Gerald Parsons
Biographic Data
| ID | 372888 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gerald Parsons |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gerald |
| FAMILY NAME | Parsons |
| SIGNATURE | PARSONS G |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Open University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 22 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Perspectives on Civil Religion: Volume 3
This title was first published in 2002: Perspectives on Civil Religion introduces the concept of civil religion, examines the use of the concept in recent scholarship and investigates examples of civil religion in the contemporary world. The book sets out to explore tensions and complexities in the relationship between the 'sacred' and the 'secular', and draws on two major case studies for in-depth illustration of key issues. It looks first at th…
Religion Italian style: Continuities and changes in a Catholic country
The Construction of Shell Shock in New Zealand, 1919-1939: A Reassessment
This article explores the competing constructions of shell shock in New Zealand during and after the Great War. It begins by considering the army's construction of shell shock as a discipline problem, before going on to consider the medical profession's attempts to place it within a somatic and then psychogenic paradigm. While shell shock was initially viewed as a psychogenic condition in New Zealand, within a few years of the end of the war it h…
Diversi Santi della nostra Città’: Two frescoes by Ventura Salimbeni in Siena Cathedral
Between 1608 and 1611, the Sienese artist Ventura Salimbeni painted two groups of Sienese saints and beati in the choir of Siena cathedral. To date, the two paintings have received surprisingly little attention from scholars. By considering the identities of the nineteen Sienese saints and beati portrayed in the paintings and by relating these figures to the location of the paintings within Siena Cathedral, the article interprets the images in te…
A neglected sculpture: The monument to Catherine of Siena at Castel Sant'Angelo
A dispetto delle sue dimensioni impressionanti e della complessità dello schema iconografico — che include non solo la statua ma anche un'intera sequenza di scene scolpite, emblemi e iscrizioni — il monumento a Santa Caterina di Siena collocato nei pressi di Castel Sant'Angelo ha ricevuto sorprendentemente poca attenzione da parte degli studiosi. L'articolo cerca di colmare questa lacuna presentando un'analisi dettagliata del monumento che esplor…
A National Saint in a Fascist State: Catherine of Siena, ca 1922–1943
The annual festival of Saint Catherine of Siena is now the focus of a self‐conscious internationalism which celebrates Catherine as both Patron Saint of Italy and Co‐Patron Saint of Europe. When Catherine of Siena was proclaimed Patron Saint of Italy in 1939, however, the annual festival in her honour was quite different in ethos, being a highly patriotic, nationalistic, and even militaristic celebration of Catherine's significance in and for Fas…
Fascism and Catholicism: A Case Study of the Sacrario dei Caduti Fascisti in the Crypt of San Domenico, Siena
By means of a detailed and specific case-study, this article contributes to the history of the relationship between catholicism and fascism in Italy. After noting the profound ambiguity that was characteristic of relations between the church and the regime — not least because of the tendency for fascism to present itself in religious terms, especially in relation to the memorialization of its dead — the article takes up a recent suggestion that t…
Civil Religion and the Invention of Tradition: The Festival of Saint Ansano in Siena
Every December, in the Italian city of Siena, the civil and religious authorities celebrate the festival of Saint Ansano, an early Christian martyr who became one of the city's first patron saints. Although based upon long-established rituals for the liturgical feast of Saint Ansano, the contemporary celebration of this festival was 'invented' as recently as 1968 and represents a striking example of the 'invention of tradition' in a contemporary …
From Nationalism to Internationalism: Civil Religion and the Festival of Saint Catherine of Siena, 1940-2003
The article analyses the history of the annual festival of Saint Catherine of Siena from 1940 until 2003. It does so by identifying three distinct phases in the history of the festival during this time. \nIn the first phase (1940-1944), following the proclamation of Catherine of Siena as an official patron saint of Italy (by Pope Pius XII in June 1939), the annual festival was strikingly patriotic, nationalistic, and even militaristic in tone and…
