Angela Leighton
- Published in print:
- 2003
- Published Online:
- January 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780197263037
- eISBN:
- 9780191734007
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- British Academy
- DOI:
- 10.5871/bacad/9780197263037.003.0010
- Subject:
- History, Cultural History
This lecture discusses form, which is a term that has multiform meanings and is contradictory. It looks at the sense of form found in the works of Sylvia Plath, Elizabeth Bishop, and Anne Stevenson. ...
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This lecture discusses form, which is a term that has multiform meanings and is contradictory. It looks at the sense of form found in the works of Sylvia Plath, Elizabeth Bishop, and Anne Stevenson. Form is not simply as a matter of formal technique, but as an object in a tradition that goes back to Victorian aestheticism's playful commodifications of its own formal pleasures. It states that the sense of elegy may be greater or lesser, depending on the poem.Less
This lecture discusses form, which is a term that has multiform meanings and is contradictory. It looks at the sense of form found in the works of Sylvia Plath, Elizabeth Bishop, and Anne Stevenson. Form is not simply as a matter of formal technique, but as an object in a tradition that goes back to Victorian aestheticism's playful commodifications of its own formal pleasures. It states that the sense of elegy may be greater or lesser, depending on the poem.
Rowan Strong
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- September 2007
- ISBN:
- 9780199218042
- eISBN:
- 9780191711527
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199218042.003.0006
- Subject:
- Religion, Church History
This new Anglican imperial paradigm was also framed in the colonies, where it was adopted at different speeds in different colonies. In Australia, between the 1820s and 1840s, the old church-state ...
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This new Anglican imperial paradigm was also framed in the colonies, where it was adopted at different speeds in different colonies. In Australia, between the 1820s and 1840s, the old church-state paradigm only gradually and reluctantly gave way to the new episcopal autonomous one under Bishop William Broughton. In New Zealand, it was the driving force of the state, of the episcopate of Bishop George Selwyn, from the 1840s. In both colonies, Anglican missionaries and bishops continued to construct identities for colonizers and the Aborigines and Maori indigenous peoples in ways similar to the 18th century Anglican missions.Less
This new Anglican imperial paradigm was also framed in the colonies, where it was adopted at different speeds in different colonies. In Australia, between the 1820s and 1840s, the old church-state paradigm only gradually and reluctantly gave way to the new episcopal autonomous one under Bishop William Broughton. In New Zealand, it was the driving force of the state, of the episcopate of Bishop George Selwyn, from the 1840s. In both colonies, Anglican missionaries and bishops continued to construct identities for colonizers and the Aborigines and Maori indigenous peoples in ways similar to the 18th century Anglican missions.
David M. Armstrong
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- September 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199590612
- eISBN:
- 9780191723391
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199590612.003.0007
- Subject:
- Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind, Metaphysics/Epistemology
It is argued that particulars have only a ‘loose and popular’ identity over time (Bishop Butler), ‘perdurantist’ rather than ‘endurantist’. For an unchanging particular we need to go to a ...
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It is argued that particulars have only a ‘loose and popular’ identity over time (Bishop Butler), ‘perdurantist’ rather than ‘endurantist’. For an unchanging particular we need to go to a four‐dimensional object, a ‘space‐time worm’. Such an object is primarily held together by a causal relation (immanent causation in W.E. Johnson's terminology). Following Russell, an ordinary particular can be described as a ‘causal line’. Particulars are contingent entities.Less
It is argued that particulars have only a ‘loose and popular’ identity over time (Bishop Butler), ‘perdurantist’ rather than ‘endurantist’. For an unchanging particular we need to go to a four‐dimensional object, a ‘space‐time worm’. Such an object is primarily held together by a causal relation (immanent causation in W.E. Johnson's terminology). Following Russell, an ordinary particular can be described as a ‘causal line’. Particulars are contingent entities.
Kathleen G. Cushing
- Published in print:
- 1998
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198207245
- eISBN:
- 9780191677571
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198207245.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, European Medieval History, History of Religion
This book explores the role of canon law in the ecclesiastical reform movement of the eleventh century, commonly known as the Gregorian Refom movement. Focusing on the ...
