DOCSLIB.ORG

B O O K C L U B

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
B O O K C L U B THE B O O K C L U B SPRING 2012 Selection Savings Service ◆ Inside & Online Acts, Volume 1 An Exegetical Commentary NEW Craig S. Keener Though there are four Gospels in the New Tes - tament, there is only one history of the apostolic church—the Book of Acts. How we understand its meaning and significance is crucial to the ongoing life of the church. That’s why we turn to one of the fore- most NT experts of our day, Craig Keener, who has an awesome command of ancient primary sources, both Jewish and Greco- Roman, as well as the best of European and American scholarship. He has been widely praised for his socio- historical, rhetorical, and theological approaches. This projected 4-volume study promises to be one of the classic commentaries for our day. In addition to full exegetical coverage of Pentecost and the early days of the Chris tian church, there are major chapters on ancient historiography; proposed genres for Acts; Paul and Acts; the speeches in Acts; the role of miracles; how 24 Hours That Changed the World— Israel’s story is depicted; the author of Luke–Acts; Luke’s DVD Curriculum intended audience; his purpose in writing; specific One of the most innovative teaching pastors in the Lukan emphases; his views on women; the unity and country, Adam Hamilton unpacks Jesus’ last days on structure of Luke–Acts; and much more. Earth and how they turn upside down the conventional While offering a rich lode of illuminating source ideas about good and evil, justice and history, life and material, the book remains clear, readable, and accurate. death. Filmed on location in the Holy Land, the DVD Throughout, Keener gives balanced judgments based on portrays the Last Supper to Christ’s victory over the a nuanced assessment of an enormous range of reading. grave. 896 pages, hardcover. Baker. CG659708 DVD and Leader’s Guide . .39.00 27.99 Craig S. Keener is professor of New Testament at CG465552 Hardcover book . .18.00 11 . 5 9 Asbury Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky. He is the CG700310 40-Day Devotional . .p 10.00 6.99 author of a number of highly praised volumes, includ- Due in February—softcover editions for youth: ing those listed below. CG714320 For Teens (ages 13 to 18) . .p 8.00 6.29 CG714313 For Older Children (ages 9 to 12) p 16.00 9.99 CG048364 Retail $59.99 . .RBC Price $37.99 CG714306 For Younger Children (ages 4 to 8) p 16.00 9.49 More from this formidable scholar: Another exciting video resource from Hamilton: CG54243X 1 & 2 Corinthians . .p 26.99 23.99 CG656943 Catch—DVD Curriculum . .59.00 36.99 CG046759 The Gospel of John, 2 Volumes . .p 59.99 35.99 CG656844 DVD only . .25.00 19.99 CG14050 The IVP Bible Background Commentary: CG656745 Catch a New Life: Connect to a New Testament . .35.00 21.49 Church . .p 10.00 5.99 SAVE History of the Chris tian Church, $ 8 Volumes 225500 Philip Schaff Schaff’s classic work is “history with a soul as well as a body,” seasoning necessary facts and dates with the ruling ideas and principles of each period from apos- tolic Christianity to the Swiss Ref orma tion. Includes notes, bibliographies, an index, maps, and charts. 6946 pages total, eight hardcovers. Hendrickson. CG3196X Retail $299.95 . .RBC Price $49.99 The Sanctuary for Lent, LLeenntt && EEaass t teerr 2012—Booklet Robert V. Dodd Want to encourage church GREETINGS FROM members or close friends to think more about Jesus’ death and resur- THE RELIGIOUS BOOK CLUB rection this Lenten season? Here’s If it’s true that opponents can act as foils to help a small, inexpensive booklet that clarify one’s own thinking, then God has surely blessed can be used for outreach mailings the church with all manner of strange adversaries to or displayed on the church rack. help put orthodoxy in sharper focus. Brief, provocative meditations— Historians believe the troubling questions that perfect for those with busy life - heretics (such as Gnostics) raised helped push the styles. 