Buch, Englisch, Band 203, 424 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm
Buch, Englisch, Band 203, 424 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm
Reihe: Studies in the History of Christian Traditions
ISBN: 978-90-04-18610-1
Verlag: Brill
The volume aims to establish the influence of German or Rhenish mysticism on English religious thought, chiefly in the 17th-century. The English reception of such German mystical authors as Meister Eckhart, the anonymous author of Theologia Germanica, Johannes Tauler, Nicholas of Cusa, Sebastian Franck, Hans Denck, Valentin Weigel, and Jakob Böhme has been hitherto little studied. Such English readers as Henry More, Anne Conway, John Sparrow, John Everard, Giles Randall, and several Cambridge Platonists established a lineage that connected these mystics, and created a philosophical bridge between England and Germany. The volume highlights the international legacy of these mystical writers by adopting the perspective of historico-philosophical engagement with sources, placing them within the theological milieu of their time.
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Divine Illumination: The Reception of German Mysticism in Early Modern England Torrance Kirby, Douglas Hedley and Daniel J. Tolan Part 1
Pre-modern Antecedents
1 Cusanus’ Apologia: Its Systematic Structure and Historiographical Significance Garth W. Green
2 Got gebirt mich sich: Eriugena’s and Eckhart’s Teachings on the Birth of God in Creation Adrian Mihai Part 2
Reception in Early Modern England
3 The Single Eye: On Giles Randall’s Translation of Nicholas of Cusa’s De Visione Dei Matthew Nini
4 Cusan Astronomical Mysticism in the Hartlib Circle and Its Periphery Simon Burton
5 “Full of life and marrow” or “dangerous Book”? The Theologia Germanica in Seventeenth-Century England Benjamin Crosby
6 John Everard: Medieval German Mysticism in Early Modern London Torrance Kirby
7 John Everard and Hermeticism Daniel J. Tolan
8 The Uses of German Mystical Texts in Elias Ashmole’s Collections and Milieu: The Languages of Enthusiasm in Interregnum England Vittoria Feola
9 Christian Cabbalistic Platonism in Paradise Lost James Bryson Part 3
Jacob Boehme, Cambridge Platonists, and Spinoza
10 John Pordage’s Concept of God as Spirit in His Metaphysica Jan Rohls
11 “High Flown” Mystics: Peter Sterry and Jacob Boehme Eric Parker
12 Questions Concerning Enthusiasm: Henry Maurice’s Reception of Henry More’s Censura of Böhme Marilyn A. Lewis
13 A Collection of First Editions of Jacob Böhme’s Works: A Visual Essay Scott Brown
14 Athwart both Spinoza and Pascal! Faith, Reason, and the Cambridge Platonists Douglas Hedley
15 Anne Conway, Herrera, and Spinoza: On God and God’s Relation to Individual Beings Marie-Élise Zovko Part 4
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16 Jacob Boehme’s Theosophy and Romanticism in Germany and England Jan Rohls
17 Fides Quaerens Argumentum Newton’s Fruitful Dialogue between Faith and Science Jure Zovko
18 Recovering German Mysticism via Early Modern England: Shakespeare and Franz von Baader on Diabolical Evil James Bryson
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