Tradition & Diversity: Christianity in a World Context to 1500A primary source reader of 100 selections that addresses medieval Christendom in the context of world history. It combines the traditional material (from medieval church hierarchical and theological documents) with the newer material of cultural studies -- diversity within European Christianity (women mystics, heretics, and popular religion), and diversity without (non-European Christianity and relations with Islam, Judaism, and Buddhism). Each chapter offers -- a central theme and a chapter-ending essay that ties together the readings; -- five topics section; -- introductory material for each reading, including the selection's provenance, authorship, and historical context. |
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Contents
Foreword by Kevin Reilly | 4 |
4 | 45 |
IN LATE ANTIQUITY circa 350750 | 99 |
Monks Relics and Icons | 129 |
Adaptations of Christianity Outside the Roman World | 160 |
Christian Acculturation in Western Europe | 184 |
CHRISTIAN SOCIETY | 213 |
Christian Education and Theology | 238 |
Bernard of Clairvaux and Hildegard | 369 |
NEW PATHS OF ORDER AND PROPHECY | 385 |
Heretics Inquisitors and Other Radicals | 412 |
Story and Poetry | 430 |
Missions and Dialogue | 457 |
THE LATE MIDDLE AGES | 475 |
Late Medieval Spirituality | 491 |
Ritual Drama and Story | 510 |
Christian Practice and Literature | 255 |
Christian Diversity and Accommodation | 283 |
THE SPIRIT OF ORDER AND PROPHECY | 303 |
Views of the Crusades | 333 |
Faith and Reason | 350 |
CrossCultural Contact | 531 |
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Tradition and Diversity: Christianity in a World Context to 1500 Karen Louise Jolly Limited preview - 2015 |
Tradition and Diversity: Christianity in a World Context to 1500 Karen Louise Jolly Limited preview - 2015 |
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