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Reformation Spirituality
Gene E. Veith
其他書名
The Religion of George Herbert
出版
Wipf and Stock Publishers
, 2013-01-16
主題
Religion / Christian Living / Spiritual Growth
Religion / Christian Ministry / General
Religion / Biblical Studies / General
ISBN
1725232626
9781725232624
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=eUf7DwAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
George Herbert, in his poetic skill and the depth of the spiritual experiences he explores, may be the greatest of all religious poets. This is a study of the specific religious experiences and beliefs that Herbert writes about, both in his poetry and in his prose. As such, it also examines the spiritual landscape of seventeenth-century England, a period, for all of its controversies, still dominated by the understanding of God and the human condition articulated by Martin Luther and systematized by John Calvin. Reformation spirituality, which was different both from medieval Catholicism and late Protestantism, is itself little understood by literary historians, who have tended to look to medieval or Counter-Reformation ideas and practices or to a simplistic distinction between "Anglicans" and "Puritans" as ways of understanding the religion of the time. This study presents Reformation spirituality phenomenologically, from the inside. Just as Reformation spirituality reflects Herbert's poetry, Herbert's poetry illuminates Reformation spirituality, showing the experiential and mystical dimensions of an important religious tradition.