Enchanted Europe [[electronic resource] ] : superstition, reason, and religion, 1250-1750 / / Euan Cameron |
Autore | Cameron Euan |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, England ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (486 p.) |
Disciplina | 398.2094 |
Soggetto topico |
Superstition - Europe - History
Occultism - Europe - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
0-19-155526-6
1-282-50194-1 9786612501944 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Introduction; PART I. DISCERNING AND CONTROLLING INVISIBLE FORCES: THE IMAGE OF 'SUPERSTITION' IN THE LITERATURE; 1. The Problems of Pre-modern Life; 2. A Densely Populated Universe; 3. Helpful Performances: The Uses of Ritual; 4. Insight and Foresight: Techniques of Divination; PART II. THE LEARNED RESPONSE TO SUPERSTITIONS IN THE MIDDLE AGES: ANGELS AND DEMONS; 5. The Patristic and Early Medieval Heritage; 6. Scholastic Demonology in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries; 7. The Demonological Reading of Superstitions in the Late Middle Ages: Areas of Consensus
8. The Demonological Reading of Superstitions in the Late Middle Ages: Areas of Difference and Disagreement9. The Pastoral Use of the Scholastic Critique of Superstitions; PART III. SUPERSTITIONS IN CONTROVERSY: RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATIONS; 10. Some Renaissance Christian Humanists and 'Superstition'; 11. Magic, the Fallen World, and Fallen Humanity: Martin Luther on the Devil and Superstitions; 12. Prodigies, Providences, and Possession: The Sixteenth-Century Protestant Context; 13. The Protestant Critique of Consecrations: Catholicism as Superstition 14. The Reformed Doctrine of Providence and the Transformation of the Devil15. Reformed Catholicism: Purifying Sources, Defending Traditions; PART IV. THE COSMOS CHANGES SHAPE: SUPERSTITION IS REDEFINED; 16. Demonology Becomes an Open Subject in the Seventeenth Century; 17. Defending the 'Invisible World': The Campaign against 'Saducism'; 18. Towards the Enlightenment; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910465562403321 |
Cameron Euan | ||
Oxford, England ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Enchanted Europe : superstition, reason, and religion, 1250-1750 / / Euan Cameron |
Autore | Cameron Euan |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 473 pages) |
Disciplina | 398.2094 |
Soggetto topico |
Superstition - Europe - History
Occultism - Europe - History |
ISBN |
0-19-155526-6
1-282-50194-1 9786612501944 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Introduction; PART I. DISCERNING AND CONTROLLING INVISIBLE FORCES: THE IMAGE OF 'SUPERSTITION' IN THE LITERATURE; 1. The Problems of Pre-modern Life; 2. A Densely Populated Universe; 3. Helpful Performances: The Uses of Ritual; 4. Insight and Foresight: Techniques of Divination; PART II. THE LEARNED RESPONSE TO SUPERSTITIONS IN THE MIDDLE AGES: ANGELS AND DEMONS; 5. The Patristic and Early Medieval Heritage; 6. Scholastic Demonology in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries; 7. The Demonological Reading of Superstitions in the Late Middle Ages: Areas of Consensus
8. The Demonological Reading of Superstitions in the Late Middle Ages: Areas of Difference and Disagreement; 9. The Pastoral Use of the Scholastic Critique of Superstitions; PART III. SUPERSTITIONS IN CONTROVERSY: RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATIONS; 10. Some Renaissance Christian Humanists and 'Superstition'; 11. Magic, the Fallen World, and Fallen Humanity: Martin Luther on the Devil and Superstitions; 12. Prodigies, Providences, and Possession: The Sixteenth-Century Protestant Context; 13. The Protestant Critique of Consecrations: Catholicism as Superstition 14. The Reformed Doctrine of Providence and the Transformation of the Devil; 15. Reformed Catholicism: Purifying Sources, Defending Traditions; PART IV. THE COSMOS CHANGES SHAPE: SUPERSTITION IS REDEFINED; 16. Demonology Becomes an Open Subject in the Seventeenth Century; 17. Defending the 'Invisible World': The Campaign against 'Saducism'; 18. Towards the Enlightenment; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792255303321 |
Cameron Euan | ||
