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Brinker, April Marie. "Heresy and Simony: John Wyclif and Jan Hus Compared." W&M ScholarWorks, 2010. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1539626625.
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Campi, Luigi. "Scienza divina e soteriologia in John Wyclif. Studio sull’inedito De sciencia dei." Doctoral thesis, Universita degli studi di Salerno, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10556/1526.
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2009 - 2010<br>The thesis («Divine Knowledge and Soteriology in John Wyclif. An Essay on the unpublished tract De
sciencia dei») contains the established text of the wycliffian inedited tract De sciencia dei and a doctinal
essay. In the introduction are given many historical, codicological and philological details about the
unpublished tract and about the Summa de ente, the academic collection of writings to whom it belongs.
In the first chapter are exposed the main contents of the tract pertaining Wyclif’s theory of divine
knowledge, considered also in the light of other passages of his works where the same topic is
developped. In the second chapter is detected Wyclif’s doctrine of salvation, which is firstly and widely
formuled in the De sciencia dei; then, is shown that the soteriology emerging in Wyclif’s later De
dominio divino is close to the De sciencia dei’s. Lastly, in the third chapter is suggested an ermeneutical
proposal on Wyclif’s theology based on some textual evidencies – including those where the interesting
notion of esse intencionale can be seen at work– which show Wyclif’s attempt to safe his theology and
philosophy from the risk of determinism and panteism. [edited by Author]<br>IX n.s.
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Cox, Rory. "War and Politics : John Wyclif in the Context of Fourteenth-Century Political Thought." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.522865.
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Meichtry-Gruber, Annemarie. "Die Sprache der Wyclif-Bibel die Verwendung von Lehnwörtern in den Büchern Baruch, Richter und Hiob." Bern Berlin Bruxelles Frankfurt a.M. New York, NY Oxford Wien Lang, 2006. http://d-nb.info/986208523/04.
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McCormack, Frances. "Chaucer and the culture of dissent the Lollard context and subtext of the Parson's tale /." Dublin : Four Courts Press, 2007. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/156890795.html.
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Van, Dussen Michael J. "England and the Empire: Heresy, Piety and Politics, 1381-1416." The Ohio State University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1243351989.
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Regetz, Timothy. "Lollardy and Eschatology: English Literature c. 1380-1430." Thesis, University of North Texas, 2018. https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1404582/.
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In this dissertation, I examine the various ways in which medieval authors used the term "lollard" to mean something other than "Wycliffite." In the case of William Langland's Piers Plowman, I trace the usage of the lollard-trope through the C-text and link it to Langland's dependence on the Parable of the Wheat and the Tares. Regarding Chaucer's Parson's Tale, I establish the orthodoxy of the tale's speaker by comparing his tale to contemporaneous texts of varying orthodoxy, and I link the Parson's being referred to as a "lollard" to the eschatological message of his tale. In the chapter on The Book of Margery Kempe, I examine that the overemphasis on Margery's potential Wycliffism causes everyone in The Book to overlook her heretical views on universal salvation. Finally, in comparing some of John Lydgate's minor poems with the macaronic sermons of Oxford, MS Bodley 649, I establish the orthodox character of late-medieval English anti-Wycliffism that these disparate works share. In all, this dissertation points up the eschatological character of the lollard-trope and looks at the various ends to which medieval authors deployed it.
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Pink, Stephen Arthur. "Holy scripture and the meanings of the Eucharist in late medieval England, C. 1370-1430." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2011. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:60a9655b-779b-4853-9102-7a9b058f0d5e.
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This thesis examines how, in late-medieval England, uses of Scripture and associated written discourses expanded to encompass the sacramental functions hitherto privileged to the bread and wine of the Mass. This process, reflecting the longstanding if implicit importance of scriptural symbolism to the medieval Eucharist, also bears witness to a major cultural shift in this period: the assignment to words of the same powers that had underpinned the function of visual, non-verbal symbols in medieval religion and society. As Chapter Two demonstrates, this process was starkly exposed in John Wyclif’s vision of an English religion centred upon the sacrament of the preached word of Scripture, rather than on the Mass. As Chapter Three shows, this was the vision that Wyclif’s followers sought to realize, even if they may have achieved their aims only within a limited band of followers. However, Wyclif’s vision was powerful precisely because its relevance was not confined to Wycliffites. Chapter Four charts how the same substitution was taking place through the dissemination in English of ‘Scripture’, which, in its broadest sense, encompassed meditations upon depictions of Christ crucified as well as preaching. The greatest danger of Wycliffite thought to the late-medieval Church rested in its potential to increase lay awareness of this process. This threat was reflected in the restrictions placed by the English Church upon lay use of religious writings in the early fifteenth century. Nonetheless, as Chapter Five shows through a reading of one of Wyclif’s sternest critics, Thomas Netter, the eucharistic function of ‘Scripture’ had not disappeared but had to be occluded. This occlusion represents the most significant shift in the eucharistic function of ‘Scripture’ in the fifteenth century, allowing its use to develop further without threatening the Mass. This thesis concludes that the unacknowledged yet increasingly central role of ‘Scripture’ helps to explain why, at the Reformation, a scripturally-based religion seemed so quickly to supplant one to which images had been fundamental.
