Traditions Of Controversy

Author : Marcelo Dascal,Han-liang Chang
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2007-11-21
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027291813

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Traditions of Controversy by Marcelo Dascal,Han-liang Chang Pdf

Controversies may be particularly prominent in one or another culture. Yet, there is hardly any culture where they do not exist. This book assumes that the practice of controversy, along with its theorization, constitutes – in each of the cultures and disciplines where it develops – a tradition. Whether there are enough shared elements in these traditions to consider them as, fundamentally, universal or not is something that can only be determined on the basis of a rich sample of controversies and theorizations thereof belonging to different traditions. This is what this volume provides to the reader. By presenting side by side controversies from the East and from the West, from the ancient past up to the present, from different domains of scholarship and action, the reader is in a position not only to admire the widespread nature, role, and richness of the phenomenon, but also to begin to evaluate its variety as well as universality. While the editors have purposefully avoided comparative studies of traditions of controversy, in order to focus on each tradition so to speak from its practitioners’ point of view, some of the chapters take a bird’s eye view and exemplify how such studies can be systematically conducted. In a world that is globalizing itself at a fast pace, the awareness of the multiplicity of traditions of controversy is fundamental for ensuring both that the integration of the various perspectives is harmonious and that each one of them is granted its place in a plural universe.

Author : Marcelo Dascal,Hanliang Zhang
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027218846

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Traditions of Controversy by Marcelo Dascal,Hanliang Zhang Pdf

Controversies may be particularly prominent in one or another culture. Yet, there is hardly any culture where they do not exist. This book assumes that the practice of controversy, along with its theorization, constitutes – in each of the cultures and disciplines where it develops – a tradition. Whether there are enough shared elements in these traditions to consider them as, fundamentally, universal or not is something that can only be determined on the basis of a rich sample of controversies and theorizations thereof belonging to different traditions. This is what this volume provides to the reader. By presenting side by side controversies from the East and from the West, from the ancient past up to the present, from different domains of scholarship and action, the reader is in a position not only to admire the widespread nature, role, and richness of the phenomenon, but also to begin to evaluate its variety as well as universality. While the editors have purposefully avoided comparative studies of traditions of controversy, in order to focus on each tradition so to speak from its practitioners' point of view, some of the chapters take a bird's eye view and exemplify how such studies can be systematically conducted. In a world that is globalizing itself at a fast pace, the awareness of the multiplicity of traditions of controversy is fundamental for ensuring both that the integration of the various perspectives is harmonious and that each one of them is granted its place in a plural universe.

Author : Alasdair Raffe
Publisher : Boydell Press
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : History
ISBN : 9781843837299

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The Culture of Controversy by Alasdair Raffe Pdf

Illuminating the development and character of Scottish Protestantism, The Culture of Controversy proposes new ways of understanding religion and politics in early modern Scotland. The Culture of Controversy investigates arguments about religion in Scotland from the Restoration to the death of Queen Anne and outlines a new model for thinking about collective disagreement in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century societies. Rejecting teleological concepts of the 'public sphere', the book instead analyses religious debates in terms of a distinctively early modern 'culture of controversy'. This culture was less rational and less urbanised than the public sphere. Traditional means of communication such as preaching and manuscript circulation were more important than newspapers and coffeehouses. As well as verbal forms of discourse, controversial culture was characterised by actions, rituals and gestures. People from all social ranks and all regions of Scotland were involved in religious arguments, but popular participation remained of questionable legitimacy. Through its detailedand innovative examination of the arguments raging between and within Scotland's main religious groups, the presbyterians and episcopalians, over such issues as Church government, state oaths and nonconformity, The Culture ofControversy reveals hitherto unexamined debates about religious enthusiasm, worship and clerical hypocrisy. It also illustrates the changing nature of the fault line between the presbyterians and episcopalians and contextualises the emerging issues of religious toleration and articulate irreligion. Illuminating the development and character of Scottish Protestantism, The Culture of Controversy proposes new ways of understanding religion and politics in late seventeenth- and early eighteenth-century Scotland and will be particularly valuable to all those with an interest in early modern British history. Alasdair Raffe is Lecturer in History at Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne.

