Between Pagan and Christian / / Christopher P. Jones

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910463926903321
• Autore: Jones Christopher P
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, England ; ; Cambridge, Massachusetts ; : , : Harvard University Press, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 0-674-36952-1; 0-674-36951-3
• Edizione: [Pilot project,eBook available to selected US libraries only]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (224 p.)
• Disciplina: 270.1
• Soggetti: Church history - Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600; Christianity and other religions - Paganism - History - Early church, ca. 30-600; Paganism - Relations - Christianity; Electronic books.
• 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: Front matter -- Contents -- Note on Authors -- Preface -- 1. The Perception of Paganism -- 2. Constantine -- 3. After Constantine: Indifference and Intolerance -- 4. God and Other Divinities -- 5. Idolatry -- 6. Sacrifice, Blood, and Prayer -- 7. Debate -- 8. Conversion -- 9. The West -- 10. The East -- 11. Conclusion: The Persistence of Paganism -- Appendix: Was Macrobius a Christian? -- Timeline -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: For the early Christians, "pagan" referred to a multitude of unbelievers: Greek and Roman devotees of the Olympian gods, and "barbarians" such as Arabs and Germans with their own array of deities. But while these groups were clearly outsiders or idolaters, who and what was pagan depended on the outlook of the observer, as Christopher Jones shows in this fresh and penetrating analysis. Treating paganism as a historical construct rather than a fixed entity, Between Pagan and Christian uncovers the ideas, rituals, and beliefs that Christians and pagans shared in Late Antiquity. While the emperor Constantine's conversion in 312 was a momentous event in the history of Christianity, ; the new religion had been gradually forming in the Roman Empire for centuries, as it moved away from its Jewish origins and adapted to the dominant pagan culture. Early Christians drew on pagan practices and claimed important pagans as their harbingers--asserting that Plato, Virgil, and others had glimpsed Christian truths. At the same time, Greeks and Romans had encountered in Judaism observances and beliefs shared by Christians such as the Sabbath and the idea of a single, creator God. Polytheism was the most obvious feature separating paganism and Christianity, but pagans could be monotheists, and Christians could be accused of polytheism and branded as pagans. In the diverse religious communities of the Roman Empire, as Jones makes clear, concepts of divinity, conversion, sacrifice, and prayer were much more fluid than traditional accounts of early Christianity have led us to believe.

Emperor and ancestor [[electronic resource] ] : state and lineage in South China / / David Faure

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910778255503321
• Autore: Faure David
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, c2007
• ISBN: 0-8047-6793-9; 1-4356-0883-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (480 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): FaureDavid
• Disciplina: 306/.0951
• Soggetti: Kinship - China - Pearl River Delta - History; Ethnicity - China - Pearl River Delta - History; Inheritance and succession - China - Pearl River Delta - History; China History Ming dynasty, 1368-1644; China History Qing dynasty, 1644-1912
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Maps and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- A Note for the Nonspecialist Reader -- Chapter one. Introduction -- ; Historical Geography -- Chapter two. Exotic Guangzhou -- Chapter three. Confucian Incursions -- Chapter four. We and They -- Chapter five. The Land -- From Registered Households to Lineages -- Chapter six. Early Ming Society -- Chapter seven. The Recession of Labor Service -- Chapter eight. The Yao Wars and Ritual Orthodoxy -- Chapter nine. Administrative Transition -- Lineages Gentrified -- Chapter ten. Lineage Building: The Huo Surname of Foshan -- Chapter eleven. Magnates on the Sands -- From Ming to Qing -- Chapter twelve. Gentry Leadership in Local Society -- Chapter thirteen. The End of Empire -- Chapter fourteen. The Proliferation of Lineage Institutions -- Chapter fifteen. The Ordering of Community in Ritual Life -- Chapter sixteen. Incorporation: The Power of an Idea -- Chapter seventeen. A Note on Prosperity -- The Nineteenth-Century Transformation -- Chapter eighteen. The Mulberry Garden Dike -- Chapter nineteen. From Paramilitary to Militia -- Chapter twenty. Local Power in the Taiping Rebellion -- Chapter twenty-one. The Foreign Element in Pearl River Delta Society -- Chapter twenty-two. Contradictions of the Nation-State: The Backwardness of Lineages -- Epilogue -- Chapter twenty-three. Beyond the Pearl River Delta -- Notes -- References -- Glossary -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Faure argues that, in China, ritual provided the social glue which law provided in the West. He traces the special lineage institutions for which south China has been noted and argues that they fostered the mechanisms which enabled south China to be absorbed into the imperial Chinese state - first, by introducing rituals that were acceptable to the state, and second, by providing mechanisms which made group ownership of property feasible and hence possible to pool capital for land-reclamation projects important to the state.

Acridines / / edited by R.M. Acheson

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911019634403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York, : Interscience Publishers, 1973
• ISBN: 9786612301445; 9781282301443; 1282301446; 9780470186596; 0470186593; 9780470188095; 047018809X
• Edizione: [2nd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (896 p.)
• Collana: The Chemistry of heterocyclic compounds ; ; 9
• Altri autori (Persone): AchesonR. M (Richard Morrin)
• Disciplina: 547.593; 547/.59/05; 547/.593
• Soggetti: Acridine; Heterocyclic compounds
• 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 indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: ACRIDINES; Contents; Nomenclature and Numbering System; I. Acridines; II. Aminoacridines; III. 9-Acridanones; IV. The Acridine Alkaloids; V. Acridinium Salts and Reduced Acridines; VI. Biacridines; VII. Benzacridines and Condensed Acridines; VIII. Acridine Dyes; IX. Chemiluminescent Reactions of Acridines; X. Ultraviolet and Visible Absorption Spectra; XI. The Infrared Spectra of Acridines; XII. The Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectra of Acridines; XIII. The Mass Spectra of Acridines; XIV. The Interaction of Acridines with Nucleic Acids; XV. Acridines and Enzymes; XVI. The Antibacterial Action of AcridinesXVII. Carcinogenic and Anticarcinogenic Properties of Acridines; XVIII. Acridine Antimalarials; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The Chemistry of Heterocyclic Compounds, since its inception, has been recognized as a cornerstone of heterocyclic chemistry. Each ; volume attempts to discuss all aspects - properties, synthesis, reactions, physiological and industrial significance - of a specific ring system. To keep the series up-to-date, supplementary volumes covering the recent literature on each individual ring system have been published. Many ring systems (such as pyridines and oxazoles) are treated in distinct books, each consisting of separate volumes or parts dealing with different individual topics. With all authors are recognized authorities, the Chemistry of Heterocyclic Chemistry is considered worldwide as the indispensable resource for organic, bioorganic, and medicinal chemists.