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Carpenter, Van Eldon. "Wyclif's realism and his view of the eucharist." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1995. http://www.tren.com.
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Zemaitis, Daniel Staley. "Convergent paths : the correspondence between Wycliffe, Hus and the early Quakers." Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2012. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/3465/.
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This dissertation examines the correspondence in theology, practice and social views between Early Quakers and John Wycliffe and John Hus (QWH), founders of the late-medieval heretical sects the Lollards and Hussites. It discusses the diversity of religious experience that characterized the first generation of ‘Early Quakers,’ and argues the end of early Quakerism as 1678, when the Quaker establishment completed enforcement of greater conformity in belief and practice. The dissertation examines Wycliffe and the Lollards and Hus and the Hussites, placing them in an experiential religious tradition and exploring their belief in the need to return to a primitive church in reaction to the perceived apostasy of the Catholic Church. By focusing on possible modes of dissemination of Wycliffe’s and Hus’ ideas and personal stories in works such as Foxe’s Book of Martyrs, the thesis concludes that there exists a close correspondence among QWH respecting the following characteristics: (1) accessibility of Christ’s message; (2) belief in the visible and invisible church; (3) biblical authority; (4) personal understanding of Scripture; (5) opposition to established churches; (6) return to a ‘primitive church’; (7) attitudes toward reforming society; (8) the imminence of Christ’s return; and (9) the role of women.
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Franklin, K. J. (Kirk James). "A paradigm for global mission leadership : the journey of the Wycliffe Global Alliance." Thesis, University of Pretoria, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/53075.
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The research question explored in this thesis concerns how globalization affects the
missional journey of the Wycliffe Global Alliance (WGA) and how this is influenced
by paradigm shift theory applied to the missio Dei. Together, these contribute to a
theoretical model for a new paradigm for global mission leadership. The research is
conducted through a qualitative enquiry of the journey of WGA. Its journey involves
100+ organizations from over 60 nations. These factors influence how WGA is
developing leadership with a global mission mindset.
Unique factors that inform the research and its methodologies include literature
reviews, an analysis of WGA s practices and processes, and case studies from
within WGA. These include its missiological consultative processes, as well as a
grounded theory investigation of WGA s leadership team s personal leadership
philosophies. Important concepts that enlighten and enrich the study include: missio
Dei and missional, globalization, and paradigm theory. Each contributes to
understanding the journey of WGA. Furthermore, the journey is influenced by other
ideas including the generous funding of God s mission; and the influences of
spirituality, friendship, community and polycentrism in global mission leadership.
The research draws from broad sources and is presented through missiological and
theological perspectives. The findings inform the paradigm, which is described with
phrases, concepts and themes derived from the entire research. The paradigm also
informs missional movements and organizational structures that can become global
in their viewpoint and actions.<br>Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2016.<br>tm2016<br>Science of Religion and Missiology<br>PhD<br>Unrestricted
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Diemer, Stefan. "John Wycliffe und seine Rolle bei der Entstehung der modernen englischen Rechtschreibung und des Wortschatzes /." Frankfurt am Main : P. Lang, 1998. http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb39928560r.
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Franklin, K. J. (Kirk James). "The Wycliffe global alliance - from a U.S. based international mission to a global movement for Bible translation." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/32974.
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This thesis deals with the complex question of how global Christian mission
organizations must learn to function, especially the Wycliffe Global Alliance (WGA). I
summarize how the Wycliffe Bible Translators (WBT) began in 1942 as the
resourcing organization for the Summer Institute of Linguistics (now called SIL
International) and how their mutual founder, American William Cameron Townsend,
was influenced by Western mission strategy and conservative evangelical theology.
The changing global context is impacting how the missio Dei takes place and this is
influencing how mission agencies interact with each other and the church worldwide.
