Mysticism and the Reformation: a brief survey

A number of influential theologians over the past two centuries have denied that Protestant Christianity has a place for mysticism understood as the mingling of the divine and human natures. Today a more adequate understanding of the mystical element of Christianity as a deeper awareness of God’s pr...

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Main Author: McGinn, Bernard 1937- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: [publisher not identified] [2015]
In: Acta theologica
Year: 2015, Volume: 35, Issue: 2, Pages: 50-65
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Arndt, Johann 1555-1621 / Böhme, Jakob 1575-1624 / Mysticism / Protestant theology / Spirituality / Reformation
IxTheo Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance
KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KDD Protestant Church
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Summary:A number of influential theologians over the past two centuries have denied that Protestant Christianity has a place for mysticism understood as the mingling of the divine and human natures. Today a more adequate understanding of the mystical element of Christianity as a deeper awareness of God’s presence in the life of believers suggests a new evaluation of the relation of Protestantism and mysticism, beginning Martin Luther, and continuing with figures like Johann Arndt, and a number of the “Spiritual Reformers,” such as Andreas Karlstadt, Sebastian Franck, Valentin Weigel, as well as the theosophical Lutheran Jacob Boehme. This essay is designed to reopen the question of the relation between Protestantism and mysticism.
ISSN:2309-9089
Contains:Enthalten in: Acta theologica
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.4314/actat.v35i2.4
HDL: 10520/EJC181919