48 pages, 3äüï¤ x 6éüï¤ softcov- church into closing its New Testament canon at 27 er. Abingdon. books, while rejecting other volumes as spurious or less trustworthy. Controversies over doctrines were debated CG740480 . .RBC Price $0.75 For any who prefer a bigger typeface: at large ecumenical gatherings where mutual consensus CG740497 Large-Print Edition . .p 1.39 was sought as decades-old local rules of faith were hammered into universal creeds. “Perhaps theology . needs excursions into the Not by Bread Alone mirror-world of what it is not saying,” Archbishop of Daily Reflections for Lent, Canterbury Rowan Williams once observed, “in order 2012 to find out what it is about.” Robert Morneau Dissenters have been known to stretch doctrine to “Lent should be about chang- its breaking point by placing too much weight on one ing our awareness of our entire side of a paradox without giving equal attention to its selves and the way we ex pe ri ence opposite, taking part of the truth for the whole. Ideas the world around us. It is a time of become like a high-wire act, where an inch this way or deliberate reflection on our rela- that can prove fatal. Indeed, by pulling too hard on a tionships with each other and single vital thread, a heretic can unravel the delicate with God. Fasting from what we do not need, or soli- fabric of an entire doctrine. darity with the poor, or to focus our prayer life are wor- It’s possible that the rise of the New Atheists, mili- thy practices,”—Ministry & Liturgy. 104 pages, softcover. tant Islam, and aggressive secularism will help the Liturgical Press. church to unite and coalesce around what’s truly CG633106 . .RBC Price $2.00 important, pruning limbs that should have been dis- For squint-free reading: carded long ago. Look inside to observe how Chris - CG633564 Large-Print Edition . .p 5.95 4.79 tianity’s most brilliant and versatile minds wrestle with the latest controversies. Sacred Space for Lent, 2012 The Irish Jesuits The Religious Book Club is a division of Using a simple 6-step method Christian Book Distributors. of prayer first developed by Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the ABLE OF ONTENTS Jesuits, this book focuses on T C Passion themes vital to all de - Apologetics . .38, 53 nominations. Now in its sixth Art & Architecture . .36 year, it has attracted a growing fol- Bargains & Spring Specials . .1, 34, 35, 64 lowing and is tied into a much- Bestsellers . .8, 9, 64 visited website. Join hands in Bibles . .16–19, 25, 36, 43, 60, 61 prayer with fellow believers worldwide. 128 pages, soft- Biographies . .7, 28, 29, 51, 52, 64 cover. Ave Maria. Catholicism . .43 CG712791 . .RBC Price $2.50 Church History . .1, 7–9, 45–47 The parent volume—larger, year-round: Commentaries . .1, 6, 8–15, 21, 24, 47, 59, 64 CG712777 Sacred Space: The Prayer Book, Devotionals . .2–5, 41, 60–62 2012 . .p 14.99 Eastern Orthodoxy . .44 Issues & Ethics . .7, 39 Jesus . .22, 26 Lent and Eas ter Wisdom Judaism . .24, 25, 64 from Henri J.M. Nouwen Language Resources . .16–18 Compiled by Judy Bauer Lent & Easter . .2–5, 64 Lent is a time for self-examina- Liturgy & Worship . .7, 36, 56 Media Resources & Curriculums . .1, 5, 33, 36, 38, 39, tion and penance, when we seek to 43, 44, 48, 49, 57, 62 overcome sin by means of Christ’s Music . .4, 37 victory on the cross. Each day a New Releases . .6, 7 nugget from Nouwen’s own writ- New Testament Studies . .8, 26, 27, 58 ings is coupled with an appropri- Old Testament Studies . .7, 20, 21, 58 ate Scripture, prayer, and Lenten Ordering Information . .32, 33 action, to draw us out of lethargy Paul . .23, 26 and refocus our whole being. 128 Philosophy . .30 pages, softcover. Liguori. Popular Authors . .41, 42 Preaching, Pastoral & Church Resources . .6, 9, 19, 48, CG812866 Retail $10.99 . .RBC Price $8.49 . .50, 51 Prayer . .56, 57 Reference Works . .9, 58, 59 Science & Religion . .7, 31 QUALITY • SELECTION • VALUE Software . .19 We have more than 400,000 products Spirituality . .9, 62, 63 available on our website—at great prices! Theology . .6, 8, 9, 26, 52–55, 64 World Religions . .38 Religiousbookclub.com Writers & Literature . .40 2 Orders & Customer Service: 1-800-CHRISTIAN (1-800-247-4784). The Scriptures, the Cross & the Power LLeenntt && EEaass t teerr of God Reflections for Holy Week The Death of Tom Wright the Messiah, SAVE Taking advantage of Wright’s $ fresh translations in the New Volumes 1 & 2 2233 Testament for Everyone series, this Raymond E. is a compelling look at the trag- Brown ic events of Jesus’ last week on “There is no better place to earth and their repercussions go for detailed analysis. For for all human history. From Brown both the history and Palm Sunday’s surge in popular drama are important. It is a acclaim to Eas ter’s ultimate triumph over death. 