This is leading to new paradigms of how mission is conceptualized around the world.
The thesis outlines how the changing global context has forced Wycliffe to reevaluate
its place in the world because, half a century after its formation, the church
has new homes in the global South and East. It follows that as a Western mission,
Western resources have decreased and this has shaped how Wycliffe Bible
Translators (International) has now become Wycliffe Global Alliance (WGA).
However, this goes beyond a mere change of name and has resulted in a type of
structure that enables it to better engage with the church worldwide.
The thesis also examines the complexity of contextualization in the global
environment, noting how different languages and cultures are involved, each with its
own rules and subtleties. I show how the shift of the centre of gravity of the church to
the global South and East presents new theological challenges for the Bible
translation effort and these directly impact WGA.
There are many missiological implications for WGA that come from influences in
church history regarding the importance of language, the translatability of the gospel,
the history of Bible translation and how missional reflection is necessary in various
situations. These merge together to provide new implications which are influenced
by globalization for mission agencies such as WGA.
The thesis also emphasises that WGA is a global mission movement, so I have
identified methods of leadership development and structure, all of which are critical
to WGA’s effectiveness and involvement in the missio Dei. I show that forming global
mission leaders is unique and complex, and how the leaders must embrace a wide
variety of qualities, skills and capabilities, especially in responding to greater cultural
diversity. Since most leadership principles are culturally bound, this creates
obstacles in cross-cultural situations. Therefore, I emphasize that a successful
multicultural organization like WGA must learn to focus on both worldwide and local
objectives.
The thesis outlines how theological, missiological, cultural, contextual and leadership
values converge and therefore reshape a mission movement like WGA. My
conclusion is that none of these influences can be ignored – all are relevant. Each
must be reflected upon in order to provide directions for WGA as it seeks to be
faithful to its vision and serve the global church.<br>Dissertation (MA Theol)--University of Pretoria, 2012.<br>gm2013<br>Science of Religion and Missiology<br>unrestricted
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Aldridge, F. A. "The development of the Wycliffe Bible Translators and the Summer Institute of Linguistics, 1934-1982." Thesis, University of Stirling, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1893/10058.
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This thesis examines the development of one of the twentieth century’s largest North American faith missions, the dual-organizational combination of the Wycliffe Bible Translators (WBT) and the Summer Institute of Linguistics (SIL) from its founding in 1934 to 1982. WBT-SIL grew out of the distinctive vision of its founder, William Cameron Townsend (1896-1982), a former Central American Mission missionary. The extraordinarily inventive Townsend conceived of an approach to Christian mission that construed Bible translation as a linguistic and quasi-scientific enterprise, thereby permitting the non-sectarian SIL side of the organization to collaborate with anticlerical governments in Latin America, where it undertook pioneer Bible translation for indigenous peoples speaking as-yet unwritten languages. This unique government relations and scientific approach to missions was at many points in conflict with the prevailing missionary ethos of the organization’s North American evangelical constituency. Therefore the WBT side of the mission functioned as the religious arm of the enterprise for the purposes of publicity and recruiting. The dual organization drew sharp critique from nearly every quarter, ranging from North American evangelicals to Latin American Catholics to secular anthropologists. The controversial nature of the organization begs the question: Why did WBT-SIL become the largest faith mission of the twentieth century? This study seeks to answer this question by analysing the development WBT-SIL in both its foreign and domestic settings. The principal argument mounted in this thesis is that WBT-SIL met with success because its leaders and members followed Townsend’s lead in pragmatically adapting the organization to widely varying contexts both at home in North America and abroad as it sought to serve indigenous peoples through Bible translation, literacy and education. By striking a creative balance between maintaining the essentials of a traditional faith mission and imaginative breaking with convention when conditions necessitated a progressive approach, WBT-SIL became one of the largest and yet most unusual of twentieth-century evangelical missions.
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Penn, Stephen. "Truth, time and sacred text : responses to medieval nominalism in John Wyclif's Summa de Ente and De Veritate Sacrae Scripturae." Thesis, University of York, 1998. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/16328/.
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Azevedo, Leandro Villela de. "As obras inglesas de John Wycliffe inseridas no contexto religioso de sua época: da suma teológica de Aquino ao concílio de Constança , dos espirituais fransciscanos a Guilherme de Ockham." Universidade de São Paulo, 2011. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/8/8138/tde-14062011-135520/.
