Brett Edward Whalen
Biographic Data
| ID | 1129734 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brett Edward Whalen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brett Edward |
| FAMILY NAME | Whalen |
| SIGNATURE | WHALEN B E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Pope Gregory IX (1227–1241): Power and Authority
The Cambridge History of the Papacy
Throughout its history, the papacy has engaged with the world. Volume 1 addresses how the papacy became an institution, and how it distinguished itself from other powers, both secular and religious. Aptly titled 'The Two Swords,' it explores the papacy's navigation, negotiation, and re-negotiation, initially of its place and its role amid changing socio-political ideas and practices. Surviving and thriving in such environment naturally had an imp…
The Bible and Crusade Narrative in the Twelfth Century
Prier, combattre et voir le monde: Discours et récits de nobles voyageurs à la fin du Moyen Âge
A Beautiful Ending: The Apocalyptic Imagination and the Making of the Modern World by John Jeffries Martin
One may not expect to see the apocalyptic imagination foregrounded as a key constituent element in the traditional telling of modernity’s origins. According to Martin, however, apocalyptic ideas are deeply embedded in modern thinking about the nature of history, its direction, and human aspirations to shape its outcome.Martin began his research for this book intending to write a straightforward history of Early Modern Europe from the age of Colum…
Political Theology and the Metamorphoses of The King’s Two BodiesThe King’s Two Bodies: A Study in Mediaeval Political Theology, by Ernst H. Kantorowicz
As is well known, Ernst H. Kantorowicz’s groundbreaking 1957 study The King’s Two Bodies: A Study in Mediaeval Political Theology explored the “dual nature” of the king’s body in medieval and early modern religious and political thought, tracing the evolution of an idea that would ultimately underwrite the “myth of the State,” namely, that the king possessed a mortal, transitory body, but also a supranatural one that never died. Readers greeted T…
Franciscan Organization in the Mendicant Context: Formal and Informal Structures of the Friars’ Lives and Ministry in the Middle Ages, ed. Michael Robson and Jens Röhrkasten
‘The effectiveness of any institutional body largely depends on the way in which it organizes itself, the processes used for taking decisions and for executing them as well as the ability to respond to change’ (p. ix). Taking this matter-of-fact statement as its starting-point, the fifteen essays gathered in this book, edited by Michael Robson and Jens Röhrkasten, cast a wide net to capture a sense of what might be called organisational principle…
Antichrist as (Anti)Charisma: Reflections on Weber and the 'Son of Perdition
The figure of Antichrist, linked in recent US apocalyptic thought to President Barack Obama, forms a central component of Christian end-times scenarios, both medieval and modern. Envisioned as a false-messiah, deceptive miracle-worker, and prophet of evil, Antichrist inversely embodies many of the qualities and characteristics associated with Max Weber's concept of charisma. This essay explores early Christian, medieval, and contemporary depictio…
Corresponding with Infidels: Rome, the Almohads, and the Christians of Thirteenth-Century Morocco
Under Popes Honorius III, Gregory IX, and Innocent IV, the thirteenth-century papacy opened an unprecedented diplomatic dialogue with the Almohad dynasty in northern Africa. Working in conjunction with members of the new mendicant orders, above all the Franciscans, the Roman Church supported missionary efforts to convert Muslims, but demonstrated an even greater concern with maintaining a “pastoral mission” among Christians living under Almohad a…
Joachim of Fiore, Apocalyptic Conversion, and the ‘Persecuting Society’
In recent years, scholarship on the 12th‐century Christian apocalyptic thinker Joachim of Fiore has highlighted the place of the Jews in his scenarios for the end of the world. Responding in part to R. I. Moore’s 1987 work The Formation of a Persecuting Society , historians argue that Joachim’s vision of a harmonious Jewish apocalyptic conversion stood in contrast with rise of a persecuting mentality among the Christian ruling elite of medieval E…
Dominion of God: Christendom and Apocalypse in the Middle Ages
Brett Whalen explores the compelling belief that Christendom would spread to every corner of the earth before the end of time. During the High Middle Ages - an era of crusade, mission, and European expansion - ;the Western followers of Rome imagined the future conversion of Jews, Muslims, pagans, and Eastern Christians into one fold of God's people, assembled under the authority of the Roman Church.