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This book explores the role of canon law in the ecclesiastical reform movement of the eleventh century, commonly known as the Gregorian Refom movement. Focusing on the Collectio canonum of Bishop Anselm of Lucca — hitherto largely unexplored in English — it is concerned with the symbiotic relationship between canon law and reform, and seeks to explore the ways in which Anselm’s writing can be seen in the context of the reformer’s need to devise and articulate strategies for the renovation of the Church and Christian society. Its principal contention is that Anselm’s collection cannot be seen merely as a catalogue of canon law, but also functioned to articulate, define, and propagate reformist doctrine in a time of great social and religious upheaval.Less
This book explores the role of canon law in the ecclesiastical reform movement of the eleventh century, commonly known as the Gregorian Refom movement. Focusing on the Collectio canonum of Bishop Anselm of Lucca — hitherto largely unexplored in English — it is concerned with the symbiotic relationship between canon law and reform, and seeks to explore the ways in which Anselm’s writing can be seen in the context of the reformer’s need to devise and articulate strategies for the renovation of the Church and Christian society. Its principal contention is that Anselm’s collection cannot be seen merely as a catalogue of canon law, but also functioned to articulate, define, and propagate reformist doctrine in a time of great social and religious upheaval.
Hugh McLeod
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- January 2008
- ISBN:
- 9780199298259
- eISBN:
- 9780191711619
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199298259.001.0001
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
The 1960s were a time of explosive religious change. In the Christian churches, it was a time of innovation from the ‘new theology’ and ‘new morality’ of Bishop Robinson, to the evangelicalism of the ...
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The 1960s were a time of explosive religious change. In the Christian churches, it was a time of innovation from the ‘new theology’ and ‘new morality’ of Bishop Robinson, to the evangelicalism of the Charismatic Movement, and of charismatic leaders, such as Pope John XXIII and Martin Luther King. But it was also a time of rapid social and cultural change when Christianity faced challenges from Eastern religions, from Marxism and feminism, and above all from new ‘affluent’ lifestyles. Using oral history, this book tells in detail how these movements and conflicts were experienced in England, but because the 1960s were an international phenomenon, it also looks at other countries, especially the USA and France. The book explains what happened to religion in the 1960s, why it happened, and how the events of that decade shaped the rest of the 20th century.Less
The 1960s were a time of explosive religious change. In the Christian churches, it was a time of innovation from the ‘new theology’ and ‘new morality’ of Bishop Robinson, to the evangelicalism of the Charismatic Movement, and of charismatic leaders, such as Pope John XXIII and Martin Luther King. But it was also a time of rapid social and cultural change when Christianity faced challenges from Eastern religions, from Marxism and feminism, and above all from new ‘affluent’ lifestyles. Using oral history, this book tells in detail how these movements and conflicts were experienced in England, but because the 1960s were an international phenomenon, it also looks at other countries, especially the USA and France. The book explains what happened to religion in the 1960s, why it happened, and how the events of that decade shaped the rest of the 20th century.
Laura Crosilla and Peter Schuster (eds)
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- September 2007
- ISBN:
- 9780198566519
- eISBN:
- 9780191713927
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198566519.001.0001
- Subject:
- Mathematics, Logic / Computer Science / Mathematical Philosophy
Constructive mathematics is a vital area of research which has gained special attention in recent years due to the distinctive presence of computational content in its theorems. This characteristic ...
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Constructive mathematics is a vital area of research which has gained special attention in recent years due to the distinctive presence of computational content in its theorems. This characteristic had been already stressed by Bishop in his fundamental contribution to the subject, Foundations of Constructive Analysis (1967). Following Bishop's new approach to mathematics based on intuitionistic logic, various formal systems were introduced in the early 1970s with the intent to clarify the notion of set theory underlying his work. This book addresses the relationship between foundations and practice of constructive mathematics Bishop-style, by presenting on the one hand some very recent contributions to constructive analysis and formal topology, and on the other hand studies which underline the capabilities and expressiveness of various formal systems which have been introduced as foundations for constructive mathematics, like constructive set and type theories. The book aims to provide a point of reference by pesenting up-to-date contributions by some of the most active scholars in each field. A variety of approaches and techniques are represented to give as wide a view as possible and promote cross-fertilization between different styles and traditions. The book also aims at further promoting awareness and discussion on the issue of bridging foundations and practice of constructive mathematics, thus filling the apparent distance that has emerged between them in recent years.Less
Constructive mathematics is a vital area of research which has gained special attention in recent years due to the distinctive presence of computational content in its theorems. This characteristic had been already stressed by Bishop in his fundamental contribution to the subject, Foundations of Constructive Analysis (1967). Following Bishop's new approach to mathematics based on intuitionistic logic, various formal systems were introduced in the early 1970s with the intent to clarify the notion of set theory underlying his work. This book addresses the relationship between foundations and practice of constructive mathematics Bishop-style, by presenting on the one hand some very recent contributions to constructive analysis and formal topology, and on the other hand studies which underline the capabilities and expressiveness of various formal systems which have been introduced as foundations for constructive mathematics, like constructive set and type theories. The book aims to provide a point of reference by pesenting up-to-date contributions by some of the most active scholars in each field. A variety of approaches and techniques are represented to give as wide a view as possible and promote cross-fertilization between different styles and traditions. The book also aims at further promoting awareness and discussion on the issue of bridging foundations and practice of constructive mathematics, thus filling the apparent distance that has emerged between them in recent years.
