Once Henry VIII declared the Church of England free of papal control in the sixteenth century and the process of Reformation began, the Church of England rapidly developed a distinctive style of ministry that reflected the values and practices of the English people. In Ministry in the Anglican Tradition from Henry VIII to 1900, John L. Kater ......
In this book, John L. Kater traces the process by which Anglican ministry evolved over time from the Reformation in dialogue with social and political changes and the ways in which Anglicans in multiple contexts have contributed to the emergence of a globally diverse and unique way of practicing the Church's ministry.
May God Avenge Their Blood consists of three memoirs by the Yiddish writer Rachmil Bryks translated for the first time into English. With narrative flair and vivid detail, Bryks brilliantly captures interwar Jewish life in his hometown of Skarzysko-Kamienna, Poland, the early days of World War II, and his imprisonment in Auschwitz and other camps.
This study examines the work of Matthew Spinka and Howard Kaminsky on medieval Hussites. The author analyzes their numerous contributions to our understandings of religious and social movements in late medieval Europe.
How the Gospel Portrays and Negotiates Imperial Power
This book addresses the ways in which the Gospel of Matthew portrays and negotiates Roman military power. John E. Christianson argues that Matthew, writing in the years following the Jewish War, offers strategies such as avoidance, accommodation, non-violent resistance, mimicry, and dreams of divine retribution and eschatological fulfillment to ......
How the Gospel Portrays and Negotiates Imperial Power
This book addresses the ways that the Gospel of Matthew portrays Roman military power. Christianson argues that Matthew seeks to help his audience negotiate imperial military control through strategies of avoidance, accommodation, non-violent resistance, mimicry, and dreams of divine retribution and eschatological fulfillment.
By critically comparing Mary Magdalene's and La Malinche's histories of interpretation, Jennifer Vija Pietz challenges these women's popular images and reevaluates the use of past lives to address current concerns. She also posits strategies for developing historically plausible and ethically responsible interpretations of past people.
Fred Klawiter argues that in Ignatius' eucharist, a wine libation symbolized the pouring out of Jesus' blood in his sacrificial death. By drinking from the libation cup in the eucharist/agape meal, Christians sought unity of agape with one another and the crucified, risen Jesus-while anticipating the possibility of martyrdom.
After showing that sacramental realism exists in neither Ignatius nor in John 6:51b-58, Frederick G. Klawiter argues that Ignatius' eucharist contained a sacrificial wine libation (poured into a dish on the altar), symbolizing the pouring out of Jesus' blood in his sacrificial death. Then, by drinking from the libation cup in the eucharist/agape ......