Author: Claas Jouco Bleeker
Publisher: Brill Archive
ISBN:
Category : Christianity
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Christ in Modern Athens
Author: Claas Jouco Bleeker
Publisher: Brill Archive
ISBN:
Category : Christianity
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
Publisher: Brill Archive
ISBN:
Category : Christianity
Languages : en
Pages : 174
Book Description
When Athens Met Jerusalem
Author: John Mark Reynolds
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830878866
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
Christian theology shaped and is shaping many places in the world, but it was the Greeks who originally gave a philosophic language to Christianity. John Mark Reynolds's book When Athens Met Jerusalem provides students a well-informed introduction to the intellectual underpinnings (Greek, Roman and Christian) of Western civilization and highlights how certain current intellectual trends are now eroding those very foundations. This work makes a powerful contribution to the ongoing faith versus reason debate, showing that these two dimensions of human knowing are not diametrically opposed, but work together under the direction of revelation.
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830878866
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 267
Book Description
Christian theology shaped and is shaping many places in the world, but it was the Greeks who originally gave a philosophic language to Christianity. John Mark Reynolds's book When Athens Met Jerusalem provides students a well-informed introduction to the intellectual underpinnings (Greek, Roman and Christian) of Western civilization and highlights how certain current intellectual trends are now eroding those very foundations. This work makes a powerful contribution to the ongoing faith versus reason debate, showing that these two dimensions of human knowing are not diametrically opposed, but work together under the direction of revelation.
The Litigious Athenian
Author: Matthew R. Christ
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801858635
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
The democratic revolution that swept Classical Athens transformed the role of law in Athenian society. The legal process and the popular courts took on new and expanded roles in civic life. Although these changes occurred with the consent of the "people" (demos), Athenians were ambivalent about the spread of legal culture. In particular, they were aware that unscrupulous individuals might manipulate the laws and the legal process to serve their own purposes. Indeed, throughout the Classical Period, when Athenians gathered in public and private settings, they regularly discussed, debated, and complained about legal chicanery, or sukophantia. In The Litigious Athenian, Matthew Christ explores what this ancient discussion reveals about how Athenians conceived of and responded to problematic aspects of their collective legal experience. The transfer of significant judicial power from the elite Areopagus Council to the popular courts was a crucial step in the establishment of Athenian democracy, Christ notes, and Athenians took great pride in their legal system. They chose not to make significant changes to their legal institutions even though they could have done so at any time through a majority vote of the Assembly. Determining that the term sykophant was applied rhetorically rather than, as some have believed, to describe a specific subclass, Christ shows how the public debates over legal chicanery helped define the limits of ethical behavior under the law and in public life.
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801858635
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
The democratic revolution that swept Classical Athens transformed the role of law in Athenian society. The legal process and the popular courts took on new and expanded roles in civic life. Although these changes occurred with the consent of the "people" (demos), Athenians were ambivalent about the spread of legal culture. In particular, they were aware that unscrupulous individuals might manipulate the laws and the legal process to serve their own purposes. Indeed, throughout the Classical Period, when Athenians gathered in public and private settings, they regularly discussed, debated, and complained about legal chicanery, or sukophantia. In The Litigious Athenian, Matthew Christ explores what this ancient discussion reveals about how Athenians conceived of and responded to problematic aspects of their collective legal experience. The transfer of significant judicial power from the elite Areopagus Council to the popular courts was a crucial step in the establishment of Athenian democracy, Christ notes, and Athenians took great pride in their legal system. They chose not to make significant changes to their legal institutions even though they could have done so at any time through a majority vote of the Assembly. Determining that the term sykophant was applied rhetorically rather than, as some have believed, to describe a specific subclass, Christ shows how the public debates over legal chicanery helped define the limits of ethical behavior under the law and in public life.
The Limits of Altruism in Democratic Athens
Author: Matthew Robert Christ
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107029775
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
Examines the behavior of Athenians in the classical period, arguing that Athenians felt little pressure as individuals to help fellow citizens.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107029775
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 227
Book Description
Examines the behavior of Athenians in the classical period, arguing that Athenians felt little pressure as individuals to help fellow citizens.
What Has Athens to Do with Jerusalem?