Joachim of Fiore, Apocalyptic Conversion, and the ‘Persecuting Society’
In recent years, scholarship on the 12th‐century Christian apocalyptic thinker Joachim of Fiore has highlighted the place of the Jews in his scenarios for the end of the world. Responding in part to R. I. Moore’s 1987 work The Formation of a Persecuting Society , historians argue that Joachim’s vision of a harmonious Jewish apocalyptic conversion stood in contrast with rise of a persecuting mentality among the Christian ruling elite of medieval E…
Dominion of God: Christendom and Apocalypse in the Middle Ages
Brett Whalen explores the compelling belief that Christendom would spread to every corner of the earth before the end of time. During the High Middle Ages - an era of crusade, mission, and European expansion - ;the Western followers of Rome imagined the future conversion of Jews, Muslims, pagans, and Eastern Christians into one fold of God's people, assembled under the authority of the Roman Church.
Joachim of Fiore, Apocalyptic Conversion, and the ‘Persecuting Society’
In recent years, scholarship on the 12th‐century Christian apocalyptic thinker Joachim of Fiore has highlighted the place of the Jews in his scenarios for the end of the world. Responding in part to R. I. Moore’s 1987 work The Formation of a Persecuting Society , historians argue that Joachim’s vision of a harmonious Jewish apocalyptic conversion stood in contrast with rise of a persecuting mentality among the Christian ruling elite of medieval E…
Corresponding with Infidels: Rome, the Almohads, and the Christians of Thirteenth-Century Morocco
Under Popes Honorius III, Gregory IX, and Innocent IV, the thirteenth-century papacy opened an unprecedented diplomatic dialogue with the Almohad dynasty in northern Africa. Working in conjunction with members of the new mendicant orders, above all the Franciscans, the Roman Church supported missionary efforts to convert Muslims, but demonstrated an even greater concern with maintaining a “pastoral mission” among Christians living under Almohad a…
Franciscan Organization in the Mendicant Context: Formal and Informal Structures of the Friars’ Lives and Ministry in the Middle Ages, ed. Michael Robson and Jens Röhrkasten
‘The effectiveness of any institutional body largely depends on the way in which it organizes itself, the processes used for taking decisions and for executing them as well as the ability to respond to change’ (p. ix). Taking this matter-of-fact statement as its starting-point, the fifteen essays gathered in this book, edited by Michael Robson and Jens Röhrkasten, cast a wide net to capture a sense of what might be called organisational principle…
Antichrist as (Anti)Charisma: Reflections on Weber and the 'Son of Perdition
The figure of Antichrist, linked in recent US apocalyptic thought to President Barack Obama, forms a central component of Christian end-times scenarios, both medieval and modern. Envisioned as a false-messiah, deceptive miracle-worker, and prophet of evil, Antichrist inversely embodies many of the qualities and characteristics associated with Max Weber's concept of charisma. This essay explores early Christian, medieval, and contemporary depictio…
Political Theology and the Metamorphoses of The King’s Two BodiesThe King’s Two Bodies: A Study in Mediaeval Political Theology, by Ernst H. Kantorowicz
As is well known, Ernst H. Kantorowicz’s groundbreaking 1957 study The King’s Two Bodies: A Study in Mediaeval Political Theology explored the “dual nature” of the king’s body in medieval and early modern religious and political thought, tracing the evolution of an idea that would ultimately underwrite the “myth of the State,” namely, that the king possessed a mortal, transitory body, but also a supranatural one that never died. Readers greeted T…
A Beautiful Ending: The Apocalyptic Imagination and the Making of the Modern World by John Jeffries Martin
One may not expect to see the apocalyptic imagination foregrounded as a key constituent element in the traditional telling of modernity’s origins. According to Martin, however, apocalyptic ideas are deeply embedded in modern thinking about the nature of history, its direction, and human aspirations to shape its outcome.Martin began his research for this book intending to write a straightforward history of Early Modern Europe from the age of Colum…
Prier, combattre et voir le monde: Discours et récits de nobles voyageurs à la fin du Moyen Âge
The Cambridge History of the Papacy
Throughout its history, the papacy has engaged with the world. Volume 1 addresses how the papacy became an institution, and how it distinguished itself from other powers, both secular and religious. Aptly titled 'The Two Swords,' it explores the papacy's navigation, negotiation, and re-negotiation, initially of its place and its role amid changing socio-political ideas and practices. Surviving and thriving in such environment naturally had an imp…
The Bible and Crusade Narrative in the Twelfth Century
Pope Gregory IX (1227–1241): Power and Authority
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