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H. Maynard Smith
Bio: H. Maynard Smith is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Preternatural. The author has an hindex of 3, co-authored 3 publications receiving 65 citations.
Topics: Preternatural
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01 Jan 1963
TL;DR: In the last chapter it became clear that there were many scandals in the clerical estate, but that the clergy were by no means so black as they have sometimes been painted as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: Many years ago a contributor to the Dublin Review wrote about the XV century: “ This epoch was an eclipse—a very Egyptian darkness; worse than Chaos or Erebus—black as the thick preternatural night under which Our Lord was crucified ”.I Had this statement been true it would have been easy to account for the Reformation. It is false, and the Reformation has still to be explained. In the last chapter it became clear that there were many scandals in the clerical estate, but that the clergy were by no means so black as they have sometimes been painted. In this chapter it should become clear how, in spite of wickedness and superstition, there was a popular religion—real, sincere and active. There have never been any good old times; but in reviewing the past it is possible to overestimate our superior enlightenment.
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TL;DR: The Economic, Political, Social, Social and Religious Beliefs of the Maryland Catholic Laboring People During the Period of the English Civil War, 1639-1660 (1996) as discussed by the authors.
Abstract: NOTE: This is a PDF-formatted copy of Edward Terrar’s The Economic, Political, Social and Religious Beliefs of the Maryland Catholic Laboring People During the Period of the English Civil War, 1639-1660 (1996). The original 1996 edition, which is now out of print, had 467 pages of text, with an additional 13 pages of front material, which included a title page, a listing of contents, abbreviations, tables, maps and illustrations, and acknowledgments.
90 citations
01 Jan 2014
TL;DR: In this paper, Ruggiero and Giannetti present a series of case-studies of religious culture in the age of the Enlightenment in the Republic of Venice, focusing on various aspects of devotions, practices, beliefs, and beliefs that grew out of negotiations that took place at all levels.
Abstract: Publication Date 2014-04-29 Availability Embargoed Embargo Period 2017-04-28 Degree Type Dissertation Degree Name Doctor of Philosophy (PHD) Department History (Arts and Sciences) Date of Defense 2014-04-03 First Committee Member Guido Ruggiero Second Committee Member Mary Lindemann Third Committee Member Hugh Thomas Fourth Committee Member Steve Stein Fifth Committee Member Laura Giannetti Abstract The continuing resilience, significance, and variety of religious culture in the age of the Enlightenment in the Republic of Venice are the overarching themes of this dissertation, which consists of a series of case-studies. Though the stories examined here are diverse and cover several aspects of devotions, practices, and beliefs, they all grew out of negotiations that took place at all levels. Each chapter showcases negotiations of the sacred among secular authorities, the clergy and their flocks, bishops and inquisitors, higher office holders in the Roman Church and in local branches of the Inquisition, and various members of ecclesiastic institutions. Together, these represent a more complicated religious Enlightenment than usually envisioned. Negotiations of the sacred unfold against the background of unapologetic quests for the miraculous and divine manifestations. Hence, the pursuit of modernity, which is still seen as the hallmark of the Age of Reason, actually never was very far removed from the sphere of religion and consciousness of the spiritual world. The examination of so many varied aspects of devotion, practices, beliefs, and the numerous uncertain attempts to constrain them within more rigorous boundaries (or to remove them from popular control) during the eighteenth century ultimately confirms that we – “moderns” – are the children of the Enlightenment in more complex ways than we might imagine.
89 citations
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01 Jan 2003TL;DR: For well over a century, Chinese fengshui has interested Western laymen and scholars as mentioned in this paper, and hundreds of popular manuals claim to use its principles in their advice on how people...
Abstract: For well over a century, Chinese fengshui - or 'geomancy' - has interested Western laymen and scholars. Today, hundreds of popular manuals claim to use its principles in their advice on how people ...
66 citations
01 Jan 2020
TL;DR: In this article, Eve-Marie Beckers arbeiten zur Person des Paulus und zu seiner literarischen Tatigkeit zusammengestellt.
Abstract: Im vorliegenden Band sind Eve-Marie Beckers Arbeiten zur Person des Paulus und zu seiner literarischen Tatigkeit zusammengestellt. Besonderes Interesse gilt dabei dem Philipperbrief und seiner Rezeptions- und Wirkungsgeschichte bis zu Ernst Lohmeyer. Die Beitrage stehen im Zusammenhang der Kommentierung des Briefs fur die Serie: „Meyers Kritisch-Exegetischer Kommentar (KEK)“. Der Kommentar soll die wirkmachtige Auslegung von Ernst Lohmeyer (1928/1930) ersetzen. Vier der insgesamt sechzehn Aufsatze, die im vorliegenden Band zusammengestellt sind, wurden bisher nicht oder nicht auf Deutsch oder Englisch veroffentlicht, die ubrigen zwolf Aufsatze sind zwischen 2005 und 2018 erschienen.
63 citations
Dissertation•
01 Jan 2012
TL;DR: In this article, the authors propose a method to solve the problem of "uniformity" and "uncertainty" in the context of health care, and propose a solution.
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56 citations