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Medieval Religion: New Approaches (Rewriting Histories)
by Constance Hoffman BermanConstance Hoffman Berman presents an indispensable collection of the most influential and revisionist work to be done on religion in the Middle Ages in the last two decades. Bringing together an authoritative list of scholars from around the world, this book is a comprehensive compilation of the most important work in this field. Medieval Religion provides a valuable service for all those who study the Middle Ages, church history or religion.
Medieval Religious Rationalities: A Weberian Analysis
by D. L. D'AvrayInspired by the social theories of Max Weber, David d'Avray asks in what senses medieval religion was rational and, in doing so, proposes a new approach to the study of the medieval past. Applying ideas developed in his companion volume on Rationalities in History, he explores how values, instrumental calculation, legal formality and substantive rationality interact and the ways in which medieval beliefs were strengthened by their mutual connections, by experience, and by mental images. He sheds new light on key themes and figures in medieval religion ranging from conversion, miracles and the ideas of Bernard of Clairvaux to Trinitarianism, papal government and Francis of Assisi's charismatic authority. This book shows how values and instrumental calculation affect each other in practice and demonstrates the ways in which the application of social theory can be used to generate fresh empirical research as well as new interpretative insights.
Medieval Saints: A Reader
by Mary-Ann Stouck Paul DuttonThis text includes a number of writings by or about women saints, as well as a large percentage of material which, prior to this book, was not available in English.
Medieval Song: An Anthology of Hymns and Lyrics (Routledge Library Editions: Medieval Culture, Society, & Religion)
by James J. WilhelmOriginally published in 1972, Medieval Song assembles the whole tradition of early European poetry, from the writings of the late Roman Empire to the time of the Hundred Years War. It covers a vast range of languages and cultures, beginning with the Latin of pagan song and Christian hymn and ending with the Middle English ballads of the time of Chaucer. The selection stresses the interdependence of the sacred and the profane. The sequence of the translations shows how the dawn songs or albas of France, Germany and Italy are clearly related to the sacred songs in Latin. Professor Wilhelm’s translations reflect a variety of voices, from the earthy lyrics of Duke William IX of Aquitaine – the first known ‘modern’ poet – to the graceful, sophisticated poems of Charles d’Orléans. The book shows that the literature of the Middle Ages had its origins in the tradition of Latin composition, and developed in radically different ways in the various European communities. The book collects 230 poems.
Medieval Stereotypes and Modern Antisemitism
by Robert ChazanThe twelfth century in Europe, hailed by historians as a time of intellectual and spiritual vitality, had a dark side. As Robert Chazan points out, the marginalization of minorities emerged during the "twelfth-century renaissance" as part of a growing pattern of persecution, and among those stigmatized the Jews figured prominently.The migration of Jews to northern Europe in the late tenth century led to the development of a new set of Jewish communities. This northern Jewry prospered, only to decline sharply two centuries later. Chazan locates the cause of the decline primarily in the creation of new, negative images of Jews. He shows how these damaging twelfth-century stereotypes developed and goes on to chart the powerful, lasting role of the new anti-Jewish imagery in the historical development of antisemitism.This coupling of the twelfth century's notable intellectual bequests to the growth of Western civilization with its legacy of virulent anti-Jewish motifs offers an important new key to understanding modern antisemitism.
Medieval Studies and the Ghost Stories of M. R. James
by Patrick J. MurphyMontague Rhodes James authored some of the most highly regarded ghost stories of all time—classics such as “Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad” that have been adapted many times over for radio and television and have never gone out of print. But while James is best known as a fiction writer and storyteller, he was also a provost of King’s College, Cambridge, and Eton College, and a legendary and influential scholar whose pioneering work in the study of biblical texts and medieval manuscripts, art, and architecture is still relevant today.In Medieval Studies and the Ghost Stories of M. R. James, Patrick J. Murphy argues that these twin careers are inextricably linked. James’s research not only informed his fiction but also reflected his anxieties about the nature of academic life and explored the delicate divide between professional, university men and erratic hobbyists or antiquaries. Murphy shows how detailed attention to the scholarly inspirations behind James’s fiction provides considerable insight into a formative moment in medieval studies, as well as into James’s methods as a master stylist of understated horror.During his life, James often claimed that his stories were mere entertainments—pleasing distractions from a life largely defined by academic discipline and restraint—and readers over the years have been content to take him at his word. This intriguing volume, however, convincingly proves otherwise.
