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The Jesuits in the United States

A Concise History

by David J. Collins ...

The history of America cannot be told without the history of religion, the history of American religion cannot be told without the history of Catholicism, and the history of Catholicism in America cannot be told without the history of Jesuits in America.Jesuits in the United States offers a panoramic overview of the Jesuit order in the United States from the colonial era to the present. David J. ... Read more

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The history of America cannot be told without the history of religion, the history of American religion cannot be told without the history of Catholicism, and the history of Catholicism in America cannot be told without the history of Jesuits in America.Jesuits in the United States offers a panoramic overview of the Jesuit order in the United States from the colonial era to the present. David J.
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Disenchanting Albert the Great

The Life and Afterlife of a Medieval Magician

by David J. Collins, S. J. ...

Series series Magic in History
Albert the Great (1200–1280) was a prominent Dominican friar, a leading philosopher, and the teacher of Thomas Aquinas. He also endorsed the use of magic. Controversial though that stance would have been, Albert was never punished or repudiated for what he wrote. Albert’s reception followed instead a markedly different course, leading ultimately to his canonization by the Catholic Church in 1931. ... Read more

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Albert the Great (1200–1280) was a prominent Dominican friar, a leading philosopher, and the teacher of Thomas Aquinas. He also endorsed the use of magic. Controversial though that stance would have been, Albert was never punished or repudiated for what he wrote. Albert’s reception followed instead a markedly different course, leading ultimately to his canonization by the Catholic Church in 1931.
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Perspectives on Trust in the History of Philosophy

by Wania Ahmad, Christel Fricke, Polycarp Ikuenobe, Antoine Panaïoti, Winnie Sung, Erfan Xia, Esther Oluffa Pedersen, Corinne Gartner, Silvia Caprioglio Panizza, Patrick Stokes ...

What is the importance of trust for human social life? What role does trust play in morality, in political arrangements, and in our attempts to gain knowledge and understand the world? When should we trust others, and when is withholding trust or mistrusting others warranted? While philosophers have recently turned their attention to such questions, they have generally overlooked what important ... Read more

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What is the importance of trust for human social life? What role does trust play in morality, in political arrangements, and in our attempts to gain knowledge and understand the world? When should we trust others, and when is withholding trust or mistrusting others warranted? While philosophers have recently turned their attention to such questions, they have generally overlooked what important
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The Moral Psychology of Trust

by Marc A. Cohen, Hugh Desmond, Trystan S. Goetze, Edward Hinchman, J. Keeping, Andrew Kirton, Miriam Schleifer McCormick, Carolyn McLeod, Charles Stanish, Natalie Stoljar, Em Walsh, Andrea Westlund, Tiger Ziyu Zheng, Hale Demir-Doguoglu, Michal Klincewicz, Nenad Mišcevic, Brian L. Keeley, Dr Natasha McKeever ...

Series series Moral Psychology of the Emotions
Is it good to be trusting, or should we be wary of trusting others? Trust seems to be the basis of large-scale social cooperation and even of democracy itself, but in recent years many commentators and researchers have lamented the dawn of a post-trust era. Edited by David Collins, Iris Vidmar Jovanovic, and Mark Alfano, The Moral Psychology of Trust examines trust from a variety of perspectives ... Read more

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Is it good to be trusting, or should we be wary of trusting others? Trust seems to be the basis of large-scale social cooperation and even of democracy itself, but in recent years many commentators and researchers have lamented the dawn of a post-trust era. Edited by David Collins, Iris Vidmar Jovanovic, and Mark Alfano, The Moral Psychology of Trust examines trust from a variety of perspectives
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Reforming Saints

Saints' Lives and Their Authors in Germany, 1470-1530

by David J. Collins ...

Series series Oxford Studies in Historical Theology
In Reforming Saints, David J. Collins explains how and why Renaissance humanists composed Latin hagiography in Germany in the decades leading up to the Reformation. Contrary to the traditional wisdom, Collins's research uncovers a resurgence in the composition of saints' lives in the half century leading up to 1520. German humanists, he finds, were among the most active authors and editors of ... Read more

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In Reforming Saints, David J. Collins explains how and why Renaissance humanists composed Latin hagiography in Germany in the decades leading up to the Reformation. Contrary to the traditional wisdom, Collins's research uncovers a resurgence in the composition of saints' lives in the half century leading up to 1520. German humanists, he finds, were among the most active authors and editors of
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The Cambridge History of Magic and Witchcraft in the West

From Antiquity to the Present

Edited by David J. Collins, S. J., SJ ...

