... reimagined relations between men and women, opponents accused them of violating the acceptable boundaries of religious liberty. No matter how they are classified, there is one thing adherents to these faith groups shared in common in this era: a style of religious engagement referred to as religious...

...This chapter details how fears about particular ministers and faith groups coalesced in the 1830s and 1840s into a larger fear of religious enthusiasm. From John Maffitt to Arthur Dimmesdale, preachers, both real and fictional, were charged with preying on their flocks as the nineteenth century...

.... In correlation to English carers, the disposition of practicing care as charity meant they made efforts to keep dangerous feelings away from the care encounter and depersonalize care in ways that would make it easier to transition to paid professional care. The chapter also highlights the role of faith...

... sources. It shows that Christ's divinity is not only a matter of faith but also a fundamentally important precondition for both ordinary and exceptional experience of his presence. The chapter concludes by discussing the basic argument and its theological implications. Anselm of Canterbury Bernard...

...This chapter argues that one of Dostoevsky's bleakest faith narratives, The Idiot, deploys comedy as an apophatic device that reveals in the actions of its comic Christ figure, Prince Myshkin, the possibility of faith even in the face of the death and tragedy that close the novel...

...” in which the practical use of prayers, blessings, and appropriated sacramental items might signal either admirable faith or damnable superstition. clergy healing rites Werner of Friedberg Germany and central Europe universities University of Heidelberg Aquinas Thomas astral magic Gerson Jean...

... operates on two levels. First, by incorporating widely varied case studies and approaches, it captures the unifying focus on faith as a historical force that had had consequences in the lives of individuals and in the development of communities. Second, the essays themselves are narratives that attempt...

..., was to consider the punishments to be temporary and purifying. Despite these moral and theological hesitations, the idea of hell has remained a historical and theological force until the present. This book examines an array of sources from within and beyond the three Abrahamic faiths—including theology...

...This chapter examines the relationship between religion and ethics by focusing on Immanuel Kant's views, and especially his grounding of religious faith on rationalist moral principles. It begins with an overview of the origins and political significance of Kant's formulation of the conflict...

...This chapter seeks to answer the question: Is it possible to build a road through almost pristine habitat without it having a catastrophic impact? The chapter narrates how environmentalists began to see just how important the road was for the Faith Community and the region's indigenous people...

... obsolescence of Christian doctrine and belief in mid-nineteenth-century America, the chapter argues that “Cocka-Doodle-Doo!” is a modern parable satirically critiquing the allegedly redemptive powers of Christian faith in which the narrator's mock conversion is shown to be an act of supreme Pauline folly. Thus...

...This chapter focuses on how “certain faith,” the ideal to which Tablighis strive, depends on creating an Islamic home organized around pious male authority. An Islamic home subsumes patriarchal authority in the family within the authoritative voice of the congregation's pious Elders, creating...

...This short lyrical essay reflects on the eternal youthfulness of our earth's ancient soil. “Lessons of To Day ” soil faith soil earth Above all, old and young, we must never lose faith in the soil. It is the source and condition of our existence. It never grows stale and it never wears out...

... national life for nearly fifty years. Adherents to the Orthodox faith often referred to the catacomb church as the “light shining in the dark.” The book provides a first-hand portrait of lived religion in its social, familial, and cultural setting during this tragic period. Until now, scholars have had...

... integration of minority and majority religious practices and faiths across the archipelagic state over the more than half century since Pancasila. The chapters offer analyses of contemporary phenomena and events; the changing legal and social status of certain minority groups; inter-faith relations...

... in the proceedings had lived through the outbreaks of plague in 1348 and 1361, as well as the violence inflicted by mercenaries unemployed during truces in the Hundred Years’ War. Consequently, their testimonies unexpectedly reveal the importance of faith and the role of affect in the healing of body and soul alike...

...This book addresses the question of why some religious minorities provoke the ire of majoritarian groups and become targets of organized violence, even though they lack significant power and pose no political threat. The book argues that these faith groups are stigmatized across generations...

...This book brings together works about Protestant and Mormon missionaries in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, charting new directions for the historical study of these zealous evangelists for their faith. Despite their sectarian differences, both groups of missionaries shared notions...

...The author recounts the mass draft card burning that he organized in New York City in 1967. In early February 1967, the author contacted the New York Civil Liberties Union (NYCLU) about defending him in case he was arrested. The NYCLU then put him in contact with Faith Seidenberg, a liberal...

...This chapter offers guidelines for working with faith communities. Some worker centers emerged directly from religious congregations or were formed by interfaith groups. For example, the Southside Worker Center in Tucson was established in 2006 by Southside Presbyterian Church as one of its social...