Medieval Studies and the Ghost Stories of M. R. James (G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects)
by Patrick J. MurphyMontague Rhodes James authored some of the most highly regarded ghost stories of all time—classics such as “Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad” that have been adapted many times over for radio and television and have never gone out of print. But while James is best known as a fiction writer and storyteller, he was also a provost of King’s College, Cambridge, and Eton College, and a legendary and influential scholar whose pioneering work in the study of biblical texts and medieval manuscripts, art, and architecture is still relevant today.In Medieval Studies and the Ghost Stories of M. R. James, Patrick J. Murphy argues that these twin careers are inextricably linked. James’s research not only informed his fiction but also reflected his anxieties about the nature of academic life and explored the delicate divide between professional, university men and erratic hobbyists or antiquaries. Murphy shows how detailed attention to the scholarly inspirations behind James’s fiction provides considerable insight into a formative moment in medieval studies, as well as into James’s methods as a master stylist of understated horror.During his life, James often claimed that his stories were mere entertainments—pleasing distractions from a life largely defined by academic discipline and restraint—and readers over the years have been content to take him at his word. This intriguing volume, however, convincingly proves otherwise.
Medieval Trinitarian Thought From Aquinas To Ockham
by Russell L. FriedmanHow can the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit be distinct and yet identical? Prompted by the doctrine of the divine Trinity, this question sparked centuries of lively debate. In the current context of renewed interest in Trinitarian theology, Russell L. Friedman provides the first survey of the scholastic discussion of the Trinity in the 100-year period stretching from Thomas Aquinas' earliest works to William Ockham's death. Tracing two central issues - the attempt to explain how the three persons are distinct from each other but identical as God, and the application to the Trinity of a 'psychological model', on which the Son is a mental word or concept, and the Holy Spirit is love - this volume offers a broad overview of Trinitarian thought in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, along with focused studies of the Trinitarian ideas of many of the period's most important theologians.
Medieval Wall Paintings
by Roger RosewellWhat medieval wall paintings remain in English churches tend to be shadows of their former selves - rare fragments of art that have survived not only the Reformation, but successive waves of iconoclastic zeal and unsympathetic restoration. The whitewashed walls of most parish churches belie the riot of color and decoration that once adorned them, but the remnants of paintings tucked into corners or rescued from later layers of paint help us to understand the role of art in medieval religion. Roger Rosewell here offers a guide to the role played by medieval wall paintings, as religious, didactic and commemorative works of art, telling the stories of those who created them and those who used them on a daily basis. He also compares and contrasts religious and domestic wall paintings and uses beautiful color photography throughout to illustrate the story.
Medieval Welsh Pilgrimage, c.1100–1500 (The New Middle Ages)
by Kathryn HurlockMedieval Welsh Pilgrimage, c.1100–1500 examines one of the most popular expressions of religious belief in medieval Europe—from the promotion of particular sites for political, religious, and financial reasons to the experience of pilgrims and their impact on the Welsh landscape. Addressing a major gap in Welsh Studies, Kathryn Hurlock peels back the historical and religious layers of these holy pilgrimage sites to explore what motivated pilgrims to visit these particular sites, how family and locality drove the development of certain destinations, what pilgrims expected from their experience, how they engaged with pilgrimage in person or virtually, and what they saw, smelled, heard, and did when they reached their ultimate goal.
Medieval Worlds: An Introduction To European History, 300-1492
by Richard Gerberding Jo Ann Hoeppner Moran CruzThis text is for undergraduate university and college students. The authors endeavored to present an expansive view of medieval society and a fluid view of the changes medieval society underwent from late antiquity into the Italian Renaissance. The text would integrate cultural and literary developments, intellectual contributions, literacy and education, the role of women, popular religious impulses, and papal perspectives, as well as the political history of kings and queens, emperors, counts, and communes. The authors have chosen not to directly discuss theoretical or methodological approaches to gender, race, class, post-colonialism or post-modernism. Rather, they have folded a sensitivity to these approaches into the narrative itself and into a rather inclusive treatment of topics. Women have been incorporated into the narrative at every level. Social groupings, ethnic identities, slavery, the interactions of Europeans with non-Europeans, as well as the conditions for minorities and for new groups entering Europe all find their appropriate place in the account. The authors have given a good deal of attention to Islam, both as a subject in itself and as an important influence on medieval Europe.
