Images of Penance, Images of Mercy

The Catholic penitential tradition in colonial America was influenced by the Council of Trent (1545–63), which was itself affected in part by the polemics of the Protestant Reforma...

This chapter examines the intimately connected conceptions of sin (pāpa) and penance (prāyaścitta) developed within the Dharmaśāstra tradition. Its primary aim is to demonstrate ho...

Abstract Using an interdisciplinary approach, this book argues that American artistry in the Sixties can be understood as one of the most vital and compelling interr...

Composed between the sixth and ninth centuries, penitentials were little books of penance that address a wide range of human fallibility. But they are far more than mere registers ...

Forgiveness is at the heart of the Christian Gospel. It goes hand in hand with love, mercy, and grace, the fundamental theological virtues. However, forgiveness is easier to define...

The monograph offers an examination of society from the perspective of subjectivity. It is argued that in the conditions of the primacy of media communication relations, modern soc...