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Jahrbuch für Liturgik und Hymnologie, 49. Band 2010
Für die HerausgeberInnen des aktuellen Jahrbuchs stehen im Mittelpunkt des liturgischen Teils dieses Bandes neben der Darstellung der in Deutschland lebenden Erben der Evangelischen Zisterzienser auch die kritische Auseinandersetzung mit Luthers »Sinflutgebet«. Dabei wird mitunter der Frage nachgegangen, ob Luther den Text einst selbst verfasste oder für dessen Entstehung mittelalterliche Quellen herangezogen hatte. Dem folgen Überlegungen zur Geschichte der Konfirmation und zum Zusammenhang zwischen Konfirmation und Jugendweihe.Der hymnologische Teil bietet ein breites Spektrum an wissenschaftlicher Reflexion zum geistlichen Singen, von den reformatorischen Anfängen über katholische Katechismuslieder und dänische Choralbücher bis zu popkultureller Musik.Literaturberichte erschließen den wissenschaftlichen Stand in beiden Fachbereichen.
Jahrbuch für Liturgik und Hymnologie
Der Bereich Liturgik beschäftigt sich in einem Beitrag mit der Osternacht; darin werden auch normative Überlegungen zu ihrer Feier dargelegt. Ferner befassen sich die Beiträge u.a. in komparativer Weise mit unterschiedlichen Gottesdiensttypen – von der orthodoxen Kirche bis hin zu den Freikirchen. Dabei verhilft der Begriff »Familienähnlichkeit« zu einer Übersetzungs- und Verstehensweise, die ein Verstehen auch fremder Gottesdiensttraditionen ermöglichen kann.Die Beiträge des hymnologischen Teils würdigen die Dreifaltigkeitslieder als Zeugnis volkstümlicher Auseinandersetzung mit dem Kern christlichen Glaubens. Die Beiträge beschäftigen sich zudem mit Übersetzung und Tropierung lateinischer Gesänge, der Übernahme in eine andere Sprache sowie der Wechselwirkungen, in denen Melodien und Musikgeschichte miteinander stehen.
The Maccabean Martyrs as Saviours of the Jewish People
This volume deals with the presentation of the so-called Maccabean martyrs and the elder Razis in 2 and 4 Maccabees, discussing the religious, the political as well as the philosophical aspects of noble death in these writings. It argues that the theme of martyrdom is a very important part of the self-image of the Jews as presented by the authors of both works. Eleazar, the anonymous mother with her seven sons and Razis should, therefore, be considered heroes of the Jewish people. The first part of the book discusses the sources and the second part deals with the descriptions of noble death. This section of the book also offers extensive discussions of related non-Jewish traditions which highlight the political-patriotic dimension of noble death as described in 2 and 4 Maccabees.
The Religions of Ancient Israel
This is the most far-reaching interdisciplinary investigation into the religion of ancient Israel ever attempted. The author draws on textual readings, archaeological and historical data and epigraphy to determine what is known about the Israelite religions during the Iron Age (1200-586 BCE). The evidence is synthesized within the structure of an Israelite worldview and ethos involving kin, tribes, land, traditional ways and places of worship, and a national deity. Professor Zevit has originated this interpretive matrix through insights, ideas, and models developed in the academic study of religion and history within the context of the humanities. He is strikingly original, for instance, in his contention that much of the Psalter was composed in praise of deities other than Yahweh. Through his book, the author has set a precedent which should encourage dialogue and cooperative study between all ancient historians and archaeologists, but particularly between Iron Age archaeologists and biblical scholars. The work challenges many conclusions of previous scholarship about the nature of the Israelites' religion.
Forgetting Whose We are
Alzheimer's disease - a degenerative disease of the central nervous system characterized especially by premature mental deterioration - is the most publicly visible and widely discussed form of a range of disorders known as senile dementia. The nature of Alzheimer's disease, especially its progressive debilitation of the memory, raises key theological issues. What does it mean to be truly human? Does our ability to remember define who we are as persons? When the mind loses its ability to remember, what happens to the life of the soul? When we forget God, does God still remember us? Forgetting Whose We Are offers a Christian understanding of and response to the difficult theological, spiritual, and pastoral problems raised by Alzheimer's disease. Filling an important gap in existing literature by directly confronting the theological challenges of Alzheimer's disease to victims, caregivers, and their communities, the book affirms the classic Christian doctrines that witness to the reality of grace and the promises of salvation even for those who can no longer remember themselves, their families, or their relationship with God.
Preaching Poverty in Late Antiquity
In 2002 the influential scholar of Late Antiquity, Peter Brown, published a series of lectures as a monograph titled Poverty and Leadership in the Later Roman Empire. Brown set out to explain a trend in the late Roman world observed in the 1970s by French social and economic historians, especially Paul Veyne and Evelyn Patlagean, namely that prior to the fourth century and the rise in dominance of Christianity, the poor in society went unrecognized as an economic category. This corresponded with the Greco-Roman understanding of patronage, whereby the state and private donors concentrated their largesse upon the citizen body. Non-citizens, for instance, were excluded from the dole system, in ...
Dogmatics in Outline
Barth stands before us as the greatest theologian of the twentieth century, yet the massive corpus of work which he left behind, the multi volume Church Dogmatics, can seem daunting and formidable to readers today. Fortunately his Dogmatics in Outline first published in English in 1949, contains in brilliantly concentrated form even in shorthand, the essential tenets of his thinking. Built around the assertions made in the Apostles Creed the book consists of a series of reflections on the foundation stones of Christian doctrine. Because Dogmatics in Outline derives from very particular circumstances namely the lectures Barth gave in war-shattered Germany in 1946, it has an urgency and a compassion which lend the text a powerful simplicity. Despite its brevity the book makes a tremendous impact, which in this new edition will now be felt by a fresh generation of readers.
Old Testament Exegesis
Translated from the 12th edition of the German work (date and publisher not noted), this work is intended as a training work for advanced students. Approaches examined include text literary criticism, transmission historical, form critical, traditional historical, and historical setting determination. An illustrative example of interpretation using the analysis of Genesis 28:10-22 concludes the book. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Christianity in Latin America
Winner of the 2013 Choice Outstanding Academic Title Award Christianity in Latin America provides a complete overview of more than 500 years of the history of Christianity in the ‘New World’. This book specifically focuses on conquest, exploitation of slave- and forced labor, mission, the formation of the Catholic Church after the council of Trent, Inquisition, popular religiosity, and postcolonial state formation. Attention is also given to the emergence of Protestant immigrant and mission churches, modern forms of exploitation of indigenous and Afro-American workers, Catholic-Protestant antagonisms from the beginning of ecumenism, liberation theology, the proliferation of Pentecostal c...
Poverty and Leadership in the Later Roman Empire
A preeminent classical scholar on the emergence of one of our most familiar social divisions.
