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Anchorites, Wombs, and Tombs
Until recently, the figure of the medieval anchorite and the underlying ideological concepts that framed her day-to-day existence have escaped detailed examination, despite the anchorite’s importance to the study of…
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Bishop Burgess and His World
English author and philosopher Bishop Thomas Burgess (1756-1837) spent his early career advocating for the emancipation of slaves and evangelizing among the poor. In 1803 he was appointed Bishop of St. David’s,…
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Castles of the Mind
For well over a thousand years, scholars exploited the potential of architecture for allegorical representation. Regardless of whether they were describing the characteristics of romantic love, the framework of the…
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Celtic Hagiography and Saints’ Cults
AcknowledgementsContributorsIllustrationsTablesAbbreviations Introduction Jane Cartwright 1. St David and St Davids: some observations on the cult, site and buildings J. Wyn Evans2. Welsh hagiography and the nationalist impulse Elissa R. Henken 3. Twelfth-century Welsh hagiography: the…
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Celtic Hagiography and Saints’ Cults
“ . . . a fascinating insight into both the spiritual life of Celtic communities and current debates about the role of saints in the Celtic world.” —Gwales.com “Throughout…
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Celts and Christians
What is Celtic Christianity? How and to what extent is it Celtic? The essays in this volume – which were originally given as lectures at the Centre for the Study…
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Christian Women and the Time of the Apostolic Fathers
This volume considers issues surrounding Christian women in the period of the Apostolic Fathers, 80–160CE, in a period before a canon of Scripture existed or orthodoxy and heresy were defined…
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Church Building and Restoration in Victorian Glamorgan, 1837-1901
Dr Geoffrey Orrin’s study contains a detailed account of all those Anglican churches within the county of Glamorgan that were built, rebuilt, restored or re-modelled in any significant way during…
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Coming Deliverer, The
Dedication to Cyril WilliamsAcknowledgementsList of contributors 1 Equilibrium and the end of time: the roots of millenarianism FIONA BOWIE 2 Deliverance and human destiny in Zoroastrianism CYRIL WILLIAMS 3 Maitreya,…
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Confessing and Commending the Faith
Alan P. F. Sell was formerly Professor of Christian Doctrine and Philosophy of Religion at the United Theological College, Aberystwyth. He is the author many books, including Commemorations: Studies in…
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Congregationalism in Wales
R. Tudur Jones (1921-98) was the most prolific and important of all the church historians produced in Wales during the twentieth century. Though ordained an Independent (Congregational) minister, he spent…
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Dean John Colet of St Paul’s
This is an important and original biography of John Colet, the leading humanist theologian in early Tudor England and the founder of St Paul’s School in London. Taken at face…