1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456513703321

Autore

Wiater Nicolas

Titolo

The ideology of classicism [[electronic resource] ] : language, history, and identity in Dionysius of Halicarnassus / / by Nicolas Wiater

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : De Gruyter, 2011

ISBN

1-283-43036-3

9786613430366

3-11-025911-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (408 p.)

Collana

Untersuchungen zur antiken Literatur und Geschichte, , 1862-1112 ; ; Bd. 105

Classificazione

FH 55753

Disciplina

880.9/001

Soggetti

Classicism - Greece - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Ph.D. dissertation, Bonn University, 2008."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- 1. Introduction: The Aims and Methods of This Study -- 2. Reviving the Past: Language and Identity in Dionysius' Classicism -- 3. History and Criticism: The Construction of a Classicist Past -- 4. Knowledge and Elitism: Being a Classicist Critic -- 5. Enacting Distinction: The Interactive Structure of Dionysius' Writings -- 6. Conclusions -- References -- Indices

Sommario/riassunto

So far, the critical writings of Dionysius of Halicarnassus have mainly attracted interest from historians of ancient linguistics. The Ideology of Classicism proposes a novel approach to Dionysius' œuvre as a whole by providing the first systematic study of Greek classicism from the perspective of cultural identity. Drawing on cultural anthropology and Social Identity Theory, Wiater explores the world-view bound up with classicist criticism. Only from within this ideological framework can we understand why Greek and Roman intellectuals in Augustan Rome strove to speak and write like Demosthenes, Lysias, and Isocrates. Topics addressed by this study include Dionysius' view of the classical past; mimesis and the aesthetics of reading; language and identity; Dionysius' view of the Romans, their power and the role of Greek culture within it; Greek classicism and the contemporary controversy about Roman identity among Roman intellectuals; the self-image as



Greek intellectuals in the Roman empire of Dionysius and his addressees; the dialogic design of Dionysius' essays and how it implements a sense of elitism and distinction; Dionysius' attitudes towards communities competing with him for leadership in rhetorical education and criticism, such as the Peripatetics and Stoics.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910778941803321

Autore

Pitt Richard N

Titolo

Divine callings [[electronic resource] ] : understanding the call to ministry in Black Pentecostalism / / Richard N. Pitt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : New York University Press, c2012

ISBN

0-8147-6825-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (278 p.)

Disciplina

262/.14973

Soggetti

African American clergy

Vocation, Ecclesiastical

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Becoming the called -- pt. 3. Being the called -- pt. 4. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

One of the unique aspects of the religious profession is the high percentage of those who claim to be “called by God” to do their work. This call is particularly important within African American Christian traditions. Divine Callings offers a rare sociological examination of this markedly understudied phenomenon within black ministry. Richard N. Pitt draws on over 100 in-depth interviews with Black Pentecostal ministers in the Church of God in Christ—both those ordained and licensed and those aspiring—to examine how these men and women experience and pursue “the call.” Viewing divine calling as much as a social process as it is a spiritual one, Pitt delves into the personal stories of these individuals to explore their work as active agents in the process of fulfilling their calling. In some cases, those called cannot find pastoral work due to gender discrimination, lack of clergy positions, and educational deficiencies. Pitt looks specifically at how



those who have not obtained clergy positions understand their call, exploring the influences of psychological experience, the congregational acceptance of their call, and their response to the training process. He emphasizes how those called reconceptualize clericalism in terms of who can be called, how that call has to be certified, and what those called are meant to do, offering insight into how social actors adjust to structural constraints.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9910694460703321

Titolo

Port state control report

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : U.S. Dept. of Transportation, U.S. Coast Guard

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Disciplina

387

Soggetti

Ships - Inspection - United States

Shipping - Security measures - United States

Shipping - United States - Safety measures

Harbors - Security measures - United States

Harbors - United States - Safety measures

Harbors - Safety measures

Harbors - Security measures

Shipping - Safety measures

Shipping - Security measures

Ships - Inspection

Periodicals.

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Periodico