RT Article
T1 Husstanden som kloster: 'Verdslig askese' i dansk husholdnings- og bønnelitteratur efter reformationen
JF Religionsvidenskabeligt tidsskrift
VO 64
SP 121
OP 137
A1 Thomsen, Søren Feldtfos
LA Danish
PB Univ.
YR 2016
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1571887482
AB In this article I explore the re-interpretation of asceticism in the Danish Protestant reformation of the sixteenth century. With Max Weber's concept of ‘inner-worldly asceticism' as my starting point, I analyze a number of printed Danish evangelical household manuals and prayer books from the post-reformation era, tracing the ascetic features of the ideal household as it was articulated by Lutheran devotional authors of the period. These features included a daily life punctuated by prayer and contemplation, an emphasis on obedience to paternal authority, the regulation of sexuality, and an understanding of manual labor as a form of divine service. Thus, I argue that the ascetic ideal of medieval monasticism persisted after the formal adoption of Lutheranism in Denmark and the abolition of the Danish monasteries, above all in the Lutheran ideal of the marital household.
K1 ascetiscim
K1 Hans Christensen Sthen
K1 Marriage
K1 Martin Luther
K1 Max Weber
K1 Prayer
K1 Rasmus Hansen Reravius
K1 reformation in Denmark
K1 Work
DO 10.7146/rt.v0i64.23331