96 classic,”—Chris tianity Today. pages, softcover. Westminster John Knox. “Of encyclopedic proportions, CG30512X Retail $15.00 . .RBC Price $10.99 it will serve as a point of refer- ence for decades,”—Christian Thank God It’s Friday Century. Mo derately critical scholarship from this sane and balanced expert. 1664 Encountering the Seven Last pages total, two softcovers. Yale University. Words from the Cross William H. Willimon CG140090 Retail $70.00 . .RBC Price $46.99 This Lent why not preach a “Of encyclopedic proportions,”—Chris tian Century: CG140088 The Birth of the Messiah, series on the seven well-known Raymond E.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • On Ways of Studying Tolkien: Notes Toward a Better (Epic) Fantasy Criticism
    Journal of Tolkien Research Volume 9 Issue 1 Article 2 2020 On Ways of Studying Tolkien: Notes Toward a Better (Epic) Fantasy Criticism Dennis Wilson Wise University of Arizona, [email protected] Follow this and additional works at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/journaloftolkienresearch Part of the Continental Philosophy Commons, Ethics and Political Philosophy Commons, Literature in English, British Isles Commons, and the Literature in English, North America Commons Recommended Citation Wise, Dennis Wilson (2020) "On Ways of Studying Tolkien: Notes Toward a Better (Epic) Fantasy Criticism," Journal of Tolkien Research: Vol. 9 : Iss. 1 , Article 2. Available at: https://scholar.valpo.edu/journaloftolkienresearch/vol9/iss1/2 This Peer-Reviewed Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Christopher Center Library at ValpoScholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in Journal of Tolkien Research by an authorized administrator of ValpoScholar. For more information, please contact a ValpoScholar staff member at [email protected]. Wise: On Ways of Studying Tolkien INTRODUCTION We are currently living a golden age for Tolkien Studies. The field is booming: two peer-reviewed journals dedicated to J.R.R. Tolkien alone, at least four journals dedicated to the Inklings more generally, innumerable society newsletters and bulletins, and new books and edited collections every year. And this only encompasses the Tolkien work in English. In the last two decades, specifically since 2000, the search term “Tolkien” pulls up nearly 1,200 hits on the MLA International Bibliography. For comparison, C. S. Lewis places a distant second at fewer than 900 hits, but even this number outranks the combined hits on Ursula K.
    [Show full text]
  • Tolkien's Women: the Medieval Modern in the Lord of the Rings
    Tolkien’s Women: The Medieval Modern in The Lord of the Rings Jon Michael Darga Tolkien’s Women: The Medieval Modern in The Lord of the Rings by Jon Michael Darga A thesis presented for the B.A. degree with Honors in The Department of English University of Michigan Winter 2014 © 2014 Jon Michael Darga For my cohort, for the support and for the laughter Acknowledgements My thanks go, first and foremost, to my advisor Andrea Zemgulys. She took a risk agreeing to work with a student she had never met on a book she had no academic experience in, and in doing so she gave me the opportunity of my undergraduate career. Andrea knew exactly when to provide her input and when it was best to prod and encourage me and then step out of the way; yet she was always there if I needed her, and every book that she recommended opened up a significant new argument that changed my thesis for the better. The independence and guidance she gave me has resulted in a project I am so, so proud of, and so grateful to her for. I feel so lucky to have had an advisor who could make me laugh while telling me how badly my thesis needed work, who didn’t judge me when I came to her sleep-deprived or couldn’t express myself, and who shared my passion through her willingness to join and guide me on this ride. Her constant encouragement kept me going. I also owe a distinct debt of gratitude to Gillian White, who led my cohort during the fall semester.
