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The Vatican «Ostpolitik» 1958-1978: Responsibility and Witness during John XXIII and Paul VI. E-book. Formato EPUB Autori Vari - Viella Libreria Editrice, 2017 -
The appraisal of the political dialogue and negotiations with the communist regimes of East Central Europe commenced by the Holy See in the 1960s did not provoke only lively debates among contemporaries, but remains to the present day one of the most debated questions of the twentieth-century history: should it be assessed as a fixed path to which no alternative existed, or was it a flawed initiative which merely served the international legitimacy of the communist totalitarian system? This volume enriches the results of earlier historiography with new perspectives and confirmes inter alia that a black-and-white reading (often based on a one-sided use of sources) of Ostpolitik is incorrect: just as the critical assessment, which frequently places local considerations at the forefront, requires revision, the at times apologetic outlook defending the Vatican’s Eastern policy is also untenable. Only a nuanced and source-focused analysis of the ambitions of the Roman and Muscovite centers, and of local politics and Churches, as well as dialogue between the various research trends, can help us to gain a more thorough knowledge of (and make us better understand) those fixed paths upon which the Roman and local ecclesiastics of the era were forced to travel and which limited the possibility of success.
Ars medica - I ferri del mestiere: La domus 'del chirurgo' di Rimini e la chirurgia nell'antica Roma. E-book. Formato EPUB Autori Vari - Guaraldi, 2012 -
Questo che avete fra le mani, che mi azzarderei a definire un libro d’arte, è stato fortemente voluto perché strettamente legato al ritrovamento a Rimini della domus “del Chirurgo”, la cui eccezionalità non poteva essere ignorata dalla Società Italiana di Chirurgia; e ne sancisce, per così dire, la notorietà fra chi opera, in fondo, con gli stessi “ferri del mestiere”. Proprio da questo ritrovamento prende spunto il titolo del Congresso: Quale domus per il chirurgo? La domanda è per noi. Riguarda la nostra “categoria”, oggi bistrattata e poco conosciuta; come poco conosciuti erano i raffinatissimi ferri chirurgici che clamorosamente sono tornati alla luce illuminando i retroscena sociali e professionali che fin dall’antichità hanno caratterizzato il nostro mestiere.
Compel People to Come In: Violence and Catholic Conversions in the non-European World. E-book. Formato EPUB Autori Vari - Viella Libreria Editrice, 2020 -
“Compelle intrare”: since the time of St Augustine, St Luke’s words in the parable of the Banquet have served as a justification for forced conversion to Christianity. Challenging this tradition, in 1686 Pierre Bayle denounced how a literal interpretation of the parable had led to a long line of crimes, and argued that “nothing is more abominable than obtaining conversion by coercion”. In recent decades, scholarly research on conversion in the Early Modern Age has increasingly focused on intriguing aspects such as the fluidity of converts’ identity and their crossing of borders – both geographical and confessional. This book takes a different perspective and brings the focus back to the dark side of conversion, to the varying degrees of violence that accompanied Catholic missionary activities in the non-European World in the 16th and 17th centuries. The essays collected here examine three areas where, sometimes visibly, sometimes much more subtly, the violent aspects of conversion took shape: doctrine, missionary practice, and the conversion narratives. Investigating the connection between violence and conversion is a way to reflect not only on the early modern world, but also on that of the present day, when conversion – including by coercion – has yet again become a significant issue.