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Religion & Classical Warfare: The Roman Empire
Religion was integral to the conduct of war in the ancient world and the Romans were certainly no exception.No campaign was undertaken, no battle risked, without first making sacrifice to propitiate the appropriate gods (such as Mars, god of War) or consulting oracles and omens to divine their plans.Yet the link between war and religion is an area that has been regularly overlooked by modern scholars examining the conflicts of these times.This volume addresses that omission by drawing together the work of experts from across the globe.The chapters have been carefully structured by the editors so that this wide array of scholarship combines to give a coherent, comprehensive study of the role of religion in the wars of the Roman Empire. Aspects considered in depth include: the Imperial cults and legionary loyalty; the army and religious/regional disputes; Trajan and religion; Constantine and Christianity; omens and portents; funerary cults and practices; the cult of Mithras; the Imperial sacramentum; religion & Imperial military medicine.
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Catholic Discordance : Neoconservatism vs. the Field Hospital Church of Pope Francis
2022 Catholic Media Association honorable mention Pope Francis2022 Catholic Media Association honorable mention in English translation editionOne element of the church that Pope Francis was elected to lead in 2013 was an ideology that might be called the “American” model of Catholicism—the troubling result of efforts by intellectuals like Michael Novak, George Weigel, and Richard John Neuhaus to remake Catholicism into both a culture war colossus and a prop for ascendant capitalism. After laying the groundwork during the 1980s and armed with a selective and manipulative reading of Pope John Paul II’s 1991 encyclical Centesimus Annus, these neoconservative commentators established themselves as authoritative Catholic voices throughout the 1990s, viewing every question through a liberal-conservative ecclesial-political lens.The movement morphed further after the 9/11 terror attacks into a startling amalgamation of theocratic convictions, which led to the troubling theo-populism we see today. The election of the Latin American pope represented a mortal threat to all of this, and a poisonous backlash was inevitable, bringing us to the brink of a true “American schism.” This is the drama of today’s Catholic Church.In Catholic Discordance: Neoconservatism vs. the Field Hospital Church of Pope Francis, Massimo Borghesi—who masterfully unveiled the pope’s own intellectual development in his The Mind of Pope Francis—analyzes the origins of today’s Catholic neoconservative movement and its clash with the church that Francis understands as a “field hospital” for a fragmented world.
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Religion and US Empire : Critical New Histories
Shows how American forms of religion and empire developed in tandem, shaping and reshaping each other over the course of American historyThe United States has been an empire since the time of its founding, and this empire is inextricably intertwined with American religion.Religion and US Empire examines the relationship between these dynamic forces throughout the country’s history and into the present.The volume will serve as the most comprehensive and definitive text on the relationship between US empire and American religion. Whereas other works describe religion as a force that aided or motivated American imperialism, this comprehensive new history reveals how imperialism shaped American religion—and how religion historically structured, enabled, challenged, and resisted US imperialism.Chapters move chronologically from the eighteenth century to the twenty-first, ranging geographically from the Caribbean, Michigan, and Liberia, to Oklahoma, Hawai’i, and the Philippines.Rather than situating these histories safely in the past, the final chapters ask readers to consider present day entanglements between capitalism, imperialism, and American religion.Religion and US Empire is an urgent work of history, offering the context behind a relationship that is, for better or worse, very much alive today.
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The Quiet Revolution of Pope Francis : A Synodal Catholic Church in Ireland?
Pope Francis wants to bring about a quiet revolution within the Catholic Church.He wants a reformed church in which the `sense of the faithful’, the instinct of baptised men and women, is given a role in the formation and reception of church teaching and governance.The model is one of Jesus conversing with his male and female disciples in Palestine – a walking together of the People of God, a `synodal’ church. Irish Jesuit theologian Gerry O’Hanlon examines this ecclesiological project of Francis and the new roles within it of pope and bishops, theologians, and all the baptised.He considers the Pope's strategy of a changed ecclesial structure that would out-live his own pontificate. Francis advocates a critical openness to contemporary culture, a culture of consultation and open debate, and communal discernment practised at every level of `an entirely synodal church'.O’Hanlon argues that this project offers new hope of a better reading of the `signs of the times’ by the Catholic Church, not least in areas of sexuality of gender. The author applies this analysis to our situation in Ireland and suggests that whatever about the desirable spiritual renewal which a papal visit may inspire, it is to be hoped that the more lasting long-term effects might be the realisation of a synodal Irish Catholic Church.