Oxford ; ; New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Enchanted Europe : superstition, reason, and religion, 1250-1750 / / Euan Cameron |
Autore | Cameron Euan |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford, England ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xii, 473 pages) |
Disciplina | 398.2094 |
Soggetto topico |
Superstition - Europe - History
Occultism - Europe - History |
ISBN |
0-19-155526-6
1-282-50194-1 9786612501944 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Introduction; PART I. DISCERNING AND CONTROLLING INVISIBLE FORCES: THE IMAGE OF 'SUPERSTITION' IN THE LITERATURE; 1. The Problems of Pre-modern Life; 2. A Densely Populated Universe; 3. Helpful Performances: The Uses of Ritual; 4. Insight and Foresight: Techniques of Divination; PART II. THE LEARNED RESPONSE TO SUPERSTITIONS IN THE MIDDLE AGES: ANGELS AND DEMONS; 5. The Patristic and Early Medieval Heritage; 6. Scholastic Demonology in the Twelfth and Thirteenth Centuries; 7. The Demonological Reading of Superstitions in the Late Middle Ages: Areas of Consensus
8. The Demonological Reading of Superstitions in the Late Middle Ages: Areas of Difference and Disagreement; 9. The Pastoral Use of the Scholastic Critique of Superstitions; PART III. SUPERSTITIONS IN CONTROVERSY: RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATIONS; 10. Some Renaissance Christian Humanists and 'Superstition'; 11. Magic, the Fallen World, and Fallen Humanity: Martin Luther on the Devil and Superstitions; 12. Prodigies, Providences, and Possession: The Sixteenth-Century Protestant Context; 13. The Protestant Critique of Consecrations: Catholicism as Superstition 14. The Reformed Doctrine of Providence and the Transformation of the Devil; 15. Reformed Catholicism: Purifying Sources, Defending Traditions; PART IV. THE COSMOS CHANGES SHAPE: SUPERSTITION IS REDEFINED; 16. Demonology Becomes an Open Subject in the Seventeenth Century; 17. Defending the 'Invisible World': The Campaign against 'Saducism'; 18. Towards the Enlightenment; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910814426903321 |
Cameron Euan | ||
Oxford, England ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Interpreting Christian History [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Cameron Euan |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, : Wiley, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (306 p.) |
Disciplina | 270 |
Soggetto topico |
Church history
History History - Religious aspects - Christianity Church history - Christianity - Religious aspects Religion Philosophy & Religion Christianity |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-280-19753-6
9786610197538 0-470-77416-9 1-4051-4541-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface; Introduction; Diversities of Belief, Practice, and Priorities; History and Diversity; Steering Between Two Extremes; The Compass and Structure of the Book; History and Theory; 1 The Unfolding of Christian History: a Sketch; Christianity: a Jewish Heresy Spreads Across the Eastern Empire; Greek and Latin, East and West; Persecution, Legal Establishment, Empowerment, and Retreat; The Eastern Church, the Spread of Islam, and Expansion Northwards; The Western Church of Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages; Disputes over Control, and the Rise of a Continental Church
The High Medieval SynthesisLater Middle Ages: the Era of Fragmentation; Challenges and Ruptures: Renaissance and Reformation; The Age of Competing Orthodoxies; Challenges to Orthodoxy: Reason, Enlightenment, and Revolution; The Era of Romanticism and its Implications; The Multiple Crises of the Twentieth Century; Reflecting on the Process of Historical Development; 2 Constantly Shifting Emphases in Christian History; Means to Holiness Become Ultimate Goals; Asceticism: Giving Things Up for God; Expecting Miracles; Martyrdom; Sacrament and Sacrifice: the Eucharistic Church The Company of Heaven: the Communion of SaintsPurity of Doctrine and Instruction: the School of Faith; The Christian Community and its Membership; Reflections on Shifting Priorities; 3 Church Historians' Responses to Change and Diversity; The Early Church: Eusebius of Caesarea; Early Medieval Church History: Bede; The High