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New Brunswick Theological Seminary
An updated and illustrated history of the oldest Protestant graduate theological seminary in the United States. This is a second printing of the volume completed in celebration of its 230th anniversary.
New Brunswick Theological Seminary
This volume marks the 230th anniversary of New Brunswick Theological Seminary and the reconfiguring of its campus by retelling the school s history in text and pictures. John Coakley, teacher of church history at the seminary for thirty years, examines how the mission of the school has evolved over the course of the seminary s history, focusing on its changing relationship to the community of faith it has served in preparing men and women for ministry. In four chapters representing four significant eras in the seminary s history, Coakley traces the relationship between the seminary in New Brunswick and the Reformed Church in America, showing that both the seminary and the RCA have changed dramatically over the years but have never lost each other along the way.
Nationalism, Ethnicity and the State
This exciting new book is the first to offer a truly comprehensive account of the vibrant topic of nationalism. Packed with a series of rich, illustrative examples, the book examines this powerful and remarkable political force by exploring: - Definitions of nationalism - Language and nationalism - Religion and Nationalism - Nationalist history - The social roots of ideologies and the significance of race, gender and class - Nationalist movements, from dominant majorities to peripheral minorities socio-economic and sociological perspectives - State responses to nationalism Supported by a number of helpful illustrations, tables and diagrams, the text is both engaging and highly informative. Nationalism, Ethnicity and the State: Making and Breaking Nations will prove an insightful read for both undergraduate and postgraduate students and researchers in the area of Politics and International Relations.
Politics in the Republic of Ireland
Building on the success of the first two editions, Politics in the Republic of Ireland continues to provide an authoritative introduction to all aspects of politics in the Irish Republic.
Women, Men, and Spiritual Power
In Women, Men, and Spiritual Power, John Coakley explores male-authored narratives of the lives of Catherine of Siena, Hildegard of Bingen, Angela of Foligno, and six other female prophets or mystics of the late Middle Ages. His readings reveal the complex personal and literary relationships between these women and the clerics who wrote about them. Coakley's work also undermines simplistic characterizations of male control over women, offering an important contribution to medieval religious history. Coakley shows that these male-female relationships were marked by a fundamental tension between power and fascination: the priests and monks were supposed to hold authority over the women entrust...
Politics in the Republic of Ireland
This volume provides an introduction to all aspects of politics in the Irish Republic. It explains, analyses and interprets the background and processes of Irish government, including the Irish political system, the constitution, statehood and culture.
Patterns and Portraits
Volume 31 in the HSRCA series explores the important -- and largely unknowledged -- contribution of women to the history of the Reformed Church in America. Much more than an expose of untold stories, this significant foray into women studies discusses the church's continuing struggle to define the role of women in ministry and begins, at last, to rewrite the whole story of this significant North American demonination.
Non-territorial Autonomy in Divided Societies
Non-territorial autonomy is an unusual method of government based on the notion of the devolution of power to entities within the state which exercise jurisdiction over a population defined by personal features (such as opting for a particular ethnic nationality) rather than by geographical location (such as the region in which they live). Developed theoretically by Karl Renner in the early twentieth century as a mechanism for responding to demands for self-government from dispersed minorities within the Austro-Hungarian empire, it had earlier roots in the Ottoman empire, and later formed the basis for constitutional experiments in Estonia, in Belgium, and in states with sizeable but dispers...
Pathways from Ethnic Conflict
The book begins with an agenda-setting introduction which will provide an overview of the central question being addressed, such as the circumstances associated with the move towards a political settlement, the parameters of this settlement and the factors that have assisted in bringing it about. The remaining contributions will focus on a range of cases selected for their diversity and their capacity to highlight the full gamut of political approaches to conflict resolution. The cases vary in: the intensity of the conflict (from Belgium, where it is potential rather than actual, to Sri Lanka, where it has come to a recent violent conclusion); in the geopolitical relationship between the com...
Concord Makes Strength
While the Reformed Church in America has resisted the idea of church mergers, it has nevertheless been active throughout history in working toward church unity. This volume chronicles this effort by outlining historical and theological perspectives on the RCA's ecumenical hope, exploring areas of present ecumenical encounter, and discussing the future of Reformed ecumenism.CONTRIBUTORS: Karel Blei, Anna Case-Winters, John W. Coakley, Paul R. Fries, Douglas Fromm, Wesley Granberg-Michaelson, Herman Harmelink III, Dale T. Irvin, Allan Janssen, Lynn Japinga, Gregg A. Mast, David Melvin, and Dennis Tamburello.
