Church History articles from September 2004

Church History archives from September 2004

Editorial comment.(Editorial)
September 1, 2004... The four editors at Duke University who have been the stewards of Church History over the last seven years would like to thank the American Society of Church History for the opportunity of serving the Society in this special way. We took...

"A suitable abode for Christ": the church building as symbol of ascetic renunciation in early monasticism (1).
September 1, 2004... In reading many early Christian texts from and about Egypt, one is struck by the importance of space for the ascetic lifestyle. Whether it be Antony locked in his desert fortress, the tightly arranged cells of Kellia in the Apopthegmata Patrum,...

Jehoshaphat and his prayer among sixteenth-century Lutherans (1).
September 1, 2004... Martin Luther, writing in his Betbuchlein in 1522, declared: Among the many harmful books and doctrines which are misleading and deceiving Christians and give rise to countless false beliefs, I regard the personal prayer books...

The evolution of the Lutheran pastors' manual in the sixteenth century.
September 1, 2004... Among the many changes brought about by the Reformation, perhaps one of the most obvious was the new image of the Protestant pastor. (1) No longer was he set apart from his parishioners by the privileges of a separate estate or by the...

"Our Lord God's Chancery" in Magdeburg and its fight against the interim (1).
September 1, 2004... We, Lucifer, lord of darkness, ruler of deep sadness, emperor of the hellish cesspool, duke of the sulphuric waters, king of the cliff, and administrator of the hellish fire, to each and everyone in our realm, friends, bishops, prelates,...

Boundlessness, consolidation, and discontinuity between generations: Catholic seminary studies in antebellum America.
September 1, 2004... Many years ago John Higham identified a transition in American culture "from boundlessness to consolidation," the beginnings of which could be traced to the 1850s. Among indications of a scaling back in the prevailing sense of unlimited...

Visions of self, success, and society among young men in antebellum Boston.
September 1, 2004... When Dwight L. Moody left his native town of Northfield, Massachusetts, for Boston in 1854, he was one among hundreds of young men flocking to urban centers in hopes of achieving greater prosperity and "success" in mercantile careers than their...

Catholics and the campaign for women's suffrage in England.
September 1, 2004... Narratives about women and religion in Victorian and Edwardian society seldom addressed the world of the Catholic laity, leaving the impression that Catholics were unimportant in English history. (1) Pushed into anonymity, they were easily...

Theology in America: Christian Thought from the Age of the Puritans to the Civil War.(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... Theology in America: Christian Thought from the Age of the Puritans to the Civil War. By E. Brooks Holifield. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 2003. ix + 617 pp. $35.00 cloth. AFTER AHLSTROM Back when I was in graduate school,...

In Dominico Eloquio--In Lordly Eloquence. Essays on Patristic Exegesis in Honor of Robert Louis Wilken.(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... In Dominico Eloquio--In Lordly Eloquence. Essays on Patristic Exegesis in Honor of Robert Louis Wilken. Edited by Paul M. Blowers, Angela Russell Christman, David G. Hunter, and Robin Darling Young. Grand Rapids, Mich.: Eerdmans, 2002. xvi +...

Theodore the Stoudite: the Ordering of Holiness.(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... Theodore the Stoudite: The Ordering of Holiness. By Roman Cholij. Oxford Theological Monographs. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. xvi + 275 pp. $74.00 cloth. If there is one individual whose life and writings encapsulate the...

St. John Damascene: Tradition and Originality in Byzantine Theology.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... St. John Damascene: Tradition and Originality in Byzantine Theology. By Andrew Louth. Oxford Early Christian Studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2002. xviii + 327 pp. $74.00 cloth. While the Venerable Bede longed with nostalgia for a...

The Lindisfarne Gospels: Society, Spirituality and the Scribe.(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... The Lindisfarne Gospels: Society, Spirituality and the Scribe. By Michelle P. Brown. The British Library Studies in Medieval Culture. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2003. xlviii + 479 pp. 32 pages of plates, 177 illustrations (some...

The White Mantle of the Churches: Architecture, Liturgy, and Art around the Millennium.(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... The White Mantle of Churches. Architecture, Liturgy and Art around the Millennium. Edited by Nigel Hiscock. International Medieval Research, 10. Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols, 2003. xx + 286 pp. 75.00 [euro] paper. To begin by saying that the...

Theology, Rhetoric, and Politics in the Eucharistic Controversy, 1078-1079: Alberic of Monte Cassino against Berengar of Tours.(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... Theology, Rhetoric, and Politics in the Eucharistic Controversy, 1078-1079: Alberic of Monte Cassino against Berengar of Tours. By Charles M. Radding and Francis Newton. New York: Columbia University Press, 2003. xi + 197 pp. $19.50 paper. ...

"Every Valley Shall Be Exalted": the Discourse of Opposites in Twelfth-Century Thought.(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... "Every Valley Shall Be Exalted": The Discourse of Opposites in Twelfth-Century Thought. By Constance Brittain Bouchard. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 2002. xvi + 171 pp. $29.95 cloth. As is her wont, Professor Bouchard has...

