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  • The Medieval Craft of Memory

    An Anthology of Texts and Pictures

    Edited by Mary Carruthers, Jan M. Ziolkowski ...
    Series series Material Texts
    In antiquity and the Middle Ages, memory was a craft, and certain actions and tools were thought to be necessary for its creation and recollection. Until now, however, many of the most important visual and textual sources on the topic have remained untranslated or otherwise difficult to consult. Mary Carruthers and Jan M. Ziolkowski bring together the texts and visual images from the twelfth ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • The Medieval Craft of Memory

    An Anthology of Texts and Pictures

    Edited by Mary Carruthers, Jan M. Ziolkowski ...
    Series series Material Texts
    In antiquity and the Middle Ages, memory was a craft, and certain actions and tools were thought to be necessary for its creation and recollection. Until now, however, many of the most important visual and textual sources on the topic have remained untranslated or otherwise difficult to consult. Mary Carruthers and Jan M. Ziolkowski bring together the texts and visual images from the twelfth ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

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  • Introduction to Moral Theology

    by Romanus Cessario ...
    Series Book 1 - Catholic Moral Thought
    The comprehensive introduction to Catholic moral theology by the leading theologian and author of The Moral Virtues and Theological Ethics .In Introduction to Moral Theology, Father Romanus Cessario, O.P. presents and expounds on the basic and central elements of Catholic moral theology written in the light of Veritatis splendor. Since its publication in 2001, this fir... ... Read more

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  • The Book of Memory

    A Study of Memory in Medieval Culture

    by Mary Carruthers ...
    Series Book 70 - Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature
    Mary Carruthers's classic study of the training and uses of memory for a variety of purposes in European cultures during the Middle Ages has fundamentally changed the way scholars understand medieval culture. This fully revised and updated second edition considers afresh all the material and conclusions of the first. While responding to new directions in research inspired by the original, this new ... Read more

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  • The Kingdom and the Glory

    For a Theological Genealogy of Economy and Government

    by Giorgio Agamben ...
    Translated by Lorenzo Chiesa, Matteo Mandarini ...
    Series series Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics
    Why has power in the West assumed the form of an "economy," that is, of a government of men and things? If power is essentially government, why does it need glory, that is, the ceremonial and liturgical apparatus that has always accompanied it?In the early centuries of the Church, in order to reconcile monotheism with God's threefold nature, the doctrine of Trinity was introduced in the guise of ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Faith in a Hard Ground

    Essays on Religion, Philosophy and Ethics by G.E.M. Anscombe

    by G.E.M. Anscombe ...
    Series Book 11 - St Andrews Studies in Philosophy and Public Affairs
    Elizabeth Anscombe’s forthright philosophy speaks directly to many religious and ethical issues of current concern.This collection of her essays forms a companion volume to the critically acclaimed Human Life, Action and Ethics, published in 2005. ... Read more

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  • The Hidden and the Manifest

    Essays in Theology and Metaphysics

    by David Bentley Hart ...
    Rowan Williams says that David Bentley Hart "can always be relied on to offer a perspective on the Christian faith that is both profound and unexpected." The Hidden and the Manifest, a new collection of this brilliant scholar's work, contains twenty essays by Hart on theology and metaphysics.Spanning Hart's career both topically and over time, these essays cover such subjects as the Orthodox ... Read more

    $44.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Thomas Aquinas

    A Portrait

    by Denys Turner ...
    Leaving so few traces of himself behind, Thomas Aquinas seems to defy the efforts of the biographer. Highly visible as a public teacher, preacher, and theologian, he nevertheless has remained nearly invisible as man and saint. What can be discovered about Thomas Aquinas as a whole? In this short, compelling portrait, Denys Turner clears away the haze of time and brings Thomas vividly to life for ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Confessions of the Flesh

    The History of Sexuality, Volume 4

    by Michel Foucault ...
    Translated by Robert Hurley ...
    The fourth and final volume in Michel Foucault’s acclaimed History of Sexuality, completed just before his death in 1984 and finally available to the publicOne of the most influential thinkers of the twentieth century, Michel Foucault made an indelible impact on Western thought. The first three volumes in his History of Sexuality—which trace cultural and intellectual notions of sexuality, arguing ... Read more

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  • Saint Augustine of Hippo: An Intellectual Biography

    An Intellectual Biography

    by Miles Hollingworth ...
    St. Augustine was undoubtedly one of the great thinkers of the early church. Yet it has long been assumed--and not without reason--that the main lines of Augustine's thought have been more or less fixed since his death. That insofar as we should be aware of him in the twenty-first century, he is a figure described-if not circumscribed--by his times. A major revisionist treatment of Augustine's ... Read more

    $52.19 USD

  • Philosophy for Everyman

    From Socrates to Sartre

    by Dagobert D. Runes ...
    This sweeping history of philosophy by the author and founder of the Philosophical Library ranges from the pre-Socratics to existentialism.In this historical survey, Dagobert D. Runes introduces readers to the major developments in philosophical inquiry that began with the ancient Greeks. In clear and accessible prose, he traces the progression of thought through influential figures such as Jesus, ... Read more

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  • An Introduction to Medieval Theology

    by Rik van Nieuwenhove ...
    Series series Introduction to Religion
    Medieval theology, in all its diversity, was radically theo-centric, Trinitarian, Scriptural and sacramental. It also operated with a profound view of human understanding (in terms of intellectus rather than mere ratio). In a post-modern climate, in which the modern views on 'autonomous reason' are increasingly being questioned, it may prove fruitful to re-engage with pre-modern thinkers who, ... Read more

    $29.59 USD