Author: Jaroslav Pelikan
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 9780472108077
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
An important contribution to early Christian studies
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 9780472108077
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
An important contribution to early Christian studies
Our Modern Athens
Author: William Adolphus Clark
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 84
Book Description
Medieval Wisdom for Modern Christians
Author: Chris R. Armstrong
Publisher: Brazos Press
ISBN: 1493401971
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Many Christians today tend to view the story of medieval faith as a cautionary tale. Too often, they dismiss the Middle Ages as a period of corruption and decay in the church. They seem to assume that the church apostatized from true Christianity after it gained cultural influence in the time of Constantine, and the faith was only later recovered by the sixteenth-century Reformers or even the eighteenth-century revivalists. As a result, the riches and wisdom of the medieval period have remained largely inaccessible to modern Protestants. Church historian Chris Armstrong helps readers see beyond modern caricatures of the medieval church to the animating Christian spirit of that age. He believes today's church could learn a number of lessons from medieval faith, such as how the gospel speaks to ordinary, embodied human life in this world. Medieval Wisdom for Modern Christians explores key ideas, figures, and movements from the Middle Ages in conversation with C. S. Lewis and other thinkers, helping contemporary Christians discover authentic faith and renewal in a forgotten age.
Publisher: Brazos Press
ISBN: 1493401971
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Many Christians today tend to view the story of medieval faith as a cautionary tale. Too often, they dismiss the Middle Ages as a period of corruption and decay in the church. They seem to assume that the church apostatized from true Christianity after it gained cultural influence in the time of Constantine, and the faith was only later recovered by the sixteenth-century Reformers or even the eighteenth-century revivalists. As a result, the riches and wisdom of the medieval period have remained largely inaccessible to modern Protestants. Church historian Chris Armstrong helps readers see beyond modern caricatures of the medieval church to the animating Christian spirit of that age. He believes today's church could learn a number of lessons from medieval faith, such as how the gospel speaks to ordinary, embodied human life in this world. Medieval Wisdom for Modern Christians explores key ideas, figures, and movements from the Middle Ages in conversation with C. S. Lewis and other thinkers, helping contemporary Christians discover authentic faith and renewal in a forgotten age.
Classical Rhetoric and Its Christian and Secular Tradition from Ancient to Modern Times
Author: George A. Kennedy
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807861138
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Since its original publication by UNC Press in 1980, this book has provided thousands of students with a concise introduction and guide to the history of the classical tradition in rhetoric, the ancient but ever vital art of persuasion. Now, George Kennedy offers a thoroughly revised and updated edition of Classical Rhetoric and Its Christian and Secular Tradition. From its development in ancient Greece and Rome, through its continuation and adaptation in Europe and America through the Middle Ages and Renaissance, to its enduring significance in the twentieth century, he traces the theory and practice of classical rhetoric through history. At each stage of the way, he demonstrates how new societies modified classical rhetoric to fit their needs. For this edition, Kennedy has updated the text and the bibliography to incorporate new scholarship; added sections relating to women orators and rhetoricians throughout history; and enlarged the discussion of rhetoric in America, Germany, and Spain. He has also included more information about historical and intellectual contexts to assist the reader in understanding the tradition of classical rhetoric.
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807861138
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Since its original publication by UNC Press in 1980, this book has provided thousands of students with a concise introduction and guide to the history of the classical tradition in rhetoric, the ancient but ever vital art of persuasion. Now, George Kennedy offers a thoroughly revised and updated edition of Classical Rhetoric and Its Christian and Secular Tradition. From its development in ancient Greece and Rome, through its continuation and adaptation in Europe and America through the Middle Ages and Renaissance, to its enduring significance in the twentieth century, he traces the theory and practice of classical rhetoric through history. At each stage of the way, he demonstrates how new societies modified classical rhetoric to fit their needs. For this edition, Kennedy has updated the text and the bibliography to incorporate new scholarship; added sections relating to women orators and rhetoricians throughout history; and enlarged the discussion of rhetoric in America, Germany, and Spain. He has also included more information about historical and intellectual contexts to assist the reader in understanding the tradition of classical rhetoric.
The Christian Parthenon
Author: Anthony Kaldellis
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521882281
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
Examines the history of Byzantine Athens, and especially the Parthenon, which became a Christian church and major site of pilgrimage.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521882281
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
Examines the history of Byzantine Athens, and especially the Parthenon, which became a Christian church and major site of pilgrimage.
The Inscriptions of Cos
Author: William Roger Paton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cos (Island)
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Cos (Island)
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description