The So-called Anonymous of York

1963 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 31-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Nineham
Keyword(s):  
Political Theory ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
Anglo Norman ◽  
History Of ◽  
Church State Relations ◽  
State Relations

GH. Williams and N. F. Cantor have both attempted in recent years to solve the problem of the authorship of the anonymous treatises of MS. C.C.C.415 and E. H. Kantorowicz has mapped out a place for him in the history of the development of political theory. The thirty-four tracts of this manuscript, with their variety of subject matter and lines of approach, including theocratic kingship, Gelasian political theory, neo-Donatism, bitter anti-Gregorianism and a nostalgia for the purity of the primitive church, present a fascinating puzzle in the history of Anglo-Norman Church-State relations. They have been considered by some to represent the earliest sparks of Wycliffism in England, and even to one writer the first indications of the peculiar ethos of the Anglican Communion.

“Spirituals and Temporals”

2021 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 99-111
Author(s):  
P. Bracy Bersnak ◽  
Keyword(s):  
The West ◽  
History Of ◽  
Church State Relations ◽  
State Relations ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
The U.S

While Orestes Brownson’s works are the object of renewed interest, his writings on the relationship between Church and polity have received little notice. Some attention has been given to Brownson’s analysis of these issues in America, but little has been given to his views on Church and polity in Europe and the West more broadly. This article considers Brownson’s analysis of the history of Church-state relations in Europe to examine how it shaped his view of Church-state relations in the U.S. It then put Brownson in dialogue with subsequent Catholic debates in America about those relations down to the present.

Mission in Modern Life

1998 ◽  
pp. 37-43
Author(s):  
Edmund F. Byrne
Keyword(s):  
Social Identity ◽  
Political Theory ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
Scholarly Work ◽  
Modern Life ◽  
Critical Studies ◽  
Or Groups ◽  
Secular Theory ◽  
History Of ◽  
State Relations

In this paper I discuss recent scholarly work on ideology, mostly by Europeans, that exposes a secularist bias in current political theory, invites a nonderogatory concept of religion, and (I argue) justifies more flexible church/state relations. This work involves (1) redefining ideology as any action-oriented ideas, whether destructive or ameliorative, including both secular theory and religion, then (2) drawing on hermeneutical and critical studies of the power/ideology relationship to rediscover a role for ‘utopia’ as a social catalyst for amelioration. I then call attention to the relevance of ‘mission’ to this work. For in both secular and sacred contexts, missions are defined and assigned to individuals or groups to enhance some aspect of the organizing entity’s sense of purpose and possibility. What stands out in each instance is that the sense of mission is not passively epistemic but actively project-oriented, goal-directed. It can be used with reference to any end or goal that is at least implicitly normative and which people seek to attain. A mission moves people, however, only if it is tied to some belief-based social identity which can be interpreted as oriented to that end. A case can be made, accordingly, for accommodating religious views in our political discourse, for they have a history of directing people’s thinking beyond what is to what ought to be, and without them we are ever more inclined to tolerate mediocrity in ourselves and despair in others.

Interpretation and the History of Political Theory: Apology and Epistemology

1982 ◽  
Vol 76 (2) ◽  
pp. 317-327 ◽  
Author(s):  
John G. Gunnell
Keyword(s):  
Political Theory ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
Careful Consideration ◽  
Political Ideas ◽  
Historical Investigation ◽  
History Of ◽  
Traditional Approaches ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
Textual Meaning ◽  
The Relationship

Recent challenges to traditional approaches and purposes for studying the history of political theory have raised questions about its constitution as both a subject matter and subfield of political science. Methodological arguments advocating what is characterized as a more truly historical mode of inquiry for understanding political ideas and recovering textual meaning have become increasingly popular. The relationship of these hermeneutical claims about historicity, such as that advanced by Quentin Skinner, to the actual practice of interpretation is problematical. Such claims are more a defense of a certain norm of historical investigation than a method of interpretation, and the implications of this norm for the reconstitution of the history of political theory require careful consideration.

What is Religion?

2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 246-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Bergunder
Keyword(s):  
Political Theory ◽  
Subject Matter ◽  
Judith Butler ◽  
Religious Studies ◽  
Global Perspective ◽  
Common Definition ◽  
Historical Reconstructions ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Definition Of

Religious studies cannot agree on a common definition of its subject matter. To break the impasse, important insights from recent discussions about post-foundational political theory might be of some help. However, they can only be of benefit in conversations about “religion” when the previous debate on the subject matter of religious studies is framed slightly differently. This is done in the first part of the article. It is, then, shown on closer inspection of past discussions on “religion” that a consensus-capable, contemporary, everyday understanding of “religion,” here called Religion 2, is assumed, though it remains unexplained and unreflected upon. The second part of the article shows how Religion 2 can be newly conceptualized through the lens of Ernesto Laclau’s political theory, combined with concepts from Judith Butler and Michel Foucault, and how Religion 2 can be established as the historical subject matter of religious studies. Though concrete historical reconstructions of Religion 2 always remain contested, I argue that this does not prevent it from being generally accepted as the subject matter of religious studies. The third part discusses the previous findings in the light of postcolonial concerns about potential Eurocentrism in the concept of “religion.” It is argued that Religion 2 has to be understood in a fully global perspective, and, as a consequence, more research on the global religious history of the 19th and 20th centuries is urgently needed.

