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"Interprets Leo Strauss's political philosphy from a conservative standpoint and argues that Strauss was a Cold War liberal. Suggests inattention to Christianity is crucial to the Straussian portrayal of Anglo-American democracy as a universal regime whose eternal ideals of liberty and constitutional governmnent accord with the teachings of Plato and Aristotle, rather than the Gospels"--

Political science --- Conservatism --- Philosophy. --- History. --- Strauss, Leo. --- Christian politics, Straussianism, Greek tradition of statecraft, Christian morality, constitutional government.

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Essays examining how punishment operated in England, from c.600 to the Norman Conquest. Anglo-Saxon authorities often punished lawbreakers with harsh corporal penalties, such as execution, mutilation and imprisonment. Despite their severity, however, these penalties were not arbitrary exercises of power. Rather, theywere informed by nuanced philosophies of punishment which sought to resolve conflict, keep the peace and enforce Christian morality. The ten essays in this volume engage legal, literary, historical, and archaeological evidence to investigate the role of punishment in Anglo-Saxon society. Three dominant themes emerge in the collection. First is the shift from a culture of retributive feud to a system of top-down punishment, in which penalties were imposed by an authority figure responsible for keeping the peace. Second is the use of spectacular punishment to enhance royal standing, as Anglo-Saxon kings sought to centralize and legitimize their power. Third is the intersectionof secular punishment and penitential practice, as Christian authorities tempered penalties for material crime with concern for the souls of the condemned. Together, these studies demonstrate that in Anglo-Saxon England, capital and corporal punishments were considered necessary, legitimate, and righteous methods of social control. Jay Paul Gates is Assistant Professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in The City University of New York; Nicole Marafioti is Assistant Professor of History and co-director of the Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. Contributors: Valerie Allen, Jo Buckberry, Daniela Fruscione, Jay Paul Gates, Stefan Jurasinski, Nicole Marafioti, Daniel O'Gorman, Lisi Oliver, Andrew Rabin, Daniel Thomas.

Capital punishment -- Great Britain -- History. --- Capital punishment -- History. --- Executions and executioners -- History. --- Anglo-Saxon. --- Christian Morality. --- Corporal Punishment. --- Hundred Years War. --- Law. --- Medieval. --- Punishment. --- Capital punishment --- Corporal punishment --- History

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Blood and Milk in Medieval ImageryThe wall painting Plague Image (also named the Image of Scourge, Mater omnium, The Virgin of Mercy, Our Lady of Protection, Mary the Mediatrix, Double Intercession, Combined Intercession, Our Lady’s Intercession etc.) in the Church of St. Primus in #rna near Kamnik in Slovenia, executed in 1504, at the end of the Middle Ages and at the dawn of the Renaissance in Central Europe, reflects well the passage between the two worlds of imagination and their visual representation. The triangular composition – with God the Father, the universal entity, at its apex, and lower with Christ exposing his wounds (Man of Sorrows, Imago pietatis) on the left, and Virgin Mary on the right, with her bosom bare – determines the believer’s perception. The scene combines the notions of birth, symbolized by the charity of Mary offering her milk, and death, symbolized by the cruelty of blood shed by Christ and the menacing sword of God the Father. At the time of their realization, the figures of Christ and Mary were meant to be spiritual, imaging the mysteries of the Eucharist and the Incarnation. The present text examines the question as to what extent the believers of the past connected, in their imagination, Christ’s nakedness and Mary’s bosom with parts of the body of a common human. The masked eroticism of the two figures put a stamp on this suggestive image which in the course of history provoced various reactions... Kužna podoba (tudi Slika nadlog, Mater omnium, Marija zavetnica s plaščem, Marija (po)srednica, Dvojno posredništvo, Kombinirana intercesija, Marija priprošnjica, etc.) v cerkvi Sv. Primoža v Črni pri Kamniku v Sloveniji, ki je nastala leta 1504, ob koncu srednjega veka in na pragu renesanse v osrednji Evropi, dobro odraža prehod med dvema domišljijskima svetovoma in njunima likovnima izrazoma. Trikotna kompozicija, na vrhu je Bog Oče, univerzalna entiteta, spodaj levo Kristus, ki kaže rane (Mož bolečin, Imago pietatis), desno Marija z razgaljenimi prsmi, določa vernikovo dojemanje. Odseva rojstvo, ki ga simbolizira dobrota Marijinega mleka, in smrt, ki jo simbolizirata krutost prelite Kristusove krvi ter grozeči Očetov meč. Postavi Kristusa in Marije sta bili zasnovani kot duhovni, kot podobi skrivnosti evharistije in utelešenja. Besedilo se sprašuje, do kakšne mere je vernik tistega časa v svoji domišljiji povezoval Kristusovo goloto in Marijine prsi s telesnimi deli navadnega človeka. Njuna prikrita erotika je zaznamovala sugestivno podobo, ki je skozi zgodovino spodbujala različne reakcije ...

