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41	The paradoxical exemplar : the image of Saladin in Don Juan Manuel's El conde lucanor Atmaca, Delia Avila 22 February 2012 (has links) Don Juan Manuel’s laudatory portrayal of Saladin, the Muslim Sultan of Babylon, in Exempla 25 and 50 of El Conde Lucanor presents an interesting paradox, particularly when considering that the fourteenth-century text was intended as moral instruction for a Christian audience. This report addresses this paradox by determining Saladin’s placement within Juan Manuel’s moral and spiritual philosophy through textual and comparative character analyses. The first section applies Victor Turner’s social drama theory in a textual analysis of Exempla 25 and 50 to establish Juan Manuel’s representation of Saladin as a triumphant figure, capable of meeting and overcoming challenges to his honor and virtue. The second section applies M. M. Bakhtin’s concept of dialogism to engage in a closer examination of Saladin’s “voice” in relation to other characters of Juan Manuel’s exempla for the purpose of revealing the ambiguities and finer intricacies of Saladin’s character. These analyses serve to raise and address paradoxical questions relating to Juan Manuel’s presentation of Saladin as both a Muslim adversary and friend of Christendom. / text Saladin Salah al-Din Don Juan Manuel Juan Manuel El Conde Lucanor Medieval Spanish literature Spanish literature Medieval Spanish Exempla Exemplum Moral tales Medieval Iberia King Richard I Hunt Chivalry Christendom Reconquista Convivencia Moors
42	Eastward Voyages and the Late Medieval European Worldview Ignatov, Ivan Ivanovich January 2013 (has links) This thesis explores the nature of the late medieval European worldview in the context of the thirteenth- and fourteenth-century European journeys to Asia. It aims to determine the precise influence of these journeys on the wider European Weltbild. In lending equal weight to the accounts of the eastward travellers and the sources authored by their counterparts in Europe, who did not travel to Asia, the present study draws together two related strands in medieval historiography: the study of medieval European cosmology and worldview, and the study of medieval travel and travel literature. This thesis treats the journeys as medieval Europe’s interaction with Asia, outlining how travellers formed their perceptions of ‘the East’ through their encounters with Asian people and places. It also explores the transmission of information and ideas from travellers to their European contemporaries, suggesting that the peculiar textual culture of the Middle Ages complicated this process greatly and so minimised the transfer of ‘intact’ perceptions as the travellers originally formed them. The study contends instead that the eastward journeys shaped the late medieval European world picture in a different way, without overturning the concepts that underpinned it. Rather, this thesis argues, thirteenth- and fourteenth-century eastward voyages subtly altered how Europeans were inclined to understand these underpinning concepts. It suggests that the journeys intensified and made the concepts more immediate in Europeans’ minds and that they ‘normalised’ travel itself to the point where it became an essential part of the way Europeans could most readily make sense of the vast and kaleidoscopic world around them. medieval European worldview Weltbild cosmology Creation travel travellers travel accounts perception encounter discovery maps mappae mundi medieval Islam Christendom Mongols Ibn Battuta Ibn Jubayr Rubruck Carpini Polo Pordenone Mandeville wonders marvels rihla East
43	Sacred names, saints, martyrs and church officials in the Greek inscriptions and papyri pertaining to the Christian church of Palestine Meimaris, Yiannis E. January 1986 (has links) "Based on the thesis submitted by the author for the degree 'Doctor of Philosophy' to the Senate of Hebrew University, Jerusalem, in 1976"--P. viii. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-275) and indexes.
44	Mit den Waffen des Gegners christlich-muslimische Kontroversen im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert, dargestellt am Beispiel der Auseinandersetzung um Karl Gottlieb Pfanders 'Mîzân al-ḥaqq' und Raḥmatullâh ibn H̲alîl al-ʻUt̲mânî al-Kairânawîs 'Izhâr al-ḥaqq' und der Diskussion über das Barnabasevangelium / Schirrmacher, Christine. January 1992 (has links) Thesis (doctoral)--Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Bonn, 1992. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 386-425) and index.
45	Mens en natuur - 'n bronnestudie oor die Bybelse en na-Bybelse perspektiewe (Afrikaans) Smit, Gerrit Daniel Stephanus 10 March 2004 (has links) White (1967:1203-1207) places the blame for the current raping of our environment on the Christians’ interpretation of Genesis 1:28 (“God blessed them and said to them: ‘Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground”). White believes that the Christian interpretation of this verse teaches man to be arrogant toward nature and that God gives man the green light to exploit nature as man pleases. White has leveled serious accusations against the early Christians. This study interprets the Old Testament, New Testament and ancient theologians’ attitude towards creation and God. It deals with the accusations in accordance with the relevant Biblical and post-Biblical writers, to find the basis for the environmental crisis not in Christianity, but in animism. It is true that the ancient Christian writers were indeed more concerned about the hereafter than about the world as it is now. Yet, when one scrutinizes ancient writings, one soon realizes that in ancient biblical- and post-biblical time, earth stewardship has a profundity undreamed of by even the most speculative ecological philosophers. / Dissertation (MA (Greek))--University of Pretoria, 2005. / Ancient Languages / unrestricted Environment Spekulatiewe ekologiese filosowe Bestuur van die aarde Antieke tekste Early christians White Biblical and post-biblical writers Creation Ancient writings Environmental crisis Ekologie Speculative ecological philosophers Earth stewardship Interpreteer vroeg christelike skepping Vroeë christendom Natuur Ekologiese krisis Genesis 1:28 Nature UCTD
46	History, Context, Politics, Doctrine: Jacques Maritain Amidst the Headwinds of History Rosselli, Anthony 11 August 2022 (has links) No description available. Theology Religious History Religion History Philosophy Political Science Jacques Maritain prise de conscience infallibility development of doctrine biblical criticism Third Republic Ralliement Modernist Crisis Modernism Aeterni Patris Alfred Loisy fascism totalitarianism integralism Action Française nature and grace Vichy Integral Humanism Vatican II Dignitatis Humanae New Christendom pure nature

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