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Title: A diversity of views, but clarity about values.(CATHOLIC IDENTITY)(Holy Cross Fr. John Jenkins)(Interview)
Author: John L., Jr. Allen
Publication: National Catholic Reporter (Magazine/Journal)
Date: February 10, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 42Issue: 15Page: 11(5)

Article Type: Interview

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John Jenkins (1592-1678) was acknowledged by his English contemporaries as a supreme composer of instrumental music. A conference held in 1992 to commemorate the four-hundredth anniversary of his birth, rather than focusing only on his life and work, set these in a wider context. Some of the papers included here were first presented at the conference, but are supplemented by others giving a broad conspectus of current work by leading scholars in the field of English consort music. The collection embraces various aspects not only of Jenkin's work, but also some of his contemporaries (Gibbons, Ferrabosco II, Mico, Cobbold), instruments (lute, lyre, viol, organ), and consort manuscripts, including their patrons and copyists. ... Read more

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This digital document, covering the life and work of John A. Jenkins, is an entry from Contemporary Authors, a reference volume published by Thompson Gale. The length of the entry is 907 words. The page length listed above is based on a typical 300-word page. Although the exact content of each entry from this volume can vary, typical entries include the following information:

• Place and date of birth and death (if deceased)
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This digital document is an article from National Catholic Reporter, published by Thomson Gale on February 10, 2006. The length of the article is 4531 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Identity and freedom: Notre Dame's president on university controversies.(CATHOLIC IDENTITY)(Holy Cross Fr. John I. Jenkins)(Cover Story)
Author: John I. Jenkins
Publication: National Catholic Reporter (Magazine/Journal)
Date: February 10, 2006
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 42Issue: 15Page: 11(5)

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This book offers a revisionary account of key epistemological concepts and doctrines of St. Thomas Aquinas, particularly his concept of scientia (science). It proposes a new interpretation of the purpose and composition of Aquinas' most mature and influential work, the Summa theologiae, which has traditionally been regarded as a work for neophytes in theology. John Jenkins' comprehensive and original study will be of interest to readers in philosophy, theology and medieval studies. ... Read more

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This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1871 edition by George Routledge and Sons, New York. ... Read more

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Science Fiction Audiences examines the astounding popularity of two television "institutions" of our time--the science fiction series Doctor Who and Star Trek.Both of theses programs have survived cancellation and acquired a following that continues to grow.The book is based on years of research including interviews with fans and followers of these two television series.In that period fans and followers have changed, and ways of studying them as "audiences" have changed as well, but the programs endure intact--Star Trek, for example, is approaching its fourth television incarnation.

John Tulloch and Henry Jenkins dive into the rich fan culture surrounding the two series, exploring such issues as queer identity, fan meanings, teenage love of science fiction and genre expectations.The authors further question how these series operate on other levels, for example, by portraying particular American and British profiles, by promoting certain ideologies, orsimply by providing a very consistent form of entertainment.

Science Fiction Audiences encompasses the perspectives of vast population of fans and followers throughout Britain, Australia, and the USA.This book is intended both for fans and followers of the series, who will continue their debates in these pages, and for those involved in media and cultural studies, who will examine a historically changing range of audience theory operating over the time period this study covers.Overall, Science Fiction Audiences offers a synthesis of text, context and audience study.

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Insightful but overly academic
An academic, though interesting look at the opinions of various viewers inregards to the world's two most famous sci-fi television shows, Doctor Whoand Star Trek.The Doctor Who section explores viewer reactions to (if I'mnot mistaken) the Jon Pertwee story "The Monster of Peladon", anodd choice as it is not generally considered one of the more popular DoctorWho adventures.The story was chosen for analysis as it features strongsocial and political commentary, including the subjects of worker's rights,unionization, and women's liberation.As the book is a scholarly look atthe average science-fiction viewer, it tends to be somewhat dry anddifficult to follow at times.Overall an interesting oddity, thoughprobably not for the average reader. ... Read more

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Abt 8 1/4 x 11". Number of pages is approximate. 672 items with some illustrations. A deluxe catalog on good paper of original material which includes compositions by Dumas, Wordsworth, DOs Passos, Sartre, Auden, Masefield, Thackerary, etc. ... Read more