Slovenia --- History of art & design styles: c 1400 to c 1600 --- artistic motives --- Christian morality --- church paintings --- frescoes --- iconography --- iconology --- medieval painting --- Middle Ages --- reception --- Sv. Primož nad Kamnikom --- wall painting --- cerkveno slikarstvo --- freske --- ikonografija --- ikonologija --- krščanska morala --- likovni motivi --- recepcija --- Slovenija --- srednjeveško slikarstvo --- srednji vek --- stensko slikarstvo

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The phenomenal expansion of Christianity in China in recent years has attracted much scholarly and public attention. As the country continues to deepen its linkages with the rest of the world, Chinese Christian networks are spreading both within and outside the country. These networks link and crisscross at multiple scales and localities in China while strengthening interactions with overseas Chinese Christians and global Christianity. Many Christian groups throughout the country are harnessing the tremendous potential of new media, such as the internet and mobile apps, to share religious messages, participate in rituals, access information, create online communities, and to evangelize. Chinese Christians have also begun exerting their influence outside China through activities such proselytism, charity work, and development projects. This volume presents cutting edge research by scholars working in the field of Christianity in China, providing valuable insights into how Chinese Christianity is evolving and how it is shaping the country and beyond.

n/a --- WeChat --- Chinese Diaspora --- Chinese legislation --- Calvinism --- sinicization --- catholicism --- moral economy --- Catholic church --- “public” --- technology of the self --- Protestant Christianity --- transnational religion --- China --- Regulation on Religious Affairs --- social engagement --- religious life --- “counterpublic” --- work --- globalization --- Europe --- gender studies --- Christian mission --- Chinese Christianity --- Christianity --- theology --- spirituality --- Reformed church --- authoritarian state --- urbanization --- “alter-public” --- Christian morality --- patriotism --- christianity in China --- religious giving --- digital religion --- workplace --- migrant entrepreneurship --- "public" --- "counterpublic" --- "alter-public"

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The moral and political role of German journalists before, during, and after the Nazi dictatorshipJournalists between Hitler and Adenauer takes an in-depth look at German journalism from the late Weimar period through the postwar decades. Illuminating the roles played by journalists in the media metropolis of Hamburg, Volker Berghahn focuses on the lives and work of three remarkable individuals: Marion Countess Dönhoff, distinguished editor of Die Zeit; Paul Sethe, "the grand old man of West German journalism"; and Hans Zehrer, editor in chief of Die Welt.All born before 1914, Dönhoff, Sethe, and Zehrer witnessed the Weimar Republic's end and opposed Hitler. When the latter seized power in 1933, they were, like their fellow Germans, confronted with the difficult choice of entering exile, becoming part of the active resistance, or joining the Nazi Party. Instead, they followed a fourth path-"inner emigration"-psychologically distancing themselves from the regime, their writing falling into a gray zone between grudging collaboration and active resistance. During the war, Dönhoff and Sethe had links to the 1944 conspiracy to kill Hitler, while Zehrer remained out of sight on a North Sea island. In the decades after 1945, all three became major figures in the West German media. Berghahn considers how these journalists and those who chose inner emigration interpreted Germany's horrific past and how they helped to morally and politically shape the reconstruction of the country.With fresh archival materials, Journalists between Hitler and Adenauer sheds essential light on the influential position of the German media in the mid-twentieth century and raises questions about modern journalism that remain topical today.

Journalism --- Journalists --- Press and politics --- History --- Dönhoff, Marion, --- Sethe, Paul, --- Zehrer, Hans. --- 1900-1999 --- Germany. --- Adolf Hitler. --- Christian morality. --- Cold War. --- Der Mensch in dieser Zeit. --- Frankfurter Zeitung. --- German history. --- German journalism. --- German journalist. --- German media. --- Hamburg. --- Hans Zehrer. --- Holocaust. --- Konrad Adenauer. --- Marion Countess Dönhoff. --- Nazi Party. --- Nazi period. --- Nazi regime. --- Nazism. --- Ohligser Anzeiger und Tageblatt. --- Paul Sethe. --- Stille vor dem Sturm. --- Third Reich. --- Weimar Republic. --- West German journalism. --- West German media. --- West German political culture. --- West Germany. --- World War II. --- active resistance. --- capitalist economy. --- constitutional principles. --- dictatorship. --- free press. --- historical themes. --- inner emigrant. --- international community. --- journalists. --- mid-twentieth century. --- postwar career. --- press freedom. --- press freedoms.