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Showing 1 to 7 of 7 for “"religious renewal"”.
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AUTHORITATIVE LETTERS JEANNE DE CHANTAL AND FEMININE AUTHORITY IN THE EARLY MODERN CATHOLIC CHURCH
The early modern period of a time of religious renewal and upheaval that resulted in a wealth of new religious orders, particularly those for women. During this period of change, Catholic women responded to the threat of Protestantism by adapting the convent to their own needs. One of the most …
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God's agency and the recent past in Carolingian history writing, c.750-900
… history writing and is best explained in religious terms. It argues that Carolingian historians reflected the emphasis on God’s agency found throughout contemporary culture and that they deliberately reshaped the Christian language bequeathed by their Roman, Anglo-Saxon, and Frankish …
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The rise of an Ibadi religious revival movement and its impacts on the society and built environment in the Mzab (Saharan Maghrib, 1868-1914)
… study is about the rise of a nineteenth century religious renewal movement among Ibadi Mzabis, a sectarian and Saharan community. It looks at how this group responded to the local effects of a re-globalising world and redefined its sectarian identity to strengthen itself. The movement, which I …
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Laity and Clergy in the Catholic Renewal of Dublin C.1750 1830
… existed in many forms. Some, such as the renewal of chapels and erection of schools and seminaries, were physical. Others, such as the reorganisation of the parish system, were spatial transformations. The practices of Catholic piety also underwent radical transformation. By the …
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The Shi'a Muslims of the United Provinces of India, c 1890-1940
This dissertation examines religious, social and political change among the Shia Muslims of the United Provinces of colonial India, c. 1890-1940. Focusing especially, upon the towns of Lucknow and Amroha but discussing the region as a whole, it traces the formation of a community identity among …
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Associational Life, Print Culture and Political Thought in Najaf, 1905-c.1941
… century. One of the most important Shi’i religious and scholarly cities in the world, Najaf was transformed by the momentous political and social changes wrought by the demise of the Ottoman Empire and the formation of the Iraqi nation state. Despite increased interest in Iraqi …
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The Appropriation of Abū Ḥāmid al-Ghazālī’s Ihyā’ ʿUlūm al-Dīn by the Sāda Bā ʿAlawī of Ḥaḍramawt
… life and viewed through the lens of tajdīd (religious renewal), the essence of which is encased in his unique conception of ʿilm ṭarīq al-ākhira (The Science of the Path of the Hereafter). Once these foundational aspects of the study are in place, the thesis moves on to examine the …