Wayne Norman
- Published in print:
- 2006
- Published Online:
- September 2006
- ISBN:
- 9780198293354
- eISBN:
- 9780191604126
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0198293356.003.0003
- Subject:
- Political Science, Political Theory
It is not possible for every community that considers itself to be a nation to have a state of its own. This is not even the preferred option for most national minorities themselves. Rather, most ...
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It is not possible for every community that considers itself to be a nation to have a state of its own. This is not even the preferred option for most national minorities themselves. Rather, most seek autonomy and freedom to carry out nation-building projects within a federal state. This chapter introduces the potential federalist solution to the problems of multinational states. It considers the history of political philosophizing about federalism, particularly whether the neglect and even rejection of federalism by liberal theorists throughout much of the 20th century was justified.Less
It is not possible for every community that considers itself to be a nation to have a state of its own. This is not even the preferred option for most national minorities themselves. Rather, most seek autonomy and freedom to carry out nation-building projects within a federal state. This chapter introduces the potential federalist solution to the problems of multinational states. It considers the history of political philosophizing about federalism, particularly whether the neglect and even rejection of federalism by liberal theorists throughout much of the 20th century was justified.
Janet L. Abu-Lughod
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780195328752
- eISBN:
- 9780199944057
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195328752.003.0005
- Subject:
- Sociology, Urban and Rural Studies
Despite the construction of massive amounts of subsidized housing assigned on a nondiscriminatory basis, the existence of a longstanding and vigorous set of social and political institutions in the ...
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Despite the construction of massive amounts of subsidized housing assigned on a nondiscriminatory basis, the existence of a longstanding and vigorous set of social and political institutions in the black community, as well as a mayor's office dedicated to defusing racial tensions and “empowering” minority leaders by appointing blacks to higher offices and to civil service positions, the city of New York did not remain immune to the rising national racial tensions of the 1960s. Significantly, the rallying cry was once again police brutality, although the incident that triggered the prolonged and better organized protests was hardly as “minor” as a fruit riot, nor did it begin within the confines of Harlem.Less
Despite the construction of massive amounts of subsidized housing assigned on a nondiscriminatory basis, the existence of a longstanding and vigorous set of social and political institutions in the black community, as well as a mayor's office dedicated to defusing racial tensions and “empowering” minority leaders by appointing blacks to higher offices and to civil service positions, the city of New York did not remain immune to the rising national racial tensions of the 1960s. Significantly, the rallying cry was once again police brutality, although the incident that triggered the prolonged and better organized protests was hardly as “minor” as a fruit riot, nor did it begin within the confines of Harlem.
Janet L. Abu-Lughod
- Published in print:
- 2007
- Published Online:
- May 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780195328752
- eISBN:
- 9780199944057
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195328752.003.0006
- Subject:
- Sociology, Urban and Rural Studies
The Watts riot was neither the beginning nor would it be the end of interracial violence in Los Angeles. Racial and ethnic tensions have churned beneath the surface in multiracial Los Angeles ever ...
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The Watts riot was neither the beginning nor would it be the end of interracial violence in Los Angeles. Racial and ethnic tensions have churned beneath the surface in multiracial Los Angeles ever since the city was founded. The first riot erupted in 1965 in Watts, which was by then a largely “black” town near South Central Los Angeles, but it spread rapidly to adjacent areas. It is acknowledged to have been the worst in the series of riots that broke out in more than 100 cities in the latter 1960s. The second erupted in 1992 in South Central, just west of Watts. In many ways, the “riots” were quite similar to one another. Both erupted roughly within the same area, one in which deprived minorities were concentrated. The rioters engaged in arson and looting, as well as battles with motorists, firemen, and the police.Less
The Watts riot was neither the beginning nor would it be the end of interracial violence in Los Angeles. Racial and ethnic tensions have churned beneath the surface in multiracial Los Angeles ever since the city was founded. The first riot erupted in 1965 in Watts, which was by then a largely “black” town near South Central Los Angeles, but it spread rapidly to adjacent areas. It is acknowledged to have been the worst in the series of riots that broke out in more than 100 cities in the latter 1960s. The second erupted in 1992 in South Central, just west of Watts. In many ways, the “riots” were quite similar to one another. Both erupted roughly within the same area, one in which deprived minorities were concentrated. The rioters engaged in arson and looting, as well as battles with motorists, firemen, and the police.