Unità nella diversità: Civil religion and the Palio of Siena
The Growth of Religious Diversity: Britain from 1945
Preface Introduction: Deciding How Far You Can Go, Gerald Parsons 1. How many Ways to God? Christians and Religious Pluralism, John Wolffe 2. Britain's Changing Faiths: Adaptations in a New Environment, George Chryssides 3. 'And there's another country...': Religion, the State and British Identities, John Wolffe 4. From Consensus to Confrontation: Religion and Politics in Britain Since 1945, Gerald Parsons 5. There and Back Again? Religion and th…
Pietism and Liberal Protestantism: Some unexpected continuities
Reforming the tradition: A forgotten dimension of liberal protestantism
The Growth of Religious Diversity: Britain from 1945
Preface Introduction: Deciding How Far You Can Go, Gerald Parsons 1. How many Ways to God? Christians and Religious Pluralism, John Wolffe 2. Britain's Changing Faiths: Adaptations in a New Environment, George Chryssides 3. 'And there's another country...': Religion, the State and British Identities, John Wolffe 4. From Consensus to Confrontation: Religion and Politics in Britain Since 1945, Gerald Parsons 5. There and Back Again? Religion and th…
Fascism and Catholicism: A Case Study of the Sacrario dei Caduti Fascisti in the Crypt of San Domenico, Siena
By means of a detailed and specific case-study, this article contributes to the history of the relationship between catholicism and fascism in Italy. After noting the profound ambiguity that was characteristic of relations between the church and the regime — not least because of the tendency for fascism to present itself in religious terms, especially in relation to the memorialization of its dead — the article takes up a recent suggestion that t…
A National Saint in a Fascist State: Catherine of Siena, ca 1922–1943
The annual festival of Saint Catherine of Siena is now the focus of a self‐conscious internationalism which celebrates Catherine as both Patron Saint of Italy and Co‐Patron Saint of Europe. When Catherine of Siena was proclaimed Patron Saint of Italy in 1939, however, the annual festival in her honour was quite different in ethos, being a highly patriotic, nationalistic, and even militaristic celebration of Catherine's significance in and for Fas…
From Nationalism to Internationalism: Civil Religion and the Festival of Saint Catherine of Siena, 1940-2003
The article analyses the history of the annual festival of Saint Catherine of Siena from 1940 until 2003. It does so by identifying three distinct phases in the history of the festival during this time. \nIn the first phase (1940-1944), following the proclamation of Catherine of Siena as an official patron saint of Italy (by Pope Pius XII in June 1939), the annual festival was strikingly patriotic, nationalistic, and even militaristic in tone and…
Diversi Santi della nostra Città’: Two frescoes by Ventura Salimbeni in Siena Cathedral
Between 1608 and 1611, the Sienese artist Ventura Salimbeni painted two groups of Sienese saints and beati in the choir of Siena cathedral. To date, the two paintings have received surprisingly little attention from scholars. By considering the identities of the nineteen Sienese saints and beati portrayed in the paintings and by relating these figures to the location of the paintings within Siena Cathedral, the article interprets the images in te…
A neglected sculpture: The monument to Catherine of Siena at Castel Sant'Angelo
A dispetto delle sue dimensioni impressionanti e della complessità dello schema iconografico — che include non solo la statua ma anche un'intera sequenza di scene scolpite, emblemi e iscrizioni — il monumento a Santa Caterina di Siena collocato nei pressi di Castel Sant'Angelo ha ricevuto sorprendentemente poca attenzione da parte degli studiosi. L'articolo cerca di colmare questa lacuna presentando un'analisi dettagliata del monumento che esplor…
Civil Religion and the Invention of Tradition: The Festival of Saint Ansano in Siena
Every December, in the Italian city of Siena, the civil and religious authorities celebrate the festival of Saint Ansano, an early Christian martyr who became one of the city's first patron saints. Although based upon long-established rituals for the liturgical feast of Saint Ansano, the contemporary celebration of this festival was 'invented' as recently as 1968 and represents a striking example of the 'invention of tradition' in a contemporary …
Reforming the tradition: A forgotten dimension of liberal protestantism
Pietism and Liberal Protestantism: Some unexpected continuities
The Growth of Religious Diversity: Britain from 1945
