Defining Human Life Backwards: The Theology of Life in Death in Gertrude of Helfta's Spiritual Exercises
The article explore the liturgically-based meditative genre of Gertrude of Helfta's spiritual exercises. It considers the intended effect of the exercises, which focus on life-giving death, and the impact of the text on the reader's encounter with eternal life before death. It also discuss...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cistercian Studies Quarterly
2023
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Cistercian studies quarterly
Year: 2023, Volume: 58, Issue: 1, Pages: 75-87 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality KAE Church history 900-1300; high Middle Ages KCA Monasticism; religious orders NBE Anthropology NBQ Eschatology |
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Spiritual Exercises
B GERTRUDE, the Great, Saint, 1256-1302 B Afterlife B Reincarnation B Death |