Sermons, Separatists, and Succession Politics in Late Elizabethan England

2013 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 290-316 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Questier
Keyword(s):  
Popular Politics ◽  
Word Of God ◽  
Coercive Measures ◽  
Political Messages ◽  
Sermon Series ◽  
The Moment

AbstractIn late 1599 the population of York was able to witness a fairly extraordinary sight. In York Castle, the Catholic prisoners of conscience, as they saw themselves (though others regarded them as dangerous political dissidents), were being compelled to listen, once a week, to a Protestant sermon. These sermons were preached at them by a slate of godly ministers. This exercise was something the prisoners actively contested by murmuring, blocking their ears, shouting, and attempting to rush out of the hall. The prisoners' antics provoked the authorities into increasingly coercive measures to make them hear the Word of God. This outwardly rather ridiculous and unseemly charade went on, week after week, for nearly a year, at which point the whole business was abandoned by the lord president, Lord Burghley, as a waste of time. However, by decoding the extant manuscript narrative that we have of the sermon series and by looking at who was involved in this business and why, and what political messages were being sent during the course of it, we can say something about the popular politics of late Elizabethan England. In particular, we can comment on the strategies adopted by those who were anticipating the moment, surely not far off, when Tudor power would be extinguished and Elizabeth's crown would pass to her successor.

scholarly journals A CAMINHO DA V CONFERÊNCIA DE APARECIDA

2010 ◽  
Vol 38 (105) ◽  
pp. 187
Author(s):  
João Batista Libanio
Keyword(s):  
Pastoral Ministry ◽  
Poor People ◽  
Word Of God ◽  
Second Vatican Council ◽  
Santo Domingo ◽  
People Of God ◽  
The People ◽  
Vatican Council ◽  
Internal Structures ◽  
The Moment

A Conferência de Aparecida vem na seqüência de quatro anteriores, sendo que as de Medellín, Puebla e Santo Domingo trouxeram contribuições pastorais ainda válidas para o dia de hoje. Antes de pensar questões novas, importa captar das três Assembléias e do Concílio Vaticano II as opções inegociáveis que devem ser reforçadas por Aparecida: Primado da Palavra de Deus, eclesiologia do Povo de Deus e suas implicações, opção pelos pobres e sua libertação, inculturação, protagonismo dos leigos, entre outras. Cabe avançar, assumindo os desafios do momento: animação carismática das estruturas internas da Igreja, evangelizar a nova sociedade globalizada e do conhecimento, evangelização inculturada, pastoral dos migrantes, desafio da midiática.ABSTRACT: The “Aparecida” Conference comes in the sequence of four earlier ones, being such that the conferences of Medellín, Puebla and Santo Domingo brought forth pastoral contributions that are until this day still valid. Before thinking of new questions, it is important to captivate from the three Assemblies and the Second Vatican Council the non-negotiable options that must be reinforced for the Aparecida Conference: the Primacy of the Word of God; the ecclesiology of the People of God and its implications; the option for the poor people and their freedom; Inculturation; the protagonism of the lay people, among others. It is fitting to advance, assuming the challenges of the moment: the charismatic animation of the Church’s internal structures, the evangelization of the new, globalized and knowledgeable society, cultural evangelization, the pastoral ministry for migrants and the challenge of mass media.

scholarly journals Putting Democracy Under An Ethnographic-lens: Understanding of 'Democracy' and Popular Politics of JHU in Sri Lanka

PCD Journal ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 1 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 163
Author(s):  
Premakumara De Silva
Keyword(s):  
Political Culture ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Liberal Democracy ◽  
Popular Sovereignty ◽  
Democratic Politics ◽  
Popular Politics ◽  
Cultural Institutions ◽  
Ordinary People ◽  
Post Colonial ◽  
The Moment

