Herbert’s pepper corn: Responsibility and reciprocity in The Temple

In common with medieval piety and the theology of Richard Baxter, George Herbert’s lyrics express a responsive amor Dei or desire for God, required of humans if faith is to be maintained. In Herbert’s poetry his lyrical voices often become aware that they are recipients of God’s grace, but their dis...

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Main Author: Hillier, Russell M. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Johns Hopkins University Press [2016]
In: Christianity & literature
Year: 2016, Volume: 66, Issue: 1, Pages: 109-138
IxTheo Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
CD Christianity and Culture
KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance
KBF British Isles
Further subjects:B Gratitude
B SONG lyrics
B Confession
B devotional lyric
B symbolic action
B Baxter, Richard, 1615-1691
B CONFESSION (Christianity)
B gratefulness
B Richard Baxter
B Eschatology
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