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Latin American and Caribbean communities and civil societies are undergoing a rapid process of transformation. Instead of pervasive social atomization, political apathy, and hollowed-out democracies, which have become the norm in some parts of the world, this region is witnessing an emerging collaboration between community, civil society, and government that is revitalizing democracy. This book argues that a key explanation lies in the powerful and positive relationship between community and civil society that exists in the region. The ideas of community and civil society tend to be studied separately, as analytically distinct concepts however, this volume seeks to explore their potential to work together. A unique contribution of the work is the space for dialogue it creates between the social sciences and the humanities. Many of the studies included in the volume are based on primary fieldwork and place-based case studies. Others relate literature, music and film to important theoretical works, providing a new direction in interdisciplinary studies, and highlighting the role that the arts play in community revival and broader processes of social change. A truly multi-disciplinary book bridging established notions of civil society and community through an authentically interdisciplinary approach to the topic.
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"In der Mitte des 12. Jahrhunderts entsteht mit der Visio Tnugdali ein Text, der zum mittelalterlichen 'Bestseller' avancieren sollte. Doch ist es nicht allein die schiere Anzahl der Handschriften (mehr als 150 Manuskripte, zahlreiche volkssprachliche Übersetzungen), die eine Beschäftigung mit dieser Jenseitsreise lohnenswert macht. Die Reise des irischen Ritters Tnugdal durch die Jenseitsräume, die der Bruder (frater) Marcus, der wahrscheinlich aus Regensburg stammt und über den sonst nur sehr wenig bekannt ist, erzählt, ist ein eindrucksvolles Zeugnis kollektiver Vorstellungen über die letzten Dinge, die jeden Menschen im Jenseits erwarten. Der Weg durch Feuer und Schwefel hin zu den himmlischen Orten ist dabei Ausdruck der menschlichen Neugier, das Arkane selbst zu erhellen und zeigt in der theologischen Fundierung des Textes gleichwohl, wie eine solch gewagte Wissensvermittlung -- da sie sich letztlich an den Grenzen der Häresie bewegt -- gelingen kann. Mit der vorliegenden Ausgabe liegt dieser intensive Ausdruck mittelalterlicher Glaubensvorstellungen erstmals in einer vollständigen, ausführlich kommentierten deutschen Übersetzung vor, die auf einer Neuedition des lateinischen Textes beruht."--
Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern) --- Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern). --- Future life --- Future life. --- Future punishment --- Future punishment. --- Literature, Medieval. --- Sin --- Sin. --- Visions in literature. --- Visions --- Voyages to the otherworld in literature. --- Voyages to the otherworld --- History and criticism. --- Visio Tnugdali. --- Tundalus
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While prayer is generally understood as "communion with God" modern forms of spirituality prefer "communion" that is non-petitionary and wordless. This preference has unduly influenced modern scholarship on historic methods of prayer particularly concerning Anglo-Saxon spirituality. In Compelling God, Stephanie Clark examines the relationship between prayer, gift giving, the self, and community in Anglo-Saxon England. Clark's analysis of the works of Bede, Ælfric, and Alfred utilizes anthropologic and economic theories of exchange in order to reveal the ritualized, gift-giving relationship with God that Anglo-Saxon prayer espoused. Anglo-Saxon prayer therefore should be considered not merely within the usual context of contemplation, rumination, and meditation but also within the context of gift exchange, offering, and sacrifice. Compelling God allows us to see how practices of prayer were at the centre of social connections through which Anglo-Saxons conceptualized a sense of their own personal and communal identity.