This book presents twenty chapters by experts in their fields, providing a thorough and interdisciplinary overview of the theory and practice of magic in the West. Its chronological scope extends from the Ancient Near East to twenty-first-century North America; its objects of analysis range from Persian curse tablets to US neo-paganism. For comparative purposes, the volume includes chapters on ... Read more

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This book presents twenty chapters by experts in their fields, providing a thorough and interdisciplinary overview of the theory and practice of magic in the West. Its chronological scope extends from the Ancient Near East to twenty-first-century North America; its objects of analysis range from Persian curse tablets to US neo-paganism. For comparative purposes, the volume includes chapters on
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The Sacred and the Sinister

Studies in Medieval Religion and Magic

Edited by David J. Collins, S. J. ...

Inspired by the work of eminent scholar Richard Kieckhefer, The Sacred and the Sinister explores the ambiguities that made (and make) medieval religion and magic so difficult to differentiate. The essays in this collection investigate how the holy and unholy were distinguished in medieval Europe, where their characteristics diverged, and the implications of that deviation.In the Middle Ages, the ... Read more

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Inspired by the work of eminent scholar Richard Kieckhefer, The Sacred and the Sinister explores the ambiguities that made (and make) medieval religion and magic so difficult to differentiate. The essays in this collection investigate how the holy and unholy were distinguished in medieval Europe, where their characteristics diverged, and the implications of that deviation.In the Middle Ages, the
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Dark Ages to the Enlightenment, the: The Birth of Modernity, From

by David J. Collins ...

Narrated by David J. Collins ...

Series series Learn25: History
Unabridged

8 hours 27 min

Join Georgetown University''s Fr. David Collins, S.J. in an amazing tour of Western Civilization.Where did our modern notions about God, science and humanity come from?Begin in the Mediterranean world of late Antiquity with the decline of Rome and the ascent of Christianity. Explore vigorous Christian debates over the appropriation of pagan thought along with the implications of these debates for ... Read more

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Join Georgetown University''s Fr. David Collins, S.J. in an amazing tour of Western Civilization.Where did our modern notions about God, science and humanity come from?Begin in the Mediterranean world of late Antiquity with the decline of Rome and the ascent of Christianity. Explore vigorous Christian debates over the appropriation of pagan thought along with the implications of these debates for
... Read more
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The Jesuits in the United States

A Concise History

by David J. Collins, S.J. ...

Narrated by David Stifel ...

Unabridged

6 hours 23 min

The history of America cannot be told without the history of religion, the history of American religion cannot be told without the history of Catholicism, and the history of Catholicism in America cannot be told without the history of Jesuits in America.Jesuits in the United States offers a panoramic overview of the Jesuit order in the United States from the colonial era to the present. David J. ... Read more

$27.99 CAD

The history of America cannot be told without the history of religion, the history of American religion cannot be told without the history of Catholicism, and the history of Catholicism in America cannot be told without the history of Jesuits in America.Jesuits in the United States offers a panoramic overview of the Jesuit order in the United States from the colonial era to the present. David J.
... Read more

A Concise History of the Catholic Church (Revised Edition)

by Thomas Bokenkotter ...

Expanded and updated for the new millennium.Covering the life of Christ, the election of Pope Benedict XVI, and everything in between, A Concise History of the Catholic Church has been one of the bestselling religious histories of the past two decades and a mainstay for scholars, students, and others looking for a definitive, accessible history of Catholicism. With a clarity that will appeal to ... Read more

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Expanded and updated for the new millennium.Covering the life of Christ, the election of Pope Benedict XVI, and everything in between, A Concise History of the Catholic Church has been one of the bestselling religious histories of the past two decades and a mainstay for scholars, students, and others looking for a definitive, accessible history of Catholicism. With a clarity that will appeal to
... Read more

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The Victory of Reason

How Christianity Led to Freedom, Capitalism, and Western Success

by Rodney Stark ...

Many books have been written about the success of the West, analyzing why Europe was able to pull ahead of the rest of the world by the end of the Middle Ages. The most common explanations cite the West’s superior geography, commerce, and technology. Completely overlooked is the fact that faith in reason, rooted in Christianity’s commitment to rational theology, made all these developments ... Read more

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Many books have been written about the success of the West, analyzing why Europe was able to pull ahead of the rest of the world by the end of the Middle Ages. The most common explanations cite the West’s superior geography, commerce, and technology. Completely overlooked is the fact that faith in reason, rooted in Christianity’s commitment to rational theology, made all these developments
... Read more

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The Highest Poverty

Monastic Rules and Form-of-Life

by Giorgio Agamben ...

Series series Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics
What is a rule, if it appears to become confused with life? And what is a human life, if, in every one of its gestures, of its words, and of its silences, it cannot be distinguished from the rule?It is to these questions that Agamben's new book turns by means of an impassioned reading of the fascinating and massive phenomenon of Western monasticism from Pachomius to St. Francis. The book ... Read more

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What is a rule, if it appears to become confused with life? And what is a human life, if, in every one of its gestures, of its words, and of its silences, it cannot be distinguished from the rule?It is to these questions that Agamben's new book turns by means of an impassioned reading of the fascinating and massive phenomenon of Western monasticism from Pachomius to St. Francis. The book
... Read more

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