My main premise is that for anthropologists of post-colonial societies (but not only), 'democracy' should be regarded as one of many traditional ethnographic topics (such as kinship, religion, Caste, etc.) which ethnographers study to unpack the socio-cultural institutions and practices of the societies under investigation. The hypothesis behind this approach is that the moment democracy enters a particular historical and socio-cultural setting it becomes what Michelutti calls "vernacularized", and through vernacularisation it produces new social relations and values which in turn shape political rhetoric and political culture (2007). The process of vernacularisation of democratic politics, she means the ways in which values and practices of democracy become embedded in particular cultural and social practices, and in the process become entrenched in the consciousness of ordinary people (2007: 639-40). Democratic practices associated with popular politics often base their strength and legitimacy on the principle of popular sovereignty versus the more conventional notions of liberal democracy. These popular forms of political participation are often accompanied by a polarisation of opinions and political practices between the so-called 'ordinary people' and the elites. Looking at democratisation processes through the prism of vernacularisation will therefore help to understand how and why democracy grounds itself in everyday life and becomes part of conceptual worlds that are often far removed from theories of liberal democracy.

scholarly journals Maryja, uczennica Pańska, wzorem bycia uczniem Chrystusa (Łk 1,26-38; 2,19.51)

Sympozjum ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol XXIV (2 (39)) ◽  
pp. 161-175
Author(s):  
Franciszek Wielgut
Keyword(s):  
New Testament ◽  
Jesus Christ ◽  
Word Of God ◽  
Practical Applications ◽  
The New Testament ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

Mary, disciple of the Lord, model of being a desciple of Christ (LUK 1,26-38; 2,19.51) The author asks a question about the evangelical image of Mary as a disciple of her own Son, Jesus Christ. With this end in view, he first explains the meaning of the term „disciple” in the New Testament and analyses the characteristics of a disciple of Jesus. Then he describes the moment of calling Mary in the scene of the Annunciation (Luke 1:26-38) and her relationship of intimacy with the word of God (Luke 2:19,51). An analysis of these passages leads to the discovery of the figure of Mary as a disciple of Christ. This is evidenced above all by her vocation and choice, and the relationship of union with the word of God. In the conclusion, the author gives some practical applications, which expresses the model of Mary as a disciple for believers.

scholarly journals Logos e Verbo: immagini del male nella narrativa di Nelida Milani

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michela Rusi
Keyword(s):  
Collective Identity ◽  
Word Of God ◽  
Meeting Point ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Point Of Intersection ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Point Of Departure

This essay aims to highlight the centrality of the themes of guilt and expiation in the writing of Nelida Milani, starting from the recognition of the founding and generating role of writing that is covered by the theme of the word. Logos, understood as the word of man, is at the same time the beginning and the end, the point of departure and landing, a declaration of belonging and identity, an act of faith and a reaction to the continually risk of aphasia and silence. If the word creates bonds and builds personal and collective identity, in Milani’s narrative it is from the betrayal of it, from the breaking of the relationship between signifier and meaning that the Evil is generated and also, at the moment when this break invests the Scriptures, that the meeting point between the word of man and the Word as the word of God is realised. It is therefore in this point of intersection that the reflection on the theme of Evil is central to the writing of Milani, and consequently on those of guilt and expiation, evident above all (but not only) in its most recent narrative. And it is in it, moreover, that the register spends from the ‘comic’ to the ‘tragic’, to identify the role of the writer in the category of ‘responsibility’, in inseparable unity with that of the ‘person’.

scholarly journals "Where Were You When They Killed Lara Bonilla?": Politics of Drugs and Peace in Colombia (1982-1984)

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jamie Shenk
Keyword(s):  
Justice System ◽  
Turning Point ◽  
Political Reform ◽  
Government Policies ◽  
Drug Trade ◽  
Popular Politics ◽  
Security Threat ◽  
Total War ◽  
Colombian Government ◽  
The Moment