Gabriel Flynn
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- January 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780199216451
- eISBN:
- 9780191712173
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199216451.003.0033
- Subject:
- Religion, Theology, Religion and Society
Cardinal Yves Congar (1904-95) and Bishop Basil Christopher Butler (1902-86) were both dedicated to the renewal of Catholic Learning and to the promotion of Christian unity. Butler, a convert to ...
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Cardinal Yves Congar (1904-95) and Bishop Basil Christopher Butler (1902-86) were both dedicated to the renewal of Catholic Learning and to the promotion of Christian unity. Butler, a convert to Catholicism, followed a more ‘conservative’ line than Congar. For his part, Congar, the leading figure of the Catholic ecumenical movement in France and a member of the Catholic–Lutheran Commission of Dialogue since 1965, was profoundly influenced by Lutheran theology in the formulation of his later ‘progressive’ stance on ecumenism. This chapter explores the themes of Receptive Ecumenism and Catholic Learning as they relate to the thought of Congar and Butler, respectively. It also seeks to extrapolate ethical implications for the present-day ecumenical movement. Specifically, it attempts to draw Congar and Butler into dialogue on the central doctrine of the incarnation, regarded by the former as ‘the key to the whole mystery of the Church’.Less
Cardinal Yves Congar (1904-95) and Bishop Basil Christopher Butler (1902-86) were both dedicated to the renewal of Catholic Learning and to the promotion of Christian unity. Butler, a convert to Catholicism, followed a more ‘conservative’ line than Congar. For his part, Congar, the leading figure of the Catholic ecumenical movement in France and a member of the Catholic–Lutheran Commission of Dialogue since 1965, was profoundly influenced by Lutheran theology in the formulation of his later ‘progressive’ stance on ecumenism. This chapter explores the themes of Receptive Ecumenism and Catholic Learning as they relate to the thought of Congar and Butler, respectively. It also seeks to extrapolate ethical implications for the present-day ecumenical movement. Specifically, it attempts to draw Congar and Butler into dialogue on the central doctrine of the incarnation, regarded by the former as ‘the key to the whole mystery of the Church’.
Charles P. Boyer and Krzysztof Galicki
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- January 2008
- ISBN:
- 9780198564959
- eISBN:
- 9780191713712
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198564959.003.0012
- Subject:
- Mathematics, Geometry / Topology
This chapter is central to the whole book and perhaps the main reason and justification for it. Much of it is based on a new method for proving the existence of Einstein metrics on odd dimensional ...
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This chapter is central to the whole book and perhaps the main reason and justification for it. Much of it is based on a new method for proving the existence of Einstein metrics on odd dimensional manifolds, which is an orbifold version of the Kobayashi bundle construction. The key ingredient comes from the fact that links of isolated hypersurface singularities obtained from weighted homogeneous polynomials admit Sasakian structures. The focus is on the five-dimensional case where several classification results are described. Although a complete classification is perhaps not within reach, the material of this chapter gives a really good grasp of Sasaki-Einstein geometry in dimension five. One of the more important results of this chapter describes the plethora of Sasaki-Einstein metrics and their moduli that naturally occur, in particular, on many odd dimensional homotopy spheres, including exotic spheres. Toric Sasaki-Einstein manifolds are also discussed in some detail as they provide a unique source of irregular Sasaki-Einstein structures. Other important topics include extremal Sasaki metrics, Sasaki-Futaki character, and the Bishop and Lichnerowicz obstructions. The chapter ends with a brief discussion of Sasakian-η-Einsteinmetrics.Less
This chapter is central to the whole book and perhaps the main reason and justification for it. Much of it is based on a new method for proving the existence of Einstein metrics on odd dimensional manifolds, which is an orbifold version of the Kobayashi bundle construction. The key ingredient comes from the fact that links of isolated hypersurface singularities obtained from weighted homogeneous polynomials admit Sasakian structures. The focus is on the five-dimensional case where several classification results are described. Although a complete classification is perhaps not within reach, the material of this chapter gives a really good grasp of Sasaki-Einstein geometry in dimension five. One of the more important results of this chapter describes the plethora of Sasaki-Einstein metrics and their moduli that naturally occur, in particular, on many odd dimensional homotopy spheres, including exotic spheres. Toric Sasaki-Einstein manifolds are also discussed in some detail as they provide a unique source of irregular Sasaki-Einstein structures. Other important topics include extremal Sasaki metrics, Sasaki-Futaki character, and the Bishop and Lichnerowicz obstructions. The chapter ends with a brief discussion of Sasakian-η-Einsteinmetrics.
