{"title":"St Benet’s Special Issue","authors":"Simon P. Johnson","doi":"10.1177/0012580620974278","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0012580620974278","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":443619,"journal":{"name":"The Downside Review","volume":"74 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115216088","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Spirituality, Dialogue, Conversion: The Itinerary of Fr Jean-Mohammed Abd-el-Jalil","authors":"Agnes Wilkins","doi":"10.1177/0012580620973126","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0012580620973126","url":null,"abstract":"Jean-Mohammed Abd-el-Jalil united in himself on a very deep level two religions, Islam and Christianity, that in many ways are opposed to each other, especially on the doctrinal level. His conversion/life journey shows how he achieved this, at great cost to himself. Born in Morocco, in a family deeply committed to Islam, he himself eventually adopted a rather rigid, strict form called ‘Wahhabism’. A gifted student, he was given a government bursary to study in France with a view to taking up a responsible position in soon to be independent Morocco, but his life changed radically after a sudden conversion to Catholicism at Midnight Mass. Before he was ready for baptism he worked through some difficult doctrinal issues with a fellow convert, Paul Ali Mehmet Mulla-Zadé, who taught Islam in Rome. After his baptism Abd-el-Jalil entered the Franciscan Order in Paris where he remained for the rest of is life, apart from a brief crisis when he fled to Morocco, seemingly to return to Islam. He enjoyed a long academic career and wrote books to help Christians understand Islam. His final fifteen years were spent as a virtual hermit because of illness.","PeriodicalId":443619,"journal":{"name":"The Downside Review","volume":"55 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117051746","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Judaism and Catholicism: The Common Ground of Social Justice","authors":"B. Klug","doi":"10.1177/0012580620974280","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0012580620974280","url":null,"abstract":"This article is about the relationship between Judaism and Catholicism. Rather than proceeding on the plane of theology – comparing Catholicism and Judaism in terms of their conceptions of the divine – the author approaches the subject ‘from the ground up’, considering their convergence at the level of social action. Taking his cue from Margaret Archer, who has spoken about ‘the Church as a social movement’, he presents Judaism in a similar light, drawing on resources within Judaism that conduce towards promoting human rights and social justice. Moreover, writing as a Jewish Fellow at a Catholic Oxford college (St Benet’s Hall), he recounts certain experiences that illustrate how Jews and Catholics can come together on common ground.","PeriodicalId":443619,"journal":{"name":"The Downside Review","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128430345","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Role of Religious Experience in Ecumenical and Inter-Faith Dialogue","authors":"J. Alderdice","doi":"10.1177/0012580620972842","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0012580620972842","url":null,"abstract":"St Benet’s day conference on inter-faith dialogue (March, 2020)","PeriodicalId":443619,"journal":{"name":"The Downside Review","volume":"21 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128993704","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Exploration in Mysticism and Religious Encounter: The Case of Charles de Foucauld (1858–1916)","authors":"Minlib Dallh","doi":"10.1177/0012580620973487","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0012580620973487","url":null,"abstract":"For many historians, the life and work of Foucauld are inseparable from France’s colonial conquest and Catholic missiology of the period. This article is not concerned with sainthood per se, but with mystical approaches to interfaith rapprochement. No doubt, the epistemic value of Foucauld’s life is a contested territory. The difficulty is to identify aspects of his mystical path as imitatio Christi among Muslims without overlooking his belief in the civilizing mission of France, dubbed the first daughter of the Roman Catholic Church. Though the sanctity of the former soldier turned hermit is debatable, his desire to sanctify the Tuaregs of the Hoggar is commendable. There are three points: (1) the hidden life of Jesus at Nazareth as a paradigm for mystical encounter, (2) prayer of intercession for the religious other as a locus for mystical rapprochement and (3) was Foucauld a colonial saint or a universal little brother?","PeriodicalId":443619,"journal":{"name":"The Downside Review","volume":"138 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128675043","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Book Review: H Daniel Zacharias, Biblical Greek Made Simple: All the Basics