Medieval Writings on Female Spirituality
by Various Elizabeth SpearingBiographies, poetic compositions, works that are mystical, prophetic, visionary, or meditative: the selections here reflect the developments in medieval piety, particularly in the link between female spirituality and the body. Included are the dramatic visionary writings of Hildegard of Bingen; letters and poems by Hadewijch expressing passionate love for God; and Marguerite Porete's allegorical poem "The Mirror of Simple Souls," a dialogue between Love and Soul that was condemned as heretical. Also included are biographies written by male ecclesiastics of women such as Christine the Astonishing, whose extraordinary behavior included being resurrected at her own funeral; revelations received by Bridget of Sweden, the first woman to found a religious order; and excerpts from The Book of Margery Kempe, in which Margery imagines herself as a servant caring for the Virgin Mary in her childhood. This volume, edited by Elizabeth Spearing, who also prepared some of the translations, features a rich introduction to the lives and religious experiences of its subjects, as well as full explanatory notes.
Medina by the Bay: Scenes of Muslim Study and Survival
by Maryam KashaniFrom the Black Power movement and state surveillance to Silicon Valley and gentrification, Medina by the Bay examines how multiracial Muslim communities in the San Francisco Bay Area survive and flourish within and against racial capitalist, carceral, and imperial logics. Weaving expansive histories, peoples, and geographies together in an ethnographic screenplay of cinematic scenes, Maryam Kashani demonstrates how sociopolitical forces and geopolitical agendas shape Muslim ways of knowing and being. Throughout, Kashani argues that contemporary Islam emerges from the specificities of the Bay Area, from its landscapes and infrastructures to its Muslim liberal arts college, mosques, and prison courtyards. Theorizing the Medina by the Bay as a microcosm of socioeconomic, demographic, and political transformations in the twentieth- and twenty-first centuries, Kashani resituates Islam as liberatory and abolitionist theory, theology, and praxis for all those engaged in struggle.
Meditaciones sobre la existencia de Dios (Serie Great Ideas #40)
by René Descartes40 grandes ideas que han cambiado el mundo. Considerado el padre de la filosofía occidental moderna, Descartes trató de mirar más allá de las ideas establecidas y crear un sistema de pensamiento basado en la razón. En su profundo trabajo medita sobre la duda, el alma humana, Dios, la verdad y la naturaleza de la existencia en sí misma. A lo largo de la historia, algunos libros han cambiado el mundo. Han transformado la manera en que nos vemos a nosotros mismos y a los demás. Han inspirado el debate, la discordia, la guerra y la revolución. Han iluminado, indignado, provocado y consolado. Han enriquecido vidas, y también las han destruido. Taurus publica las obras de los grandes pensadores, pioneros, radicales y visionarios cuyas ideas sacudieron la civilización y nos impulsaron a ser quienes somos. La crítica ha dicho sobre la colección «Great Ideas»...«De veras que la edición es primorosa y pocas veces contenido y continente pueden encontrarse mejor ensamblados y unidos. ¡Qué portadas! Para enmarcar. [...] Ante las "Great Ideas", solo cabe quitarse el sombrero. ¡Chapeu!»ABC
Meditación Cristiana en pasos sencillos
by A. J. Parr Alberto BakaleinikEL PRESENTE LIBRO DE EJERCICIOS PARA PRINCIPIANTES te enseñará los pasos básicos de la meditación Cristiana, también conocida como la antigua práctica del “silencio interior”, presuntamente impartida por Jesús a sus discípulos más íntimos. Esta obra es el producto de cuatro décadas de investigación acerca en Estudio Comparado de las Religiones y mi propia práctica de la meditación: la enseñanza que transmite está abierta a todos los cristianos interesados en aprender rápidamente a experimentar paz interior, descubrir la alegría de vivir y experimentar el cielo interiormente. Para comprender mejor esta práctica, también he incluido una serie de textos seleccionados por cristianos notables de todos los tiempos: desde San Agustín, Meister Eckhart, Santa Teresa de Ávila, San Juan de la Cruz, Santo Tomás Moro, Martin Luther, la Madre Teresa e incluso el Papa Francisco, hasta maestros espirituales “holísticos” como Eckhart Tolle, Jiddu Krishnamurti y Allan Watts, entre otros.
