Tag: Bishops

Women Bishops and Rhetorics of Shalom A Whole Peace


Free Download Leland G. Spencer, "Women Bishops and Rhetorics of Shalom: A Whole Peace "
English | ISBN: 1498543693 | 2017 | 136 pages | EPUB | 2 MB
Women Bishops and Rhetorics of Shalom: A Whole Peace argues that the theological concept of shalom offers a way forward for progressive Christians who want to advocate for social justice based on their faith in an increasingly globalizing world characterized by many faiths. To do so, the book considers the rhetorical leadership of three women bishops who are all "firsts" in important ways: Marjorie Matthews, the first woman bishop in any mainline Post-Reformation church, Leontine Kelly, the first woman bishop of color in any mainline church, and Katharine Jefferts Schori, the first woman to lead a national church in the Anglican Communion. This book is recommended for scholars interested in communications, religious studies, and gender studies.

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A Constellation of Authority Castilian Bishops and the Secular Church During the Reign of Alfonso VIII


Free Download Kyle C. Lincoln, "A Constellation of Authority: Castilian Bishops and the Secular Church During the Reign of Alfonso VIII "
English | ISBN: 0271094370 | 2023 | 230 pages | EPUB, PDF | 2 MB + 4 MB
During the long reign of Alfonso VIII, Castilian bishops were crusaders, castellans, cathedral canons, and collegiate officers, and they served as powerful intermediaries between the pope and the king of Castile. In A Constellation of Authority, Kyle C. Lincoln traces the careers of a septet of these bishops and uses this history to fill in much of what really happened in thirteenth-century Castile.

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