This thesis traces the evolution of Colombian government policies toward violence, drug trafficking, and drug consumption during the presidency of Belisario Betancur (1982-1986). The first two years of Betancur’s presidency were marked by unrelenting optimism about the prospect of real political change, as Betancur’s promises of political reform reinvigorated a political system historically ruled by an insular elite. The rising influence Colombian cocaine traffickers during Betancur’s presidency, however, would complicate this process of political reform. The increasing power and ambition of the narco-elite silently transformed the drug trade from an industry run by wily entrepreneurs into a national security threat with devastating potential. The drug mafia’s assassination of Colombia’s Minister of Justice Rodrigo Lara Bonilla, on April 30, 1984, marked a crucial turning point in both Betancur’s presidency and Colombian history more generally. Lara’s murder marked the moment when these two forces—Betancur’s popular politics and narco-ambition—collided. The resulting total war between the state and the drug mafia forced the president to redefine his nationalist policies in order to balance the new threat of the narco-elite with his increasingly complicated peace process. Meanwhile, the symbolism of Lara’s murder and its decapitation of Colombia’s justice system compelled the country as a whole to reconsider its relationship with both the international drug trade and the drugs themselves.

Martin Luther and Preaching

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Steve Paulson ◽  
Chris Croghan
Keyword(s):  
Eternal Life ◽  
Word Of God ◽  
God's Will ◽  
The Reformation ◽  
The Face ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Moment ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Church

The profound impact of Martin Luther’s theological confession is well documented. What is not as thoroughly explored is Luther’s understanding of the function of preaching, which both rooted his reformational breakthrough and drove the Reformation thereafter. Luther’s simple assertion—instead of the pope, there stands a sermon—resulted in a revolution that impacted all facets of 16th-century life. Luther’s simple assertion concerning proclamation deconstructed a deeply embedded framework that had arisen around Christianity that affected everything from the function of the priest to the definition and role of the church, and even Scripture itself. While Luther learned as he went, especially in the matter of preaching, the unwavering consistency and even simplicity of his theology is breathtaking. Instead of the pope, a sermon which delivers Christ’s forgiveness of sins. Faith in that promise is certain and is not to be doubted in any way. Thus, preaching and nothing else makes the church, not vice versa. The ramifications of this assertion are monumental and far-reaching. Luther’s confession caused great upheaval and consternation in his time and continues to do so even now, since it addresses the basic questions of theology and life, such as the role of the individual in salvation, whether the will is free or bound in relation to God, what the authority of Scripture is in relation to tradition, and what the difference between a command and a promise is. Yet Luther held to the claim that the most important matter was the comfort of the conscience, which can come only through a promise delivered in place and time to a person pro me and thus builds a whole gathering of the faithful as true church. Thus, in the face of outcries and upheaval in Christendom, Luther refused to blame the gospel, but simply preached as he had taught, trusting that the word of God does not return empty but accomplishes what it says. So he trusted that in that proclamation God’s will would be done: killing and making alive, naming and absolving the sin of people desperate to hear that freeing proclamation. Thus the Reformation that followed Luther became a preaching movement that distinguished the law and the gospel and applied both categorically. Proclamation is the moment and fullness of the divine election unto eternal life.

“AN VNDER BLACK DUBBLETT SIGNIFYING A SPANISH HART”: COSTUMES AND POLITICS IN MIDDLETON's A GAME AT CHESS

2007 ◽  
Vol 48 (2) ◽  
pp. 247-263 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert I. Lublin
Keyword(s):  
Early Modern ◽  
History Plays ◽  
Theatre History ◽  
Political Messages ◽  
Early Modern English ◽  
Wars Of The Roses ◽  
King's Men ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Don Carlos ◽  
English Politics

Thomas Middleton's A Game at Chess has long held a place of particular importance in studies of early modern English theatre history. Performed for a record nine straight performances (a feat not accomplished again until the Restoration), Middleton's production has attracted scholarly interest by virtue of both its unparalleled contemporary success and its overt religious and political messages of anti-Catholic and anti-Spanish propaganda. Performed by the King's Men at the Globe playhouse between 5 and 14 August (except for Sunday) 1624, A Game at Chess provides the most conspicuous instance from the period in which the stage addressed issues of immediate political significance. Certainly history plays, such as Shakespeare's series of works chronicling the Wars of the Roses, dealt with English politics, but no play dealt so directly with the politics of the moment. Even more important, the politics of the moment responded. John Woolley, the secretary of the English agent in Brussels, wrote “all the nues I have heard since my comming to towne is of a nue Play. It is called a game at Chess, but it may be a vox populy for by reporte it is 6 tymes worse against the Spanyard.” The play's politics struck such a chord and the performance was deemed so scandalous that it was ultimately shut down by King James himself after he received an official complaint from the Spanish Ambassador Extraordinary, Don Carlos Coloma.

