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Liturgy and the Emotions in Byzantium
Emotions in Byzantium came to life through hymnody, which invited the faithful to step into a liturgical world of compunction.
Hymns, Homilies and Hermeneutics in Byzantium
In Hymns, Homilies and Hermeneutics the authors explore the sacred stories, affective scripts and salvific songs which were the literature of Byzantine liturgical communities and provide a window into lived Christianity in this period.
The Galilee Bell: from Sanctuary to Asylum and Back – the Role of the Church
*** Sanctuary is sometimes used loosely as synonymous with refuge but Geoffrey Care’s book examines the true early meaning of sanctuary as applied by the church which gave respite, albeit for a limited time, from both authority and the mob. His diligent research takes us through a series of delightful cameo sketches of those who sought sanctuary and in so doing gives us an insight into mediaeval life and times... Keith Best, Barrister, former MP and Chief Executive of both the Immigration Advisory Service and Freedom from Torture and a member of the Foreign Secretary’s Panel on Torture Prevention. *** This is a remarkable book on the subject of sanctuary by Geoffrey Care. This issue is of increasing urgency and international importance. ...Geoffrey’s book will appeal to many as a book that covers a serious topic in an appealing form.... His publication is timely and compassionate. Bernar Moody, Beverley.
John of Damascus: More than a Compiler
John of Damascus, theologian of the eighth century Jerusalem Patriarchate, remains understudied as a mere compiler of tradition saying nothing of his own. This volume challenges this misconception arguing that John is an original and constructive theologian.
Research Handbook on the History of Political Thought
This insightful Handbook reviews the key frameworks guiding political scientists and historians of political thought. Comprehensive in scope, it covers historical methodology, traditions, epochs, and classic authors and texts, spanning from ancient Greece until the nineteenth century.
The Virgin Mary in Byzantium, c.400–1000
The Virgin Mary assumed a position of central importance in Byzantium. This major and authoritative study examines her portrayal in liturgical texts during the first six centuries of Byzantine history. Focusing on three main literary genres that celebrated this holy figure, it highlights the ways in which writers adapted their messages for different audiences. Mary is portrayed variously as defender of the imperial city, Constantinople, virginal Mother of God, and ascetic disciple of Christ. Preachers, hymnographers, and hagiographers used rhetoric to enhance Mary's powerful status in Eastern Christian society, depicting her as virgin and mother, warrior and ascetic, human and semi-divine being. Their paradoxical statements were based on the fundamental mystery that Mary embodied: she was the mother of Christ, the Word of God, who provided him with the human nature that he assumed in his incarnation. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.
Unfinished Christians
What can we know about the everyday experiences of Christians during the fourth, fifth, and sixth centuries? How did non-elite men and women, enslaved, freed, and free persons, who did not renounce sex or choose voluntary poverty become Christian? They neither led a religious community nor did they live in entirely Christian settings. In this period, an age marked by "extraordinary" Christians--wonderworking saints, household ascetics, hermits, monks, nuns, pious aristocrats, pilgrims, and bishops--ordinary Christians went about their daily lives, in various occupations, raising families, sharing households, kitchens, and baths in religiously diverse cities. Occasionally they attended church...
Reading Religious Ritual with Ricoeur
Reading Religious Ritual with Ricoeur: Between Fragility and Hope creates a dialogue between Ricœur’s hermeneutic philosophy and the interpretation of human ritual practices, especially as such practices are manifested within the context of Christian liturgy. In the first part of the book, Christina M. Gschwandtner shows that Ricœur’s account of religion would be deepened if it were to take into account not only the biblical texts but also forms of liturgical expression and ritual actions. She challenges Ricœur’s early reading of the symbol and second naïveté, broadens his interpretation of biblical texts and faith to consider religious actions more fully, and suggests that ritual...
Hymns of Repentance
St Romanos the Melodist composed many hymns in Constantinople during the reign of Emperor Justinian, an age of political and cultural transformation, when the synthesis of Christian, Roman, and Greek elements gave birth to a new civilization. Romanos straddled the worlds of antiquity and Byzantium, and his hymns are a unique fusion of classical rhetoric, Syriac poetry, and the theology of the Cappadocian Fathers. Scripture comes to life in his hymns, inviting the faithful to encounter biblical events in their own liturgical experience, where the human-divine encounter was enriched with sacred music and holy ritual, amplifying moments of desire, sadness, and joy. This volume brings together f...
Cultures of Compunction in the Medieval World
Introduction, Graham Williams (University of Sheffield, UK) and Charlotte Steenbrugge (University of Sheffield, UK) -- 1. Crying out with the Compunction of the Prodigal Son: Byzantine Hymns, Liturgical Emotions and Icons of Repentance, Andrew Mellas (St Andrew's Theological College, Australia) -- 2. Repenting in their Own Words: Old English Vocabulary for Compunction, Contrition, and Penitence, Daria Izdebska (Liverpool Hope University, UK) -- 3. A Concept with Relevance? Compunction in Old Norse-Icelandic Literature, Roland Scheel (University of Gottingen, Germany) -- 4. William of Auvergne and Compunction: Describing the World through Metaphors, Béatrice Delaurenti -- 5. Sea-Water in Flame: Compunction in the Lambeth and Trinity Homilies, Ayoush Lazikani (University of Oxford, UK) -- 6. The Expressions of Remorse in Old and Middle French Literature, Corinne Denoyelle (University of Grenoble-Alpes, France) and translated by Emily Reed -- 7. Peter's Three Tears, Véronique Plesch (Colby College, USA) -- Bibliography -- Index.
