Religious identity and the problem of historical foundation : the foundational character of authoritative sources in the history of Christianity and Judaism / edited by Judith Frishman, Willemien Otten, and Gerard Rouwhorst.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Frishman, Judith, 1953-

Otten, Willemien.

Rouwhorst, Gerard.

Series:

Jewish and Christian perspectives series 1388-2074 ; v. 8.

Jewish and Christian perspectives series, 1388-2074 ; v. 8

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church history--Historiography--Congresses.

Church history.

Judaism--Historiography--Congresses.

Judaism.

Judaism--Historiography.

Church history--Historiography.

Genre:

Conference papers and proceedings.

Physical Description:

x, 588 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden : Boston : Brill, 2004.

Summary:

The book deals with different sorts of authoritative sources, predominantly but not exclusively written ones, on which Christian communities have based their identity from the period of early Christianity to the twentieth century. Issues addressed are the processes leading to the development of authoritative traditions as well as the effects these have had on the identity of Christian churches or confessions. Special attention is paid to the crisis which the belief in authoritative sources has experienced since the rise of modernity.

Contents:

1. Prologue: Religious Identity and the Problem of Historical Foundation. The Foundational Character of Authorative Texts and Traditions in the History of Christianity / Willemien Otten, Theo Salemink 3

2. The Surprise of Scripture's Advice / Charles Hallisey 28

Part I Identity and Modernity

A. Catholicism

3. The Ambivalence of Catholic Modernisation / Urs Altermatt 49

4. How Modern is Religion in Modernity? / Staf Hellemans 76

5. Modernity and the Crisis of Spiritual Authority in the Nineteenth Century. The Case of Papal Infallibility / Anton Houtepen 95

6. A Textbook for Theological Formation from Mechelen. Its Importance for the Identity of the Roman Catholic Clergy in the Netherlands / Theo Clemens 114

B. Protestantism

7. Reformed Notions of Identity: The Dutch Reformed Church Between 1829 and 1869 / Frits Broeyer 137

8. University Education as a Mark of Ministerial Identity in Nineteenth Century Dutch Protestantism / David Bos 157

9. Mission in a Globalizing World: Christ, Christianity and the Remaking of World Order / Jan Jongeneel 180

C. Judaism

10. True Mosaic Religion. Samuel Hirsch, Samuel Holdheim and the Reform of Judaism / Judith Frishman 195

11. The Brunswick Rabbinical Conference and Anti-Reform Response on the Question of Authority / Els Kooij-Bas 223

12. Modernity as Neo-Paganism. A Catholic Answer to Liberalism, Socialism and National Socialism / Theo Salemink 240

Part II Sources of Authority from Early Christian to Postmodern Times

A. The Early Church

13. Pagan Sources in the Pseudo-Clementine Novel / Jaap van Amersfoort 265

14. The Emergence of Gnostic-Manichaean Christianity as a Case of Religious Identity in the Making / Johannes van Oort 275

B. The Middle Ages

15. Re-Appropriation and Disavowal: Pagan and Christian Authorities in Cassiodorus and Venantius Fortunatus / Karla Pollmann 289

16. St. Francis, God's Authority and the Pope's Approval / Gerard Pieter Freeman 317

17. Heretical Religious Women and the Authority of Traditional Sources / Daniela Muller 335

18. Authority and Identity in the Transition from Monastic to Scholastic Theology: Peter Abelard and Bernard of Clairvaux / Willemien Otten 349

19. Authority and Interpretation in Scholastic Theology / Marcia Colish 369

20. The Roman Pontiff as Direct Judge of Appeal and the Identity of the Latin Church / Jan Hallebeek 387

C. From Reformation to Postmodernity

21. Die Autoritat von Schrift und Tradition in den Religionsverhandlungen des Augsburger Reichstages vom Jahre 1530. (With an English Summary) / Eugene Honee 407

22. Transformation in Order and Desire. Thomas a Kempis' Indebtedness to St. Augustine / Paul van Geest 438

23. Scholasticism Protestant and Catholic: Medieval Sources and Methods in Seventeenth Reformed Thought / Willem van Asselt 457

24. The Improperia on Trial. On a Recent Debate in the Netherlands between Jews, Protestants and Roman-Catholics / Marcel Poorthuis 471

25. Historical Periods as Normative Sources. The Appeal to the Past in the Research on Liturgical History / Gerard Rouwhorst 495

26. Power and Piety in Contemporary Church History and Social Science / Peter van Rooden 513

D. Christian Origins: A Continuing Debate

27. Books and Their 'Aura': the Functions of Written Texts in Judaism, Paganism and Christianity during the First Centuries CE / Frances Young 535

28. Creating Foundations, Creating Authorities: Reading Practices and Christian Identities / Elizabeth Clark 553.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9004130217

OCLC:

53986913