William A. Richards and G. William Barnard
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- May 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780231174060
- eISBN:
- 9780231540919
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Columbia University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7312/columbia/9780231174060.003.0019
- Subject:
- Psychology, Psychopharmacology
The Taboo of Knowing who you Are and the future of psychedelic studies.
The Taboo of Knowing who you Are and the future of psychedelic studies.
John Casey
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- February 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780195092950
- eISBN:
- 9780199869732
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195092950.003.0015
- Subject:
- Religion, World Religions
The English speculated in an empirical way about heaven (as they had done about hell) in the seventeenth and eighteenth Centuries. Isaac Watts envisaged what was virtually a Royal Society of ...
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The English speculated in an empirical way about heaven (as they had done about hell) in the seventeenth and eighteenth Centuries. Isaac Watts envisaged what was virtually a Royal Society of intellectual speculation in heaven. Other thinkers discussed at length what avocations and travels would keep the saved occupied throughout eternity. The relation between our original bodies and the risen version was often discussed, with surprising results. Some—the “mortalists”—denied that the body could be immortal. One of the most striking speculative projects—Thomas Burnet's A Sacred Theory of the Earth, which explains what will happen after the General Resurrection—is described. There was also a heaven of sentimental eroticism, and a suggestion that we need not die at all.Less
The English speculated in an empirical way about heaven (as they had done about hell) in the seventeenth and eighteenth Centuries. Isaac Watts envisaged what was virtually a Royal Society of intellectual speculation in heaven. Other thinkers discussed at length what avocations and travels would keep the saved occupied throughout eternity. The relation between our original bodies and the risen version was often discussed, with surprising results. Some—the “mortalists”—denied that the body could be immortal. One of the most striking speculative projects—Thomas Burnet's A Sacred Theory of the Earth, which explains what will happen after the General Resurrection—is described. There was also a heaven of sentimental eroticism, and a suggestion that we need not die at all.
J. R. Watson (ed.)
- Published in print:
- 2002
- Published Online:
- November 2003
- ISBN:
- 9780198269731
- eISBN:
- 9780191600791
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/0198269730.003.0005
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Literature
Contains 14 hymns by the first great writer of hymns in English, showing his craft as a poet, his learning, and his interest in both science and theology. His work also shows his love of plain ...
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Contains 14 hymns by the first great writer of hymns in English, showing his craft as a poet, his learning, and his interest in both science and theology. His work also shows his love of plain language, and his adherence to the Dissenting tradition. His use of biblical texts is found throughout, but reaches its finest point in the version of the psalms.Less
Contains 14 hymns by the first great writer of hymns in English, showing his craft as a poet, his learning, and his interest in both science and theology. His work also shows his love of plain language, and his adherence to the Dissenting tradition. His use of biblical texts is found throughout, but reaches its finest point in the version of the psalms.
Nicholas M. Levine
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- February 2010
- ISBN:
- 9780195378443
- eISBN:
- 9780199869701
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195378443.003.0001
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
This chapter presents a basic overview of the history of the Order of Christ Sophia (OCS). The OCS is only a decade old, but it has grown out of a number of predecessor movements: the Holy Order of ...
