The spiritual mentality profile of female Pietists on the South African frontier, 1750-1860

The reading of female religious literature on the South African frontier allows us to reconstruct important elements of a shared religious mentality profile of these pioneer female believers. Such a reconstruction of the religious mentality profile of pietistic women on the frontier reveals a number...

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Main Author: Raath, A. W. G. 1954- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [2016]
In: Acta theologica
Year: 2016, Volume: 36, Issue: 1, Pages: 170-192
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Feminine literature / Mentality / Pietistin / Mysticism / Experience of the self
IxTheo Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KBN Sub-Saharan Africa
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Summary:The reading of female religious literature on the South African frontier allows us to reconstruct important elements of a shared religious mentality profile of these pioneer female believers. Such a reconstruction of the religious mentality profile of pietistic women on the frontier reveals a number of important aspects for understanding their spiritual life: self-awakenings and conversions; self-purification; self-illumination and mystically tainted experiences; recollection and the experience of quiet; meditation, contemplation, ecstasy and rapture; spiritual desertion, and abandonment of the soul and the unitive life with God in Christ.
ISSN:2309-9089
Contains:Enthalten in: Acta theologica
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.4314/actat.v36i1.10
HDL: 10520/EJC-5328a44b0