Turn Away the World: How a Curious Fifteenth-Century Spiritual Guidebook Shaped the Contours of the Reformation and Taught Readers to Turn Inward
This paper contains a compact narrative history of the life of theologian Thomas à Kempis (1380-1471) and his curious spiritual guidebook The Imitation of Christ. It then continues with a brief analysis of how The Imitation shaped the contours of the Reformation, harkened back to the early Christian...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Johns Hopkins University Press
[2017]
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Christianity & literature
Année: 2017, Volume: 67, Numéro: 1, Pages: 34-49 |
| Classifications IxTheo: | CB Spiritualité chrétienne KAF Moyen Âge tardif KAG Réforme; humanisme; Renaissance |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
IMITATION of Christ, The (Book : Thomas, a Kempis)
B Devotio Moderna B The Imitation of Christ B Réforme protestante B Sincerity B THOMAS, a Kempis, 1380-1471 B contemptus mundi B Thomas à Kempis |
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| Résumé: | This paper contains a compact narrative history of the life of theologian Thomas à Kempis (1380-1471) and his curious spiritual guidebook The Imitation of Christ. It then continues with a brief analysis of how The Imitation shaped the contours of the Reformation, harkened back to the early Christian tradition of contemptus mundi, and eventually helped form modern ideas of intimacy and inwardness in the West. |
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| ISSN: | 2056-5666 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Christianity & literature
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0148333117731587 |