The End of Dialogue in Antiquity
The End of Dialogue in Antiquity

Author: Simon Goldhill

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 277

ISBN-13: 0521887747

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This book is a general and systematic study of the genre of dialogue in antiquity, investigating why dialogue matters.

Deification in the Latin Patristic Tradition
Deification in the Latin Patristic Tradition

Author: Jared Ortiz

Publisher: Catholic University of America Press

Published: 2019-01-09

Total Pages: 329

ISBN-13: 0813231426

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It has become a commonplace to say that the Latin Fathers did not really hold a doctrine of deification. Indeed, it is often asserted that Western theologians have neglected this teaching, that their occasional references to it are borrowed from the Greeks, and that the Latins have generally reduced the rich biblical and Greek Patristic understanding of salvation to a narrow view of redemption. The essays in this volume challenge this common interpretation by exploring, often for the first time, the role this doctrine plays in a range of Latin Patristic authors.

Saint Columban
Saint Columban

Author: Terrence G. Kardong

Publisher: Liturgical Press

Published: 2018-02-27

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 0879071702

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Saint Columban: His Life, Rule, and Legacy contains a new English translation of a commentary on the entire Rule of Columban. Columban was a sixth-century Irish monk who compiled a written rule of life for the three monasteries he founded in France: Anegray, Luxeuil, and Fontaines. This volume also includes the first English translation of the Regula cuiusdam Patris ad Virgines, or the Rule of Walbert, compiled by the seventh-century Count Walbert from various earlier rules designed for women, including those of Columban, Benedict, Cassian, and Basil. This book begins with an extensive introduction to the history of Columban and his monks, as well as various indices and notes, which will be of interest to students and enthusiasts of monastic studies.

Hell and its Afterlife
Hell and its Afterlife

Author: Margaret Toscano

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-04-22

Total Pages: 283

ISBN-13: 1317122712

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The notion of an infernal place of punishment for 'undesired' elements in human culture and human nature has a long history both as religious idea and as cultural metaphor. This book brings together a wide array of scholars who examine hell as an idea within the Christian tradition and its 'afterlife' in historical and contemporary imagination. Leading scholars grapple with the construction and meaning of hell in the past and investigate its modern utility as a means to describe what is perceived as horrific or undesirable in modern culture. While the idea of an infernal region of punishment was largely developed in the context of early Jewish and Christian religious culture, it remains a central belief for some Christians in the modern world. Hell's reception (its 'afterlife') in the modern world has extended hell's meaning beyond the religious realm; hell has become a pervasive image and metaphor in political rhetoric, in popular culture, and in the media. Bringing together scholars from a variety of fields to contribute to a wider understanding of this fascinating and important cultural idea, this book will appeal to readers from historical, religious, literary and cultural perspectives.