Enemies of the cross : suffering, truth, and mysticism in the early Reformation
Enemies of the Cross examines how suffering and truth were aligned in the divisive debates of the early Reformation. Vincent Evener draws on seldom-used sources and describes how Protestants and radicals brought medieval mystical teachings into new frameworks that rejected spiritual hierarchy.
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Langue: | English |
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Oxford : Oxford University Press USA - OSO,
2020
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| Sujets: | Reformation Theology, Doctrinal Electronic books |
| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (433 pages) |
| Résumé: | Enemies of the Cross examines how suffering and truth were aligned in the divisive debates of the early Reformation. Vincent Evener draws on seldom-used sources and describes how Protestants and radicals brought medieval mystical teachings into new frameworks that rejected spiritual hierarchy. Cover -- Enemies of the Cross -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. "No one comes to the living truth except through the way of his nothingness": Mysticism at the Margins of Christendom -- 2. "I will choose what they ridicule": The Theme of Suffering in Martin Luther's First Theological Protests -- 3. "To where should he who hopes in God come, unless into his own nothingness?": Mystical Concepts, Transformed Perception, and the Wittenberg Call to the Cross up to 1522 -- 4. "Bring about . . . that I may become to myself like a bitter boil": Self-Accusation and Sinking into the Divine Will in Karlstadt's Pamphlets, 1522-1524 -- 5. The "Bitter Side of Faith": Suffering and Thomas Müntzer's Critique of the Wittenberg Solas, 1517-1524 -- 6. "The Cross and the Impossibility of Faith": Suffering and Right Action in a Troubled World, 1524-1525 -- Epilogue -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Index. |
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| Description: | Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources |
| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (433 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9780190073206 0190073209 9780190073183 0190073187 |