Middle Ages: A Monastic Chronicle; Renaissance Historiography: Rhetoric and Skepticism; The Reformation and the Rise of a Sense of History; The Rise of Reformed Schools of Church History; Confessional Histories in the Age of Orthodoxy Writing Christian History in the Shadow of the EnlightenmentToward ''Modern'' Histories of Christianity; Postmodern and Liberation-oriented Approaches to Christian History; Summary and Conclusions; 4 Some Theologians Reflect on the Historical Problem; The Historical Background to Historical-critical Theology; The Challenge of Ludwig Feuerbach to ''Modernizing'' Theology; German Liberal Protestant Theology of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries; Responses to Liberalism in the Twentieth Century; Thomism, Mysticism, and Neo-liberalism: Some Roman Catholic Responses Cultural Diversity, Liberation, Postliberalism, and PostmodernityDrawing the Threads Together; Conclusion; Notes; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910143252103321 |
Cameron Euan | ||
Hoboken, : Wiley, 2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Interpreting Christian History [[electronic resource]] |
Autore | Cameron Euan |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, : Wiley, 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (306 p.) |
Disciplina | 270 |
Soggetto topico |
Church history
History History - Religious aspects - Christianity Church history - Religious aspects Religion Philosophy & Religion Christianity |
ISBN |
1-280-19753-6
9786610197538 0-470-77416-9 1-4051-4541-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Preface; Introduction; Diversities of Belief, Practice, and Priorities; History and Diversity; Steering Between Two Extremes; The Compass and Structure of the Book; History and Theory; 1 The Unfolding of Christian History: a Sketch; Christianity: a Jewish Heresy Spreads Across the Eastern Empire; Greek and Latin, East and West; Persecution, Legal Establishment, Empowerment, and Retreat; The Eastern Church, the Spread of Islam, and Expansion Northwards; The Western Church of Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages; Disputes over Control, and the Rise of a Continental Church
The High Medieval SynthesisLater Middle Ages: the Era of Fragmentation; Challenges and Ruptures: Renaissance and Reformation; The Age of Competing Orthodoxies; Challenges to Orthodoxy: Reason, Enlightenment, and Revolution; The Era of Romanticism and its Implications; The Multiple Crises of the Twentieth Century; Reflecting on the Process of Historical Development; 2 Constantly Shifting Emphases in Christian History; Means to Holiness Become Ultimate Goals; Asceticism: Giving Things Up for God; Expecting Miracles; Martyrdom; Sacrament and Sacrifice: the Eucharistic Church The Company of Heaven: the Communion of SaintsPurity of Doctrine and Instruction: the School of Faith; The Christian Community and its Membership; Reflections on Shifting Priorities; 3 Church Historians' Responses to Change and Diversity; The Early Church: Eusebius of Caesarea; Early Medieval Church History: Bede; The High Middle Ages: A Monastic Chronicle; Renaissance Historiography: Rhetoric and Skepticism; The Reformation and the Rise of a Sense of History; The Rise of Reformed Schools of Church History; Confessional Histories in the Age of Orthodoxy Writing Christian History in the Shadow of the EnlightenmentToward ''Modern'' Histories of Christianity; Postmodern and Liberation-oriented Approaches to Christian History; Summary and Conclusions; 4 Some Theologians Reflect on the Historical Problem; The Historical Background to Historical-critical Theology; The Challenge of Ludwig Feuerbach to ''Modernizing'' Theology; German Liberal Protestant Theology of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries; Responses to Liberalism in the Twentieth Century; Thomism, Mysticism, and Neo-liberalism: Some Roman Catholic Responses Cultural Diversity, Liberation, Postliberalism, and PostmodernityDrawing the Threads Together; Conclusion; Notes; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910830342103321 |
Cameron Euan | ||
Hoboken, : Wiley, 2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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