Author : Hanina Ben-Menahem,Neil Hecht,Shai Wosner
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2022-03-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000086508

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Controversy and Dialogue in the Jewish Tradition by Hanina Ben-Menahem,Neil Hecht,Shai Wosner Pdf

Controversy is the main instrument by which Judaism develops and shapes its philosophy, theology and law. The rabbinical literature speaks with many voices, debating virtually every subject, and failing to reach a consensus on many. However, this willingness to condone controversy is accompanied by much deliberation. Controversy, and its legal, philosophical and social ramifications, was and remains of unparalleled concern to the rabbis. Today, we are also witness to a burgeoning academic interest in controversy and pluralism in Jewish law. This book is an anthology of passages from the rabbinical literature that address the phenomenon of controversy in Jewish law, affording the English-speaking reader the opportunity for a first-hand encounter with this fascinating material. An extensive analytical introduction contextualizes the material from a philosophical perspective. For more information, please visit www.controversy-dialogue.org.

Author : Gabriel Moran
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2012-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1258429705

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Scripture and Tradition by Gabriel Moran Pdf

Author : Orestes Augustus Brownson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Electronic
ISBN : PRNC:32101035391497

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Controversy by Orestes Augustus Brownson Pdf

Author : Lata Mani
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2023-09-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520921153

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Contentious Traditions by Lata Mani Pdf

Contentious Traditions analyzes the debate on sati, or widow burning, in colonial India. Though the prohibition of widow burning in 1829 was heralded as a key step forward for women's emancipation in modern India, Lata Mani argues that the women who were burned were marginal to the debate and that the controversy was over definitions of Hindu tradition, the place of ritual in religious worship, the civilizing missions of colonialism and evangelism, and the proper role of the colonial state. Mani radically revises colonialist as well as nationalist historiography on the social reform of women's status in the colonial period and clarifies the complex and contradictory character of missionary writings on India. The history of widow burning is one of paradox. While the chief players in the debate argued over the religious basis of sati and the fine points of scriptural interpretation, the testimonials of women at the funeral pyres consistently addressed the material hardships and societal expectations attached to widowhood. And although historiography has traditionally emphasized the colonial horror of sati, a fascinated ambivalence toward the practice suffused official discussions. The debate normalized the violence of sati and supported the misconception that it was a voluntary act of wifely devotion. Mani brilliantly illustrates how situated feminism and discourse analysis compel a rewriting of history, thus destabilizing the ways we are accustomed to look at women and men, at "tradition," custom, and modernity.

Author : Orestes Augustus Brownson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 612 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1884
Category : Literature
ISBN : UOM:39015036782061

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The Works of Orestes A. Brownson: Controversy by Orestes Augustus Brownson Pdf

Author : Peter A. Cramer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 206 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2011-06-17
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789400712881

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Controversy as News Discourse by Peter A. Cramer Pdf

This book presents a constitutive approach to controversy based on a discourse analysis of news texts, focusing on the role of journalists as participants who shape public controversy for readers. Drawing data from the Reuters Corpus, the project identifies formulas that journalists use in reporting controversy and draws conclusions about how these serve professional and textual functions and how they shape public controversy as a natural, historical, and pragmatic event. While the traditions of dialectic and rhetoric have focused on the prescriptive aim of training participants to resolve controversies in philosophical dialogue or public debate settings, this orientation has tended to preempt questions about where controversy is located and how it is shaped. This project contributes to descriptive, ethnographic research about controversy, using discourse analysis to address a problem in argumentation.

Author : William VanDoodewaard
Publisher : Reformation Heritage Books
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781601783295

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The Marrow Controversy and Seceder Tradition by William VanDoodewaard Pdf

