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The Fact of Salvation

G. B. Caird

L. D. Hurst (ed.)

in New Testament Theology

This chapter explores the emphasis of the New Testament on salvation as an act of God fully achieved. God’s salvation is seen to be complete in the representative picture of Jesus, who embodies human ... More

This chapter explores the emphasis of the New Testament on salvation as an act of God fully achieved. God’s salvation is seen to be complete in the representative picture of Jesus, who embodies human destiny. This consensus then raises question: What he has done? Four possible types of answers are presented, and used to examine how the New Testament writers work out this fourfold scheme within the context of revelation, atonement, breaking sin’s power, inauguration, and solidarity or identification.Less

The Inauguration of the ‘Argonautic Moment’

Tim Stover

in Epic and Empire in Vespasianic Rome: A New Reading of Valerius Flaccus' Argonautica

This chapter examines the significance of Jupiter's prophecy, demonstrating its importance for Valerius' poetics of rehabilitation. Jupiter's proclamation of the Fates, which engages directly with ... More

This chapter examines the significance of Jupiter's prophecy, demonstrating its importance for Valerius' poetics of rehabilitation. Jupiter's proclamation of the Fates, which engages directly with Lucan, announces the inauguration of a new world order characterized by refoundation in the wake of political collapse. The ideology discernible in Jupiter's declaration of the new imperial dispensation finds a thematic counterpart in Valerius' depiction of Vespasian's regime. The establishment of the Flavian dynasty, like the establishment of Jupiter's cosmic regime, is marked by an impulse to expand outward into new realms, a theme that reroutes epic away from the collapsing world of Lucan's Bellum Civile. Lucan depicts a dying world in which there is no hope for the future; Valerius depicts the birth of a new world, one that not only offers hope for the future, but that also has an ameliorative impact on the accomplishment of heroic deeds and the epic poetry that heralds them.Less

1966–1985: ‘History is personal’

Robert Welch

in The Abbey Theatre, 1899-1999: Form and Pressure

IThe Abbey Theatre faced many difficulties between 1966 and the 1980s. The new Abbey Theatre opened on 18 July 1966, but not without difficulty. Its patent had run out about the time of the 1951 ... More

IThe Abbey Theatre faced many difficulties between 1966 and the 1980s. The new Abbey Theatre opened on 18 July 1966, but not without difficulty. Its patent had run out about the time of the 1951 fire, and its renewal had been overlooked. The company could only work under a temporary license for selling drinks at the theatre, after the authorities relented. On opening night, the theatre experienced onstage technical problems which were only resolved half an hour before the curtain went up. The opening went with a great celebration: trumpets heralded the inauguration, and important people like President Eamon de Valera taking part in the event. This chapter finally recounts the new features of the Abbey Theatre, and the events that took place after its inauguration.Less

Nomination and Election: 1860–1861

Hans L. Trefousse

in First Among Equals: Abraham Lincoln's Reputation During His Administration

This chapter presents an overview of Lincoln's recognition and reputation across North and South of America with both Republican and Democratic advocates. It examines the period from his nomination ... More

This chapter presents an overview of Lincoln's recognition and reputation across North and South of America with both Republican and Democratic advocates. It examines the period from his nomination as presidential candidate until his presidential inauguration. Opinions about him varied widely in both the political parties, mainly due to his anti-slavery stance. Lincoln's proponents favoured him as being able to unite the opposition vote, whereas his opponents saw him as endangering the Union. Extremists in the Southerner's rank portrayed him as a dangerous man and a “radical abolitionist” who would bring civil war upon the South. However, many, including some adversaries, did not doubt his honest character and integrity. As such, his nomination was generally well received. On November 7th 1860, Lincoln was elected as president. As the inauguration drew nearer, Lincoln was received in a mixed light, being the object of praise and vilification.Less

Re-Joyce, Say Yes

Jacques Derrida

John D. Caputo (ed.)

in Deconstruction in a Nutshell: A Conversation with Jacques Derrida, With a New Introduction

This chapter details how the “Roundtable” concludes with a question about Jacques Derrida's work on James Joyce, about the back-and-forth movement between Derrida and Joyce. If Derrida has made a ... More

This chapter details how the “Roundtable” concludes with a question about Jacques Derrida's work on James Joyce, about the back-and-forth movement between Derrida and Joyce. If Derrida has made a dent in Joycean scholarship, if he has influenced how people read Joyce, that is only because Joyce has flowed deeply into Derrida's pen and been at work on Derrida almost from the beginning of his studies. Joyce is a writer who practiced, who enacted the “dissemination” of which Derrida dreamed and wrote. Joyce is one of an eminent line of “modernists” who have attracted Derrida's attention, who raise the very question of literature, writers whose texts call attention to themselves as texts, who compel one to ask what a literary text is. Derrida's particular interest in Joyce provides a lovely way to conclude the “Roundtable.” For it brings Derrida back to the beginning, to the question of beginnings and of inaugurations.Less

Assuming Office

Chŏng Yagyong

in Admonitions on Governing the People: Manual for All Administrators

This section of the book is the English translation of six chapters in Book I of Mongmin simsŏ on administration for district magistrates. The chapters discuss the following: appointment, Manners ... More

This section of the book is the English translation of six chapters in Book I of Mongmin simsŏ on administration for district magistrates. The chapters discuss the following: appointment, Manners toward Superiors and Subreparations for traveling to the post, taking leave of the king, traveling to the post, inauguration, and conducting official duties.Less

King and Kingdom

Michael Brown

in The Wars of Scotland 1214–1371

Late on the evening of Thursday, 4 December 1214, King William of Scotland died at Stirling. On the afternoon of Friday, 5 December, William's son Alexander, a youth of sixteen was crowned king. In a ... More

Late on the evening of Thursday, 4 December 1214, King William of Scotland died at Stirling. On the afternoon of Friday, 5 December, William's son Alexander, a youth of sixteen was crowned king. In a week of celebration and mourning, royal authority was transferred from William, who had ruled the kingdom for nearly half a century, to his young son, the new King Alexander II. What was Alexander inheriting? His kingdom was understood less as a territorial unit than as a collection of rights, customs and communities. At the centre and at the summit of this network stood the king. For the Scottish kingdom, the making of a new king, his inauguration, was the most important ceremony and the most important political act in the realm.Less

Epilogue: 20 January 2009

Carl Pedersen

in Obama's America

Barack Obama became the forty-fourth president of the United States on January 20, 2009. The preceding three-day weekend was designed as a prelude to the inauguration. The four days, starting the ... More

Barack Obama became the forty-fourth president of the United States on January 20, 2009. The preceding three-day weekend was designed as a prelude to the inauguration. The four days, starting the previous Saturday and culminating with his inauguration on the 20th, ushered in the Obama era. Obama's journey to Washington was an abridged version of the one that Abraham Lincoln embarked on from his home in Springfield, Illinois, on February 11, 1861. Obama chose to start his short, but highly visible journey in Philadelphia, where the Declaration of Independence was approved by the Continental Congress. Stopping in Baltimore, Obama recalled another event in American history that tested the resolve of the new nation, the defence of Baltimore at Fort McHenry against the British in 1814 – an event that produced the national anthem. On the same day Obama took an old-fashioned train ride into the nation's capital, he released a video on YouTube announcing the conversion of his campaign organisation, Obama for America, into Organising for America.Less

Conclusion: The Culture of Secrecy

Jon Wiener

in Gimme Some Truth: The John Lennon FBI Files

The Lennon files case implements a small but brilliant example of this larger problem—the culture of secrecy that undermines democracy. The Lennon files were not threatened with destruction or carted ... More

The Lennon files case implements a small but brilliant example of this larger problem—the culture of secrecy that undermines democracy. The Lennon files were not threatened with destruction or carted away in the middle of the night. Armstrong's lawsuit prevented their destruction, but the same issue arose when the Bush administration prepared to leave office. Bush asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to allow the destruction of records while they were appealing the restraining order Armstrong had won. The court refused. Then, on the eve of Clinton's inauguration, the Archivist of the United States, Don Wilson, signed a secret agreement granting Bush exclusive legal control over the e-mail tapes of his administration. Even when new legislation gave historians greater power to obtain particular documents than that provided by the FOIA, it still wasn't easy to prevail over the FBI and CIA, as the Kennedy assassination records demonstrate.Less

The Inauguration of Alexander III (1249) and the Portrayal of Scotland as a Sovereign Kingdom

Dauvit Broun

in Scottish Independence and the Idea of Britain: From the Picts to Alexander III

This chapter traces the changing perspective on the Scottish kingdom through the bishopric of Glasgow, albeit in a more learned and less certain context. It argues that the see which had been so keen ... More

This chapter traces the changing perspective on the Scottish kingdom through the bishopric of Glasgow, albeit in a more learned and less certain context. It argues that the see which had been so keen to preserve its freedom came, by the 1260s, to base its aspirations on a new conception of Scotland's ancient territorial integrity which embraced the diocese of Glasgow, rather than on an idea that Glasgow was not part of ‘Scotland’. It examines the inauguration of Alexander III on 13 July 1249 and argues that it can be regarded as the earliest extended expression of the claim that Scotland was a sovereign realm.Less

Spectacles and Expositions

David E. Nye

in American Illuminations: Urban Lighting, 1800-1920

In the 1880s electricity was increasingly used in parades, festivals and expositions. There were more lights and subtler special effects at each subsequent event, as could be seen in the annual ... More

In the 1880s electricity was increasingly used in parades, festivals and expositions. There were more lights and subtler special effects at each subsequent event, as could be seen in the annual Veiled Prophet parades held in St. Louis. By the 1890s American expositions far exceeded their European counterparts in the extravagance and complexity of their lighting effects. This was evident at the Chicago Columbian Exposition, became more obvious at the Omaha 1898 Exposition, and culminated in the 1901 Buffalo Pan American Exposition, which offered a more sophisticated illumination than the Paris Exposition of the previous year. Luther Stieringer was the electrical engineer responsible for these special effects, which used hundreds of thousands of small colored bulbs to paint with light, bringing out architectural details and creating stunning phantasmagoria that awed enormous crowds.Less

Light as Political Spectacle

David E. Nye

in American Illuminations: Urban Lighting, 1800-1920

Americans inherited illuminations and fireworks from the British, adapting them to their democratic culture. At first they played a small role in political life, but were reserved for July Fourth or ... More

Americans inherited illuminations and fireworks from the British, adapting them to their democratic culture. At first they played a small role in political life, but were reserved for July Fourth or the opening of major public works. By 1915, however, spectacular illuminations had become a central part of patriotic celebrations, whether Columbus Day, the celebration of Admiral Dewey’s victory over the Spanish fleet, election campaigns, or presidential inaugurations. The intertwining of politics and commercial methods of spectacular lighting culminated during Woodrow Wilson’s presidency, in bond drives, in the relighting of the Statue of Liberty, and in peace celebrations in Washington after World War I. In contrast, illuminations were depoliticized in Britain during the nineteenth century. On both sides of the Atlantic, culture shaped technology.Less

The Johnson Orbit

Donald A. Ritchie and Terry L. Birdwhistell

in Washington's Iron Butterfly: Bess Clements Abell, An Oral History

Beginning with their elopement and marriage, Bess and Tyler found their lives swept into the orbit of Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson, thanks to close family ties. The Johnson's held an elaborate ... More

Beginning with their elopement and marriage, Bess and Tyler found their lives swept into the orbit of Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson, thanks to close family ties. The Johnson's held an elaborate reception for the young couple soon after their marriage. The 1960 election and inauguration of John F. Kennedy as president and Lyndon Baines Johnson as vice-president would become a major turning point in Bess and Tyler's lives.Less

Debating a “Doubtful Power”: The Legislative Battle Engaged

Kathleen Bartoloni-Tuazon

in For Fear of an Elective King: George Washington and the Presidential Title Controversy of 1789

This chapter examines the legislative phase of the presidential title debate that erupted as the country anticipated George Washington's inauguration. The inaugural spring of 1789 held celebration ... More

This chapter examines the legislative phase of the presidential title debate that erupted as the country anticipated George Washington's inauguration. The inaugural spring of 1789 held celebration and uncertainty. The United States had a new Constitution, but no one knew how or whether it would work. With Washington's inauguration approaching, speculation grew about a title that was suitable for him. Pennsylvania representative Peter Muhlenberg acknowledged the problem that Washington's stature brought to the presidency. This chapter discusses the warring republican viewpoints on the underlying power of the presidency and how the legislative replies to Washington's inaugural address acquired significant political import within the unfolding title debate. It also considers the debate in Congress over the question of an exalted executive title and how the Senate agreed to address the nation's executive simply as “President of the United States.”Less

Hearing with an Imperial Ear: Racializing the PC Band on their Tour of America in 1909

Mary Talusan

in Instruments of Empire: Filipino Musicians, Black Soldiers, and Military Band Music during US Colonization of the Philippines

In 1909, President-elect Taft summoned the Philippine Constabulary Band back to the United States at great expense to perform at his presidential inauguration, breaking racial decorum to emphasize ... More

In 1909, President-elect Taft summoned the Philippine Constabulary Band back to the United States at great expense to perform at his presidential inauguration, breaking racial decorum to emphasize his triumph in the Philippines. Afterward, they embarked on a concert tour that was attended by thousands in major concert halls before heading to the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition. Newspapers positively reviewed the Band’s musical performances while describing them in an orientalist fashion as abnormal and peculiar, for example, sensationalizing their “tribal” diversity while accentuating their uniformity in appearance. Often missing from these accounts was identification of Loving’s racial identity, an omission of the success of an African American in a leadership position. Americans’ paternalist racism towards Filipinos did not extend to African Americans, and Loving was barred from entering the White House. Black elites of Washington, DC praised Loving as a success of racial uplift. This chapter gives insight into a collaboration between Filipinos and Black Americans outside of the Philippines.Less

Death and Resurrection: Inauguration Ritual

Rolf Strootman

in Courts and Elites in the Hellenistic Empires: The Near East After the Achaemenids, c. 330 to 30 BCE

Chapter 10 focuses on rituals of inauguration. It is suggested that the fundamental element of Hellenistic king-making—the binding of the diadem—was carried out by the ruler himself, there being no ... More

Chapter 10 focuses on rituals of inauguration. It is suggested that the fundamental element of Hellenistic king-making—the binding of the diadem—was carried out by the ruler himself, there being no higher power on earth than the basileus. The king then appeared in public as if (re)born for a ritual of acclamation. This ritual was initially performed by the court society and (household) troops, but could later be repeated in various cities throughout the empires (the Antigonids may again have been exceptional). It will furthermore be shown how the ceremonies of burial and apotheosis of a deceased ruler were closely entwined with the ritual of inauguration of his successor.Less

Questioning Official Ritual, 1870s–1880s

Hendrik Kraay

in Days of National Festivity in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1823-1889

This chapter examines official civic ritual during the last two decades of the empire and the increasingly acrimonious debate about the imperial regime. While there were echoes of the great festivals ... More

This chapter examines official civic ritual during the last two decades of the empire and the increasingly acrimonious debate about the imperial regime. While there were echoes of the great festivals of previous years, such as in Emperor Pedro II’s ceremonial entries into his capital in 1872 and 1877 or in the 1872 inauguration of the statue of José Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva (Emperor Pedro I’s prime minister in 1822-23), the tendency was one of declining official civic ritual. Theater galas lost much of their importance and Pedro II eliminated much of the regime’s ritual apparatus. What remained looked increasingly old-fashioned to new generations who sought to modernize their country and advocated a republic. They advanced Tiradentes, the man executed for his involvement in a 1789 anticolonial conspiracy, as the symbol of a republican nation whose true aspirations had been thwarted by monarchical independence imposed by Pedro I.Less

Resistance and Friction: Challenging and Justifying Wilsonian Praxis

Eric S. Yellin

in Racism in the Nation's Service: Government Workers and the Color Line in Woodrow Wilson's America

This chapter shows how news of federal segregation spread quickly through a well-developed network of black newspapers in the spring and summer of 1913. The Pittsburgh Courier and the Chicago ... More

This chapter shows how news of federal segregation spread quickly through a well-developed network of black newspapers in the spring and summer of 1913. The Pittsburgh Courier and the Chicago Defender sounded alarms all over the country. They joined Calvin Chase's Washington Bee, which had been publishing news of segregation in federal offices since Wilson's inauguration. In the fall, some liberal white editors, especially Rolfe Cobleigh of the Congregationalist and Christian World, picked up the story. The obfuscation that became a hallmark of Wilsonian praxis accomplished its goal of making protests more complicated, but the reports began leaking out almost immediately. Ralph Tyler, a black Republican still serving as auditor for the Navy Department, was one of the first to take the reports seriously and voice his objection to racial segregation in May letters to the Bee and to the president directly.Less

Epilogue

Andra Gillespie

in The New Black Politician: Cory Booker, Newark, and Post-Racial America

This concluding chapter recounts the 2010 inauguration of Booker in comparison with his previous inauguration. As the incumbent, Booker no longer had the luxury of being able to make lofty promises ... More

This concluding chapter recounts the 2010 inauguration of Booker in comparison with his previous inauguration. As the incumbent, Booker no longer had the luxury of being able to make lofty promises and have constituents give him the benefit of the doubt as to whether he could deliver. He had a four-year track record by which people could gauge their expectations and judge his rhetoric. Moreover, he had to acknowledge the burden of Newark's massive budget deficit. He attempted to frame the challenges as nothing new to Newarkers, but he contended that they Newarkers “still have the power to choose our destiny.” At the end of his speech, he urged his residents to be a model of optimism during tough economic times.Less