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This chapter presents a basic overview of the history of the Order of Christ Sophia (OCS). The OCS is only a decade old, but it has grown out of a number of predecessor movements: the Holy Order of MANS (HOOM), the Brotherhood of Christ, and the Holy Order of Sophia. Earl Blighton, who was involved in alternative spirituality for much of his life, founded the HOOM during the heyday of the counterculture. Father Peter Bowes, who had been a minister in the Holy Order of MANS, founded the Brotherhood of Christ. Father Peter's brotherhood was short-lived. But one of Bowes's students, Mother Clare Watts, founded an all-women's order, the Holy Order of Sophia, which later became the Order of Christ Sophia after Bowes and Watts joined forces. The historical backdrop for the OCS is thus the history of these predecessor movements and the biographies of Blighton, Bowes, and Watts.Less
This chapter presents a basic overview of the history of the Order of Christ Sophia (OCS). The OCS is only a decade old, but it has grown out of a number of predecessor movements: the Holy Order of MANS (HOOM), the Brotherhood of Christ, and the Holy Order of Sophia. Earl Blighton, who was involved in alternative spirituality for much of his life, founded the HOOM during the heyday of the counterculture. Father Peter Bowes, who had been a minister in the Holy Order of MANS, founded the Brotherhood of Christ. Father Peter's brotherhood was short-lived. But one of Bowes's students, Mother Clare Watts, founded an all-women's order, the Holy Order of Sophia, which later became the Order of Christ Sophia after Bowes and Watts joined forces. The historical backdrop for the OCS is thus the history of these predecessor movements and the biographies of Blighton, Bowes, and Watts.
J. R. Watson
- Published in print:
- 1999
- Published Online:
- November 2003
- ISBN:
- 9780198270027
- eISBN:
- 9780191600784
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/019827002X.003.0007
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Literature
Talks about Watts as the first great hymn writer in English; his place in the Dissenting tradition, and his theories of sacred poetry; his work in three major books, Horae Lyricae, Hymns and ...
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Talks about Watts as the first great hymn writer in English; his place in the Dissenting tradition, and his theories of sacred poetry; his work in three major books, Horae Lyricae, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, and The Psalms of David. The chapter also reviews his mature art, as demonstrated in ‘When I survey the wondrous cross’.Less
Talks about Watts as the first great hymn writer in English; his place in the Dissenting tradition, and his theories of sacred poetry; his work in three major books, Horae Lyricae, Hymns and Spiritual Songs, and The Psalms of David. The chapter also reviews his mature art, as demonstrated in ‘When I survey the wondrous cross’.
Laurence Coupe
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- July 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780719071126
- eISBN:
- 9781781702079
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- Manchester University Press
- DOI:
- 10.7228/manchester/9780719071126.001.0001
- Subject:
- Literature, 20th-century and Contemporary Literature
This book reveals the ideas behind the Beat vision that influenced the Beat sound of the songwriters who followed on from them. Having explored the thinking of Alan Watts, who coined the term ‘Beat ...
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This book reveals the ideas behind the Beat vision that influenced the Beat sound of the songwriters who followed on from them. Having explored the thinking of Alan Watts, who coined the term ‘Beat Zen’, and who influenced the counterculture that emerged out of the Beat movement, it celebrates Jack Kerouac as a writer in pursuit of a ‘beatific’ vision. On this basis, the book goes on to explain the relevance of Kerouac and his friends Allen Ginsberg and Gary Snyder to songwriters who emerged in the 1960s. Not only are detailed readings of the lyrics of the Beatles and of Dylan given, but the range and depth of the Beat legacy within popular song is indicated by way of an overview of some important innovators: Jim Morrison, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Donovan, the Incredible String Band, Van Morrison and Nick Drake.Less
This book reveals the ideas behind the Beat vision that influenced the Beat sound of the songwriters who followed on from them. Having explored the thinking of Alan Watts, who coined the term ‘Beat Zen’, and who influenced the counterculture that emerged out of the Beat movement, it celebrates Jack Kerouac as a writer in pursuit of a ‘beatific’ vision. On this basis, the book goes on to explain the relevance of Kerouac and his friends Allen Ginsberg and Gary Snyder to songwriters who emerged in the 1960s. Not only are detailed readings of the lyrics of the Beatles and of Dylan given, but the range and depth of the Beat legacy within popular song is indicated by way of an overview of some important innovators: Jim Morrison, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen, Donovan, the Incredible String Band, Van Morrison and Nick Drake.