After the Reformation, the Marrow Controversy of the eighteenth century is noted as one of the most significant and defining events in the Scottish church. However, until now, there has not been a serious analysis of the theology of the Marrow Men as it relates to churches in Scotland during the aftermath of the controversy. In this important study, William vanDoodewaard identifies characteristic understandings of Marrow theology on the atonement, saving faith, and the free offer of the gospel and traces them out in the theology of the Seceder tradition. In doing so, he presents substantial evidence for the continuity of Marrow theology in the Associate Presbytery and Associate Synod in Scotland during the eighteenth century. He ably demonstrates that while Marrow theology was not the primary cause of the Secession churches, the Seceders were aware of the significance of Marrow theology and consciously made it an integral part of their churches. Table of Contents: Part 1: Views of the Gospel and Its Proclamation: The Era of the Marrow Controversy 1. The Marrow of Modern Divinity and the Marrow Controversy 2. Views of the Gospel and Its Proclamation: Opponents of The Marrow 3. Views of the Gospel and Its Proclamation: Supporters of The Marrow 4. Conclusions on the Doctrine of the Atonement, Saving Faith, and the Gospel Offer during the Marrow Controversy Part 2: Views of the Gospel and Its Proclamation in the Associate Presbytery (1733-1747) and Associate Synod (1747-1799) 5. A Historical Introduction to the Secession Church 6. Historiographical Introduction to the Secession Churches 7. Theological Evidences for the Continuity of Marrow Theology in the Associate Presbytery (1733-1747) 8. The Associate Presbytery, George Whitefield, and the Cambuslang Revival 9. Theological Evidences for the Continuity of Marrow Theology in the Associate Synod: John Swanston to John Fraser (1748-1770)

Author : Charles Stuart STANFORD
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1870
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0018883672

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A Handbook to the Romish Controversy: being a refutation in detail of the Creed of Pope Pius the Fourth ... New edition, with numerous additions, etc by Charles Stuart STANFORD Pdf

Author : Tisa Joy Wenger
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780807832622

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We Have a Religion by Tisa Joy Wenger Pdf

For Native Americans, religious freedom has been an elusive goal. From nineteenth-century bans on indigenous ceremonial practices to twenty-first-century legal battles over sacred lands, peyote use, and hunting practices, the U.S. government has often act

Author : Bjørn Ole Hovda
Publisher : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2017-12-04
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783647552750

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The Controversy over the Lord's Supper in Danzig 1561–1567 by Bjørn Ole Hovda Pdf

In 1561, a Eucharistic controversy erupted in Danzig of the sixteenth century, sparked by disagreements on the real presence and the practical treatment of the Eucharistic elements. It was one of many inner-Lutheran struggles over the Lord's Supper in the years following the Reformation and therefore Björn Ole Hovda supplements the scientific studies on that topic. Different understandings of the presence of Christ during the Lord's Supper formed different religious norms of practice. On the one hand, the controversy is here analyzed as a discussion on doctrine between opposing ecclesiastical factions, set in the context of reformatory theology and liturgical practice. The theological discussions had important practical and cultic implications. One the other hand – and in contrast with the most of earlier works – the study seeks to treat with equal seriousness the wider societal and political aspects of the controversy. Hovda shows how deeply embedded the Eucharist was within broader discourses of culture, society and politics. Far from being just an abstruse ecclesiastical matter, it was a question of great sociopolitical interest and potency. The Eucharist served both as the prime symbol of Christian unity, as well as a confessional border stone between rivaling groups.Other important aspects of this wider analysis are tensions between the ordained ministry and the city council regarding authority, internal social tensions within the city, as well as the strategic interests of the city in its relations to the Polish crown, the Hanseatic league and the emerging new trading powers, among others.Through a close study of one particular controversy, light is cast on a variety of issues with relevance to the broader field of Reformation studies, especially concerning the centrality of the Eucharist.

Author : C. P. Snow,Charles Percy Snow
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2012-03-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781107606142

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The Two Cultures by C. P. Snow,Charles Percy Snow Pdf

The importance of science and technology and future of education and research are just some of the subjects discussed here.

Author : Martin J. S. Rudwick
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 529 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2011-01-15
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780226731001

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The Great Devonian Controversy by Martin J. S. Rudwick Pdf

"Arguably the best work to date in the history of geology."—David R. Oldroyd, Science "After a superficial first glance, most readers of good will and broad knowledge might dismiss [this book] as being too much about too little. They would be making one of the biggest mistakes in their intellectual lives. . . . [It] could become one of our century's key documents in understanding science and its history."—Stephen Jay Gould, New York Review of Books "Surely one of the most important studies in the history of science of recent years, and arguably the best work to date in the history of geology."—David R. Oldroyd, Science