From Compassion to Obedience: Gender and Emotion in Two Danish Prayer Books
Drawing from recent scholarship on prayer, identity formation and the history and sociology of emotion, this article explores the intersection of gender and emotion in two Danish prayer books dating from before and after the Lutheran Reformation in 1536. It is argued that the introduction of Luthera...
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| Format: | Electronic/Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2017]
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Reformation & Renaissance review
Year: 2017, Volume: 19, Issue: 1, Pages: 73-84 |
| IxTheo Classification: | CB Christian life; spirituality KAF Church history 1300-1500; late Middle Ages KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance KBE Northern Europe; Scandinavia KDB Roman Catholic Church KDD Protestant Church |
| Further subjects: | B
Denmark
B family prayer B Prayer books B affective devotion B Gender B Reformation |
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| Summary: | Drawing from recent scholarship on prayer, identity formation and the history and sociology of emotion, this article explores the intersection of gender and emotion in two Danish prayer books dating from before and after the Lutheran Reformation in 1536. It is argued that the introduction of Lutheranism in Denmark resulted in a more strictly gendered understanding of family prayer. In this, the social and emotional ideal of obedience to paternal authority came to eclipse the expression of compassion with the suffering Christ that was a characteristic feature of late-medieval prayer. |
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| ISSN: | 1462-2459 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Reformation & Renaissance review
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/14622459.2016.1272920 |