The High Resolution Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope

1974 ◽  
Vol 32 ◽  
pp. 316-317
Author(s):  
A. V. Crewe
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscope ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
High Vacuum ◽  
Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope ◽  
Ultra High Vacuum ◽  
Resolving Power ◽  
Imaging Characteristics ◽  
Transmission Electron ◽  
Scanning Transmission ◽  
The Moment

The high resolution STEM is now a fact of life. I think that we have, in the last few years, demonstrated that this instrument is capable of the same resolving power as a CEM but is sufficiently different in its imaging characteristics to offer some real advantages.It seems possible to prove in a quite general way that only a field emission source can give adequate intensity for the highest resolution^ and at the moment this means operating at ultra high vacuum levels. Our experience, however, is that neither the source nor the vacuum are difficult to manage and indeed are simpler than many other systems and substantially trouble-free.

Pinocytotic-Like Forms of Mitochondria From Rat Anterior Pituitary

1968 ◽  
Vol 26 ◽  
pp. 146-147
Author(s):  
Burton B. Silver
Keyword(s):  
Electron Micrographs ◽  
Conformational Changes ◽  
Anterior Pituitary ◽  
Dynamic State ◽  
Surrounding Cell ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Cell Medium ◽  
Sectioned Tissue ◽  
State Of Activity

Sectioned tissue rarely indicates evidence of what is probably a highly dynamic state of activity in mitochondria which have been reported to undergo a variety of movements such as streaming, divisions and coalescence. Recently, mitochondria from the rat anterior pituitary have been fixed in a variety of configurations which suggest that conformational changes were occurring at the moment of fixation. Pinocytotic-like vacuoles which may be taking in or expelling materials from the surrounding cell medium, appear to be forming in some of the mitochondria. In some cases, pores extend into the matrix of the mitochondria. In other forms, the remains of what seems to be pinched off vacuoles are evident in the mitochondrial interior. Dense materials, resembling secretory droplets, appear at the junction of the pores and the cytoplasm. The droplets are similar to the secretory materials commonly identified in electron micrographs of the anterior pituitary.

Advances in Stem Instrumentation for Biology

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 362-363
Author(s):  
J. S. Wall
Keyword(s):  
Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope ◽  
Carbon Films ◽  
Specimen Preparation ◽  
Material Deposition ◽  
Active User ◽  
Percent Improvement ◽  
Scanning Transmission ◽  
The Moment ◽  
Film Substrate ◽  
High Level

The forte of the Scanning transmission Electron Microscope (STEM) is high resolution imaging with high contrast on thin specimens, as demonstrated by visualization of single heavy atoms. of equal importance for biology is the efficient utilization of all available signals, permitting low dose imaging of unstained single molecules such as DNA.Our work at Brookhaven has concentrated on: 1) design and construction of instruments optimized for a narrow range of biological applications and 2) use of such instruments in a very active user/collaborator program. Therefore our program is highly interactive with a strong emphasis on producing results which are interpretable with a high level of confidence.The major challenge we face at the moment is specimen preparation. The resolution of the STEM is better than 2.5 A, but measurements of resolution vs. dose level off at a resolution of 20 A at a dose of 10 el/A2 on a well-behaved biological specimen such as TMV (tobacco mosaic virus). To track down this problem we are examining all aspects of specimen preparation: purification of biological material, deposition on the thin film substrate, washing, fast freezing and freeze drying. As we attempt to improve our equipment/technique, we use image analysis of TMV internal controls included in all STEM samples as a monitor sensitive enough to detect even a few percent improvement. For delicate specimens, carbon films can be very harsh-leading to disruption of the sample. Therefore we are developing conducting polymer films as alternative substrates, as described elsewhere in these Proceedings. For specimen preparation studies, we have identified (from our user/collaborator program ) a variety of “canary” specimens, each uniquely sensitive to one particular aspect of sample preparation, so we can attempt to separate the variables involved.

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