Discipline and Diversity: Papers Read at the 2005 Summer Meeting and the 2006 Winter Meeting of the Ecclesiastical History Society - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0954680936 ISBN 13 : 9780954680930

Editeur : Ecclesiastical History Society, 2007

Synopsis

The tension between 'Discipline and Diversity' is perennial within the history of Christianity, and this volume explores the variety of strategies across the history of Christianity for reconciling these apparently polar tendencies. Ranging in period from the early Church to contemporary British and global Christianity, these essays discover both contrasts and continuities in how Christian communities have structured the relationship between those in authority, responsible for the pursuit of Christian unity, and those 'on the ground', whose energies are both the source of Christian vitality and of the Church's ability to engage creatively with pastoral reality. Topics covered comprise theology and high politics on the one hand and 'grass-roots' realities on the other, from definitions of heresy, the Inquisition, and monastic discipline to the issues of canon law, marriage, and religious attitudes to domestic violence. Central, recurring questions are explored, including: how were orthodoxy, conformity and discipline defined and enforced? What role did written texts play in imposing or subverting the dominant order? What were the tensions between the needs of the Church and the needs on the state? How successful were attempts to stifle the impulses of diversity, and what did it take for these impulses to be perceived as divinely inspired? Contributors include: AVERIL CAMERON, GILLIAN CLARK, FRANCES KNIGHT, PETER MARSHALL, MIRI RUBIN, NIGEL SMITH, STEPHEN SYKES

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

G.A. LOUD Is Professor Emeritus of Medieval History at the University of Leeds. He is an acknowledged authority on the Normans in the south, and more generally on southern Italy during the Central Middle Ages.

Ian Forrest is professor of social and religious history at the University of Oxford.

Martin Wellings is Superintendent of the Barnet and Queensbury Circuit of the Methodist Church and former Minister of Wesley Memorial Church, Oxford. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and of the Society of Antiquaries.

ROBERT G INGRAM is Professor of Humanities at the University of Florida.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Ecclesiastical History Society
• Date d'édition: 2007
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0954680936
• ISBN 13: 9780954680930
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 448
• Éditeur: Cooper Kate, Gregory Jeremy
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible