Heresy, Culture, and Religion in Early Modern Italy

Heresy, Culture, and Religion in Early Modern Italy
Author: Ronald K. Delph
Publisher: Penn State Press
Total Pages: 280
Release: 2006-08-25
Genre: History
ISBN: 0271090790

Leading scholars from Italy and the United States offer a fresh and nuanced image of the religious reform movements on the Italian peninsula in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. United in their conviction that religious ideas can only be fully understood in relation to the particular social, cultural, and political contexts in which they develop, these scholars explore a wide range of protagonists from popes, bishops, and inquisitors to humanists and merchants, to artists, jewelers, and nuns. What emerges is a story of negotiations, mediations, compromises, and of shifting boundaries between heresy and orthodoxy. This book is essential reading for all students of the history of Christianity in early modern Europe.

NVMEN, the Academic Study of Religion, and the IAHR

NVMEN, the Academic Study of Religion, and the IAHR
Author: Tim Jensen
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 428
Release: 2015-11-24
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004308466

Nvmen publishes papers representing the most recent scholarship in all areas of the history of religions ranging from antiquity to contemporary history. It covers a diversity of geographical regions and religions of the past as well as of the present. The approach of the journal to the study of religion is strictly non-confessional. While the emphasis lies on empirical, source-based research, typical contributions also address issues that have a wider historical or comparative significance for the advancement of the discipline. Numen also publishes papers that discuss important theoretical innovations in the study of religion and reflective studies on the history of the discipline. Brill is proud to present this special volume of articles compiled to celebrate the occasion of the 60th anniversary of NVMEN: International Review for the History of Religions in 2014. The articles in this volume have been selected under the auspices of the International Association for the History of Religions (IAHR), and reflect critically on the past, present, and future of NVMEN, the IAHR and the study of the History of Religions.

The Study of Religion Under the Impact of Fascism

The Study of Religion Under the Impact of Fascism
Author: Horst Junginger
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 682
Release: 2008
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004163263

Addressing the European study of religion in the interwar-period, these proceedings tackle one of the most problematic epochs of its history. The commonplace that understanding the present requires learning from the past is particularly true, as this case well illustrates.

Cities of God

Cities of God
Author: Augustine Thompson
Publisher: Penn State Press
Total Pages: 524
Release: 2010-11-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780271046273

When religion is considered, the subjects are usually saints, heretics, theologians, and religious leaders, thereby ignoring the vast majority of those who lived in the communes. Drawing on many ecclesiastical and secular sources, this book aims to give a voice to the majority - orthodox lay people and those who ministered to them.

Religious Studies

Religious Studies
Author: Gregory D. Alles
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 450
Release: 2010-03-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1134152701

Drawing on recent developments in the comparative study of religion, this book explores the trends of the past sixty years from a global perspective. Each of the ten chapters covers the study of religion in a different region of the world, from Europe and the Americas to Asia and the Far East. Topics covered include: local background to the study of religions formation of religious studies in the region important thinkers and writings institutions interregional diversity and interregional connections emerging issues. This book is a major contribution to the field of religious studies and a valuable reference for scholars, researchers and graduate students.