English literature --- Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern) --- Prayer --- History and criticism. --- Christianity --- History. --- Bede, --- Alfred, --- Aelfric, --- Elfrike, --- Älfrik, --- Aelfrik, --- Alfric, --- Alfricus, --- Elfric, --- Aelfricus, --- Aelfred, --- Alfred the Great, --- Baeda Venerabilis, --- Beda, --- Beda Venerabilis, --- Bedanus, --- Venerable Bede,
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Classical Latin literature --- Emperors --- Czars (Emperors) --- Rulers --- Sovereigns --- Tsars --- Tzars --- Kings and rulers --- Biography. --- Rome --- Rim --- Roman Empire --- Roman Republic (510-30 B.C.) --- Romi (Empire) --- Byzantine Empire --- Rome (Italy) --- History --- -Emperors --- Biography --- 870 --- 870.9001 --- Literature Latin --- Literature Latin ( - 500) --- Empereurs --- Early works to 1800 --- Biographie --- Ouvrages avant 1800 --- Latijnse letterkunde --- -Empereurs --- -Classical Latin literature --- -870 --- Emperors - Rome - Biography --- Emperors - Rome - Biography - Early works to 1800
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This newest volume in a long-running work of mapping the sources of Anglo-Saxon literary culture in England from 500 to 1100 CE takes up one of the most important authors of the period, the eighth-century monk-scholar known as the Venerable Bede. Bede is best known as the author of the Historia ecclesiastica gentis Anglorum, which is one of the key sources for our historical and cultural knowledge of the period; this collection covers that and more, drawing on manuscript evidence, medieval library catalogues, Anglo-Latin and Old English versions, citations, quotations, and more, putting Bede and his work in the context of his period.
Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern) --- 2 BEDA VENERABILIS --- 2 BEDA VENERABILIS Godsdienst. Theologie--BEDA VENERABILIS --- Godsdienst. Theologie--BEDA VENERABILIS --- History and criticism --- Bede, --- Baeda Venerabilis, --- Beda, --- Beda Venerabilis, --- Bedanus, --- Venerable Bede, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Civilization, Anglo-Saxon. --- Anglo-Saxons --- Anglo-Saxon civilization --- History and criticism. --- Intellectual life. --- Civilization --- Anglo-Saxon England. --- Bede.
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From Topography to Text: The Image of Jerusalem in the Writings of Eucherius, Adomnán and Bede' uses topographical detail to examine the source material, religious imagination and the image of Jerusalem in three related Latin texts from the fifth, seventh and eighth centuries. The work introduces an original methodology for analyzing the Jerusalem pilgrim texts, defined by their core interest in the commemorative topography of the Christian holy places. By newly identifying the topographical material in Adomnán's description of Jerusalem, the study exposes key distortions in the text, its exclusive intramural focus on the Holy Sepulchre and the eschatological image of New Jerusalem that emerges from its description of contemporary Jerusalem. The study verifies the post-Byzantine provenance of Adomnán's topographical material, namely, the oral report of Arculf, thus redressing scholarly ambivalence regarding Adomnán's contemporary source. The new insights into Adomnán's 'De locis sanctis', including its mental map of Jerusalem, provide a template with which to analyze the text's relationship with the writings of Eucherius and Bede. While Bede's 'De locis sanctis' has commonly been regarded as an epitome of Adomnán's work, when the sequence, structure and images of the texts are compared, Eucherius not Adomnán is, for Bede, the authoritative text. 'From Topography to Text' offers a significant discussion on the Jerusalem pilgrim texts and the Christian topography of the Holy City, while analyzing the image of Jerusalem in the writings of three remote authors who never set foot in the city. -- Back cover A break-out study on Adomnán’s De locis sanctis and the Jerusalem pilgrim texts, From Topography to Text uses new methodological findings on the Christian topography of Jerusalem to examine the source material, religious imagination and mental maps in the related writings of Eucherius, Adomnán and Bede.From Topography to Text: The Image of Jerusalem in the Writings of Eucherius, Adomnán and Bede uses topographical detail to examine the source material, religious imagination and the image of Jerusalem in three related Latin texts from the fifth, seventh and eighth centuries. The work introduces an original methodology for analyzing the Jerusalem