Tracey A. Sowerby
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- May 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199584635
- eISBN:
- 9780191723162
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199584635.003.0006
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Early Modern History
This chapter traces Morison's involvement in the English Reformation. It examines Morison's role in the theological determinations that led to the Bishops' Book, and details his involvement in the ...
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This chapter traces Morison's involvement in the English Reformation. It examines Morison's role in the theological determinations that led to the Bishops' Book, and details his involvement in the negotiations with the Schmalkaldic League in 1538. Throughout the 1530s Morison openly expressed Lutheran views and translated Lutheran works while actively promoting further reform of the English church. His theological opinion mattered and was invoked by other scholars looking for patronage from Thomas Cromwell. Morison was actively involved in the Reformation again in Edward VI's reign, when he served on several important Edwardian commissions including the visitation of Shropshire and Wales in 1547, the chantry commission in 1548 and the visitation of Oxford in 1549.Less
This chapter traces Morison's involvement in the English Reformation. It examines Morison's role in the theological determinations that led to the Bishops' Book, and details his involvement in the negotiations with the Schmalkaldic League in 1538. Throughout the 1530s Morison openly expressed Lutheran views and translated Lutheran works while actively promoting further reform of the English church. His theological opinion mattered and was invoked by other scholars looking for patronage from Thomas Cromwell. Morison was actively involved in the Reformation again in Edward VI's reign, when he served on several important Edwardian commissions including the visitation of Shropshire and Wales in 1547, the chantry commission in 1548 and the visitation of Oxford in 1549.
Peter Aczel and Christopher Fox
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- September 2007
- ISBN:
- 9780198566519
- eISBN:
- 9780191713927
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198566519.003.0011
- Subject:
- Mathematics, Logic / Computer Science / Mathematical Philosophy
This chapter studies separation properties in topology as done on the basis of the formal system CZF. Until the 1970s, there was only a limited focus on the general notion of a topological space in ...
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This chapter studies separation properties in topology as done on the basis of the formal system CZF. Until the 1970s, there was only a limited focus on the general notion of a topological space in constructive mathematics, with most attention being paid to metric space notions both in intuitionistic analysis and in Bishop-style constructive analysis. But in later years, because of the development of topos theory, the study of sheaf models, and work on point-free topology, including work on formal topology, the notions of general topology in constructive mathematics have received more attention. This chapter presents a fairly systematic survey of the main separation properties that topological spaces can have in constructive mathematics. These are perhaps the first kinds of properties to consider when moving from the study of metric spaces to the study of general topological spaces.Less
This chapter studies separation properties in topology as done on the basis of the formal system CZF. Until the 1970s, there was only a limited focus on the general notion of a topological space in constructive mathematics, with most attention being paid to metric space notions both in intuitionistic analysis and in Bishop-style constructive analysis. But in later years, because of the development of topos theory, the study of sheaf models, and work on point-free topology, including work on formal topology, the notions of general topology in constructive mathematics have received more attention. This chapter presents a fairly systematic survey of the main separation properties that topological spaces can have in constructive mathematics. These are perhaps the first kinds of properties to consider when moving from the study of metric spaces to the study of general topological spaces.
Bas Spitters
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- September 2007
- ISBN:
- 9780198566519
- eISBN:
- 9780191713927
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198566519.003.0017
- Subject:
- Mathematics, Logic / Computer Science / Mathematical Philosophy
The interplay between intuitionistic mathematics and Bishop-style constructive mathematics is crucial for this chapter's contribution. In locally compact spaces, (Borel-)measurable sets can be ...
