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Reformation In Britain And Ire...Studying the coming of reform in the 16th century this book argues for a compa... Studying the coming of reform in the 16th century this book argues for a comparative understanding of this crucial dimension of British and Irish history Presenting an examination of political choices of ecclesiastical structures and of individual... more
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Thomas Hobbes and Political Th...Thomas Hobbes and Political Thought in Ireland, c.1660-1730 is a history of po... Thomas Hobbes and Political Thought in Ireland, c.1660-1730 is a history of political thought in Ireland, told from the perspective of the reception in that country of Thomas Hobbes, the English philosopher. Unlike Hobbes, political thought in Ire more
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Reformation in Britain and Ire...Studies the coming of reform in the sixteenth century This book argues for a c... Studies the coming of reform in the sixteenth century This book argues for a comparative understanding of this crucial dimension of British and Irish history Through the examination of political choices ecclesiastical structures and individual... more
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Medieval Irish Saints' Lives (...A study of three important late medieval collections of saints' lives The manu... A study of three important late medieval collections of saints' lives The manuscripts written in Latin and for the most part relating to the lives of Irish saints have never before been subject to critical examination The book analyzes such questions... more
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Republic Of RighteousnessThis book examines the debate over the connection between religion and public ... This book examines the debate over the connection between religion and public life in society during the fifty years following the American Revolution Sassi challenges the conventional wisdom finding an essential continuity to the period's public... more
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Republic of Righteousness (Har...Examines the debate over the proper connection in society between religion and... Examines the debate over the proper connection in society between religion and public life that took place in the fifty years following the American Revolution This book challenges the conventional wisdom finding an essential continuity to the period's... more
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Faith and the Founders of the ...Thirteen essays written by leading scholars explore the impact of a rich varie... Thirteen essays written by leading scholars explore the impact of a rich variety of religious traditions on the political thought of America's founders more
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The Fall of the Roman Republic...'That was how things stood in the city at the time. With no one in charge, mur... 'That was how things stood in the city at the time. With no one in charge, murders were taking place almost every day and the elections could not be held.' Books 36-40 of the Roman History by Cassius Dio (born ca. 163 CE), covers 69-50 BCE, the la more
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The Reformation of the Landsca...The Reformation of the Landscape is a richly detailed and original study of th... The Reformation of the Landscape is a richly detailed and original study of the relationship between the landscape of Britain and Ireland and the tumultuous religious changes of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries more
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The Soteriology of James Usshe...Richard Snoddy offers a detailed study of the applied soteriology of the Irish... Richard Snoddy offers a detailed study of the applied soteriology of the Irish reformer James Ussher 1581-1656 more
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Knights Hospitaller Of The Eng...Studies the establishments of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in Britain ... Studies the establishments of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem in Britain and Ireland in the later fifteenth and sixteenth centuries This book also examines their involvement in the society in those islands and the military medical and devotional... more
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Evangelicalism And National Id...Evangelical Protestantism in Ulster is the most influential and historically s... Evangelical Protestantism in Ulster is the most influential and historically significant sector of Christianity in Northern Ireland It is often associated with the controversial figure of Ian Paisley but this book includes fresh analysis of a spectrum... more
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The Shaping of Ulster Presbyte...A historical study of the important Protestant group in Northern Ireland - the... A historical study of the important Protestant group in Northern Ireland - the Presbyterians This work examines the various components of public and private religiosity and how these were influenced by religious concerns economic and social changes and... more
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The Oxford Handbook of the Ear...The Oxford Handbook of the Early Modern Sermon is the first book to survey thi... The Oxford Handbook of the Early Modern Sermon is the first book to survey this rich new field for both students and specialists It is divided into sections devoted to sermon composition delivery and reception sermons in Scotland Ireland and Wales... more
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Anglican EvangelicalsThis study examines within a chronological framework the major themes and pers... This study examines within a chronological framework the major themes and personalities which influenced the outbreak of a number of Evangelical clerical and lay secessions from the Church of England and Ireland during the first half of the 19th century more
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First Commentary On MarkProbably written in Ireland in the first half of the seventh century the comme... Probably written in Ireland in the first half of the seventh century the commentary on Mark's Gospel was for almost 1000 years attributed to St Jerome and exercised incalculable influence on subsequent commentary including Aquinas' Catena Aurea This is... more
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The Minority VoiceThe first full-length study of essayist and controversialist Hubert Butler off... The first full-length study of essayist and controversialist Hubert Butler offers a comprehensive account of a literary and social figure whose importance in twentieth-century Irish culture is increasingly recognised more
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Women in a Celtic Church By Ch...Presents a study of the varieties of holy life available to and pursued by ear... Presents a study of the varieties of holy life available to and pursued by early medieval Irish women The author explores a range of source material from legal texts saints' lives litanies penitentials canons and poetry in order to illuminate female... more
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Geoffrey of Burton By Geoffrey...This is the first edition of the life of St Modwenna an obscure Irish saint wh... This is the first edition of the life of St Modwenna an obscure Irish saint whose bones supposedly came to rest in the West Midlands abbey of Burton Abbot Geoffrey of Burton's account of her life sheds much light on the Latinity religious attitudes and... more
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The Origins of American Religi...By identifying a historic fight within Anglo-American Protestantism and how it... By identifying a historic fight within Anglo-American Protestantism and how it related to major contemporary political developments in the early American republic Sam Haselby explains the origins of the distinct language and means of combining... more
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