Social Criticism in Popular Religious Literature of the Sixteenth Century

1. Auflage 1966
ISBN: 978-0-7146-2095-4
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 344 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 630 g

First Published in 1966. This is a study into the question of whether religion in general, and the Christian religion in particular, is to be regarded as an instrument of social stimulation and disturbance, or as a means of social reconciliation and stabilisation by focusing on religious literature of the sixteenth century.

Autoren/Hrsg.

White, Helen C

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Sonstige Religionen: Heilige & Traditionelle Texte, Mythologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1 The Piers Plowman Tradition; Chapter 2 The Utopia and Commonwealth Tradition; Chapter 3 The Reformers and the Wealth of the Church; Chapter 4 Social Radicalism and Religious Reform; Chapter 5 Submission; Chapter 6 Usury; Chapter 7 Contentation; Chapter 8 Alms;

Über Autor(innen)

Helen C. White The University of Wisconsin