Retribution, Repentance, and Reconciliation: Papers Read at the 2002 Summer Meeting and the 2003 Winter Meeting of the Ecclesiastical History Society - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0952973391 ISBN 13 : 9780952973393

Editeur : D.S. Brewer, 2004

Synopsis

Though Jesus's teachings emphasized forgiveness, the themes of retribution and judgement have nonetheless played a significant role in Christian thought from the earliest times. It is in the struggle of ancient, medieval, and modern Churches to establish effective ritual and other strategies for re-uniting divided communities - to give full expression to ideals of repentance and reconciliation - that the present volume finds its theme, of interest for allperiods of Christianity's history. It brings together recent scholarship on how the Christian Churches have dealt with social tensions within and beyond their boundaries, from ancient Rome to twentieth-century South Africa. The many contributions from a variety of distinguished scholars include CHRISTINE TREVETT on repentance and forgiveness in early Christian communities; SARAH HAMILTON on penance in the age of Gregorian reform; JOHN BOSSY on satisfactionin early modern Europe, and HUGH MCLEOD on Christian attitudes to capital punishment in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Dr Kate Cooper and Dr Jeremy Gregory are both Senior Lecturers at the Department of Religionsand Theology, University of Manchester.

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À propos de l'auteur

MICHAEL SNAPE is Michael Ramsey Professor of Anglican Studies at Durham University.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: D.S. Brewer
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0952973391
• ISBN 13: 9780952973393
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 398
• Éditeur: Cooper Kate, Gregory Jeremy
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