    [Show full text]
  • TOLKIEN‟S the SILMARILLION: a REEXAMINATION of PROVIDENCE by David C. Powell a Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of the Dorothy
    TOLKIEN‟S THE SILMARILLION: A REEXAMINATION OF PROVIDENCE by David C. Powell A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty of The Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Arts Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, Florida August 2009 Copyright by David C. Powell ii ABSTRACT Author: David C. Powell Title: Tolkien‟s The Silmarillion: A Reexamination of Providence Institution: Florida Atlantic University Thesis Advisor: Dr. Thomas Martin Degree Master of Arts Year 2009 Christian providence in the primary (real) world operates as the model for the spiritual movement of Eru/Illuvatar in Tolkien‟s secondary (imaginative) world. Paralleling the Christian God, Illuvatar maintains a relationship with his creation through a three-fold activity: preservation, concurrence, and government. Preservation affirms Eru‟s sovereignty as Creator, and concurrence guarantees creaturely freedom, while paradoxically, government controls, guides, and determines those wills in Time. The union of these three activities comprises the providential relationship of Illuvatar in Tolkien‟s imaginary world. The following thesis endeavors to carry the argument for providence into The Silmarillion with a declarative and analytical detail that distinguishes Illuvatar‟s providence from other temporal manifestations. Finally, the analysis reveals not only the author‟s authentic orthodox perspective, but Illuvatar‟s role in the imaginative world emerges as a reflection of Tolkien‟s authorial role in the real world. iv TOLKIEN‟S THE SILMARILLION: A REEXAMINATION OF PROVIDENCE ABBREVIATIONS . .vi INTRODUCTION . 1 CHAPTER ONE: PRESERVATION . 7 CHAPTER TWO: CONCURRENCE . 17 CHAPTER THREE: GOVERNMENT . 50 WORKS CITED . 66 NOTES . .71 v ABBREVIATIONS Aspects “Aspects of the Fall in The Silmarillion.” Eric Schweicher.
    [Show full text]
  • The Existence of Religious Figures in J.R.R. Tolkien's the Silmarillion
    [ VOLUME 5 I ISSUE 4 I OCT.– DEC. 2018] E ISSN 2348 –1269, PRINT ISSN 2349-5138 The Existence of Religious Figures in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion, The Lord of The Rings and The Hobbit N. Ravikumar1 & Dr. R. Chandrasekar2 & M. Selvam3 1PhD Research Scholar, Department of English, Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya College of Arts and Science, Coimbatore- 641020. 2Associate Professor and Head, Department of English, Sri Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya College Of Arts and Science, Coimbatore- 641020. 3Assistant Professor of English, Department of English, Ramakrishna Mission Vidyalaya Educational Research Institute For Agricultural Education and Research, Coimbatore- 641020. Received: July 16, 2018 Accepted: August 27, 2018 ABSTRACT John Ronald Reuel Tolkien stands as the best selling fantasy novelists in twentieth- century literature. His major works are The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion. This paper primarily focuses on religious figures in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion, The Lord of The Rings and The Hobbit. The religious figures at first glance, to play only a background role in the text’s narrative structure. However, their significance extends far beyond merely affecting the plot. There is a clear alignment between Tolkien’s real-life views and the qualities represented by his women characters. They draw attention to by depicting as powerful and wise. Tolkien was greatly influenced by the arts and crafts movement of the late 19th-century, which sought to provide a greater cultural emphasis on all forms of artistry and nature and a reduced emphasis on mechanized industry. Although this movement ended at the beginning of the 20th-century, branches of it continued, arguing that the correct sense of artistry and spirituality could be found by looking back to medieval England and that these qualities could be used to help heal the modern ravaged and industrialized country.
    [Show full text]
  • Clashing Perspectives of World Order in JRR Tolkien's Middle-Earth
    ABSTRACT Fate, Providence, and Free Will: Clashing Perspectives of World Order in J. R. R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth Helen Theresa Lasseter Mentor: Ralph C. Wood, Ph.D. Through the medium of a fictional world, Tolkien returns his modern audience to the ancient yet extremely relevant conflict between fate, providence, and the person’s freedom before them. Tolkien’s expression of a providential world order to Middle-earth incorporates the Northern Germanic cultures’ literary depiction of a fated world, while also reflecting the Anglo-Saxon poets’ insight that a single concept, wyrd, could signify both fate and providence. This dissertation asserts that Tolkien, while acknowledging as correct the Northern Germanic conception of humanity’s final powerlessness before the greater strength of wyrd as fate, uses the person’s ultimate weakness before wyrd as the means for the vindication of providence. Tolkien’s unique presentation of world order pays tribute to the pagan view of fate while transforming it into a Catholic understanding of providence. The first section of the dissertation shows how the conflict between fate and providence in The Silmarillion results from the elvish narrator’s perspective on temporal events. Chapter One examines the friction between fate and free will within The Silmarillion and within Tolkien’s Northern sources, specifically the Norse Eddas, the Anglo-Saxon Beowulf, and the Finnish The Kalevala. Chapter Two shows that Tolkien, following Boethius’s Consolation of Philosophy, presents Middle-earth’s providential order as including fated elements but still allowing for human freedom. The second section shows how The Lord of the Rings reflects but resolves the conflict in The Silmarillion between fate, providence, and free will.