pilgrim texts, defined by their core interest in the commemorative topography of the Christian holy places. By newly identifying the topographical material in Adomnán’s description of Jerusalem, the study exposes key distortions in the text, its exclusive intramural focus on the Holy Sepulchre and the eschatological image of New Jerusalem that emerges from its description of contemporary Jerusalem. The study verifies the post-Byzantine provenance of Adomnán’s topographical material, namely, the oral report of Arculf, thus redressing scholarly ambivalence regarding Adomnán’s contemporary source. The new insights into Adomnán’s De locis sanctis, including its mental map of Jerusalem, provide a template with which to analyze the text’s relationship with the writings of Eucherius and Bede. While Bede’s De locis sanctis has commonly been regarded as an epitome of Adomnán’s work, when the sequence, structure and images of the texts are compared, Eucherius not Adomnán is, for Bede, the authoritative text. From Topography to Text offers a significant discussion on the Jerusalem pilgrim texts and the Christian topography of the Holy City, while analyzing the image of Jerusalem in the writings of three remote authors who never set foot in the city
911.375 <569.4> --- 911.375 <09> --- 930.85.42 --- 930.85.42 Cultuurgeschiedenis: Middeleeuwen --- Cultuurgeschiedenis: Middeleeuwen --- 911.375 <569.4> Steden. Studie van stedelijke vestiging. Geografie van steden. Stadsgeografie--Israël --- 911.375 <569.4> Urban settlements (their study and geography). Towns. Cities--Israël --- Steden. Studie van stedelijke vestiging. Geografie van steden. Stadsgeografie--Israël --- Urban settlements (their study and geography). Towns. Cities--Israël --- 911.375 <09> Steden. Studie van stedelijke vestiging. Geografie van steden. Stadsgeografie--Geschiedenis van ... --- 911.375 <09> Urban settlements (their study and geography). Towns. Cities--Geschiedenis van ... --- Steden. Studie van stedelijke vestiging. Geografie van steden. Stadsgeografie--Geschiedenis van ... --- Urban settlements (their study and geography). Towns. Cities--Geschiedenis van ... --- Steden. Studie van stedelijke vestiging. Geografie van steden. Stadsgeografie--Geschiedenis van . --- Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern) --- Eucher de Lyon, --- Adamnan, --- Bède, dit le Vénérable, --- Littérature chrétienne --- --Histoire et critique --- --Jérusalem --- --Récit de voyage --- --History and criticism --- Eucherius, --- Bede, --- Criticism and interpretation --- Jerusalem --- In literature --- History --- Description and travel --- Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern). --- Literature. --- Travel. --- History and criticism. --- Adamnanus, --- Beda, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- To 1500. --- Middle East --- Jerusalem. --- Steden. Studie van stedelijke vestiging. Geografie van steden. Stadsgeografie--Geschiedenis van --- Christian literature, Latin (Medieval and modern) - History and criticism --- Histoire et critique --- Récit de voyage --- Eucherius, - of Lyon, Saint, - -449 - Criticism and interpretation --- Adamnan, - Saint, - 625?-704 - Criticism and interpretation --- Bede, - the Venerable, Saint, - 673-735 - Criticism and interpretation --- Eucher de Lyon, 370-449 --- Adamnan, 625-704 --- Bède, dit le Vénérable, 672-735 --- Jérusalem --- Jerusalem - In literature - History - To 1500 --- Jerusalem - Description and travel - Early works to 1800 --- Eucherius, - of Lyon, Saint, - -449 --- Adamnan, - Saint, - 625?-704 --- Bede, - the Venerable, Saint, - 673-735
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Latijns-Amerika --- Motion pictures --- Motion pictures and literature --- 791.43098 --- Arts Motion pictures South America --- Latijns-Amerika. --- Amérique latine --- Colloques --- Colloquia --- Films --- Films cinématographiques --- Hispano-Amerikaanse letterkunde --- Littérature hispano-américaine --- Spanish American literature --- Cinéma --- Cinéma et littérature --- Littérature hispano-américaine --- Congresses --- History and criticism --- Congrès --- Histoire et critique --- Cinema --- Feature films --- Movies --- Moving-pictures --- Audio-visual materials --- Mass media --- Performing arts --- Literature and motion pictures --- Moving-pictures and literature --- Literature --- Congresses. --- Cinéma. --- Civilisation --- Motion pictures - Latin America - Congresses. --- Motion pictures and literature - Latin America - Congresses. --- Cinéma. --- histoire --- cinéma --- littérature hispanique
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