https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/41437 2026-04-04T19:05:02Z 2026-04-04T19:05:02Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/37330 2018-12-13T02:44:08Z 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Book reviews [Melita Theologica, 45(2)] Abstract: Books reviewed: John P. Meier, A Marginal Jew. Rethinking the Historical Jesus, 1, The Roots of the Problem and the Person (Doubleday; New York 1991) x.484 pp.

1994-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/37318 2018-12-13T02:44:01Z 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Newman studies : present and future Abstract: This essay deals with some of the recent literature about Newman such as Ker's recent biography, Jeremy Miller's book on Newman's ecclesiology, Clyde Nabe's book on Newman's epistemology of religion and WaIter Jost's monograph on Rhetorical Thought in John Henry Newman. Also, eight areas are listed where further research is needed. lan Ker's biography of Newman possesses one distinct advantage over the other biographies of Newman. Ker was able to take advantage of the thirty volumes of Newman's Letters and Diaries. Letters offer immediacy without second thoughts and often without later publication in mind, over against both biography and autobiography.

1994-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/37317 2018-12-13T02:44:10Z 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Youth, religion and social development in Malta Abstract: This paper investigates the relation between youth, religion and options for social change in Malta through a comparative analysis of the European Values surveys held in Malta in 1983 and 1991. It seeks to understand the impact of socio-economic development on youth religious values in Malta. First, it examines change in youth religiosity that has occurred over the past decade. Second, it explores whether there is any relation between youth religiosity and a high social intolerance observable in Maltese society relative to other Western European countries. Third, it examines youth options for future social developments in Malta, their materialist and post-materialist values relative to other Europeans, and how this relates to youth religious activity in Malta.

1994-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/37316 2018-12-13T02:44:01Z 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Title: Environmental aesthetics and public policy Abstract: In a famous letter of 26th April 1336, addressed to Francesco Dionigi da Borgo San Sepolcro, an Augustinian professor of theology, Petrarch recounts his ascent of Mont Ventoux made that day in the company of his brother and two servants. After describing his preparations for the climb and its early stages he turns to religious matters drawing parallels between the difficulties of the physical ascent and the process of spiritual formation. Having reached the highest summit he reflects on his recent past and then, as the sun begins to set he looks around again in all directions.

1994-01-01T00:00:00Z