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The interplay between intuitionistic mathematics and Bishop-style constructive mathematics is crucial for this chapter's contribution. In locally compact spaces, (Borel-)measurable sets can be approximated by compact sets. Ulam extended this result to complete separable metric spaces. This chapter gives a constructive proof of Ulam's theorem. The technique used aims to first prove the theorem intuitionistically and then, using the logical ‘trick’ seen in Chapter 16, to obtain a proof which is acceptable in Bishop-style mathematics. The proof also provides some insight into the trick seen in Chapter 16. Finally, it shows how several intuitionistic measure theoretic theorems can be extended to regular integration spaces, that is, integration spaces where integrable sets can be approximated by compacts. These results may also help in understanding Bishop's original choice of definitions.Less
The interplay between intuitionistic mathematics and Bishop-style constructive mathematics is crucial for this chapter's contribution. In locally compact spaces, (Borel-)measurable sets can be approximated by compact sets. Ulam extended this result to complete separable metric spaces. This chapter gives a constructive proof of Ulam's theorem. The technique used aims to first prove the theorem intuitionistically and then, using the logical ‘trick’ seen in Chapter 16, to obtain a proof which is acceptable in Bishop-style mathematics. The proof also provides some insight into the trick seen in Chapter 16. Finally, it shows how several intuitionistic measure theoretic theorems can be extended to regular integration spaces, that is, integration spaces where integrable sets can be approximated by compacts. These results may also help in understanding Bishop's original choice of definitions.
Gawdat Gabra and Hany N. Takla
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- September 2011
- ISBN:
- 9789774163111
- eISBN:
- 9781617970481
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- American University in Cairo Press
- DOI:
- 10.5743/cairo/9789774163111.003.0005
- Subject:
- Religion, History of Christianity
Muyser has pointed out that the Arabic text bears all the indications of a translation from the Coptic, and that the Scala copte 44 identifies “Aidhab” with Berenike. According to the text of the ...
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Muyser has pointed out that the Arabic text bears all the indications of a translation from the Coptic, and that the Scala copte 44 identifies “Aidhab” with Berenike. According to the text of the Synaxarion, Bishop Nabis was born in a village near Coptos and became a monk at an early age. Bishop Nabis did not reside in “Aidhab” but in a small church at Coptos. When it was necessary for the bishop to go there himself, the Beja, a tribe that lived in Nubia and the Eastern Desert in Upper Egypt, carried him and the church ornaments on their camels, receiving a price for the hire of their beasts. The life of Pesynthios also records that Patriarch Theophilus (385–412) consecrated John, the younger brother of Pesynthios, as bishop of the diocese of Hermonthi.Less
Muyser has pointed out that the Arabic text bears all the indications of a translation from the Coptic, and that the Scala copte 44 identifies “Aidhab” with Berenike. According to the text of the Synaxarion, Bishop Nabis was born in a village near Coptos and became a monk at an early age. Bishop Nabis did not reside in “Aidhab” but in a small church at Coptos. When it was necessary for the bishop to go there himself, the Beja, a tribe that lived in Nubia and the Eastern Desert in Upper Egypt, carried him and the church ornaments on their camels, receiving a price for the hire of their beasts. The life of Pesynthios also records that Patriarch Theophilus (385–412) consecrated John, the younger brother of Pesynthios, as bishop of the diocese of Hermonthi.
John C. Olin (ed.)
- Published in print:
- 2000
- Published Online:
- March 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780823219902
- eISBN:
- 9780823236572
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Fordham University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5422/fso/9780823219902.001.0001
- Subject:
- Religion, Church History
In 1539, Cardinal Jacopo Sadoleto, Bishop of Carpentras, addressed a letter to the magistrates and citizens of Geneva, asking them to return to the Roman Catholic faith. John Calvin replied to ...
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In 1539, Cardinal Jacopo Sadoleto, Bishop of Carpentras, addressed a letter to the magistrates and citizens of Geneva, asking them to return to the Roman Catholic faith. John Calvin replied to Sadoleto, defending the adoption of the Protestant reforms. Sadoleto's letter and Calvin's reply constitute one of the most interesting exchanges of Roman Catholic/Protestant views during the Reformation and an excellent introduction to the great religious controversy of the 16th century. These statements are not in vacuo of a Roman Catholic and Protestant position. They were drafted in the midst of the religious conflict that was then dividing Europe. And they reflect too the temperaments and personal histories of the men who wrote them. Sadoleto's letter has an irenic approach, an emphasis on the unity and peace of the Church, highly characteristic of the Christian Humanism he represented. Calvin's reply is in part a personal defense, an apologia pro vita sua, that records his own religious experience. Its taut, comprehensive argument is characteristic of the disciplined and logical mind of the author of The Institutes of the Christian Religion.Less
In 1539, Cardinal Jacopo Sadoleto, Bishop of Carpentras, addressed a letter to the magistrates and citizens of Geneva, asking them to return to the Roman Catholic faith. John Calvin replied to Sadoleto, defending the adoption of the Protestant reforms. Sadoleto's letter and Calvin's reply constitute one of the most interesting exchanges of Roman Catholic/Protestant views during the Reformation and an excellent introduction to the great religious controversy of the 16th century. These statements are not in vacuo of a Roman Catholic and Protestant position. They were drafted in the midst of the religious conflict that was then dividing Europe. And they reflect too the temperaments and personal histories of the men who wrote them. Sadoleto's letter has an irenic approach, an emphasis on the unity and peace of the Church, highly characteristic of the Christian Humanism he represented. Calvin's reply is in part a personal defense, an apologia pro vita sua, that records his own religious experience. Its taut, comprehensive argument is characteristic of the disciplined and logical mind of the author of The Institutes of the Christian Religion.
