New Distributed Titles Fall 2009 - Oxbow Books

eligious studies Peeters Publishers
The Belgian Contribution
to the Second Vatican Council
International Research Conference at Mechelen, Leuven
and Louvain-la-Neuve (September 12–16, 2005)
edited by D Donnelly, J Fameree, M Lamberigts
and K Schelkens
This volume is the result of an international
scholars conference held in 2005.
The book is subdivided in three main
parts: general studies into the way
large assemblies function, and the
way in which smaller groups are able
to exercise influence; the specific role
and influence of the Belgian cardinal
Leo Joseph Suenens; the role of various
theologians and bishops.
728p, paperback, 9789042921016,
$124.00, Peeters Publishers, December 2008,
Bibliotheca Ephemeridum Theologicarum Lovaniensium 216.
Le droit ecclésiastique en Europe et à ses marges
(XVIIIe–XXe siècles)
Actes du colloque du centre Droit et Sociétés religieuses,
Université de Paris-Sud Sceaux, 12–13 octobre 2007
edited by B Basdevant-Gaudemet, F Jankowiak
and J-P Delannoy
With a historical perspective that extends until the present day, the authors approach
fundamental questions regarding the role and place of religions within
society and its relationship with public authorities and political powers in Italy,
Spain, Switzerland, Belgium, Romania, Russia and Turkey. French text.
345p, paperback, 9789042921429, $77.00, Peeters Publishers, June 2009,
Law and Religion Studies 6.
102
At the Crossroads of Art and Religion
Imagination, Commitment, Transcendence
edited by T H Zock
This volume contains studies on the interface between art and religion. Scholars from art studies, theology, philosophy and
psychology of religion address the following questions: What psychological and religious functions does art fulfill? What are the
similarities and differences between aesthetic and religious experiences? How does the aestheticizing of religion affect theological
thinking? How does the spiritualizing of art affect artistic practices and theory? Case studies are taken from literature, visual
art, film and opera, both from ‘high’ and popular culture. Among others, there are chapters on J.M. Coetzee’s novel Waiting for
the Barbarians, Richard Wagner’s operas, the Harry Potter books and the concept of beauty from a theological perspective.
206p, hardback, 9789042921733, $70.00, Peeters Publishers, December 2008, Groningen Studies in Cultural Change 34.
The Books of Leviticus and Numbers
by Thomas Roemer
This volume contains papers about the books of
Leviticus and Numbers presented at the Colloquium
Biblicum Lovaniense in 2006. The first part gathers essays
dealing with general questions of origin, structure
and function of Leviticus and Numbers in the whole of
the Pentateuch. The second part is dedicated to more
particular issues of these books, covering the fields of
textual criticism, history of redaction, synchronical
analysis and reception history.
742p, paperback, 9789042920941, $124.00, Peeters Publishers, December 2008,
Bibliotheca Ephemeridum Theologicarum Lovaniensium 215.
Le corps glorieux
Phénoménologie pratique de la “Philocalie”
des Pères du désert et des Pères de l’Église
by N Depraz
The principal aim of this volume is to revisit the experience of God’s “glorious body” through
the testimonies of the Ascetes and the Church Fathers, as collected in the Philokalia, and
to view them in the light of the structured description of the flesh and the body offered by
phenomenology. French text.
280p, paperback, 9789042920279, $61.00, Peeters Publishers, December 2008,
Bibliothèque Philosophique de Louvain 74.
Christentum und Politik in der Alten Kirche
edited by J van Oort and O Hesse
This volume contain contributions to a conference on Christianity and politics within the Old
Church, held in Goslar, Germany, in 2005. They focus on the Eastern Church from antiquity
to modern times. German text.
154p, paperback, 9789042921658, $55.00, Peeters Publishers, May 2009, Patristic Studies 8.
The David Brown Book Company – Fall 2009