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Laterality: a sideways look at ritual

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Volume 29, Issue 4, Page 727-744, December 2023., 2023
Abstract Much study of ritual has focused on demarcated spaces and times of performance, and the often spectacular features of such collective behaviour provide rich resources for analysis of formal, symbolically dense action. This article shifts attention to dimensions of ritual events that entail zones of ambiguous, diffuse, or limited engagement ...
Simon Coleman
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Thomas Aquinas, Saint for Our Times?

New Blackfriars, Volume 104, Issue 1114, Page 765-779, November 2023., 2023
Abstract Why celebrate Thomas Aquinas? Three eras that celebrated Aquinas in unique ways—the Fourteenth century that canonized him, the Sixteenth century that declared him a doctor of the Church, and the nineteenth century that made him patron of the schools—all struggled with the corrosive effects of nominalism and voluntarism on Western culture. With
Michael S. Sherwin
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Performing national identities in everyday life: Popular motivations and national indifference in 19th‐century Amsterdam

Nations and Nationalism, Volume 29, Issue 3, Page 837-853, July 2023., 2023
Abstract This article demonstrates how and when the nation—whether in the shape of concrete national symbols or as an abstract frame of reference—became relevant to ordinary people. It focuses on the experiences and activities of Amsterdam citizens in the second half of the 19th century.
Anne Petterson
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The Missing Dative Alternation in Romance: Explaining Stability and Change in the Argument Structure of Latin Ditransitives

Transactions of the Philological Society, Volume 121, Issue 1, Page 33-64, March 2023., 2023
Abstract This study explores the correlation between synchronic constructional variation shown by ditransitive verbs in Late Latin and (possible) diachronic developments, investigating the reasons why such developments did or did not occur throughout the history of this language.
Chiara Fedriani, Maria Napoli
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Herbert McCabe on the Eucharist: Entering a New World

New Blackfriars, Volume 103, Issue 1104, Page 278-293, March 2022., 2022
Abstract In this discussion, I aim to offer a sympathetic reading of some central themes in Herbert McCabe's 1969 paper ‘Transubstantiation and the Real Presence’. I begin by setting out McCabe's core claims, before introducing an analytical framework that is intended to throw further light on their import and importance.
Mark Wynn
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Must We Love Non‐Human Animals?

New Blackfriars, Volume 102, Issue 1099, Page 322-338, May 2021., 2021
Abstract Drawing especially on Aquinas and Pope Francis, the paper argues that Christians are indeed called to love non‐human animals. Human love (amor) for non‐human animals follows from the Trinitarian example of divine love (amor), and includes affection, dilection, benevolence, and thus charity as friendship.
John Berkman
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RECONSIDERING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VITORIA AND GROTIUS’S CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE INTERNATIONAL LAW AND NATURAL LAW TRADITIONS

Journal of Religious Ethics, Volume 49, Issue 1, Page 159-187, March 2021., 2021
Abstract In light of recent reevaluations of the work of Hugo Grotius, this essay analyzes the respective roles of Francisco de Vitoria and Grotius in the construction of the “Grotian tradition” of international law and human rights. In contrast to conventional accounts which understand the two within a progression, this essay argues that Vitoria and ...
John E. Carter
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Beyond Laelius. The Orthopraxy of Friendship in the Late Republic

Ciceroniana On Line, 2017
Key Words: Cicero; friendship; late republic; aristocracy; social history; cultural history; letters; social practices.   Abstract: While amicitia in both Cicero s philosophical works and the Letters has been the subject of intense scholarly interest, it
Christian Rollinger
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Pompey And Theophanes Of Mytilene [PDF]

, 1985
Classic
Gold, Barbara K.
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Amicus in Spiritu Christi – Cicerono Lelijaus recepcija XII a. vienuolijoje: Aelredas iš Rievaulx

Literatūra (Vilnius), 2010
Straipsnyje aptariama įdomi Cicerono traktato Laelius de amicitia recepcija XII amžiaus cistersų vienuolyno vienuolio Aelredo iš Rievaulx kūrinyje. Dėmesį pa­traukia pirmiausia pats faktas, kad svarstyti draugystės kategoriją ir nustatyti jos apibrėžimą ...
Kerstin Julius
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