Jane Naomi Iwamura
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- January 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199738601
- eISBN:
- 9780199894604
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199738601.003.0002
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Society
1950s mass media representations of D.T. Suzuki and the American “Zen Boom” are the focus of this chapter. The specific way that Suzuki is portrayed—as engaging, yet ineffable Oriental—and the medium ...
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1950s mass media representations of D.T. Suzuki and the American “Zen Boom” are the focus of this chapter. The specific way that Suzuki is portrayed—as engaging, yet ineffable Oriental—and the medium in which these depictions first appear—the fashion magazine—mark Eastern spirituality as a “stylized religion” and consumable object. The various “characters” that emerge in the unfolding of Zen Buddhism mid-century are explored: Alan Watts and Jack Kerouac as Suzuki’s most famous pupils and spiritual heirs; Arthur Koestler as Zen’s skeptical critic and; Mihoko Okamura, Suzuki’s long-time assistant, who figures the problematic representation of Asian Americans in the scheme of American conceptions of Asian religions. These real-life personalities and the debates and drama that ensue over Zen’s legitimacy and significance prefigure and establish a Virtual Orientalist narrative that is still popular today.Less
1950s mass media representations of D.T. Suzuki and the American “Zen Boom” are the focus of this chapter. The specific way that Suzuki is portrayed—as engaging, yet ineffable Oriental—and the medium in which these depictions first appear—the fashion magazine—mark Eastern spirituality as a “stylized religion” and consumable object. The various “characters” that emerge in the unfolding of Zen Buddhism mid-century are explored: Alan Watts and Jack Kerouac as Suzuki’s most famous pupils and spiritual heirs; Arthur Koestler as Zen’s skeptical critic and; Mihoko Okamura, Suzuki’s long-time assistant, who figures the problematic representation of Asian Americans in the scheme of American conceptions of Asian religions. These real-life personalities and the debates and drama that ensue over Zen’s legitimacy and significance prefigure and establish a Virtual Orientalist narrative that is still popular today.
Steve Redhead
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- September 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780748627882
- eISBN:
- 9780748671182
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Edinburgh University Press
- DOI:
- 10.3366/edinburgh/9780748627882.003.0017
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Media Studies
This chapter is Baudrillard’s essay The Pyres of Autumn, with an editorial overview
This chapter is Baudrillard’s essay The Pyres of Autumn, with an editorial overview
Udo Thiel
- Published in print:
- 2012
- Published Online:
- September 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199227044
- eISBN:
- 9780191739309
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199227044.003.0006
- Subject:
- Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion
For materialists the issue of the afterlife relates entirely to the resurrection of the body. But as Joseph Priestley noted, after death ‘the body putrefies, and the parts that composed it are ...
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For materialists the issue of the afterlife relates entirely to the resurrection of the body. But as Joseph Priestley noted, after death ‘the body putrefies, and the parts that composed it are dispersed’, so where ‘can be the propriety of rewards and punishments, if the man that rises again be not identically the same with the man that acted and died?’ Materialists in attempting to respond to this question take into account a variety of previous accounts of the resurrection and of bodily identity (e.g. Locke, Bonnet, Watts). The chapter explores a development of materialist thought on this issue from William Coward, Joseph Priestley to his follower Thomas Cooper. In the end, the development of materialist thought in Britain results in a denial of numerical bodily identity at the resurrection, combined with the claim that such identity is not even required for a plausible account of the afterlife.Less
For materialists the issue of the afterlife relates entirely to the resurrection of the body. But as Joseph Priestley noted, after death ‘the body putrefies, and the parts that composed it are dispersed’, so where ‘can be the propriety of rewards and punishments, if the man that rises again be not identically the same with the man that acted and died?’ Materialists in attempting to respond to this question take into account a variety of previous accounts of the resurrection and of bodily identity (e.g. Locke, Bonnet, Watts). The chapter explores a development of materialist thought on this issue from William Coward, Joseph Priestley to his follower Thomas Cooper. In the end, the development of materialist thought in Britain results in a denial of numerical bodily identity at the resurrection, combined with the claim that such identity is not even required for a plausible account of the afterlife.
