Ethics and Mysticism: The Work of Kenneth E. Kirk and Some Other Modern Anglicans
Kenneth E. Kirk is regarded as the person who revived moral theology in the Anglican tradition in the early to mid-twentieth century. This article argues that a renewal of interest in mysticism, led especially by W.R. Inge and Evelyn Underhill in the first two decades of the twentieth century, was i...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
[2018]
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Journal of Anglican studies
Year: 2018, Volume: 16, Issue: 1, Pages: 33-49 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality KAJ Church history 1914-; recent history KDE Anglican Church NCA Ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Ethics
B Beatitudes B Mysticism B Evelyn Underhill B W.R. Inge B Kenneth Kirk B Moral Theology |
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| Summary: | Kenneth E. Kirk is regarded as the person who revived moral theology in the Anglican tradition in the early to mid-twentieth century. This article argues that a renewal of interest in mysticism, led especially by W.R. Inge and Evelyn Underhill in the first two decades of the twentieth century, was influential upon Kirk's outlook, especially his association of moral theology with ascetic theology (or mystical theology), and linking of personal holiness with ethics. Kirk made prayer - especially contemplative prayer - and worship primary in the education of the soul, the forging of Christian character and therefore the creation of a moral agent. |
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| ISSN: | 1745-5278 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Anglican studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/S1740355317000237 |