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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Главный автор: Johnson, Ella L. (Автор)
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Язык:Английский
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Опубликовано: Cistercian Studies Quarterly 2023
В: Cistercian studies quarterly
Год: 2023, Том: 58, Выпуск: 1, Страницы: 75-87
Индексация IxTheo:CB Христианская жизнь
KAE Высокое средневековье
KCA Монашество; религиозные ордена
NBE Антропология
NBQ Эсхатология
Другие ключевые слова:B Spiritual Exercises
B GERTRUDE, the Great, Saint, 1256-1302
B Afterlife
B Reincarnation
B Death
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Итог: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 discusses the context, compositional structure, and rhetorical ductus of the spiritual exercises, which has been structured according to the stages of life, with the bookends of rebirth and life in death.
ISSN:1062-6549
Второстепенные работы:Enthalten in: Cistercian studies quarterly