Gail Brown
- Published in print:
- 2014
- Published Online:
- September 2015
- ISBN:
- 9780823257966
- eISBN:
- 9780823268924
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Fordham University Press
- DOI:
- 10.5422/fordham/9780823257966.003.0018
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Cultural Studies
This chapter presents the author's account of creating the From Where I'm Standing photo-documentary workshop in 1995. Since 2005, she has been providing in-depth photography and writing workshops at ...
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This chapter presents the author's account of creating the From Where I'm Standing photo-documentary workshop in 1995. Since 2005, she has been providing in-depth photography and writing workshops at the Watts Towers Arts Center to people in the community aged ten through sixty-nine. The objective of the workshop is the creation of an in-depth photo-documentary by and about the Watts community, and in the process build community. People of all ages participate in discussions about their photographs and writing, and experience the dynamic and vital relationship between the individual (artist) and the community (society) at large. The chapter concludes by identifying the resonances between the workshop, the Arts Center, and Simon Rodia's Watts Towers.Less
This chapter presents the author's account of creating the From Where I'm Standing photo-documentary workshop in 1995. Since 2005, she has been providing in-depth photography and writing workshops at the Watts Towers Arts Center to people in the community aged ten through sixty-nine. The objective of the workshop is the creation of an in-depth photo-documentary by and about the Watts community, and in the process build community. People of all ages participate in discussions about their photographs and writing, and experience the dynamic and vital relationship between the individual (artist) and the community (society) at large. The chapter concludes by identifying the resonances between the workshop, the Arts Center, and Simon Rodia's Watts Towers.
Freya Johnston
- Published in print:
- 2005
- Published Online:
- September 2007
- ISBN:
- 9780199251827
- eISBN:
- 9780191719080
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199251827.003.0005
- Subject:
- Literature, 18th-century Literature
This chapter interprets some of Johnson's Lives of the Poets as non-satirical, corrective responses to Pope's Peri Bathous and The Dunciad. Richard Blackmore, for instance, ‘Father of the Bathos’ and ...
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This chapter interprets some of Johnson's Lives of the Poets as non-satirical, corrective responses to Pope's Peri Bathous and The Dunciad. Richard Blackmore, for instance, ‘Father of the Bathos’ and loudest of the braying dunces, gains a moral advantage over the author who had ridiculed him. In the Lives, it is shown that Johnson articulated his preference for a Christian scale of values. Also elicited are the competing senses of 18th-century ‘condescension’ as a good and as a bad quality, dependent on whether the writer has Christian or classical precedents in mind. It teases out the motives behind Johnson's solicitous reactions to Blackmore and to Isaac Watts. The chapter concludes by discussing his commemoration of a semi-literate, indigent physician, ‘On the Death of Dr. Robert Levet’: an example of his distinctive art of sinking.Less
This chapter interprets some of Johnson's Lives of the Poets as non-satirical, corrective responses to Pope's Peri Bathous and The Dunciad. Richard Blackmore, for instance, ‘Father of the Bathos’ and loudest of the braying dunces, gains a moral advantage over the author who had ridiculed him. In the Lives, it is shown that Johnson articulated his preference for a Christian scale of values. Also elicited are the competing senses of 18th-century ‘condescension’ as a good and as a bad quality, dependent on whether the writer has Christian or classical precedents in mind. It teases out the motives behind Johnson's solicitous reactions to Blackmore and to Isaac Watts. The chapter concludes by discussing his commemoration of a semi-literate, indigent physician, ‘On the Death of Dr. Robert Levet’: an example of his distinctive art of sinking.
Udo Thiel
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- January 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199542499
- eISBN:
- 9780191730917
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199542499.003.0006
- Subject:
- Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind
Locke's theory dominated the disputes over personal identity in the late seventeenth- and throughout the eighteenth century. This chapter examines those responses that either explicitly criticise or ...
