The Catholic school as a courtyard of the Gentiles [PDF]
, 2014 The setting up of the Courtyard of the Gentiles by Pope Benedict XVI has provided the Catholic Church with an official forum for dialogue with atheists. The intellectual energy surrounding this initiative can be harnessed to focus on how the contemporary
Franchi, Leonardo
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Macedonian Orthodox Church in the Context of Balkan and European Orthodoxy
, 2017 The aim of this paper is to examine the recent history and actual position of the Macedonian Orthodox Church – Archbishopric of Ohrid (MOC-AO), which is still not accepted by the Balkan Orthodox churches.
Gjorgjevski, Gjoko
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Reallocation and secularization: the economic consequences of the Protestant Reformation [PDF]
, 2017 The Protestant Reformation, beginning in 1517, was both a shock to the market for religion and a first-order economic shock. We study its impact on the allocation of resources between the religious and secular sectors in Germany, collecting data on the ...
Cantoni, Davide +2 more
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The German Peasants’ War: The Intersection of Theology and Society [PDF]
, 2014 This paper examines the way that Reformation theology, particularly that espoused by Martin Luther, impacted German society. Sixteenth-century German society was very hierarchical in nature, with the Roman Catholic Church at the top, followed by the ...
Tyree, Zachary
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Chastity, bachelorhood and masculinity in early modern Europe : the case of the Hospitaller Knights of St. John (c. 1520- c. 1650) [PDF]
, 2009 This chapter engages with gender through an analysis of the historiography of chastity, bachelorhood and masculinity in early modern Europe. We begin with an overview of the ideas and practices related to chastity during the Middle Ages and how these ...
Buttigieg, Emanuel
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Reformation and Reallocation: Religious and Secular Economic Activity in Early Modern Germany
, 2016 The Protestant Reformation, beginning in 1517, was a first-order economic shock. We document its effects on the sectoral allocation of economic activity in Germany using highly disaggregated data.
Cantoni, Davide +2 more
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Introduction to the Modern Orthodox Tradition [PDF]
, 2006 In her study of the Orthodox Church in the Byzantine Empire, Joan Hussey begins with a caveat: In the present state of our knowledge a book on the Byzantine Church must necessarily be in the nature of an interim report since much pioneer work remains to
Valliere, Paul
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Christian ideology and the image of a holy land: the place of Jerusalem pilgrimage in the various Christianities [PDF]
, 2013 The great majority of the world's holy cities and sacred shrines attract pilgrims from culturally circumscribed catchment areas, and thus host pilgrims united by strong degrees of cultural homogeneity.
Bowman, Glenn W.
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Chivalry in Shakespeare: How the Great Playwright Reveals the Code of Conduct [PDF]
, 2012 Today’s society understands chivalry in a vastly different context than how chivalry was originally understood in the 14th and 15th centuries. For this reason, it is crucial to turn to literature concerning the time period and people that were expected ...
Goldsmith, Anna
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The Second Vatican Council Fifty Years Later: Achievements and Challenges [PDF]
, 2012 In lieu of an abstract, below is the essay\u27s first paragraph. I would like to begin this lecture with a personal perspective followed by some introductory comments concerning the ongoing “clash of interpretations” surrounding Vatican II and its ...
Colacino, John
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