Format:
Online-Ressource (232 p)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2013 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0812239873
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9780812203035
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9780812239874
Content:
Expectations of Justice in the Age of Augustine examines the complex and varying roles Christian bishops played during late antiquity and how their experiences fundamentally affected Christian ideals of divine justice.
Content:
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. Calumny: Well-Known Reasons Why Justice Fails -- Judicial Culture -- Juridical Solutions: Roman Law -- Popular Responses -- The Bishop's Court -- Juridical Solutions: Canon Law -- Social Bonds and Boundaries -- 2. "Judge like God": What Bishops Claimed to Expect of Themselves -- Between Perfection and Failure -- Traditions of Judgment and Discernment -- Spiritual Discernment at Work -- Alternative Traditions of Discernment -- The Exemplary Life of Bishops -- The Ideal Fails -- 3. Christian Oaths: A Case Study in Practicality over Doctrine -- Oaths Are Social Bonds -- The Public Life of Oaths -- Solemn Promises plus Some Exemptions -- Exegetes on Swearing -- Socialis Necessitudo and the Need for Oaths -- Swearing in the Land of Falsehood -- 4. Mercy Not Justice: How Penance Became a Worthy Act of Self-Incrimination -- A Profession of Holiness -- Preachers of Penance -- The Penitential Lives of Religious Professionals -- The Heroic Lives of Penitents -- Compunction and Discernment for All -- The Balance of Mercy and Justice -- An End to the Scholarly Myth of Decline and Rigorism -- Conclusion -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Acknowledgments.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-225) and index
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""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Calumny: Well-Known Reasons Why Justice Fails""; ""Judicial Culture""; ""Juridical Solutions: Roman Law""; ""Popular Responses""; ""The Bishop's Court""; ""Juridical Solutions: Canon Law""; ""Social Bonds and Boundaries""; ""2. ""Judge like God"": What Bishops Claimed to Expect of Themselves""; ""Between Perfection and Failure""; ""Traditions of Judgment and Discernment""; ""Spiritual Discernment at Work""; ""Alternative Traditions of Discernment""; ""The Exemplary Life of Bishops""; ""The Ideal Fails""
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""3. Christian Oaths: A Case Study in Practicality over Doctrine""""Oaths Are Social Bonds""; ""The Public Life of Oaths""; ""Solemn Promises plus Some Exemptions""; ""Exegetes on Swearing""; ""Socialis Necessitudo and the Need for Oaths""; ""Swearing in the Land of Falsehood""; ""4. Mercy Not Justice: How Penance Became a Worthy Act of Self-Incrimination""; ""A Profession of Holiness""; ""Preachers of Penance""; ""The Penitential Lives of Religious Professionals""; ""The Heroic Lives of Penitents""; ""Compunction and Discernment for All""; ""The Balance of Mercy and Justice""
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""An End to the Scholarly Myth of Decline and Rigorism""""Conclusion""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Acknowledgments""
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780812239874
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Expectations of Justice in the Age of Augustine
Language:
English
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