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Interfaith Dialogue in Christian Norway: Enactment of Inclusive Religiosity as Civilized Behavior
2017
Despite sparse scholarly attention from non-activists, Scandinavian interfaith fora are gaining momentum as a response to societal transformations of increased migration, world conflicts, and politically motivated violence. Combining theories of interaction, ritual performance, and civilizing processes, the article conducts a case study of public interfaith meetings held by a local interfaith forum in Kristiansand in Norway. Analyzing the meetings as organized cultural encounters, the study explores the transformative aspects of the events and it points to how the enactment of civilized forms of cross-cultural religiosity created within and by these public interfaith meetings is interlinked…
The Portrayal of Paul's Outer Appearance in the Acts of Paul and Thecla. Re-Considering the Correspondence between Body and Personality in Ancient Li…
2008
AbstractThis essay claims that Paul's description in Acts Paul Thecl. 3, if read against the background of Graeco-Roman physiognomics, i.e., the belief in the coherence between outer appearance and inner qualities of a person, is not derogative as assumed in older research but agreeable. The positive interpretation of Paul's outer appearance is corroborated by an analysis of the reactions he evokes in followers (Onesiphorus, Thecla) as well as opponents (Theoclia, Thamyris). It is demonstrated that Paul's physiognomy corresponds to his apostolic identity.
Marsilius of Padua and Isaac Abravanel on kingship : the medieval precedents of modern republicanism revisited
2020
Abstract This article offers a comparative investigation of Marsilius of Padua’s and Isaac Abravanel’s ideas on kingship. It looks at how these thinkers transform the “canonical” sources of their respective traditions of political theorizing, i.e., Aristotle’s Politics and the Bible, to articulate the notion that ultimate authority rests with the citizens/people. It also examines how these two writers’ positions on kingship relate to the political realities that prevailed in late medieval Italy. Finally, it illuminates the medieval precedents of modern republicanism in the Christian and Jewish political traditions.
Hors du cloître et dans le monde : Des Sœurs catholiques comme actrices transnationales
2012
Resume Cet article etudie les reseaux missionnaires catholiques entre l’Europe et l’Afrique, en particulier deux congregations africaines basees au Burkina Faso travaillant en Afrique et en Europe. L’analyse de cette forme specifique de la transnationalisation du religieux permet de saisir certaines tendances du processus de globalisation. Les religieuses africaines sont de plus en plus impliquees dans la pastorale en Europe tout en continuant leurs activites apostoliques dans leur continent d’origine. Les religieuses europeennes sont pour leur part de moins en moins presentes en Afrique ou elles operent au travers de reseaux transfrontaliers. Ce renversement des roles missionnaires traditi…
Steven Paas, Johannes Rebmann: A Servant of God in Africa before the Rise of Western Colonialism (edition afem – mission academics 32). Bonn: VTR and…
2013
The Emergence of Pastoral Authority in the French Reformed Church (c.1555-c.1572)
2021
In The Emergence of Pastoral Authority in the French Reformed Church, c.1555-c.1572, Gianmarco Braghi offre un'ampia panoramica delle questioni e delle ambiguità connesse all'attuazione dell'autorità della prima generazione di pastori riformati francesi formati a Ginevra e delle loro implicazioni per il carattere e l'identità del primo movimento riformato francese in generale, utilizzandoli come prisma per l'analisi storica della transizione dall'evangelicalismo sciolto a una nascente rete sinodale-concistoriale di congregazioni riformate sparse nel regno di Francia. In The Emergence of Pastoral Authority in the French Reformed Church, c.1555-c.1572, Gianmarco Braghi offers a broad overview…
Narrazioni e rappresentazioni del sacro femminile. Un rapido bilancio
2021
Prefazione al volume "Narrazioni e rappresentazioni del sacro femminile. Atti in memoria di Giuseppe Martorana" Preface to the volume "Narrations and representations of the sacred female. Proceedings in memory of Giuseppe Martorana"