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Tradition and Diversity: Christianity in a World Context to 1500

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  • Copyright: 1996-04-30
  • Publisher: Routledge

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A 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.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Abbreviations
Orthodoxy and Heterodoxy: Foundations of Christianity circa 50-450 C.E.
Jew and Gentile: Early Origins of Christianity
Jesus was Jewish: John's story of the Samaritan woman at the well
The Gospel according to Paul: Jew and Gentile in Galatians
Ritual Practice: The baptism ceremony of Hippolytus
Christian and Roman: Conflict and Assimilation
Persecution: Dionysius the Wise, Patriarch of Alexandria
Revelation versus Reason: Tertullian and Clement
Converting the Empire: Eusebius' account of Constantine and Helen
Roman versus Christian: The Altar of Victory dispute
Heterodoxy and Orthodoxy: Defining Heresy
Syrian Gnosticism: The Book of Thomas the Contender
Origenism: The end of the world
Arianism: Arius and the Nicene Creed
Nestorians: Nestorius, Cyril, and Chalcedon
Life and Death: The Body and Resurrection
Heroic Martyrdom: Perpetua
Contemplative Death: Macrina
Hope of Resurrection: Tomb Inscriptions
Patterns of Accommodation in Late Antiquity, circa 350-750
The Heritage of the Middle Ages
Creating an Authoritative Bible: Jerome
The Two Cities: Augustine of Hippo
Neoplatonic Mysticism: Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite
The Consolation of Philosophy: Boethius
The Power of Christian Saints: Monks, Relics and Icons
Desert Fathers and Mothers: Abba Antony and Amma Syncletica
The Monastic Exemplar: The Life of St. Benedict and The Rule of St. Benedict
Relics and Pilgrimage: The Martinellus of St. Martin of Tours
Byzantine Worship: The Debate over Iconoclasm
Adaptations of Christianity Outside the Roman World
Saintly Heroes in Ethiopia: The Book of the Saints of the Ethiopian Church
The Conversion of Nubia: John of Ephesus on Justinian and Theodora's Competition
Heroic Martyrs in South Arabia: The Women of Najrn
Nestorian Christians in China: Stele
Christian Acculturation in Western Europe
Celtic Christianity and Hermetic Life: St. Columba's Rule
Frankish Christianity: Gregory of Tours on Clovis and Clothilde
Anglo-Saxon Christianity: Bede on Edwin and Ethelberga
Saxon Missions: Boniface and Leoba
Christian Society in the Early Middle Ages circa 600-1050
Christian Kingship and Society
Theories of Authority and Power: Pope Gelasius I and Emperor Justinian
Royal Rituals and Laws: Visigothic Spain
Christian Emperor: Views on the coronation of Charlemagne
Christian King: Alfred the Great
Christian Education and Theology
The Carolingian Renaissance: Charlemagne and Alcuin
Renaissance Theology: John Scottus Eriugena
Vernacular Learning: Alfred's Program
Christian Practice and Literature
Sermons: <158>lfric of Eynsham
Liturgy: Rites for the Living and the Dead
Christian Poetry: The Dream of the Rood
Christian Drama: Hrotsvit of Gandersheim, Abraham
Christian Diversity and Accommodation
Conversion by Treaty: the Vikings
Animism and Accommodation: Charms
Dialogue: The Dispute of the Church and the Synagogue
Debate: Patriarch Timothy and Caliph Mahdi
The Spirit of Order and Prophecy circa 1050-1200
Corporate and Individual Reform
The Contest: Gregory VII and Henry IV
Alternatives: Paschal II and Henry V
Holy Places: the Pilgrim's Guide to Santiago de Compostela
Holy Women: The Beguine Marie D'Oignies
Christians, Muslims, and Jews: Views of the Crusades
The European view of the Crusades: Pope Urban II's call to the first Crusade
The Jewish view of the Crusades: Solomon bar Simson and Sefer Zekhirah
The Islamic view of the Crusades: Usama ibn Munqidh
Encounter with a Nubian: Robert of Clari on the Fourth Crusade
Ways of Knowing: Faith and Reason
Faith and Reason: Anselm
Dialectics: Abelard
Aristotelianism: Averr<148>es
God and Philosophy: Moses Maimonides
Individual Diversity: Bernard of Clairvaux and Hildegard of Bingen
Hildegard on the church: to priests and popes
Bernard On Christian Knighthood
Hildegard's physiology: Causae et curae
Bernard's Way of Knowing: On the Song of Songs
Hildegard's lyrics: Eucharius
New Paths of Order and Prophecy circa 1200-1300
Orthodox Reform: Popes, Mendicants, and Scholars
Papal Monarchy: Innocent III and the Fourth Lateran Council
Franciscan Spirituality: Francis and Clare
Mendicant Scholarship: Bonaventure
Intellectual Synthesis: Thomas Aquinas
Over the Line: Heretics, Inquisitors, and other Radicals
Heresy and Inquisition: Waldensians and Albigensians
Spiritual Franciscans: Na Prous Boneta
Political Challenges: Marsilius of Padua
Popular Religion: Story and Poetry
Preacher's Tales: Caesarius of Heisterbach, Jacques de Vitry, Etienne de Bourbon
Monastic Simplicity: Our Lady's Tumbler
Popular Saints: The Golden Legend on Thomas Becket
Great Hymns of the Faith: Veni Sancte Spiritus
Cross Cultural Exchange: Missions and Dialogue
Missions to the Mongols: John of Plano-Carpini
Buddhist-Christian debate: William of Ruysbruck
Missions to India and China: John of Monte Corvino
Dialogue: Ibn Kamm<150>na
Change and Contact in the Late Middle Ages, c. 1300-1500
Dissent and Reform in Late Medieval Christendom
Views of the Papacy: Dante and Petrarch
The Great Schism and Conciliarism
A Lollard view of the Eucharist: Wycliff's Wicket
Diversity in Christianity: Late Medieval Spirituality
Contemplative Practice: John of Ruysbroeck
Anchoress: Julian of Norwich
Comforting the Condemned: Catherine of Siena
Divine Wisdom: Saint Gregory Palamas of Byzantium
Religious Expression: Ritual, Drama, and Story
Ritual: The Seven Sacraments explained by Pope Eugene IV
Drama: The Chester Cycle, The Last Judgment
Story: Great John in Russia
Cross-cultural Contact
The Black death and Jews: Jean de Venette and Jacob von K<148>nigshifen
Meeting other Christians: Travels of Quirini in Norway
The Imagined World: Mandeville's Travels, on Prester John
Classifying the Other: Columbus's Journal
Bibliography
Index
About the Editor
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