Vincent Evener

Enemies of the Cross

Suffering, Truth, and Mysticism in the Early Reformation

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Produktbeschreibung

Enemies of the Cross examines how suffering and truth were aligned in the divisive debates of the early Reformation. Vincent Evener draws on seldom-used sources and describes how Protestants and radicals brought medieval mystical teachings into new frameworks that rejected spiritual hierarchy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 158mm x 238mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 780g
• ISBN-13: 9780190073183
• ISBN-10: 0190073187
• Artikelnr.: 59862389

Autorenporträt

Vincent Evener is Associate Professor of Reformation and Luther Studies at United Lutheran Seminary. He is the co-editor of Protestants and Mysticism in Reformation Europe, and the author of numerous articles and book chapters on Reformation history, theology, and spirituality.

Inhaltsangabe

* Acknowledgments
* Introduction
* 1. "No one comes to the living truth except through the way of his
nothingness": Mysticism at the Margins of Christendom
* 2. "I will choose what they ridicule": The Theme of Suffering in
Martin Luther's First Theological Protests
* 3. "To where should he who hopes in God come, unless into his own
nothingness?": Mystical Concepts, Transformed Perception, and the
Wittenberg Call to the Cross up to 1522
* 4. "Bring about...that I may become to myself like a bitter boil":
Self-Accusation and Sinking into the Divine Will in Karlstadt's
Pamphlets, 1522-24
* 5. The "Bitter Side of Faith": Suffering and Thomas Müntzer's
Critique of the Wittenberg Solas, 1517-24
* 6. "The Cross and the Impossibility of Faith": Suffering and Right
Action in a Troubled World, 1524-25
* Epilogue
* Abbreviations