Nikolas O Hoel
Biographic Data
| ID | 1055731 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Nikolas O Hoel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Nikolas |
| FAMILY NAME | O Hoel |
| SIGNATURE | HOEL N O |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northeastern Illinois University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8053-9967 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Monastic Dimension of Identity Politics
Making It Matter
In the early twenty-first century, the humanities are facing attacks on their value. At the same time, colleges and universities in the United States are pressured to retain students as funding models have shifted and become more dependent on tuition dollars, at least in public institutions of higher education. The two go hand in hand because, in this environment, faculty members need to justify what they teach as being relevant to their students…
The Good Shepherd
The image of the Good Shepherd is nearly ubiquitous in the artistic tradition of Christianity, particularly as its position in early Christianity and Early Middle Ages is considered. In many people’s minds, the image denotes a message of humility and charity. It has been set up as a foil to the wealth and power of the corrupted post-Constantinian church. Jennifer Awes Freeman challenges this dichotomy head on. The central argument of this book is…
The Texture of Images
The Texture of Images: The Relic Book in Late-Medieval Religiosity and Early Modern Aesthetics. Livia Cárdenas. Trans. Kathleen Anne Simon. Library of the Written Word 85; The Handpress World 66. Leiden: Brill, 2021. xxvi + 548 pp. €159. - Volume 76 Issue 3
Sacred Skin
Sacred Skin: The Legend of St. Bartholomew in Spanish Art and Literature. Andrew M. Beresford. The Medieval and Early Modern Iberian World 72. Leiden: Brill, 2020. xxviii + 352 pp. €125. - Volume 75 Issue 1
Moving the North
This article explores how the perception of the North changed as a result of the composition of the Vita Anskarii, a hagiographic text by Rimbert that describes St Anskar’s mission to Sweden. When compared to ninth-century annals, which predominantly presented the Northmen as violent and give little information about their homeland, Rimbert gave the North shape, both geographically and religiously. Furthermore, by doing so, and because of his exp…
Hues of Martyrdom
Pope Gregory I was the first monk to hold the office of Bishop of Rome, and he was one of the most prolific papal writers of the Middle Ages. It should not be a surprise that his views on monasticism can be found in everything that he wrote, including the Homiliae in Evangelia. This text includes lessons that would be heard by both monks and lay people, because both would have been listening to the sermons. By looking at the first two of these ho…
Comparison as a Provisional Activity
The careers of many scholars in various disciplines have been focused on the study of hagiography, including that of the author. Yet, as those scholars have uncovered new knowledge and employed new interpretations of the materials at hand, the very notions of "hagiography" and "hagiology" have become deeply problematized. The issues become more complex as multiple religious traditions are examined. The scholarly work that forms the basis of the e…
Comparison as a Provisional Activity
The careers of many scholars in various disciplines have been focused on the study of hagiography, including that of the author. Yet, as those scholars have uncovered new knowledge and employed new interpretations of the materials at hand, the very notions of "hagiography" and "hagiology" have become deeply problematized. The issues become more complex as multiple religious traditions are examined. The scholarly work that forms the basis of the e…
Hues of Martyrdom
Pope Gregory I was the first monk to hold the office of Bishop of Rome, and he was one of the most prolific papal writers of the Middle Ages. It should not be a surprise that his views on monasticism can be found in everything that he wrote, including the Homiliae in Evangelia. This text includes lessons that would be heard by both monks and lay people, because both would have been listening to the sermons. By looking at the first two of these ho…
Comparison as a Provisional Activity
The careers of many scholars in various disciplines have been focused on the study of hagiography, including that of the author. Yet, as those scholars have uncovered new knowledge and employed new interpretations of the materials at hand, the very notions of "hagiography" and "hagiology" have become deeply problematized. The issues become more complex as multiple religious traditions are examined. The scholarly work that forms the basis of the e…
Moving the North
This article explores how the perception of the North changed as a result of the composition of the Vita Anskarii, a hagiographic text by Rimbert that describes St Anskar’s mission to Sweden. When compared to ninth-century annals, which predominantly presented the Northmen as violent and give little information about their homeland, Rimbert gave the North shape, both geographically and religiously. Furthermore, by doing so, and because of his exp…
Sacred Skin
Sacred Skin: The Legend of St. Bartholomew in Spanish Art and Literature. Andrew M. Beresford. The Medieval and Early Modern Iberian World 72. Leiden: Brill, 2020. xxviii + 352 pp. €125. - Volume 75 Issue 1
The Good Shepherd
The image of the Good Shepherd is nearly ubiquitous in the artistic tradition of Christianity, particularly as its position in early Christianity and Early Middle Ages is considered. In many people’s minds, the image denotes a message of humility and charity. It has been set up as a foil to the wealth and power of the corrupted post-Constantinian church. Jennifer Awes Freeman challenges this dichotomy head on. The central argument of this book is…
The Texture of Images
The Texture of Images: The Relic Book in Late-Medieval Religiosity and Early Modern Aesthetics. Livia Cárdenas. Trans. Kathleen Anne Simon. Library of the Written Word 85; The Handpress World 66. Leiden: Brill, 2021. xxvi + 548 pp. €159. - Volume 76 Issue 3
The Monastic Dimension of Identity Politics
Making It Matter
In the early twenty-first century, the humanities are facing attacks on their value. At the same time, colleges and universities in the United States are pressured to retain students as funding models have shifted and become more dependent on tuition dollars, at least in public institutions of higher education. The two go hand in hand because, in this environment, faculty members need to justify what they teach as being relevant to their students…
Art (5 works) · History (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Byzantine Studies and History (3 works) · Classics (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Historical and Religious Studies of Rome (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works)