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O período presente entre o começo do século XIV e ano de 1418 é indispensável para a compreensão do cenário religioso-político medieval e para a compreensão das bases do mesmo pensamento na Idade Moderna. Neste período temos a mudança da sede da Igreja Católica de Roma pra Avignon, o retorno da mesma para Roma, a divisão da Igreja em dois grupos, cada um liderado por um papa, o Cisma do Ocidente, cisma esse que dura por décadas. Temos a ampliação do pensamento herético, a conversa entre grupos heterodoxos, e tentativas de conciliação que nem sempre eram absolutas e levavam até mesmo a renúncia do cargo pontifical. Neste período viveu John Wycliffe, professor de teologia em Oxford, tendo produzido uma série de obras em latim e outra ainda maior em inglês. Divulgando seus ideias para o povo e criando seu próprio grupo, os Lolardos. Esse pensador, dialogando com os grandes pensadores católicos e revendo pensamentos de outras heresias anteriores, cria a premissa da impossibilidade de uma igreja que fosse ao mesmo tempo autenticamente cristã e institucionalizada ou poderosa, em sua obra The Wicket. Através de uma argumentação racional e humanista, Wycliffe formulou, de certa forma, a base para a reforma protestante, ao mesmo tempo que precisou ser descartado pela mesma, após seu crescimento nos círculos de poder e institucionalização. A melhor compreensão deste peculiar autor e de sua obra permite não somente compreender melhor o mundo da baixa Idade Média, suas disputas religiosas e políticas, como também aprofundar o conhecimento sobre as bases do pensamento moderno. Além de lançar bases para a própria problematização da estrutura do poder religioso em si, seja ele católico ou não.<br>The Late Middle Ages, specially the period between 1305 and 1418 is indispensable to understand the political an religious though not only of the medieval people, but for the comprehension of the modern ages. In this small period of time much religious turbulence took place in Western Europe. The capital of the Catholic Church moved to Avignon and then returned to Roma, the Church slipt in two different factions in the Great Western Schism and each group was leaded by a different pope, both of them considering themselves as the sumo pontifce and the only true connection between God and men in earth. The Schism lasts for decades and each pope define the other as the antichrist. In this period the heretical though grown up and the attempts of reconciliations of the groups not always become effective, in matter of fact once even a pope renounced his post. John Wycliffe, professor of Theology in Oxford University, lived in this time. He produced a great number of papers in Latin and a even more great number of papers in middle English. His ideas continued with his followers the Lollards. This great thinker created important dialogues with the other heretical thinkers, being one of the most important pre-reformist theologian and creating the bases of the protestant reform. But the also created the idea that the true Christian church would never be institutionalized neither it could be powerful. In his sermon The Wicket, using humanistic reason, he united the words of Jesus in the Gospels to prove that would be impossible to create a strong institutionalized church. So, this particular paper was also put aside because it was not interesting for the newly created institutionalized church of the 16th century Studding this thinker and his works, specially the Wicket is very important to better understand not only the medieval church, but the institutionalized church of all times.
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Kipnusu, Wycliffe Kiprop [Verfasser], Friedrich [Akademischer Betreuer] Kremer, Friedrich [Gutachter] Kremer, and Roland [Gutachter] Böhmer. "Effects of Nanoscale Confinement on the Structure and Dynamics of Glass-forming Systems / Wycliffe Kiprop Kipnusu ; Gutachter: Friedrich Kremer, Roland Böhmer ; Betreuer: Friedrich Kremer." Leipzig : Universitätsbibliothek Leipzig, 2015. http://d-nb.info/1239659687/34.
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Gomez, Angel. "The mayor and early Lollard dissemination." Honors in the Major Thesis, University of Central Florida, 2012. http://digital.library.ucf.edu/cdm/ref/collection/ETH/id/564.
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During the fourteenth century in England there began a movement referred to as Lollardy. Throughout history, Lollardy has been viewed as a precursor to the Protestant Reformation. There has been a long ongoing debate among scholars trying to identify the extent of Lollard beliefs among the English. Attempting to identify who was a Lollard has often led historians to look at the trial records of those accused of being Lollards. One aspect overlooked in these studies is the role civic authorities, like the mayor of a town, played in the heresy trials of suspected Lollards. Contrary to existing beliefs that the Lollards were marginalized figures, the mayors' willingness to defend them against Church prosecution implies that either Lollard sympathies were more widespread than previously noted or Lollards were being inaccurately identified in the court records. This contradicts scholars' previous view that English religious views were clearly divided between Lollards and non-Lollards, providing depth and additional support to very recent work emphasizing the complexity of religious identity during the period immediately preceding the Reformation.<br>B.A.<br>Bachelors<br>Arts and Humanities<br>History
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Keable, Penelope Susan. "Creators, Creatures and Victim-Survivors: Word, Silence and Some Humane Voices of Self-Determination from the Wycliffe Bible of 1388 to the United Nations World Conference on Human Rights 1993." University of Sydney, Religion, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/407.