in One Semester","authors":"D. A. Brumwell","doi":"10.1177/0012580620946138","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0012580620946138","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":443619,"journal":{"name":"The Downside Review","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115471904","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Saint Anselm’s Prayer to the Holy Cross","authors":"John R. Fortin","doi":"10.1177/0012580620966227","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0012580620966227","url":null,"abstract":"Within the then 1000-year-old tradition of reverence for the crucifix, Saint Anselm’s Prayer to the Holy Cross finds a special place. While such a prayer as his would not be considered novel either in England or in the world of Christianity, it clearly bears the stamp of his own particular style and elegance and was guided by his own personal spirituality. This article will begin by giving a critical analysis of the structure and major themes of the prayer. It will then go on to consider this prayer in comparison to Anselm’s other prayers, with an added note on the place of the cross in Anselm’s other writings. It will be seen that Anselm’s Prayer to the Holy Cross is not simply different from his other prayers, but it stands out as unique in his collection of prayers and is arguably the most contemplative of all his prayers.","PeriodicalId":443619,"journal":{"name":"The Downside Review","volume":"138 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130284938","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Sign of the Cross in the Dialogues of Gregory the Great","authors":"B. Lupton","doi":"10.1177/0012580620972579","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0012580620972579","url":null,"abstract":"Within the study of Early Christianity, a pertinent topic is the sign of the cross. This article will focus on extra liturgical signing, that is, making the sign of the cross outside of a formal liturgy like baptism. “Extra liturgical signing” has not been researched in great detail especially in the liminal stage between Late Antiquity and the Medieval world. To help fill this lacuna, this article will focus on Gregory the Great’s Dialogues under two rubrics: (1) what did Gregory wish to convey through his text about the sign of the cross and (2) how did 6th-century people practice this ritual and what did they believe about it? It will be argued that Gregory depicted the cross as a powerful talisman against demonic powers. It will unveil as well that ‘signing’ in 6th century Italy had a different tone than in previous centuries.","PeriodicalId":443619,"journal":{"name":"The Downside Review","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127096318","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Benedictine Priory of St. Cross in Trnava: An Unknown Benedictine Priory Church in the Kingdom of Hungary in the Middle Ages","authors":"Vladimír Rábik, S. Marincak","doi":"10.1177/0012580620916415","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0012580620916415","url":null,"abstract":"As part of the medieval structure of Hungarian urban settlements, Trnava was one of the most prestigious cities. This was due not only to the fact that this settlement dated back to before the era of the Kingdom of Hungary (9th–10th centuries) and to international trade, but also to the fact that Trnava, at the end of 10th and the beginning of 11th centuries, became one of the residences of the Hungarian monarchs. It is precisely such an economic and social status that led to the relatively early transformation of Trnava into an urban settlement, and it was one of the first settlements of this kind within the whole of the Kingdom of Hungary.","PeriodicalId":443619,"journal":{"name":"The Downside Review","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133361542","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Alphege (954–1012): A Saint for His Time and for Our Time","authors":"Giles Mercer","doi":"10.1177/0012580620931396","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0012580620931396","url":null,"abstract":"The following has been adapted from talks given at St Alphege Church, Solihull; Our Lady and St Alphege Church, Bath; and St Joseph’s Church, Peasedown St John, and to the English Catholic History Association, Winchester Catholic History Society and Prinknash Abbey Book Club. Alphege is one of the outstanding saints from these lands, Bath’s greatest son, a gifted monastic leader, a radical bishop of Winchester and a self-sacrificing archbishop of Canterbury. He was to be revered throughout pre-Reformation England and beyond. I will make some general points about Alphege’s world, then set out what we know about the life and death of Alphege and finally suggest why he is important for us today.","PeriodicalId":443619,"journal":{"name":"The Downside Review","volume":"90 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116971966","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}