    [Show full text]
  • Nielsen Collection Holdings Western Illinois University Libraries
    Nielsen Collection Holdings Western Illinois University Libraries Call Number Author Title Item Enum Copy # Publisher Date of Publication BS2625 .F6 1920 Acts of the Apostles / edited by F.J. Foakes v.1 1 Macmillan and Co., 1920-1933. Jackson and Kirsopp Lake. BS2625 .F6 1920 Acts of the Apostles / edited by F.J. Foakes v.2 1 Macmillan and Co., 1920-1933. Jackson and Kirsopp Lake. BS2625 .F6 1920 Acts of the Apostles / edited by F.J. Foakes v.3 1 Macmillan and Co., 1920-1933. Jackson and Kirsopp Lake. BS2625 .F6 1920 Acts of the Apostles / edited by F.J. Foakes v.4 1 Macmillan and Co., 1920-1933. Jackson and Kirsopp Lake. BS2625 .F6 1920 Acts of the Apostles / edited by F.J. Foakes v.5 1 Macmillan and Co., 1920-1933. Jackson and Kirsopp Lake. PG3356 .A55 1987 Alexander Pushkin / edited and with an 1 Chelsea House 1987. introduction by Harold Bloom. Publishers, LA227.4 .A44 1998 American academic culture in transformation : 1 Princeton University 1998, c1997. fifty years, four disciplines / edited with an Press, introduction by Thomas Bender and Carl E. Schorske ; foreword by Stephen R. Graubard. PC2689 .A45 1984 American Express international traveler's 1 Simon and Schuster, c1984. pocket French dictionary and phrase book. REF. PE1628 .A623 American Heritage dictionary of the English 1 Houghton Mifflin, c2000. 2000 language. REF. PE1628 .A623 American Heritage dictionary of the English 2 Houghton Mifflin, c2000. 2000 language. DS155 .A599 1995 Anatolia : cauldron of cultures / by the editors 1 Time-Life Books, c1995. of Time-Life Books. BS440 .A54 1992 Anchor Bible dictionary / David Noel v.1 1 Doubleday, c1992.
    [Show full text]
  • Books Added to Benner Library from Estate of Dr. William Foote
    Books added to Benner Library from estate of Dr. William Foote # CALL NUMBER TITLE Scribes and scholars : a guide to the transmission of Greek and Latin literature / by L.D. Reynolds and N.G. 1 001.2 R335s, 1991 Wilson. 2 001.2 Se15e Emerson on the scholar / Merton M. Sealts, Jr. 3 001.3 R921f Future without a past : the humanities in a technological society / John Paul Russo. 4 001.30711 G163a Academic instincts / Marjorie Garber. Book of the book : some works & projections about the book & writing / edited by Jerome Rothenberg and 5 002 B644r Steven Clay. 6 002 OL5s Smithsonian book of books / Michael Olmert. 7 002 T361g Great books and book collectors / Alan G. Thomas. 8 002.075 B29g Gentle madness : bibliophiles, bibliomanes, and the eternal passion for books / Nicholas A. Basbanes. 9 002.09 B29p Patience & fortitude : a roving chronicle of book people, book places, and book culture / Nicholas A. Basbanes. Books of the brave : being an account of books and of men in the Spanish Conquest and settlement of the 10 002.098 L552b sixteenth-century New World / Irving A. Leonard ; with a new introduction by Rolena Adorno. 11 020.973 R824f Foundations of library and information science / Richard E. Rubin. 12 021.009 J631h, 1976 History of libraries in the Western World / by Elmer D. Johnson and Michael H. Harris. 13 025.2832 B175d Double fold : libraries and the assault on paper / Nicholson Baker. London booksellers and American customers : transatlantic literary community and the Charleston Library 14 027.2 R196L Society, 1748-1811 / James Raven.
