9789042939844 - Modernity, Melancholy and Predestination: Cultural Historical, Philosophical and Psychoanalytical Perspectives on the Modern Religious Subject: 33 di Westerink, Her... (7 risultati)

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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Early modernity is characterized by intensified and in-depthChristianization processes and the development of various models forreligious subjectivity. Experiences of anxiety, despair and abandonmentoften play a central role in the religious literature and practices,notably in a protestant context in which there are intense debates onthe place and value of such experiences in religious life. What is therelation between faith and despair? Can one distinguish spiritualdespair from melancholia? What is the role played by the doctrine ofpredestination in faith practices that include despair and desire? This book explores such questions through a reading of a variety ofsources with the use of philosophical and psychoanalytical theories andperspectives: the life of Francis Spira, Luther, Calvin, WillemTeellinck, Gisbertus Voetius and Jean de Labadie. Early modernity is characterized by intensified and in-depth Christianization processes and the development of various models for religious subjectivity. Experiences of anxiety, despair and abandonment often play a central role in the religious literature and practices, notably in a Protestant context in which there are intense debat Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Early modernity is characterized by intensified and in-depthChristianization processes and the development of various models forreligious subjectivity. Experiences of anxiety, despair and abandonmentoften play a central role in the religious literature and practices,notably in a protestant context in which there are intense debates onthe place and value of such experiences in religious life. What is therelation between faith and despair? Can one distinguish spiritualdespair from melancholia? What is the role played by the doctrine ofpredestination in faith practices that include despair and desire? This book explores such questions through a reading of a variety ofsources with the use of philosophical and psychoanalytical theories andperspectives: the life of Francis Spira, Luther, Calvin, WillemTeellinck, Gisbertus Voetius and Jean de Labadie. Early modernity is characterized by intensified and in-depth Christianization processes and the development of various models for religious subjectivity. Experiences of anxiety, despair and abandonment often play a central role in the religious literature and practices, notably in a Protestant context in which there are intense debat Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.