Paul Giles
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- October 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780691136134
- eISBN:
- 9781400836512
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- DOI:
- 10.23943/princeton/9780691136134.003.0006
- Subject:
- Literature, Criticism/Theory
This chapter examines how the contours of American literature have changed over time by focusing on the shifting geospatial dynamics associated with the American South. In particular, it juxtaposes ...
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This chapter examines how the contours of American literature have changed over time by focusing on the shifting geospatial dynamics associated with the American South. In particular, it juxtaposes South America with the American South in order to highlight the historically variable nature of their interrelationship and the complicated ways in which these domains have intersected over time. The chapter first considers how the American South was imagined in the writings of William Bartram, William Gilmore Simms, and José Martí before discussing the notions of southern “regionalism” and pseudo-geography in the works of Zora Neale Hurston and Elizabeth Bishop. It also analyzes the fiction of William Faulkner and Frederick Barthelme.Less
This chapter examines how the contours of American literature have changed over time by focusing on the shifting geospatial dynamics associated with the American South. In particular, it juxtaposes South America with the American South in order to highlight the historically variable nature of their interrelationship and the complicated ways in which these domains have intersected over time. The chapter first considers how the American South was imagined in the writings of William Bartram, William Gilmore Simms, and José Martí before discussing the notions of southern “regionalism” and pseudo-geography in the works of Zora Neale Hurston and Elizabeth Bishop. It also analyzes the fiction of William Faulkner and Frederick Barthelme.
Lydia Bean
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- October 2017
- ISBN:
- 9780691161303
- eISBN:
- 9781400852611
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Princeton University Press
- DOI:
- 10.23943/princeton/9780691161303.003.0002
- Subject:
- Sociology, Sociology of Religion
This chapter introduces two Baptist churches and two Pentecostal churches, matched on either side of the U.S.–Canada border. It conducts participant observation in two evangelical churches located in ...
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This chapter introduces two Baptist churches and two Pentecostal churches, matched on either side of the U.S.–Canada border. It conducts participant observation in two evangelical churches located in Buffalo, New York—one Baptist and one Pentecostal. Since 2004, it has become increasingly obvious to American observers that the Christian Right is in a struggle with alternative evangelical voices. As a loose coalition, conservative Protestants have never had a centralized religious authority who could speak for the religious tradition, as the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops speaks for Catholics. Christian Right leaders like Charles McVety represent themselves as the political arm of evangelicalism, characterizing this group's values and policy priorities in the public sphere.Less
This chapter introduces two Baptist churches and two Pentecostal churches, matched on either side of the U.S.–Canada border. It conducts participant observation in two evangelical churches located in Buffalo, New York—one Baptist and one Pentecostal. Since 2004, it has become increasingly obvious to American observers that the Christian Right is in a struggle with alternative evangelical voices. As a loose coalition, conservative Protestants have never had a centralized religious authority who could speak for the religious tradition, as the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops speaks for Catholics. Christian Right leaders like Charles McVety represent themselves as the political arm of evangelicalism, characterizing this group's values and policy priorities in the public sphere.
Matthew Grimley
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- January 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199270897
- eISBN:
- 9780191709494
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199270897.001.0001
- Subject:
- History, Social History
This book traces the influence of Anglican writers on the political thought of inter-war Britain, and argues that religion continued to exert a powerful influence on political ideas and allegiances ...