    [Show full text]
  • Opened to Flush Silt Away from the Mon­ the Causeway Will Be Razed and Replaced Construction Updates, See Astery
    PRESERVATION íitüí ^rfFg ni r f)Ü> I Li d l I-* m'tH •llT»^^^W^yi»1<-*- y \ !';''''VV"^S': \ What time and neglect are ruining, the World Monuments Fund is fighting to preserve World Monuments Fund and founding «nnnsor American Express created the World Monuments Watch in 1996 to raise public F "tl awareness of the plight of the world's H ••• -<; 1 st endangered sites and attract he funding needed to save them. American Express has emitted $10 million over 1»' lars to the Watch. For rast eight years, American press Publishing's Travel + sure magazine has devoted a special section to the Watch, contributing 10 percent of all net r "dvertising revenue to the cause. Tt are proud to be associated with e World Monuments Watch 1 itiative and the vital work of the y/orld Monuments Fund. I • 9* —•-,,• TRAVEL + LEISURE WINTER 2006/2007 Founded in 1965, the World Monuments Fund is dedicated to the preservation of imperiled works of art and architecture worldwide through fieldwork, advocacy, WORLD MONUMENTS grantmaking, education, and training. A New York-based organization, WMF has affiliates and offices in France, Italy, Portugal, Spain, and the United Kingdom. ICON is funded in part through the generosity of the Brown Foundation, Inc. of Houston, the Paul Mellon Education Fund, and Paul Beirne FEATURES IO Iraq's Beleaguered Heritage WMF and the Getty Conservation Institute remain committed to aiding their Iraqi colleagues 12 St George's Hall, Liverpool A neoclassical ¡con will soon shine again Visions of Heaven and Hell Restoring an extraordinary
    [Show full text]
  • NEWSLETTER Summer 2019
    NEWSLETTER Summer 2019 VENICE IN PERIL DEAR FRIEND AND SUPPORTER Welcome to the Venice in Peril Summer the work has now started and we thank Newsletter. In this issue we introduce two everyone who contributed to this and new projects and ask for your support to other recent projects. fund them. For the Nativity Triptych in We would also like to thank our wonderful the Accademia we need to raise £55,000 lecturers who give their time and expertise to fund conservation which it is hoped to the cause of Venice. Over the last year will yield new information about the they have all spoken to capacity audiences, Bellini workshop, while the treatment to with Edmund de Waal filling the Royal repair and conserve twenty 18th-century Geographical Society auditorium in marionettes from the Casa Goldoni May, and we are very grateful to them. will cost £10,000. Both initiatives are Be sure to book early for the Autumn opportunities to learn more about two Series details of which you can find on distinctively Venetian stories. the back page. Following the generous response to the Torcello Iconostasis Appeal, Jonathan Keates in memory of John Julius Norwich, Chairman NEW PROJECT Conservation of 18th-century marionettes at Casa Goldoni In the world history of drama Venice and prolific Carlo Goldoni (1707-1793) plays a major role. With its own vibrant whose comedies capture the essence of style of Commedia dell’Arte (the popular Venetian life in ways transcending their Italian street theatre) the city was also era. His birthplace, the medieval Palazzo the place where opera first took off as Centanni, in S.
    [Show full text]
  • The Markenfield Irregular
    The Markenfield Irregular Issue thirty-seven Summer 2018 It is with the greatest sadness that we mark the death of Viscount Norwich, the historian and campaigner, who has been such a powerful and effective friend of Markenfield. Always known as John Julius Norwich, he was held in great affection by all who knew him. His erudition was matched with great charm and sense of humour, all of which made his company a delight. Equally attractive was his enthusiasm for the causes he espoused, for which he always found time in spite of labour for his 23 books ranging from across a wide range of the history of some of our civilisation's landmarks, including Venice, Byzantium, Shakespeare, the Popes and Sicily, all intensely readable. On top of this he still found time to be a very active Founder-Chairman of the Venice in Peril Fund, The World Monuments Fund, the Executive Council of the National Trust, The Board of English National Opera and many other splendid institutions. So it was not with a great deal of hope that the Curteises, who had known him for some years, told him that The Friends of Markenfield was being formed and what its purpose would be. Would he consider helping in some way? "Yes!" he replied immediately. "We don't suppose" they went on "that you would allow your name to go forward for possible election as its first President?" "Yes, yes" he cried "I love the place". He was of course as good as his word. At the meeting in the Great Hall officially to found The Friends in December 2007, he made a speech of such infectious and knowledgeable enthusiasm that his listeners were bowled over and The Friends got off to a tremendous start.
