Michael Servetus, Heartfelt

Proceedings of the International Servetus Congress, Barcelona, 20-21 October, 2006
Herausgeber: Naya, Juan; Hillar, Marian

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Produktbeschreibung

This book is a tribute to Michael Servetus and his legacy as a humanist, Renaissance scholar, and standard-bearer of freedom of conscience. The Servetus International Congress in 2006 brought together prestigious scholars from over thirteen countries with diverse backgrounds, demonstrating the richness and breadth of interests of Michael Servetus.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University Press of America
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juni 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 589g
• ISBN-13: 9780761852698
• ISBN-10: 0761852697
• Artikelnr.: 32101799

Autorenporträt

Juan Naya, Ph.D, MBA, is chairman and founder of the Servetus International Society. He has degrees from the University of Barcelona, University Paul Sabatier (Toulouse), IESE (Barcelona) and Columbia University (New York). He was a research scientist in gamma-ray astronomy at CESR Toulouse and NASA and published numerous scientific articles in specialized publications such as Nature. Currently, Naya works as a consultant at McKinsey & Company and is general manager at ISDIN, a specialized pharmaceutical company. Marian Hillar, M.D., Ph.D., is president of the Servetus International Society and director of the Center for Philosophy and Socinian Studies at Texas Southern University, Houston. Hillar earned degrees at the University Medical School of Danzig and studied at the Jagiellonian University and at Sorbonne. He researched and taught at the University Medical School of Danzig, the Università degli studi di Camerino, the Baylor College of Medicine, and the Ponce School of Medicine. A professor of philosophy/religious studies and biochemistry, Hillar is the author of two books about Servetus and co-translated Servetus' Christianismi restitutio into English.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 Acknowledgments
Chapter 2 Introduction
Chapter 3 Michael Servetus Biography
Part 4 International Servetus Congress (ISC)
Chapter 5 1. Elaine Cristine Sartorelli (São Paulo, Brazil) Strategies of
Construction and Legitimization of an Ethos of True Christian in the
Restitutio by Servetus
Chapter 6 2. Robert E. Miles (Richland, WA, USA) Restoration of
Christianity and Errors of the Trinity
Chapter 7 3. Gabriel Sánchez Velázquez (México D.F., México) Servetus and
the Unity of God
Chapter 8 4. Ángel Alcalá (City University of New York, NY, USA) The
Rational Limit of the Supernatural Order: The Servetian Response to the
Conflict between Reason and Faith
Chapter 9 5. Bogdan Dembinski (Bytom, Poland) Migues Servet and Ancient
Philosophy
Chapter 10 6. Thanos Christacopoulos (Patras, Greece) From Sacrifice to
Science: Servetus between Joseph De Maistre and Francis Bacon
Chapter 11 7. Ana Pilar Esteve Fernández (Baleares, Pto. Alcudia, Spain)
Irrationalism in the Heart of Science
Chapter 12 8. Hittjo H. Kruyswijk (Netherlands) Heart and Soul. Michael
Servetus: A Cardiologist's View
Chapter 13 9. Willem van Hoorn (University of Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Servet and the Non-Discovery of the Lesser Circulation
Chapter 14 10. Rafael Bermudo del Pino (University of Sevilla, Spain)
Principles of Natural Reality According to Michael Servetus
Chapter 15 11. Ángel Alcalá (City University of New York, NY, USA) What
Remains as the Servetus Heritage: Conclusions from my Life in Touch with
his Writings
Chapter 16 12. Andrew M.T. Dibb (Bryn Athyn, PA, USA and South Africa)
Servetus, Swedenborg, and the Nature of Salvation
Chapter 17 13. Neil L. Inglis (Bethesda, MD, USA) Parallelisms and how they
shed Light on the Study of the Reformation
Chapter 18 14. Robert D. Miles (Richland, WA, USA) Turning Points in the
History of Protestant Christianity
Chapter 19 15. Jean-Claude Barbier (Gradignan, France) The Access to
Universal at the Unitarian Movement
Chapter 20 16. Per Lundblad (Järfälla, Sweden) Universal Religion of Peace:
To the Legacy of Migues Servet in the 21st Century
Chapter 21 17. Maria d'Arienzo (Università di Napoli "Federico II", Napoli,
Italia) Current and Historical Relevance of Debate upon Relationship
between Freedom and Institutions
Chapter 22 18. Marian Hillar (Houston, USA) Why the Memory of Servetus
should be Kept Alive: An Historical Perspective
Chapter 23 19. Jesús López-Medel (Madrid, Spain) Law, Justice, Love and
Tolerance in the Writings of Servetus
Chapter 24 20. Daniel Moreno Moreno (Zaragoza, Spain) Reflections on the
Dialogue to the Death between Servetus and Calvin
Chapter 25 21. Valentine Zuber (Geneva, Switzerland) The Fortunes of Michel
Servet in the Contemporary Period: The History of Three Consecutive
Commemorations: 1903, 1953 and 2003
Chapter 26 Biographical Notes of Contributors
Chapter 27 News about the Congress
Chapter 28 Photo Gallery