Turn Away the World: How a Curious Fifteenth-Century Spiritual Guidebook Shaped the Contours of the Reformation and Taught Readers to Turn Inward
This paper contains a compact narrative history of the life of theologian Thomas à Kempis (1380-1471) and his curious spiritual guidebook The Imitation of Christ. It then continues with a brief analysis of how The Imitation shaped the contours of the Reformation, harkened back to the early Christian...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2017]
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Christianity & literature
Year: 2017, Volume: 67, Issue: 1, Pages: 34-49 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality KAF Church history 1300-1500; late Middle Ages KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance |
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IMITATION of Christ, The (Book : Thomas, a Kempis)
B Devotio Moderna B The Imitation of Christ B Reformation B Sincerity B THOMAS, a Kempis, 1380-1471 B contemptus mundi B Thomas à Kempis |
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| Summary: | This paper contains a compact narrative history of the life of theologian Thomas à Kempis (1380-1471) and his curious spiritual guidebook The Imitation of Christ. It then continues with a brief analysis of how The Imitation shaped the contours of the Reformation, harkened back to the early Christian tradition of contemptus mundi, and eventually helped form modern ideas of intimacy and inwardness in the West. |
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| ISSN: | 2056-5666 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Christianity & literature
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0148333117731587 |