Battling Demons. Witchcraft, Heresy, and Reform in the Late Middle Ages.(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... Battling Demons. Witchcraft, Heresy, and Reform in the Late Middle Ages. By Michael D. Bailey. Magic in History Series. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 2003. xii + 200 pp. $65.00 cloth; $22.50 paper. Ever since the...

Long Travail and Great Paynes: a Politics of Reformation Revision.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... Long Travail and Great Paynes: A Politics of Reformation Revision. By Vivienne Westbrook. Studies in Early Modern Religious Reforms 1. London: Kluwer Academic, 2001. xxxix + 190 pp. $98.00 cloth. In this reworking of her doctoral thesis,...

The Dead and the Living in Paris and London, 1500-1670.(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... The Dead and the Living in Paris and London, 1500-1670. By Vanessa Harding. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. xvi + 343 pp. $65.00 cloth. Vanessa Harding has written a comparative study of burial sites and funeral practices in...

Christian Missions and the Enlightenment.(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... Christian Missions and the Enlightenment. Edited By Brian Stanley. Studies in the History of Christian Missions. Grand Rapids, Mich.: William B. Eerdmans, 2001. xii + 246 pp. $45.00 cloth. The collected essays in this volume address several...

The Broad Church: a Biography of a Movement.(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... The Broad Church: A Biography of a Movement. By Tod E. Jones. Lanham, Md.: Lexington Books, 2003. xi + 347 pp. $85.00 cloth. Vernon Storr's tellingly indistinct remark that "Broad Church is a vague enough term, and may include minds of very...

Great Britain and the Holy See, the Diplomatic Relations Questions, 1846-1852.(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... Great Britain and the Holy See, The Diplomatic Relations Questions, 1846-1852. By James P. Flint. Washington, D.C.: Catholic University of America Press, 2003. xvii + 301 pp. $39.95 cloth. Father James Flint has written a superb account of...

Charles G. Finney: Revivalistic Rhetoric.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... Charles G. Finney: Revivalistic Rhetoric. By David B. Chesebrough. Great American Orators, 31. Westport, Conn.: Greenwood, 2001. 204 pp. $79.00 cloth. This volume is part of a series introducing Great American Orators. Chesebrough has...

Moral Reconstruction: Christian Lobbyists and the Federal Legislation of Morality, 1865-1920.(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... Moral Reconstruction: Christian Lobbyists and the Federal Legislation of Morality, 1865-1920. By Gaines M. Foster. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2002. xvi + 318 pp. $49.95 cloth; $19.95 paper. General readers will learn...

Christian Science on Trial: Religious Healing in America.(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... Christian Science on Trial: Religious Healing in America. By Rennie B. Schoepflin. Medicine, Science and Religion in Historical Context. Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003. xii + 301 pp. $39.95 cloth. The theme of lives...

Witnessing and Testifying: Black Women, Religion, and Civil Rights.(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... Witnessing and Testifying: Black Women, Religion, and Civil Rights. By Rosetta E. Ross. Minneapolis, Minn.: Fortress, 2003. xiv + 294 pp. $23.00 paper. Rosetta E. Ross has made a fine contribution to scholarship in civil rights history,...

Doctors for the Kingdom: the Work of the American Mission Hospitals in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia--1913-1955.(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... Doctors for the Kingdom: The Work of the American Mission Hospitals in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia--1913-1955. By Paul L. Armerding. Historical Series of the Reformed Church in America. Grand Rapids, Mich.: William B. Eerdmans, 2003. 182 pp....

Uneasy in Babylon: Southern Baptist Conservatives and American Culture.(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... Uneasy in Babylon: Southern Baptist Conservatives and American Culture. By Barry Hankins. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2002. xii + 344 pp. $34.95 cloth. In 1979 a group of conservative Southern Baptists initiated a campaign to...

Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music.(Book Review)
September 1, 2004... Encyclopedia of Contemporary Christian Music. By Mark Allan Powell. Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 2002. 1088 pp. + CD-ROM. $29.95 paper. Contemporary Christian music polarizes congregations, dominates the sound of Christian radio, and fuels...

American Society of Church History Council meeting agenda.(Society Notes)
September 1, 2004... April 1, 2004 Harrisburg, Pa. 1. Approval of minutes 2. Administrative reports A. Executive Secretary B. Church History C. ACLS 3. Committee Reports A. Membership B. Nominations and Personnel C....

Minutes of the American Society of Church History Council meeting.(Society Notes)
September 1, 2004... April 1, 2004 Harrisburg, Pa. Present were Dennis Dickerson, Cecilia Murray, Peter Thuesen, Sandra Yokum-Mize, Maureen Tilley, Margaret Bendroth, David Wills, Keith Francis, Randi Walker, Keith Wilson, and Ken Minkema. President...