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Locke's theory dominated the disputes over personal identity in the late seventeenth- and throughout the eighteenth century. This chapter examines those responses that either explicitly criticise or defend Locke's theory. First, the chapter examines arguments against Locke's distinction between the man, the thinking substance or soul, and the person: the most important theological context here is the doctrine of the resurrection, as is the case in the debate between Locke and Stillingfleet discussed in the previous chapter. Critics include Thomas Becconsal, Samuel Parker, William Lupton Hernry Felton, Isaac Watts and Henry Lee. Next the chapter turns to discussion of the constitutive role that Locke ascribes to consciousness and memory. Some criticisms appeal to the significance of moral and legal issues for personal identity. The main contributors here are Samuel Clarke, Berkeley, Shaftesbury, Antoine Martin Roche, Winckler, and the Anon. Essay on Personal Identity. A recurring argument against Locke's account is that consciousness is neither necessary nor sufficient for personal identity. This critique is, however, typically based on mistaken assumptions about Locke's theory – sometimes Lockean consciousness is identified with reflection or memory, at other times Locke's account of the person is taken to be an account of the self as substance, and thus his distinction between soul, man and person is not appreciated. Given such mistaken assumptions about Locke's account, the critique does not have the devastating force the authors considered here think it has.Less
Locke's theory dominated the disputes over personal identity in the late seventeenth- and throughout the eighteenth century. This chapter examines those responses that either explicitly criticise or defend Locke's theory. First, the chapter examines arguments against Locke's distinction between the man, the thinking substance or soul, and the person: the most important theological context here is the doctrine of the resurrection, as is the case in the debate between Locke and Stillingfleet discussed in the previous chapter. Critics include Thomas Becconsal, Samuel Parker, William Lupton Hernry Felton, Isaac Watts and Henry Lee. Next the chapter turns to discussion of the constitutive role that Locke ascribes to consciousness and memory. Some criticisms appeal to the significance of moral and legal issues for personal identity. The main contributors here are Samuel Clarke, Berkeley, Shaftesbury, Antoine Martin Roche, Winckler, and the Anon. Essay on Personal Identity. A recurring argument against Locke's account is that consciousness is neither necessary nor sufficient for personal identity. This critique is, however, typically based on mistaken assumptions about Locke's theory – sometimes Lockean consciousness is identified with reflection or memory, at other times Locke's account of the person is taken to be an account of the self as substance, and thus his distinction between soul, man and person is not appreciated. Given such mistaken assumptions about Locke's account, the critique does not have the devastating force the authors considered here think it has.
Udo Thiel
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- January 2012
- ISBN:
- 9780199542499
- eISBN:
- 9780191730917
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199542499.003.0008
- Subject:
- Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Philosophy of Mind
This chapter deals with the views and arguments of thinkers who treat the issues of personal identity and self-consciousness from the perspective of an immaterialist theory of the mind. Standard ...
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This chapter deals with the views and arguments of thinkers who treat the issues of personal identity and self-consciousness from the perspective of an immaterialist theory of the mind. Standard arguments in support of the immaterial nature of the mind or soul appeal to the unity of the soul and consciousness, and to the diachronic identity of the soul required for the afterlife. Neither unity nor diachronic identity is said to be compatible with the extension of matter and with a multiplicity of material particles. Personal identity on this view requires an immaterial core of the self that is not subject to change. There is, however, a considerable variety of views about personal identity from within immaterialist positions on the nature of the mind. This chapter focuses on British thinkers in the first half of the eighteenth century, examining the Cartesian position of Thomas Emes, Samuel Clarke and Henry Grove, as well as Isaac Watts with his rather modern emphasis on language for dealing with this issue. Shaftesbury, the last thinker considered in this chapter, links the unity of the human soul to that of a universal or world soul, appealing to neo-Platonist metaphysics.Less
This chapter deals with the views and arguments of thinkers who treat the issues of personal identity and self-consciousness from the perspective of an immaterialist theory of the mind. Standard arguments in support of the immaterial nature of the mind or soul appeal to the unity of the soul and consciousness, and to the diachronic identity of the soul required for the afterlife. Neither unity nor diachronic identity is said to be compatible with the extension of matter and with a multiplicity of material particles. Personal identity on this view requires an immaterial core of the self that is not subject to change. There is, however, a considerable variety of views about personal identity from within immaterialist positions on the nature of the mind. This chapter focuses on British thinkers in the first half of the eighteenth century, examining the Cartesian position of Thomas Emes, Samuel Clarke and Henry Grove, as well as Isaac Watts with his rather modern emphasis on language for dealing with this issue. Shaftesbury, the last thinker considered in this chapter, links the unity of the human soul to that of a universal or world soul, appealing to neo-Platonist metaphysics.