Meditación budista para principiantes
by A. J. Parr Maria del Mar Ruiz de Apodaca MartinezLAS LECCIONES Y EJERCICIOS contenidos en este libro introductorio te ayudarán a comprender las enseñanzas esenciales de Buda (el Dharma, el Camino o el Sendero), incluyendo los fundamentos de la práctica de la meditación budista. Además de citar antiguas escrituras budistas, sus páginas incluyen valiosos consejos del Dalai Lama, Eckhart Tolle, Krishnamurti y Alan Watts, entre otros reconocidos maestros espirituales. Aunque el objetivo final de la práctica de la meditación budista es alcanzar un estado de Despertar o Iluminación espiritual, hay que decir que casi nadie lo logra -excepto quizás los monjes dedicados y los practicantes avanzados. A pesar de esto, hay muchos beneficios atribuidos a la práctica regular de la meditación, como dice un reciente informe de la Clínica Mayo: “La meditación puede acabar con el estrés del día, trayendo consigo paz interior... Si el estrés te tiene ansioso, tenso y preocupado, deberías probar la meditación. Pasar unos minutos en meditación puede restaurar la tranquilidad y la paz interior... La meditación puede darte una sensación de calma, paz y equilibrio que beneficia tanto al bienestar emocional como a la salud en general. Y estos beneficios no terminan cuando termina la sesión de meditación. La meditación puede proporcionarte más calma a lo largo del día y puede mejorar ciertas condiciones médicas...” Este es un libro recomendado para todos aquellos que desean encontrar la Verdad, escapar de la Ilusión y experimentar la paz interior en el Ahora.
Meditación total
by Deepak ChopraEl libro definitivo sobre meditación que te ayudará a alcanzar nuevas dimensiones para llevar una vida sin estrés. En los últimos treinta años, Deepak Chopra ha estado a la vanguardia de la revolución que ha experimentado la meditación en Occidente. Meditación Total ofrece una exploración y reinterpretación completa de los beneficios físicos, mentales, emocionales, relacionales y espirituales que esta práctica puede brindar a todos. Deepak guía a los lectores sobre cómo despertar a nuevos niveles de conciencia que finalmente cultivarán una visión clara, sanarán el sufrimiento en tu mente y cuerpo y ayudarán a recuperar la esencia de quien eres realmente. Los lectores experimentarán un proceso de transformación que resultará en un despertar del cuerpo, la mente y el espíritu, y que les permitirá vivir en un estado de conciencia abierta, libre, creativa y dichosa las veinticuatro horas del día. Con este libro, Deepak eleva la práctica de la meditación a una búsqueda transformadora de una conciencia superior y una existencia más plena. También incorpora nuevas investigaciones sobre la meditación y sus beneficios, proporciona ejercicios prácticos de conciencia y concluye con un programa de meditaciones de 52 semanas para ayudar a revolucionar todos los aspectos de tu vida.
Meditating Selflessly: Practical Neural Zen
by James H. AustinA guide to Zen meditative practice informed by the latest findings in brain research. This is not the usual kind of self-help book. Indeed, its major premise heeds a Zen master's advice to be less self-centered. Yes, it is "one more book of words about Zen," as the author concedes, yet this book explains meditative practices from the perspective of a "neural Zen." The latest findings in brain research inform its suggestions. In Meditating Selflessly, James Austin—Zen practitioner, neurologist, and author of three acclaimed books on Zen and neuroscience—guides readers toward that open awareness already awaiting them on the cushion and in the natural world. Austin offers concrete advice—often in a simplified question-and-answer format—about different ways to meditate. He clarifies both the concentrative and receptive styles of meditation. Drawing widely from the exciting new field of contemplative neuroscience, Austin helps resolve an ancient paradox: why both insight wisdom and selflessness arise simultaneously during enlightened states of consciousness.
Meditation
by Alesiter CrowleyOriginally published as part of his magnum opus Liber ABA, Meditation explains Crowley's system of meditation, designed to still and mind and enable the single-pointed concentration so essential to his occult teachings. Crowley explains important concepts like Asana, Pranayama, Yama, Niyama, Pratyahara, Dharana and Samadhi, borrowing heavily from Indian yogis.