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This book traces the influence of Anglican writers on the political thought of inter-war Britain, and argues that religion continued to exert a powerful influence on political ideas and allegiances in the 1920s and 1930s. It counters the prevailing assumption of historians that inter-war political thought was primarily secular in content, by showing how Anglicans like Archbishop William Temple made an active contribution to ideas of community and the welfare state (a term which Temple himself invented). Liberal Anglican ideas of citizenship, community, and the nation continued to be central to political thought and debate in the first half of the 20th century. The author traces how Temple and his colleagues developed and changed their ideas on community and the state in response to events like the First World War, the General Strike and the Great Depression. For Temple, and political philosophers like A. D. Lindsay and Ernest Barker, the priority was to find a rhetoric of community which could unite the nation against class consciousness, poverty, and the threat of Hitler. Their idea of a Christian national community was central to the articulation of ideas of ‘Englishness’ in inter-war Britain, but this Anglican contribution has been almost completely overlooked in recent debate on 20th-century national identity. The author also looks at rival Anglican political theories put forward by conservatives such as Bishop Hensley Henson and Ralph Inge, dean of St Paul's. Drawing extensively on Henson's private diaries, it uncovers the debates which went on within the Church at the time of the General Strike and the 1927–28 Prayer Book crisis. The book uncovers an important and neglected seam of popular political thought, and offers a new evaluation of the religious, political, and cultural identity of Britain before the Second World War.Less
This book traces the influence of Anglican writers on the political thought of inter-war Britain, and argues that religion continued to exert a powerful influence on political ideas and allegiances in the 1920s and 1930s. It counters the prevailing assumption of historians that inter-war political thought was primarily secular in content, by showing how Anglicans like Archbishop William Temple made an active contribution to ideas of community and the welfare state (a term which Temple himself invented). Liberal Anglican ideas of citizenship, community, and the nation continued to be central to political thought and debate in the first half of the 20th century. The author traces how Temple and his colleagues developed and changed their ideas on community and the state in response to events like the First World War, the General Strike and the Great Depression. For Temple, and political philosophers like A. D. Lindsay and Ernest Barker, the priority was to find a rhetoric of community which could unite the nation against class consciousness, poverty, and the threat of Hitler. Their idea of a Christian national community was central to the articulation of ideas of ‘Englishness’ in inter-war Britain, but this Anglican contribution has been almost completely overlooked in recent debate on 20th-century national identity. The author also looks at rival Anglican political theories put forward by conservatives such as Bishop Hensley Henson and Ralph Inge, dean of St Paul's. Drawing extensively on Henson's private diaries, it uncovers the debates which went on within the Church at the time of the General Strike and the 1927–28 Prayer Book crisis. The book uncovers an important and neglected seam of popular political thought, and offers a new evaluation of the religious, political, and cultural identity of Britain before the Second World War.
Christopher Fletcher
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- January 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780199546916
- eISBN:
- 9780191720826
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199546916.003.0006
- Subject:
- History, British and Irish Medieval History
When Richard II began to assert himself at the age of 15, it was still ambiguous whether he was of an age to exert his full authority. This chapter focuses on one strategy the king pursued to remedy ...
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When Richard II began to assert himself at the age of 15, it was still ambiguous whether he was of an age to exert his full authority. This chapter focuses on one strategy the king pursued to remedy this situation, namely the aggressive pursuit of a royal expedition, partly in order to promote his manhood in the sense of his renown and personal honour. Those who wished to contest this and other strategies to establish the king's authority took recourse instead to the topos of his inconstant youth. This chapter traces the project of a royal expedition from the first emergence of the king's ‘firm purpose’ in May 1382 to his attempts to intervene in Bishop Despenser's Crusade in autumn 1383. It places this in the context of other forms of evidence of the king's self-assertion, up to the tumultuous parliament held at Salisbury in April 1384.Less
When Richard II began to assert himself at the age of 15, it was still ambiguous whether he was of an age to exert his full authority. This chapter focuses on one strategy the king pursued to remedy this situation, namely the aggressive pursuit of a royal expedition, partly in order to promote his manhood in the sense of his renown and personal honour. Those who wished to contest this and other strategies to establish the king's authority took recourse instead to the topos of his inconstant youth. This chapter traces the project of a royal expedition from the first emergence of the king's ‘firm purpose’ in May 1382 to his attempts to intervene in Bishop Despenser's Crusade in autumn 1383. It places this in the context of other forms of evidence of the king's self-assertion, up to the tumultuous parliament held at Salisbury in April 1384.
PATRICK NOLD
- Published in print:
- 2003
- Published Online:
- January 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780199268757
- eISBN:
- 9780191708510
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199268757.003.0007
- Subject:
- History, History of Religion
This chapter argues that perhaps the most precious piece of evidence in MS BAV vat. lat. 3740 is among the texts of non-Franciscan cardinals in its third section—the Dicta of the Cardinal Bishop of ...