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The Key to the Kalevala was originally published in Finland in 1916.Now this insightful and detailed exploration of the ancient origins of Finnish mythology is available in English. Students of the ancient traditions and mystical teachings will find no better introduction to the profound esoteric meaning of the Kalevala, the Finnish National Epic, than Ervast's explaination. ... Read more

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Mavi's comments (an Italian reader)
The first thing to be said as to this book is that it's necessary a previous knowledge of the Finnish epic poem "Kalevala" because only so it's possibile to follow Ervast's deep esoteric meaning, that he gives to it, and that he takes from his knowledge about Blavatsky's Theosophy and Steiner's Antroposophy.
Kalevalian heroes' enterprises are seen as a journey in the discovery and the gathering of the Self, where the different parts (intellect, emotion and will) are played by the heroes themselves (Ilmarinen, Lemminkeinen, Vainamoinen): their connection and their separation in different moments and places and situations are metaphors of what happens in the Self of man's life.
Pekka Ervast's point of view has been for me very useful for my cultural and, moreover,for my personal growing.
I found particularly enlightning Chapter 35, where two human types of different hystoric times are explained: the "Atlantean" one and the "European" one. The people of the Kalevala belong to the first kind: they are Children-People. The educational way of approaching them, indicated by Ervast, is the same which can be used effectively by our teachers also today, because it is enrooted in the being of the child nature.
Moreover, I think that another possibile use is for better understanding and better copyingthe multicultural world of today with the differences among people entering in contact each other more frequently than in the past. If we approach the common humanity in all of them, but don't forget the differences, it may be possibile to arrive to a mutual positive regard and to a better mutual understanding.

Overwhelmed by Atlantean and Blavatsky references
Finding English translations of research about the Kalevala can be difficult so the title and wonderful review of this book led me to choose it as research material.I was open and interested in the theosophist analysis hoping it would provide supplemental material for getting to know the Kalevala characters.Instead, I was overwhelmed and alienated by Ervast's references and comparisons of Kalevala characters and runes to Atlantean mythology and Blavatsky's Secret Doctrines.If you are interested in theosophy, buy this book.If you are interested in mythological and historical analysis of the Kalevala and its characters, buy Joseph Campbell's The Hero with a Thousand Faces or Kalevala Mythology by Juha Pentikainen.I hope one day the editor will write his own book about the Kalevala.His review and preface to Ervast's book were the most cogent and lucid parts of the material.

Insights into the deep wisdom within Finnish mythology
Pekka Ervast was a brilliant mystic from Finland who interpreted the Finnish National Epic, the Kalevala, with the "key" of theosophy. His book explains the adventures of the Kalevala's three heroes (whorepresent emotion, intellect, and will) as windows into the evolutionarystruggle of human beings. Integrating these three forces is a challengingprocess, and their dynamic interplay and ultimate resolution is, amazingly,what we see within the Kalevala if we "read between the lines"with Ervast. There are hundreds of lines of Kalevala poetry in the book,drawing from Eino Friberg's 1988 translation. The deep wellspring ofFinnish myth, touching such topics as shamanism, magic, astronomy,cosmology, and wedding rituals, is only recently becoming widely knownoutside of Finland. This first English translation of Ervast's book is aunique and valuable contribution to understanding the deep wisdom of theancient Finns.I served as editor on the project and wrote theIntroduction for it, and when in 1994 I first received a response fromFinland regarding the possibility of translating Ervast's work, I had thesure feeling that the Key to the Kalevala's time had come. ... Read more

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The annual Demon's Bluff Spirit Fest is coming to town--all hell (and heaven) is about to break loose.

This sleepy desert town is so remote that no one is hassled for believing in God.Not even in 2022, when faith can get a guy arrested--or worse.So it's a perfect hideout for a young Christian with a price on his head.

Except that a hundred years ago, good and evil had a showdown in Demon's Bluff---and it's about to happen again.

Already, dark clouds are gathering in the desert.And a whole town is about to learn what happens when God's people choose to stand and trust instead of run and hide.

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Exciting Read
This series is fast paced, and thought provoking.
It is for the young adult, or young at heart adult, reader.
Both of my teenagers and myself really enjoyed both books so far in the series, and anxiously await the next one! ... Read more