Mysticism and the Reformation: a brief survey

A number of influential theologians over the past two centuries have denied that Protestant Christianity has a place for mysticism understood as the mingling of the divine and human natures. Today a more adequate understanding of the mystical element of Christianity as a deeper awareness of God’s pr...

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Veröffentlicht: Univ. [2015]
In: Acta theologica
Jahr: 2015, Band: 35, Heft: 2, Seiten: 50-65
IxTheo Notationen:CB Christliche Existenz; Spiritualität
KAG Kirchengeschichte 1500-1648; Reformation; Humanismus; Renaissance
KAH Kirchengeschichte 1648-1913; Neuzeit
KDD Evangelische Kirche
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Zusammenfassung:A number of influential theologians over the past two centuries have denied that Protestant Christianity has a place for mysticism understood as the mingling of the divine and human natures. Today a more adequate understanding of the mystical element of Christianity as a deeper awareness of God’s presence in the life of believers suggests a new evaluation of the relation of Protestantism and mysticism, beginning Martin Luther, and continuing with figures like Johann Arndt, and a number of the “Spiritual Reformers,” such as Andreas Karlstadt, Sebastian Franck, Valentin Weigel, as well as the theosophical Lutheran Jacob Boehme. This essay is designed to reopen the question of the relation between Protestantism and mysticism.
ISSN:1015-8758
Enthält:Enthalten in: Acta theologica
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.4314/actat.v35i2.4