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Did the Roman Empire invent the Roman Catholic Church in order to gain world domination?
No, the Roman Empire did not invent the Roman Catholic Church in order to gain world domination. The Roman Catholic Church was actually established several centuries after the fall of the Roman Empire. It was formed as a result of the spread of Christianity throughout the Roman Empire and the subsequent organization of the Christian community. The Roman Catholic Church was not created as a tool for world domination, but rather as a religious institution to spread the teachings of Jesus Christ.
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Does the Vatican or the Catholic Church allow homosexual marriages?
No, the Vatican and the Catholic Church do not allow homosexual marriages. The Church teaches that marriage is a sacrament between a man and a woman, and that homosexual acts are considered to be sinful. The Church's stance on this issue is based on its interpretation of biblical teachings and natural law. While the Church advocates for the dignity and respect of all individuals, it does not recognize or condone same-sex marriages.
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Which empire is better: the Ottoman Empire or the Byzantine Empire?
It is difficult to determine which empire is better as both the Ottoman and Byzantine Empires had their own unique strengths and weaknesses. The Byzantine Empire was known for its rich cultural and intellectual heritage, while the Ottoman Empire was known for its military prowess and expansive territorial control. The Byzantine Empire had a long and influential history, while the Ottoman Empire had a significant impact on the development of the Islamic world. Ultimately, the "better" empire depends on the criteria used to evaluate them, and both empires made important contributions to world history.
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Which empire was larger, the Alexander Empire or the Roman Empire?
The Roman Empire was larger than the Alexander Empire. At its peak, the Roman Empire covered approximately 5 million square kilometers, while the Alexander Empire, also known as the Macedonian Empire, covered around 2.2 million square kilometers. The Roman Empire's vast territory included parts of Europe, Africa, and Asia, making it one of the largest empires in history.
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Brokers of Faith, Brokers of Empire : Armenians and the Politics of Reform in the Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire enforced imperial rule through its management of diversity.For centuries, non-Muslim religious institutions, such as the Armenian Church, were charged with guaranteeing their flocks' loyalty to the sultan.Rather than being passive subjects, Armenian elites, both the clergy and laity, strategically wove the institutions of the Armenian Church, and thus the Armenian community itself, into the fabric of imperial society.In so doing, Armenian elites became powerful brokers between factions in Ottoman politics—until the politics of nineteenth-century reform changed these relationships. In Brokers of Faith, Brokers of Empire, Richard E.Antaramian presents a revisionist account of Ottoman reform, relating the contention within the Armenian community to broader imperial politics.Reform afforded Armenians the opportunity to recast themselves as partners of the state, rather than as brokers among factions. And in the course of pursuing such programs, they transformed the community's role in imperial society.As the Ottoman reform program changed how religious difference could be employed in a Muslim empire, Armenian clergymen found themselves enmeshed in high-stakes political and social contests that would have deadly consequences.
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Marginalized Religion and the Law in the Roman Empire
The Roman Empire's approach to religion has traditionally been described in paradoxical terms.On the one hand, Rome has often been regarded as almost proverbially tolerant, as well as highly flexible in its dealings with the diverse range of religious cults and practices within its territories.On the other hand, the Roman religious landscape was not without its limits, and there were certain groups who found themselves, for one reason or another, on the outside.The legal interactions between these groups and the Roman authorities have largely been studied in isolation.In Marginalized Religion and the Law in the Roman Empire, K.P. S. Janssen instead takes a comparative approach, and investigates how members of various marginalized religious groups were embedded in, and interacted with, the wider Roman legal system.The legal positions of private diviners, Jewish communities and early Christians are compared and contrasted to provide a broader perspective on the legal treatment of marginalized religion in the Roman world.Janssen argues that the known interactions between these respective groups and the Roman authorities are best understood within the wider context of Roman law and administration, and that they furthermore shared a number of important characteristics.While the treatment these groups received was certainly not in all respects identical, the procedural, socio-political, and ideological mechanisms that underpinned the relevant legal measures were nonetheless conspicuously similar.