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This analysis of apocalyptic rhetoric brings nine generations of the written text of the Johannine Apocalypse into a contemporary (1989-1994) framework which includes phenomena such as self-determination, mutual interdependence and psychoterror. The discussion is mediated by disciplines and backgrounds of Religion and Literature. The critical method is religio-literary. Literary themes from the Johannine Apocalypse, especially themes of annihilation, torment, blessedness and rapture, structure the discussion. These themes are related to ideas of self-determination such as were proclaimed at the United Nations World Conference on Human Rights (UNWCHR), Vienna, 1993. The discussion questions the axioms of self determination, especially the matter of indivisibility which came to issue during UNWCHR, Vienna, 1993. Some policies and practices of the Australian government's human rights activities are discussed. Attention is then redirected to the Johannine Apocalypse as a polyvalent source of apocalyptic ideation and a source of social empowerment.
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Keable, Penelope Susan. "Creators, Creatures and Victim-Survivors: Word, Silence and Some Humane Voices of Self-Determination from the Wycliffe Bible of 1388 to the United Nations World Conference on Human Rights 1993." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/407.
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This analysis of apocalyptic rhetoric brings nine generations of the written text of the Johannine Apocalypse into a contemporary (1989-1994) framework which includes phenomena such as self-determination, mutual interdependence and psychoterror. The discussion is mediated by disciplines and backgrounds of Religion and Literature. The critical method is religio-literary. Literary themes from the Johannine Apocalypse, especially themes of annihilation, torment, blessedness and rapture, structure the discussion. These themes are related to ideas of self-determination such as were proclaimed at the United Nations World Conference on Human Rights (UNWCHR), Vienna, 1993. The discussion questions the axioms of self determination, especially the matter of indivisibility which came to issue during UNWCHR, Vienna, 1993. Some policies and practices of the Australian government's human rights activities are discussed. Attention is then redirected to the Johannine Apocalypse as a polyvalent source of apocalyptic ideation and a source of social empowerment.
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Masanta, Wycliffe Omurwa [Verfasser], Uwe [Akademischer Betreuer] Groß, Jörg [Gutachter] Stülke, and Holger [Gutachter] Reichardt. "Quantitative Proteomics Analysis of Global Protein Expression in Campylobacter jejuni Cultured in Sublethal Concentrations of Bile Acids and Varying Temperatures / Wycliffe Omurwa Masanta ; Gutachter: Jörg Stülke, Holger Reichardt ; Betreuer: Uwe Groß." Göttingen : Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen, 2017. http://d-nb.info/1136471456/34.
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Keable, Penelope Susan. "Creators, creatures and victim-survivors word, silence and some humane voices of self-determination in apocalyptic literature from the Wycliffe Bible of 1388 to the United Nations World Conference on Human Rights of 1993 /." Connect to full text, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/2123/407.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Sydney, 1995.<br>Title from title screen (viewed Apr. 21, 2008). Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to the School of Studies in Religion, Faculty of Arts. Degree awarded 1995; thesis submitted 1994. Includes bibliography. Also available in print form.
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Chi, Young-hae. "By what right do we own things? : a justification of property ownership from an Augustinian tradition." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2011. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:5555bb1d-9d5c-4260-b2bc-3c04c61ecb31.
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The justification of property ownership based on individual subjective rights is tightly bound to humanist moral perspectives. God is left out as irrelevant to the just grounds of ownership, which is established primarily on the basis of human self-referential, moral capacity. This thesis aims at developing an alternative justification, both for property as an institution and as a private holding, with a view to bringing God back into the centre stage and thereby placing property ownership on the objective concept of right. A tradition hitherto generally left unnoticed, yet uncovered here as the source of inspiration, vests the whole project with a moral-teleological tone. The tradition, enunciated by St. Augustine and developed by St. Bonaventure and John Wyclif, invites us to see property from the perspective of a moral end: it ought to be used for the love of God and neighbours, and as such it can be owned only by the just. In spite of important insights into the moral nature of property, the Augustinian thesis not only fails to spell out what ‘use for love’ means but also suffers from elitism. Nor does it offer an adequate justification of private property. Such weaknesses call for revision. When we reinterpret the Augustinian thesis through the concept of the divine imperative of service coupled with a proper understanding of human work, property acquires a distinctive justification. Property, as an institution, is justified as a requisite for carrying out God’s redemptive work towards the world. From this general justification ensues the particular justification. We hold property as specifically ‘mine,’ since each person’s ordained mission to participate in God’s work requires a uniquely personal material means, although the recognition and fulfilment of individual mission still demands communal efforts. The duty to carry out the God-commanded mission at first allows us to possess private property only in a non-proprietorial and non-exclusive manner. Yet in the prevailing condition of economic scarcity and human greed, civil jurisdiction must provide a structure of rights to enforce property institution. As God’s invitation for the transformation of the world is a universal command, everybody should have a minimum of property, and yet in differentiation of the scope and kinds commensurate with the particularities of individual mission.
