06
JUN
2015

Parrhesia-II. In-depth: Kant y el ¡Sapere aude! (Lorena Cebolla-Sanahuja)

Abstract For Kant the duty to make public, rather than private, use of reason entails the possibility of contributing to the progress of humanity.  It implies an opposition between the use of reason according to the norm and that against the norm, or the ‘illegal’ use of r
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01
NOV
2018

Redemption-II. In-depth: Gotteszorn und Nächstenliebe. Konzepte von Erlösung und Vergeltung in der frühneuzeitlichen Moraltheologie und Strafrechtslehre (Harald Maihold)

Abstract God’s wrath and mercy. Concepts of “redemption” and “retribution” in early Modern moral theology and criminal Law The religious concept of redemption contributed significantly to the shaping of public criminal law in the Early Modern Age. This pa
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01
NOV
2018

Redemption-II. In-depth: Redenzione e Riforma. Alcuni elementi di riflessione per una “teologia politica” autocritica (Alberto Bondolfi)

Abstract Redemption and Reformation: some elements of reflection for a self-critical “political theology” This paper provides some reflections on the concept of redemption in the Reformed Churches. First, the impact of previous theologies on the Reformation will be mention
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01
NOV
2018

Redemption-II. In-depth: Redimere l’Italia dai “peccati de’ principi”. Una lettura politico-militare della “redenzione” nel “Principe” (Jean-Claude Zancarini)

Abstract Redeeming Italy from the sins of princes. A political-military interpretation of “redemption” in The Prince In The Prince, the words redemption, redeemer, redeem only appear in Chapter 26. In this paper, I will attempt to answer two questions: “why, in the final e
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01
NOV
2017

Temple-I. Presentation (Tiziana Faitini)

Download PDF The Temple as Sanctuary and the Right of Asylum (Tiziana Faitini) Abstract The entry deals with some aspects of the history of the concept of ‘temple’. In the Western tradition, the temple coincides, at least to some extent, with the territorialisation of the sacred. It i
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01
NOV
2017

Temple-II. In-depth: «Templorum praerogative cum legatorum domibus communicabantur» Il tempio nel dibattito sull’inviolabilità della sede diplomatica nella prima età moderna (Dante Fedele)

Abstract «Templorum praerogative cum legaterum domibus communicabantur». The temple in the debate on the inviolability of the diplomatic seat in the early Modern Age This paper analyses two issues which emerged from the diplomatic practice of the 16th and 17th Centuries and which have
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01
NOV
2017

Temple-II. In-depth: Lieux de sanctification. La sacralité liturgique des temples réformés genevois (xvie -xviie siècle) (Christian Grosse)

Abstract Places of santification. The liturgical sacredness of the Genevan Reformed temples (16th-17th century)  This essay focuses on the Genevan Reformation in an attempt to better understand the Reformed view of the relationship between place and sacrality. Doctrinal sources and ar
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