Preface Introduction: Deciding How Far You Can Go, Gerald Parsons 1. How many Ways to God? Christians and Religious Pluralism, John Wolffe 2. Britain's Changing Faiths: Adaptations in a New Environment, George Chryssides 3. 'And there's another country...': Religion, the State and British Identities, John Wolffe 4. From Consensus to Confrontation: Religion and Politics in Britain Since 1945, Gerald Parsons 5. There and Back Again? Religion and th…
Unità nella diversità: Civil religion and the Palio of Siena
From Nationalism to Internationalism: Civil Religion and the Festival of Saint Catherine of Siena, 1940-2003
The article analyses the history of the annual festival of Saint Catherine of Siena from 1940 until 2003. It does so by identifying three distinct phases in the history of the festival during this time. \nIn the first phase (1940-1944), following the proclamation of Catherine of Siena as an official patron saint of Italy (by Pope Pius XII in June 1939), the annual festival was strikingly patriotic, nationalistic, and even militaristic in tone and…
Civil Religion and the Invention of Tradition: The Festival of Saint Ansano in Siena
Every December, in the Italian city of Siena, the civil and religious authorities celebrate the festival of Saint Ansano, an early Christian martyr who became one of the city's first patron saints. Although based upon long-established rituals for the liturgical feast of Saint Ansano, the contemporary celebration of this festival was 'invented' as recently as 1968 and represents a striking example of the 'invention of tradition' in a contemporary …
Fascism and Catholicism: A Case Study of the Sacrario dei Caduti Fascisti in the Crypt of San Domenico, Siena
By means of a detailed and specific case-study, this article contributes to the history of the relationship between catholicism and fascism in Italy. After noting the profound ambiguity that was characteristic of relations between the church and the regime — not least because of the tendency for fascism to present itself in religious terms, especially in relation to the memorialization of its dead — the article takes up a recent suggestion that t…
A neglected sculpture: The monument to Catherine of Siena at Castel Sant'Angelo
A dispetto delle sue dimensioni impressionanti e della complessità dello schema iconografico — che include non solo la statua ma anche un'intera sequenza di scene scolpite, emblemi e iscrizioni — il monumento a Santa Caterina di Siena collocato nei pressi di Castel Sant'Angelo ha ricevuto sorprendentemente poca attenzione da parte degli studiosi. L'articolo cerca di colmare questa lacuna presentando un'analisi dettagliata del monumento che esplor…
A National Saint in a Fascist State: Catherine of Siena, ca 1922–1943
The annual festival of Saint Catherine of Siena is now the focus of a self‐conscious internationalism which celebrates Catherine as both Patron Saint of Italy and Co‐Patron Saint of Europe. When Catherine of Siena was proclaimed Patron Saint of Italy in 1939, however, the annual festival in her honour was quite different in ethos, being a highly patriotic, nationalistic, and even militaristic celebration of Catherine's significance in and for Fas…
Diversi Santi della nostra Città’: Two frescoes by Ventura Salimbeni in Siena Cathedral
Between 1608 and 1611, the Sienese artist Ventura Salimbeni painted two groups of Sienese saints and beati in the choir of Siena cathedral. To date, the two paintings have received surprisingly little attention from scholars. By considering the identities of the nineteen Sienese saints and beati portrayed in the paintings and by relating these figures to the location of the paintings within Siena Cathedral, the article interprets the images in te…
The Construction of Shell Shock in New Zealand, 1919-1939: A Reassessment
This article explores the competing constructions of shell shock in New Zealand during and after the Great War. It begins by considering the army's construction of shell shock as a discipline problem, before going on to consider the medical profession's attempts to place it within a somatic and then psychogenic paradigm. While shell shock was initially viewed as a psychogenic condition in New Zealand, within a few years of the end of the war it h…
Religion Italian style: Continuities and changes in a Catholic country
Perspectives on Civil Religion: Volume 3
This title was first published in 2002: Perspectives on Civil Religion introduces the concept of civil religion, examines the use of the concept in recent scholarship and investigates examples of civil religion in the contemporary world. The book sets out to explore tensions and complexities in the relationship between the 'sacred' and the 'secular', and draws on two major case studies for in-depth illustration of key issues. It looks first at th…
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