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Turnour, Matthew Dwight. "The stewardship paradigm : an enquiry into the ethical obligation associated with being in control of resorces." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 1999. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/35810/1/35810.pdf.
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The resource allocation and utilization discourse is dominated by debates about rights particularly individual property rights and ownership. This is due largely to the philosophic foundations provided by Hobbes and Locke and adopted by Bentham. In our community, though, resources come not merely with rights embedded but also obligations. The relevant laws and equitable principles which give shape to our shared rights and obligations with respect to resources take cognizance not merely of the title to the resource (the proprietary right) but the particular context in which the right is exercised. Moral philosophy regarding resource utilisation has from ancient times taken cognizance of obligations but with ascendance of modernity, the agenda of moral philosophy regarding resources, has been dominated, at least since John Locke, by a preoccupation with property rights; the ethical obligations associated with resource management have been largely ignored. The particular social context has also been ignored. Exploring this applied ethical terrain regarding resource utilisation, this thesis:
(1) Revisits the justifications for modem property rights (and in that the exclusion of obligations);
(2) Identifies major deficiencies in these justifications and reasons for this;
(3) Traces the concept of stewardship as understood in classical Greek writing and in the New Testament, and considers its application in the Patristic period and by Medieval and reformist writers, before turning to investigate its influence on legal and equitable concepts through to the current day;
4) Discusses the nature of the stewardship obligation,maps it and offers a schematic for applying the Stewardship Paradigm to problems arising in daily life;
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(5) Discusses the way in which the Stewardship Paradigm may be applied by, and assists in resolving issues arising from within four dominant philosophic world views:
(a) Rawls' social contract theory;
(b) Utilitarianism as discussed by Peter Singer;
(c) Christianity with particular focus on the theology of Douglas Hall;
(d) Feminism particularly as expressed in the ethics of care of Carol Gilligan;
and, offers some more general comments about stewardship in the context of an ethically plural community.
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Nevrkla, Jakub. "John Wyclif - Oxfordský doktor a pojetí idejí jako filosofický předstupeň útoku na transsubstanciační pojetí Eucharistie." Master's thesis, 2007. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-288559.
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The thesis deals with the live and work of John Wyclif - the English philosopher and theologian. The first part covers Wyclif's activities at Oxford University. A special emphasis is placed on the contents of education degrees within Medieval educational system, dating his stay at the university and the clash of Balliol and Merton College over Wyclif. The second part deals with the doctrine of ideas, emphasising the treatises De ideis and Trialogus. The third, concluding, part covers the topic of dispute over transubstantiation concept in Eucharist, which Wyclif grounded especially on extremely realistic conception of ideas.
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Hejdová, Tereza. "Obraz Jana Husa v české raněnovověké literatuře." Master's thesis, 2014. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-323112.
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The work The Image of Jan Hus in the Early Modern Czech Literature tries to map different ways of description of this Czech preacher in selected literary texts from 15th to 18th century, to capture the changes which his image underwent. The chosen authors come from different countries and use different languages, represent different environments, social classes and opinion groups, they also have different education and religion. Individual literary works were assessedby means of comparing the key episodes that are either repeated in the texts, or the author intentionally did not use them. To understand the image of Jan Hus as a whole, also contemporary iconography was taken into account , which in some cases has been taken from other literary texts than those which were compared, so that the image of Hus whereas complete as possible. The comparison of the texts and iconography showed, how accurate the observation of the described scheme was and how the image of Jan Hus was gradually changing. The combination of written and iconographic material from specific time intervals allowed us to observe the gradual change of conceptions of the personality of Jan Hus and events connected with him, because the authors represent the opinion of their ethnic group and time. The image of Jan Hus is therefore very...