical Ordering of Society; The Rejection of the Principle of Equality; The Permanence of Classes on the Social Landscape and the Paradoxical Objection to Conflict among Classes…”
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The Troubled Origins of the Italian Catholic Labor Movement, 1878-1914 / by Agócs, Sándor, 1932-

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1: Philosophy by Decree: Leo XIII and the Thomistic Revival; Chapter 2: The Right to Property Sanctioned by Natural Law; The Defense of Private Property; The Social Functions of Property; The Tutelage Extended to Working People by the Upper Classes; Chapter 3: Inequality of Rights and Power Proceeds from the Very Author of Nature; The Hierarchical Ordering of Society; The Rejection of the Principle of Equality; The Permanence of Classes on the Social Landscape and the Paradoxical Objection to Conflict among Classes…”
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Soul searching : Chinese intellectuals on Faith and society / by Zhiming, Yuan