Elizabeth Clarke
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- May 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199545247
- eISBN:
- 9780191725708
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199545247.003.0002
- Subject:
- Religion, Church History
Chapter 1 charts the origin of the dissenting hymn in the Parliamentary adaptation of psalm-singing in the mid-seventeenth century Civil War. It surveys the theory and theology of the composition of ...
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Chapter 1 charts the origin of the dissenting hymn in the Parliamentary adaptation of psalm-singing in the mid-seventeenth century Civil War. It surveys the theory and theology of the composition of hymns over the last half of the seventeenth century, tracing the controversy over using poetic words as opposed to Scriptural words as far as the argument between the Baptists Benjamin Keach and Isaac Marlow in the 1690s. It looks at the emergence of famous hymns in the work of Richard Baxter and John Mason in the late seventeenth century, and at the common hymn-writer’s practice of borrowing phrases from other hymns. At the start of the eighteenth century the publications of a group of ministers associated with the Friday evening King’s Weigh House lectures paved the way for the widely accepted and supremely popular hymns of Isaac Watts, in their concern to stimulate the affections of the reader.Less
Chapter 1 charts the origin of the dissenting hymn in the Parliamentary adaptation of psalm-singing in the mid-seventeenth century Civil War. It surveys the theory and theology of the composition of hymns over the last half of the seventeenth century, tracing the controversy over using poetic words as opposed to Scriptural words as far as the argument between the Baptists Benjamin Keach and Isaac Marlow in the 1690s. It looks at the emergence of famous hymns in the work of Richard Baxter and John Mason in the late seventeenth century, and at the common hymn-writer’s practice of borrowing phrases from other hymns. At the start of the eighteenth century the publications of a group of ministers associated with the Friday evening King’s Weigh House lectures paved the way for the widely accepted and supremely popular hymns of Isaac Watts, in their concern to stimulate the affections of the reader.
J. R. Watson
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- May 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199545247
- eISBN:
- 9780191725708
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199545247.003.0003
- Subject:
- Religion, Church History
Chapter 2 examines the features of Isaac Watts’s hymn-writing that reflect his loyalty to the dissenting tradition, and that make it unmistakably that of a non-Anglican. This is demonstrated in his ...
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Chapter 2 examines the features of Isaac Watts’s hymn-writing that reflect his loyalty to the dissenting tradition, and that make it unmistakably that of a non-Anglican. This is demonstrated in his firm adherence to the Independent church and its members (‘the saints’), in his interpretation of the Bible, and in his exploration of the experience of the believer in pilgrimage. The chapter argues that the tradition of a gathered church, strengthened by former persecution but now celebrating a degree of toleration, is the context in which Watts’s hymns and metrical psalms must be seen. A particular importance is attached to the Lord’s Day, and to the congregation of the saints, who are to rejoice in the freedom to worship granted by the Hanoverian dynasty.Less
Chapter 2 examines the features of Isaac Watts’s hymn-writing that reflect his loyalty to the dissenting tradition, and that make it unmistakably that of a non-Anglican. This is demonstrated in his firm adherence to the Independent church and its members (‘the saints’), in his interpretation of the Bible, and in his exploration of the experience of the believer in pilgrimage. The chapter argues that the tradition of a gathered church, strengthened by former persecution but now celebrating a degree of toleration, is the context in which Watts’s hymns and metrical psalms must be seen. A particular importance is attached to the Lord’s Day, and to the congregation of the saints, who are to rejoice in the freedom to worship granted by the Hanoverian dynasty.