    [Show full text]
  • The Quest for Pity and Mercy in Tolkien's Middle Earth Woody Wendling Temple University
    Inklings Forever Volume 5 A Collection of Essays Presented at the Fifth Frances White Ewbank Colloquium on C.S. Lewis & Article 16 Friends 6-2006 The Quest for Pity and Mercy in Tolkien's Middle Earth Woody Wendling Temple University Follow this and additional works at: https://pillars.taylor.edu/inklings_forever Part of the English Language and Literature Commons, History Commons, Philosophy Commons, and the Religion Commons Recommended Citation Wendling, Woody (2006) "The Quest for Pity and Mercy in Tolkien's Middle Earth," Inklings Forever: Vol. 5 , Article 16. Available at: https://pillars.taylor.edu/inklings_forever/vol5/iss1/16 This Essay is brought to you for free and open access by the Center for the Study of C.S. Lewis & Friends at Pillars at Taylor University. It has been accepted for inclusion in Inklings Forever by an authorized editor of Pillars at Taylor University. For more information, please contact [email protected]. INKLINGS FOREVER, Volume V A Collection of Essays Presented at the Fifth FRANCES WHITE COLLOQUIUM on C.S. LEWIS & FRIENDS Taylor University 2006 Upland, Indiana The Quest for Pity and Mercy in Tolkien’s Middle Earth Woody Wendling Wendling, Woody. “The Quest for Pity and Mercy in Tolkien’s Middle Earth.” Inklings Forever 5 (2006) www.taylor.edu/cslewis The Quest for Pity and Mercy in Tolkien’s Middle Earth Woody Wendling As a lover of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The kill Gollum, or at the very least to blind him. But then, Lord of the Rings, I would like to muse briefly on the “A sudden understanding, a pity mixed with horror, books’ theme of pity and mercy, in particular that welled up in Bilbo’s heart.” Bilbo’s pity stayed his shown by Bilbo and Frodo.
    [Show full text]
  • PATRICIA FORTINI BROWN Curriculum Vitae - 1
    PATRICIA FORTINI BROWN Curriculum Vitae - 1 Patricia Fortini Brown, Professor Emerita Princeton University Dept. of Art and Archaeology Princeton, NJ 08544-1018 Home 609/683-4076; Cell 609/462-9838 Email [email protected] EDUCATION: University of California, Berkeley: A.B. Political Science, 1959; M.A. History of Art, 1978; Ph.D. History of Art, 1983 Dissertation: “The Painted Histories of the Scuole Grandi of Venice, c. 1494-1534" ACADEMIC POSITIONS: University of California, Berkeley, Dept. of History of Art Teaching Assistant/Associate, 1978-80 Mills College, Oakland, California, Dept. of Art Lecturer, 1983 Princeton University, Dept. of Art and Archaeology Assistant Professor, 1983-89; Associate Professor, 1989-97; Professor, 1997-2010; Professor Emeritus, 2010-present Department Chair, 1999-2005; Acting Chair, Fall 2007 University of Cambridge, Slade Professor of Fine Arts, 2000-1 (Lent term: January-March 2001) Fellow Commoner, St John’s College Venice International University, Summer Humanities Seminar, Lecturer, 2003, 2004 American Universities in Asia, Summer School, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China, Summer 2012 HONORS, AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS: 1980-82: Social Science Research Council and American Council of Learned Societies International Doctoral Research Fellowship 1980-81: Fulbright-Hays Grant to Italy 1980-81: University of California Italian-American Traveling Fellowship (declined) 1982: Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation Grant for Research in Venice 1982: University of California Humanities Research Grant 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1991, 1997, 2005: Princeton University, University Committee on Research in the Humanities and the Social Sciences, research grants 1989-90: Rome Prize Fellowship, American Academy in Rome 1989-90: Villa I Tatti Fellowship (declined) 1989-90: John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship (deferred to 1992-93) 1989: Premio "Salotto Veneto 89", for the best book published on Venetian culture -- second prize awarded to Venetian Narrative Painting in the Age of Carpaccio 1991-95: Andrew W.
    [Show full text]