The Pillars of Priestcraft Shaken
The Pillars of Priestcraft Shaken

Author: J. A. I. Champion

Publisher: CUP Archive

Published: 1992-03-12

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 9780521405362

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First published in 1992, this book examines the intellectual confrontation between priest and Freethinker from 1660 to 1730, and the origins of the early phase of the Enlightenment in England. Through an analysis of the practice of historical writing in the period, Champion maintains that historical argument was a central component for displaying defences of true religion. Taking religion, and specifically defences of the Church of England after 1660, as central to the politics of the period, the first two chapters of the book explore the varieties of clericalist histories, arguing that there were rival emphases upon regnum or sacerdos as the font of true religion. The remainder of the book examines how radical Freethinkers like John Toland or the third Earl of Shaftesbury set about attacking the corrupt priestcraft of established religion, but also importantly promoted a reforming civil theology.

Spiritual Despots
Spiritual Despots

Author: J. Barton Scott

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2016-07-19

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 022636867X

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Spiritual Despots by historian of religion J. Barton Scott zeroes in on the quaint term "priestcraft" to track anticlerical polemics in Britain and South Asia during the colonial period. Scott's aim is to show how anticlerical rhetoric spread through the colonies alongside ideas about modern secular subjectivity. Through close readings of texts in English, Hindi, and Gujarati, he shows in compelling detail how the critique of priestly conspiracy gave rise to a new ideal of the self-disciplining subject and a vision of modern Hinduism that was based on unmediated personal experience and self-regulation rather than priestly tutelary power. Spiritual Despots offers a new perspective on what some scholars have called "Protestant Hinduism," and, more broadly, contributes to the emerging field of "post-secular" studies by shedding light on the colonial genealogy of secular subjectivity.

Gospel Principles
Gospel Principles

Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints

Publisher: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 1465101276

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A Study Guide and a Teacher’s Manual Gospel Principles was written both as a personal study guide and as a teacher’s manual. As you study it, seeking the Spirit of the Lord, you can grow in your understanding and testimony of God the Father, Jesus Christand His Atonement, and the Restoration of the gospel. You can find answers to life’s questions, gain an assurance of your purpose and self-worth, and face personal and family challenges with faith.

Ask Gramps
Ask Gramps

Author: H. Clay Gorton

Publisher:

Published: 2002-05

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 9780970800862

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Questions run the breadth of the Mormon experience, including doctrinal questions as well as questions about the LDS lifestyle.

Thirty Years in Hell
Thirty Years in Hell

Author: Bernard Fresenborg

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2020-07-29

Total Pages: 134

ISBN-13: 3752365250

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Reproduction of the original: Thirty Years in Hell by Bernard Fresenborg

A People Adrift
A People Adrift

Author: Peter Steinfels

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2004-09

Total Pages: 454

ISBN-13: 9780743261449

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In this national bestseller, the most influential layman in the United States reports that the Roman Catholic Church in America must either profoundly reform or lapse into permanent irrelevance.