RECENT APPROACHES TO THE ANALYSIS OF THE TWENTY YEARS OF THE FASCIST ERA IN ITALY IN THE RUSSIAN HISTORIOGRAPHY

2021 ◽  
pp. 127-135
Author(s):  
Irina Eman ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Italian Fascism ◽  
History Of ◽  
Church State Relations ◽  
State Relations

The paper deals with the problems of the history of Italian fascism which are today in the center of the attention of Russian historians. In particular, historiography of the phenomenon of fascism and the anti-fascist movement in Italy, Italian fascism in the context of Italian identity, the specifics of Church-state relations in fascist Italy.

Church life in the Novosibirsk diocese in 1964-1972 (based on materials of Commissioners for the Novosibirsk region)

2019 ◽  
pp. 264-275
Author(s):  
Виталий Гуляев
Keyword(s):  
Historical Documents ◽  
Complex Nature ◽  
Short Stay ◽  
Novosibirsk Region ◽  
Church Life ◽  
History Of ◽  
Church State Relations ◽  
State Relations ◽  
The Church

Статья повествует о церковно-государственных отношениях в Новосибирской и Барнаульской епархии в 1960-1970-е годы. Целью данной статьи является обзор исторических документов и архивных источников по истории Новосибирской и Барнаульской епархии в период с 1964 по 1972 годы. Для достижения поставленной цели были проанализированы архивные материалы по истории Новосибирской и Барнаульской епархии за указанный период, что позволило раскрыть сложный характер церковно-государственных отношений в данной епархии. После непродолжительного пребывания на Новосибирской кафедре архиепископа Кассиана (Ярославского; 1963-1964 гг.) в Новосибирск был назначен архиепископ Павел (Голышев; 1964-1972 гг.), при котором в епархии особенно обострились церковно-государственные отношения. The article tells about church-state relations in Novosibirsk and Barnaul diocese in 1960-1970s. The purpose of this article is a review of historical documents and archival sources on the history of the Novosibirsk and Barnaul diocese in the period from 1964 to 1972. In order to achieve this aim we analyzed the archival materials on the history of Novosibirsk and Barnaul diocese for this period, which allowed to reveal the complex nature of church-state relations in this diocese. After short stay on Novosibirsk chair by archbishop Kassian (Yaroslavsky; 1963-1964), archbishop Pavel (Golyshev; 1964-1972) was appointed to Novosibirsk, during which time the church-state relations in the diocese especially aggravated.

Neither a slave nor a tyrant: Church and state reimagined

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert G. Ingram
Keyword(s):  
Seventeenth Century ◽  
Church And State ◽  
Political Order ◽  
History Of ◽  
Church State Relations ◽  
State Relations

This chapter anatomizes Warburton’s theory of church-state relations. It details the competing theories of church-state relations against which he situated his Alliance between Church and Stat (1736)e. It turns next to consider the marginal notes to his copy of Clarendon’s History of the Rebellion, a work which exposed the breakdown of the religious and political order in mid-seventeenth-century England. The chapter concludes with a consideration of Warburton’s Alliance, highlighting the ways that he thought his conception of church and state might prevent a reversion to the previous century’s religio-political breakdown.

The Study of the Origins of the Eucharist: Retrospect and Revaluation

1965 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
C. W. Dugmore
Keyword(s):  
Presidential Address ◽  
Living Organism ◽  
Inner Life ◽  
Christian Church ◽  
Ecclesiastical History ◽  
History Of ◽  
Church State Relations ◽  
State Relations ◽  
The Church

Lest it should seem to some that this is a strange subject for a Presidential Address to an Ecclesiastical History Society, may I say at the outset that I propose to deal with it as an historical and not a theological problem, and, secondly, that in my view the history of the Christian Church must necessarily include the history of how Christians have worshipped God in every age. The Church is a living organism and not merely a human organisation with a hierarchy; general, provincial, and diocesan councils; canons and creeds; patrimony and patronage; social and economic responsibilities. All these aspects of her life, from the study of Church-State relations to the editing of episcopal registers and monastic constitutions are the proper concern of the Church historian, but so too is her inner life—spirituality, asceticism, and worship.

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