Benjamin Thurston
Biographic Data
| ID | 3746118 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Benjamin Thurston |
| GIVEN NAMES | Benjamin |
| FAMILY NAME | Thurston |
| SIGNATURE | THURSTON B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Charterhouse, Godalming |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7844-6510 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Comme des brebis au milieu des loups
This article examines the role of biblical ideas and imagery in the ecclesiastical debates of 1790-91, primarily in the sermons and pastoral letters of the French bishops. These sermons and letters were among the most important means of mass communication at the end of the eighteenth century: they translated often complex ideas into a language that was accessible to millions of Frenchmen and women. The clergy of both the Ancien Régime and the new…
L' ‘Orphée’ de Ballanche
By Alan J. L. Busst. (Le Romantisme et après en France, 4). Bern, Peter Lang, 1999. 343 pp. Pb £35.00. Ballanche's reputation as a religious visionary with little grasp of historical realities was solidly established even before his death in 1847. Since then, the proverbial obscurity and density of his work have baffled and discouraged even his most sympathetic readers. Alan Busst's monograph is thus a welcome attempt to demonstrate the unity and…
The Little Horn
The aim of this article is to examine the evolution of apocalyptic exegesis during the Consulate and Empire. Contemporary commentaries on the seventh chapter of the Book of Daniel provide a fascinating and hitherto unexplored record of the dynamics of religious and political belief in early nineteenth-century France. In the last decade of the eighteenth century, numerous attempts were made to explain the French Revolution in terms of Biblical pro…
Joseph de Maistre’s Theory of Language
The Little Horn
The aim of this article is to examine the evolution of apocalyptic exegesis during the Consulate and Empire. Contemporary commentaries on the seventh chapter of the Book of Daniel provide a fascinating and hitherto unexplored record of the dynamics of religious and political belief in early nineteenth-century France. In the last decade of the eighteenth century, numerous attempts were made to explain the French Revolution in terms of Biblical pro…
Joseph de Maistre’s Theory of Language
The Little Horn
The aim of this article is to examine the evolution of apocalyptic exegesis during the Consulate and Empire. Contemporary commentaries on the seventh chapter of the Book of Daniel provide a fascinating and hitherto unexplored record of the dynamics of religious and political belief in early nineteenth-century France. In the last decade of the eighteenth century, numerous attempts were made to explain the French Revolution in terms of Biblical pro…
L' ‘Orphée’ de Ballanche
By Alan J. L. Busst. (Le Romantisme et après en France, 4). Bern, Peter Lang, 1999. 343 pp. Pb £35.00. Ballanche's reputation as a religious visionary with little grasp of historical realities was solidly established even before his death in 1847. Since then, the proverbial obscurity and density of his work have baffled and discouraged even his most sympathetic readers. Alan Busst's monograph is thus a welcome attempt to demonstrate the unity and…
Comme des brebis au milieu des loups
This article examines the role of biblical ideas and imagery in the ecclesiastical debates of 1790-91, primarily in the sermons and pastoral letters of the French bishops. These sermons and letters were among the most important means of mass communication at the end of the eighteenth century: they translated often complex ideas into a language that was accessible to millions of Frenchmen and women. The clergy of both the Ancien Régime and the new…
Philosophy (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Literature (3 works) · European Political History Analysis (2 works) · Historical and Literary Analyses (2 works) · Historical and Literary Studies (2 works) · Historical Studies and Socio-cultural Analysis (2 works) · History (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Theology (2 works)