Ecclesiastical History Society. Summer Meeting

The revival and stimulation of ideas and practices are the focus of this wide-ranging collection.

Papers Read at the 2006 Summer Meeting and the 2007 Winter Meeting of the Ecclesiastical History Society

Revival and Resurgence in Christian History

"The Christian Church's ideas about the afterlife have always been central to its thought, and may have played the vital role in the spread of the faith itself. One sixth-century pagan was reported by Bede to have likened human life to a sparrow flying swiftly through a well-lit hall from dark to dark: for him at least, the church's promise of light beyond that brief traverse was reason enough to convert. Beyond this basic attraction of the Christian afterlife, notions and disputes about what happened to souls after death have been inseparably entangled in the Church's history." "As this wide ranging collection shows, they influenced the early formation of doctrine, flavoured debates between Eastern and Western traditions, were crucial to the Reformation, and shaped the spread of the Christian religion beyond Europe. By considering the whole chronological and geographic spread of the church's experience, these essays demonstrate the current excitement of scholarly study of the afterlife: and they frequently question such deeply held assumptions as the late development of purgatory in Christian thought, the divorce between the living and the dead in the western tradition after the sixteenth century, or the importance of post-death salvation in successful modern evangelism."--BOOK JACKET.

Papers Read at the 2007 Summer Meeting and the 2008 Winter Meeting of the Ecclesiastical History Society

The Church, the Afterlife and the Fate of the Soul

Ecclesiastical History Society. Winter Meeting

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Ecclesiastical History Society

Ronald Cuming

On popular piety, sanctity and customs in local and general settings.

Papers Read at the Ninth Summer Meeting and the Tenth Winter Meeting of the Ecclesiastical History Society

Popular Belief and Practice

Peter Clarke

Charlotte Methuen

A wide-ranging and impressive collection which illuminates the enduring relationship between the Church and literary creation.

The Church and Literature

Tony Claydon

Provides insight into a key issue of Christian history which still has a huge influence on ecclesiastical practice and politics.

Ecclesiastical History Society. Summer Meeting

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