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Record Nr.

UNINA9910962324703321

Autore

Badini Confalonieri Luca

Titolo

Democracy in the Christian Church : an historical, theological and political case / / Luca Badini Confalonieri

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : T&T Clark, c2012

ISBN

9786613607744

9780567483683

0567483681

9781280577994

1280577991

9780567472649

0567472647

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (305 pages)

Collana

T & T Clark theology

Ecclesiological investications ; ; v. 16

Disciplina

262

270

Soggetti

Democracy - Religious aspects - Christianity

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

Half title; Series page; Title page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction; 1.1 The Problem of Church Democratization; 1.2 Argument and Findings of This Work; Chapter 2 Ecclesiology and Political Philosophy: Historical Survey; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The First Millennium; 2.3 From the Twelfth to the Fifteenth Century; 2.3.1 The Problem of Authority in the Church; 2.4 From the Reformation to Vatican II; 2.5 The Relationship between Ecclesiology and Political Philosophy in the Justifi cation of Monarchy; 2.6 Conclusion

Chapter 3 Divinely Willed Structures?3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Is the External Form of Any Ecclesial Structure Permanent,Immutable and Necessary?; 3.3 Ius Divinum : From an Explicit Scriptural Institution toa Post-apostolic, Spirit-led Development; 3.4 Ius Divinum : From Being Predicated of the External Institutional Embodiment of Church Structures to Being Predicated of Their Function of επ̓ισκοπη;́ 3.5 Is the



Function of επ̓ισκοπη ́Necessary for theExistence of the Church?; 3.6 Conclusion; Chapter 4 Theological Reductionism andthe Mystification of the Church; 4.1 Introduction

4.2 The Post-Vatican II Revival of the Symbiosis between Ecclesiology and Political Philosophy4.3 The Theological Basis of that Symbiosis in the Principle that' Gratia non destruit sed supponit et perfi cit natura; 4.4 The Historical Rejection of the Continuity between Nature and Grace in the Case of the Church; 4.5 Post-Vatican II Mystifi cation of the Church; 4.6 Examples of Mystifi cation of the Church; 4.7 Elements of the Continuity between the Christian and the Human Polity; 4.8 Conclusion; Chapter 5 Central Insights and Categories of Democratic Political Philosophy; 5.1 Introduction

5.2 Belief, Common Meaning and Community5.2.1 The Intentional Structure at the Origin of Belief; 5.2.2 Community, Cooperation and Powe; 5.3 Delegation and Authority; 5.4 Subsidiarity; 5.5 Authority and Offi ce; 5.6 Expert Authority and the Risk of Guardianship; 5.7 Historical Development Away from the Traditional Understanding of Authority as Necessarily Unique, Supreme and Omnicompetent; 5.8 The Criticism to the Classical Conception of Authority as One, Indivisible, Supreme and Omnicompetent; 5.9 The Relationship between Specialized Authorities in Society and the Political Authority

5.10 Unanimity and Majority5.11 The Danger of the Dictatorship of the Majority, or How to Safeguard the Minority's Freedom of Conscience?; 5.12 Majority and Relativism; 5.13 Legitimation and Legitimacy of Authority; 5.14 Conclusion; Chapter 6 A Democratic Ecclesiology; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Human Consent and Divine Institution: The Nature of Ecclesial Authority; 6.3 The Selection of Church Offi cials; 6.4 Centralization of Competences in the Roman Catholic Church; 6.5 The Relationship between επ̓ισκοπη ́and Specialized Ministries/ Authorities in the Christian Community

6.6 The Pauline Endorsement of the Ecclesial Division of Labour and His Rejection of Mono-ministry

Sommario/riassunto

Are church structures divinely-willed, and consequently both permanent and irreversible? Can Christians modify the polity of their church like they do with that of civil society? What would be the role of the office of oversight in a Christian church democratically organized? What would its relationship with specialized authorities within the community be?Building on a remarkable number of specialist studies in exegesis, church history, political philosophy, canon law, and ecclesiology, this book convincingly fulfils three goals. First, it encourages Christians to determine the political outlo



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910968892503321

Autore

Walter G. H (Gimme Hugh), <1954, >

Titolo

Autecology : organisms, interactions and environmental dynamics / / Gimme H. Walter, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane QLD, Australia, Rob Hengeveld, Faculteit der Aard- en Levenswetenschappen, Vrije Universit

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton, FL : , : CRC Press, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

0-429-07638-X

1-4822-1415-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (442 p.)

Classificazione

NAT010000SCI027000

Disciplina

577.01

Soggetti

Ecology - Philosophy

Biotic communities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

chapter 1. Introduction : an outline and justification for autecology -- chapter 2. Two alternative approaches in ecology -- chapter 3. Basic ecological processes and the autecological generalization -- chapter 4. Spatio-temporal dynamics : climatic variables and the response rates of organisms -- chapter 5. Environmental matching : individuals, species and scales in ecology -- chapter 6. Environmental response systems of organisms : co-determinants of spatio-temporal dynamics -- chapter 7. Quantifying autecology : survival, reproduction and movement -- chapter 8. Research in ecology : patterns and the scientific exploration and reconstruction of ecological processes -- chapter 9. Organisms across space and over time : deterministic structures, stochastic influences, environmental gradients and risk analysis -- chapter 10. Contrasting the ecological paradigms : principles, related sub-disciplines, general laws and prediction.

Sommario/riassunto

This book spells out the theoretical structure, methodology and philosophy of the science of autecology. The autecological approach focuses on the interactions of individual organisms (and their species-specific adaptations) with the spatio-temporal dynamics of their



environment as a basis for interpreting patterns of diversity and abundance in natural systems. This organism-based approach to ecological interpretation provides a strong alternative to more traditional approaches and relates mechanistically to the underlying disciplines of anatomy, physiology, and behavior. The book includes illustrations, specific examples, graphs, maps, and other diagrams--