The Context of Casuistry
Author: James F. Keenan
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Published: 1995-09-01
Total Pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9781589014336
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Author: James F. Keenan
Publisher: Georgetown University Press
Published: 1995-09-01
Total Pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9781589014336
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: A. Zurcher
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2007-05-28
Total Pages: 231
ISBN-13: 0230605133
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOverturning the common characterization of Seventeenth Century English prose romance as an exhausted, imitative genre with little bearing on the evolution of the novel, this book argues that early modern romance was a central forum for exploring the newly pressing moral-philosophical and political problem of self-interest.
Author: Gerardus Antonius Maria Janssens
Publisher: Rodopi
Published: 1984
Total Pages: 290
ISBN-13: 9789062037360
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Seth D. Osborne
Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Published: 2021-12-06
Total Pages: 418
ISBN-13: 3647560464
DOWNLOAD EBOOKRichard Baxter (1615–1691) was arguably the greatest English Puritan of the seventeenth century. He is well known for his ministerial manual "The Reformed Pastor", in which he expressed the unusual conviction that parish ministers were better off unmarried. And yet, Baxter seemed to contradict himself by marrying one of his parishioners, Margaret Charlton. Though Baxter claimed to be happily married, he continued to champion celibacy for the rest of his life. This book explores Baxter's argument for clerical celibacy by placing it in the context of his life and the turbulent events of seventeenth-century England. His viewpoint was shaped by several factors, including the Puritan literature he read, the context of his parish ministry, his burdensome model of soul care, and the formative life experiences shaping his theology and perspective. These factors not only explain why Baxter became the only Puritan to champion clerical celibacy but also why he continued to do so even after marrying.
Author: Meg Lota Brown
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2021-11-22
Total Pages: 172
ISBN-13: 9004476830
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDonne and the Politics of Conscience in Early Modern England examines the responses of John Donne and his contemporaries to post-Reformation debate about authority and interpretation. It argues that the legal and epistemological principles, as well as the narrative practices, of casuistry provided an important resource for those caught in the welter of conflicting laws and religions. The first two chapters explore the political, historical, and theological contexts of casuistry, locating Donne in debates about the limits of reason and the relativity of law and ethics. Chapter three addresses Donne's concern with problems of moral decision and action, of knowledge and definition, in five of his prose works. Chapter four examines ways in which his verse assimilates and wittily subverts casuists' responses to epistemological and linguistic uncertainty. The study is particularly useful for literary critics, intellectual historians, and theologians.
Author: Dennis R. Klinck
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2016-05-23
Total Pages: 380
ISBN-13: 1317161947
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJudicial equity developed in England during the medieval period, providing an alternative access to justice for cases that the rigid structures of the common law could not accommodate. Where the common law was constrained by precedent and strict procedural and substantive rules, equity relied on principles of natural justice - or 'conscience' - to decide cases and right wrongs. Overseen by the Lord Chancellor, equity became one of the twin pillars of the English legal system with the Court of Chancery playing an ever greater role in the legal life of the nation. Yet, whilst the Chancery was commonly - and still sometimes is - referred to as a 'court of conscience', there is remarkably little consensus about what this actually means, or indeed whose conscience is under discussion. This study tackles the difficult subject of the place of conscience in the development of English equity during a crucial period of legal history. Addressing the notion of conscience as a juristic principle in the Court of Chancery during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, the book explores how the concept was understood and how it figured in legal judgment. Drawing upon both legal and broader cultural materials, it explains how that understanding differed from modern notions and how it might have been more consistent with criteria we commonly associate with objective legal judgement than the modern, more 'subjective', concept of conscience. The study culminates with an examination of the chancellorship of Lord Nottingham (1673-82), who, because of his efforts to transform equity from a jurisdiction associated with discretion into one based on rules, is conventionally regarded as the father of modern, 'systematic' equity. From a broader perspective, this study can be seen as a contribution to the enduring discussion of the relationship between 'formal' accounts of law, which see it as systems of rules, and less formal accounts, which try to make room for intuitive moral or prudential reasoning.
Author: Kenneth G Appold
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2023-09-30
Total Pages: 921
ISBN-13: 1009302973
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume studies Reformation-Era theology by comparing how various denominations formulated and treated topics, thus encouraging ecumenical dialogue. It will remain the definitive place for teachers and students of theology to begin any further study into the origins and formulation of their denomination's teachings during this period.
Author: Harold John Cook
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2007-01-01
Total Pages: 576
ISBN-13: 0300134924
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this provocative book, Richard Sennett looks at the ways today's global, ever-mutable form of capitalism is affecting our lives. He analyzes how changes in work ethic, in our attitudes toward merit and talent, and in public and private institutions have all contributed to what he terms 'the spectre of uselessness', and he concludes with suggestions to counter this disturbing new culture.
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Publisher: CUP Archive
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Peter H. Sedgwick
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2018-11-05
Total Pages: 437
ISBN-13: 9004384928
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn The Origins of Anglican Moral Theology Peter H. Sedgwick shows how Anglican moral theology has a distinctive ethos, drawing on Scripture, Augustine, the medieval theologians (Abelard, Aquinas and Scotus), and the great theologians of the Reformation, such as Luther and Calvin. A series of studies of Tyndale, Perkins, Hooker, Sanderson and Taylor shows the flourishing of this discipline from 1530 to 1670. Anglican moral theology has a coherence which enables it to engage in dialogue with other Christian theological traditions and to present a deeply pastoral but intellectually rigorous theological position. This book is unique because the origins of Anglican moral theology have never been studied in depth before.