Ken R. Manley
- Published in print:
- 2011
- Published Online:
- May 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199545247
- eISBN:
- 9780191725708
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199545247.003.0005
- Subject:
- Religion, Church History
Chapter 4 examines the influence of John Rippon (1751–1836) on the development of Baptist hymnody both in Britain and North America. By means of careful selection and editing, including some ...
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Chapter 4 examines the influence of John Rippon (1751–1836) on the development of Baptist hymnody both in Britain and North America. By means of careful selection and editing, including some doctrinal changes, Rippon’s A Selection of Hymns (1787) met the needs of Baptist congregations during a time of rapid expansion and theological change. His Selection, enlarged several times, became the main book used by Baptists well beyond his own lifetime. Rippon introduced the Calvinistic Baptists to many of the songs of the evangelical revival. Complementing this hymn-book was his companion Selection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes (1791) and an arrangement of the Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs of Isaac Watts (1801). His hymnodic work both reflected and helped shape the public worship and devotional life of the denomination. Rippon is shown to be a major figure in the development of Baptist hymnody.Less
Chapter 4 examines the influence of John Rippon (1751–1836) on the development of Baptist hymnody both in Britain and North America. By means of careful selection and editing, including some doctrinal changes, Rippon’s A Selection of Hymns (1787) met the needs of Baptist congregations during a time of rapid expansion and theological change. His Selection, enlarged several times, became the main book used by Baptists well beyond his own lifetime. Rippon introduced the Calvinistic Baptists to many of the songs of the evangelical revival. Complementing this hymn-book was his companion Selection of Psalm and Hymn Tunes (1791) and an arrangement of the Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs of Isaac Watts (1801). His hymnodic work both reflected and helped shape the public worship and devotional life of the denomination. Rippon is shown to be a major figure in the development of Baptist hymnody.
William Oddie
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780199582013
- eISBN:
- 9780191702303
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199582013.003.0008
- Subject:
- Religion, Religion and Literature
This chapter focuses on Chesterton's life and works from 1904–6. Shortly after The Napoleon of Notting Hill was published in March 1904, Chesterton produced what, though it is one of his least ...
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This chapter focuses on Chesterton's life and works from 1904–6. Shortly after The Napoleon of Notting Hill was published in March 1904, Chesterton produced what, though it is one of his least appreciated books, is in many ways one of his most characteristic: G. F. Watts, which appeared in the autumn. The book functions on two almost (but not quite) distinct levels. There is the level of pure art criticism, which reveals a considerable knowledge of other Victorian painters — Burne-Jones, Millais, Rossetti, and Whistler — and an ability to make the appropriate comparisons and contrasts between them. There is also the level on which a book about Watts, in Chesterton's hands, was bound to become an appropriate occasion for wider reflections on the culture wars of the Victorian age and of the post-Victorian world to which the book is directly addressed. The chapter also considers his other works: Heretics, Charles Dickens, and The Ball and the Cross.Less
This chapter focuses on Chesterton's life and works from 1904–6. Shortly after The Napoleon of Notting Hill was published in March 1904, Chesterton produced what, though it is one of his least appreciated books, is in many ways one of his most characteristic: G. F. Watts, which appeared in the autumn. The book functions on two almost (but not quite) distinct levels. There is the level of pure art criticism, which reveals a considerable knowledge of other Victorian painters — Burne-Jones, Millais, Rossetti, and Whistler — and an ability to make the appropriate comparisons and contrasts between them. There is also the level on which a book about Watts, in Chesterton's hands, was bound to become an appropriate occasion for wider reflections on the culture wars of the Victorian age and of the post-Victorian world to which the book is directly addressed. The chapter also considers his other works: Heretics, Charles Dickens, and The Ball and the Cross.