Meditation
by Linda Wasmer AndrewsHave you ever tried to focus on a particular task, only to find your thoughts racing and your mind wandering? In fact, most people have trouble concentrating on one thing at a time, which creates stress and affects our daily activities. One solution to this problem is meditation, or the practice of intense concentration. The ability to meditate can be applied to almost anything in life, from playing sports to painting pictures. Find out how meditation can help you to be stressed less and enjoy life more. Step-by-step instructions for breathing and meditation exercises are included.
Meditation - Neuroscientific Approaches and Philosophical Implications
by Harald Walach Stefan SchmidtThis volume features a collection of essays on consciousness, which has become one of the hot topics at the crossroads between neuroscience, philosophy, and religious studies. Is consciousness something the brain produces? How can we study it? Is there just one type of consciousness or are there different states that can be discriminated? Are so called "higher states of consciousness" that some people report during meditation pointing towards a new understanding of consciousness? Meditation research is a new discipline that shows new inroads into the study of consciousness. If a meditative practice changes brain structure itself this is direct proof of the causal influence of consciousness onto its substrate. If different states of consciousness can be linked with properties and states of the brain this can be used to study consciousness more directly. If the sense of self is modifiable through meditative techniques and this can be objectively shown through neuro-imaging, this has profound implications for our understanding of who we are. Can consciousness, in deep states of meditative absorption, actually access some aspect of reality which we normally don't? Meditation research can potentially foster us with a new access to the phenomenological method in general. This has even been branded with a new catch-phrase: Contemplative Science. It brings together the most modern neuroscientific approach and the most advanced phenomenological methodology of studying the mind from within, through highly skilled self-observation that has gone through many thousand hours of honing the capacity to look carefully, without distraction. This book addresses these issues by bringing together some of the leading researchers and thinkers in the field. The scope of the volume reaches from first person neuroscience to Indian philosophy, from pedagogic applications to epistemological aspects and from compassion meditation to the study of brain activity.
Meditation And The Bible
by Aryeh KaplanA highly radical interpretation of the Bible demonstrating the methods of meditation used by the Prophets to attain their unique states of consciousness. First English translation from ancient unpublished manuscripts, with commentary.
Meditation Book: Themes for Total Relaxation (Book-in-a-box Ser.)
by Fran Stockel Charla DevereuxBased on the best-selling Book-in-a-Box kits, The Meditation Book will help you to enter a tranquil state and feel completely calm and composed. It tells you all you need to know to make meditation a part of your daily life.
Meditation For Fidgety Skeptics: A 10% Happier How-To Book
by Dan Harris*As heard on the Tim Ferriss Show podcast*'Meditation for Fidgety Skeptics is well researched, practical, and crammed with expert advice and it's also an irreverent, hilarious page-turner.' - Gretchen Rubin ABC News anchor Dan Harris used to think that meditation was for people who collect crystals, play the pan pipes, and use the word namaste without irony. After he had a panic attack on live television, he went on a strange journey that ultimately led him to become one of meditation's most vocal public proponents.Science suggests that meditation can lower blood pressure, mitigate depression and anxiety, and literally rewire key parts of the brain, among numerous other benefits. And yet there are millions of people who want to meditate but aren't actually practising. What's holding them back?In this guide to mindfulness and meditation for beginners and experienced meditators alike, Harris and his friend Jeff Warren, embark on a cross-country quest to tackle the myths, misconceptions, and self-deceptions that stop people from meditating. They rent a rock-star tour bus and travel across the US, talking to scores of would-be meditators, including parents, police officers, and even a few celebrities. They create a taxonomy of the most common issues ("I suck at this," "I don't have the time," etc.) and offer up science-based life hacks to help people overcome them.The book is filled with game-changing and deeply practical meditation instructions. Amid it all unspools the strange and hilarious story of what happens when a congenitally sarcastic, type-A journalist and a groovy Canadian mystic embark on an epic road trip into America's neurotic underbelly, as well as their own.
Meditation Made Easy
by Camille Maurine Lorin RocheTips on how to make meditation simple and pleasurable. Provides info on creating mini meditations, overcoming boredom and racing thoughts, customizing personal practices, and more.