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This chapter argues that perhaps the most precious piece of evidence in MS BAV vat. lat. 3740 is among the texts of non-Franciscan cardinals in its third section—the Dicta of the Cardinal Bishop of Tusculum. It explains that this text has been much discussed by scholars because its content reveals their author to be a supporter of the Franciscan position. It adds that the Dicta was written later than the other texts in MS BAV vat. lat. 3740. This chapter also examines the contents and significance of the consilium.Less
This chapter argues that perhaps the most precious piece of evidence in MS BAV vat. lat. 3740 is among the texts of non-Franciscan cardinals in its third section—the Dicta of the Cardinal Bishop of Tusculum. It explains that this text has been much discussed by scholars because its content reveals their author to be a supporter of the Franciscan position. It adds that the Dicta was written later than the other texts in MS BAV vat. lat. 3740. This chapter also examines the contents and significance of the consilium.
JOHN NIGHTINGALE
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- January 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780198208358
- eISBN:
- 9780191716645
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198208358.003.0007
- Subject:
- History, European Medieval History
With the monastic reform of 934, Gorze comes out of the shade. It was Bishop Adalbero of Metz (929-962) who ceded Gorze to the reformers and agreed to subsequent restitutions. However, this stance as ...
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With the monastic reform of 934, Gorze comes out of the shade. It was Bishop Adalbero of Metz (929-962) who ceded Gorze to the reformers and agreed to subsequent restitutions. However, this stance as a reforming patron did not make him any less threatening than his lay and ecclesiastical predecessors. To appreciate why Adalbero's wishes were often at odds with those of the community, it is necessary to place his support of the reform at Gorze in the wider context of the part monastic and ecclesiastical possessions played in the survival, resurgence, and eventual dominance of his family in Lotharingia. The list of lands confirmed to the monks in Adalbero's restoration charter suggests that the abbey remained a valuable prize. Aside from Gorze itself, the charter confirmed an endowment of eight villae and sixteen separate churches with their appurtenances.Less
With the monastic reform of 934, Gorze comes out of the shade. It was Bishop Adalbero of Metz (929-962) who ceded Gorze to the reformers and agreed to subsequent restitutions. However, this stance as a reforming patron did not make him any less threatening than his lay and ecclesiastical predecessors. To appreciate why Adalbero's wishes were often at odds with those of the community, it is necessary to place his support of the reform at Gorze in the wider context of the part monastic and ecclesiastical possessions played in the survival, resurgence, and eventual dominance of his family in Lotharingia. The list of lands confirmed to the monks in Adalbero's restoration charter suggests that the abbey remained a valuable prize. Aside from Gorze itself, the charter confirmed an endowment of eight villae and sixteen separate churches with their appurtenances.
JOHN NIGHTINGALE
- Published in print:
- 2001
- Published Online:
- January 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780198208358
- eISBN:
- 9780191716645
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198208358.003.0008
- Subject:
- History, European Medieval History
When Otto II made a donation to the abbey of Gorze in 973, it was not at the request of Bishop Adalbero's successor Bishop Theoderich but rather at that of John, abbot of the monastery. John of ...
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When Otto II made a donation to the abbey of Gorze in 973, it was not at the request of Bishop Adalbero's successor Bishop Theoderich but rather at that of John, abbot of the monastery. John of Gorze's role as Otto I's ambassador to the caliph of Cordova ensured him and his abbey a privileged route of access to the Ottonian court. The Duke of the Franks (the future King Hugh Capet) came to Gorze to seek the help of its patron saint and left a pallium in thanks for his consequent deliverance from a life-threatening fever and dysentry. Royal service, the readiness of John to encounter death in the name of God, and the reputation of Gorze's patron saint all played a part in securing the abbey a web of connections and consequent rewards. An abbey's legal status might be carefully defined in diplomata and episcopal or private charters, but the resulting delineation of abbeys as royal, episcopal, or private, tends to obscure the multiplicity of different ties which abbeys had on the ground.Less
When Otto II made a donation to the abbey of Gorze in 973, it was not at the request of Bishop Adalbero's successor Bishop Theoderich but rather at that of John, abbot of the monastery. John of Gorze's role as Otto I's ambassador to the caliph of Cordova ensured him and his abbey a privileged route of access to the Ottonian court. The Duke of the Franks (the future King Hugh Capet) came to Gorze to seek the help of its patron saint and left a pallium in thanks for his consequent deliverance from a life-threatening fever and dysentry. Royal service, the readiness of John to encounter death in the name of God, and the reputation of Gorze's patron saint all played a part in securing the abbey a web of connections and consequent rewards. An abbey's legal status might be carefully defined in diplomata and episcopal or private charters, but the resulting delineation of abbeys as royal, episcopal, or private, tends to obscure the multiplicity of different ties which abbeys had on the ground.