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Entangled Domains : Empire, Law and Religion in Northern Nigeria
Set in Colonial Northern Nigeria, this book confronts a paradox: the state insisted on its separation from religion even as it governed its multireligious population through what remained of the precolonial caliphate.Entangled Domains grapple with this history to offer a provocative account of secularism as a contested yet contingent mode of governing religion and religious difference.Drawing on detailed archival research, Rabiat Akande vividly illustrates constitutional struggles triggered by the colonial state's governance of religion and interrogates the legacy of that governance agenda in the postcolonial state.This book is a novel commentary on the dynamic interplay between law, faith, identity, and power in the context of the modern state's emergence from colonial processes.
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Pope Francis the Legacy of Vatican 11
Professor Echeverria does a thorough job of drawing from the pre-papal writings of Jorge Mario Bergoglio and the man's current papal writings, talks, and sermons (notably Amoris Laetitia, Laudato Si', The Name of God is Mercy, Veritatis Gaudium, and through Christus Vivit) to discover and document the continuity in thought Francis has with the councils. Echeverria compares Francis's discourse with that of his papal predecessors (John Paul II, Bendict XIV, and Paul VI) in the era since Vatican II. He draws heavily on the documents of Vatican II and the theology of doctrinal development stemming from the First Vatican Council and embraced by Vatican II, e.g. Leo XIII and Pius XI. Not left out is the modern ecumenical movement from both the Reformed (Berkouwer et al) and Catholic (Rahner, Balthassar, Mauritain, Kasper, et al) side. This is Echeverria's second edition, revising (with new insight from Francis's voluminous writings through April of 2019) and expanding (almost twice the size) the best-selling book introduced four years previously.
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Why was the Tsarist Empire an empire?
The Tsarist Empire was an empire because it was a vast and multi-ethnic state ruled by an autocratic monarch, the Tsar. It encompassed a diverse range of territories, including present-day Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, and parts of Poland, Finland, and the Caucasus. The Tsarist Empire also had a strong centralized government and a powerful military, which allowed it to expand and maintain control over its vast territories. Additionally, the empire had a hierarchical social structure with the Tsar at the top, and it exerted influence and control over the various ethnic and cultural groups within its borders.
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Why was the Russian Empire an empire?
The Russian Empire was an empire because it was a vast multi-ethnic state that encompassed a large territory spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It was ruled by an autocratic monarch, the Tsar, who held absolute power over the government and its subjects. The empire expanded through conquest and colonization, incorporating various ethnic groups and territories into its domain. Additionally, the Russian Empire had a strong military, a centralized administration, and a hierarchical social structure that reinforced its imperial control over its diverse population.
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Why is the Chinese Empire called the Empire?
The Chinese Empire is called an empire because it was a vast and powerful state that was ruled by an emperor. The emperor held absolute authority over the territory and its people, making it a centralized and hierarchical political system. The Chinese Empire also had a well-defined bureaucracy, a strong military, and a system of governance that extended over a large geographical area, further solidifying its status as an empire.
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Was the Roman Empire like the German Empire?
The Roman Empire and the German Empire were different in many ways. The Roman Empire was an ancient civilization that existed from around 27 BC to 476 AD, while the German Empire was a modern nation-state that existed from 1871 to 1918. The Roman Empire was known for its vast territorial expansion and diverse cultural influences, while the German Empire was known for its industrialization and militarization. Additionally, the Roman Empire was a republic before becoming an empire, while the German Empire was a monarchy. Overall, the two empires had different historical contexts, political structures, and societal impacts.
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