Healing Death Research Articles

THE CHALLENGE OF HIV/AIDS TO CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY

In this article Archbishop Ndungane reflects on various aspects related to the challenge that HIV/Aids poses to the church in South Africa and to Christian theology. He draws on biblical motifs to address a wide range of issues such as stigma, gender, youth, children, suffering, healing death, funerals and the availability of resources to address the pandemic.

England under the Norman and Angevin kings, 1075-1225

Introduction 1. Political Patterns: The Struggle for the Succession, 1075-1225 The Cross-Channel Realm Court Politics Predatory and Punitive Rule Rebellion 2. England and Beyond: England and the British Isles England and the Wider World 3. Lordship and Government: Kingship and Lordship Regality The Household and Household Administration Itineration Assemblies Territorial Administration Royal Finances Courts and Judgements Records and Record-Keeping 4. The Aristocracy: The Structure of the Aristocracy The Aristocratic Estate The Life of the Aristocracy 5. Warfare: Waging War Recruitment Castles 6. The Rural Foundations: The Physical Framework Population Settlement Patterns Land Use and Agricultural Techniques The Manorial Economy Rural Social Structure 7. Towns and Trade: Urbanization Town Law Urban Self-Government London Urban Unrest The Jews Trade, the Framework Commodities Coinage and Monetization 8. The Institutional Church: The Hierarchy Kingly Power and Priestly Power The Religious 9. Religious Life: Concepts of the Holy Devotion Saints and their Cults Overseas Pilgrimage Dissent 10. Cultural Patterns: Languages and Literature Education and Higher Learning The Visual Arts Performance The Value of the Arts 11. The Course of Life: Childhood Naming Patterns Love, Sex, and Marriage Manners Medicine and Healing Death and the Dead 12. Cosmologies: Time The World The Chain of Being Beings Neither Angelic, Human, nor Animal Chronology of Political Events Bibliography Index Introduction 1. Political Patterns: The Struggle for the Succession, 1075-1225 The Cross-Channel Realm Court Politics Predatory and Punitive Rule Rebellion 2. England and Beyond: England and the British Isles England and the Wider World 3. Lordship and Government: Kingship and Lordship Regality The Household and Household Administration Itineration Assemblies Territorial Administration Royal Finances Courts and Judgements Records and Record-Keeping 4. The Aristocracy: The Structure of the Aristocracy The Aristocratic Estate The Life of the Aristocracy 5. Warfare: Waging War Recruitment Castles 6. The Rural Foundations: The Physical Framework Population Settlement Patterns Land Use and Agricultural Techniques The Manorial Economy Rural Social Structure 7. Towns and Trade: Urbanization Town Law Urban Self-Government London Urban Unrest The Jews Trade, the Framework Commodities Coinage and Monetization 8. The Institutional Church: The Hierarchy Kingly Power and Priestly Power The Religious 9. Religious Life: Concepts of the Holy Devotion Saints and their Cults Overseas Pilgrimage Dissent 10. Cultural Patterns: Languages and Literature Education and Higher Learning The Visual Arts Performance The Value of the Arts 11. The Course of Life: Childhood Naming Patterns Love, Sex, and Marriage Manners Medicine and Healing Death and the Dead 12. Cosmologies: Time The World The Chain of Being Beings Neither Angelic, Human, nor Animal Chronology of Political Events Bibliography Index