The Spiritual Legacy of Hans Denck: Interpretation and Translation of Key Texts. [including the German Text as Established by Georg Baring and Walter

Erscheinungsjahr 1990
ISBN: 978-90-04-09291-4
Verlag: BRILL ACADEMIC PUB

Buch, Deutsch, Englisch, Band 47, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 653 g

Reihe: Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions

This book presents the life and thought of Hans Denck (1550-1527), the contemplative genius of the Anabaptist movement. The author examines the medieval context, mystic content, and Jewish roots of Denck's spirituality and translates into English his theological treatises, the original German of which is reprinted on facing pages.

These texts convey with unmatched brilliance rare depths of mystic insight on many facets of faith and life, good and evil, truth and love, perfection and depravity. they explore knowledge of God within his and beyond creation, explain how Christ through us fulfils God's Law, and indicate why true love compels Oneness in Gelassenheit. The author presents conceptually precise equivalents for various technical terms representative of the medieval mystical tradition.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Deck, Hans

Bauman, Clarence

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie

Über Autor(innen)

Clarence Bauman is Professor of Theology and Ethics at the Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminaries in Elkhart, Indiana. He graduated from the University of British Columbia and Fuller Theological Seminary and earned doctorates at the universities of Bonn and Edinburgh. Publications: Gewaltlosigkeit im Täufertum, eine Untersuchung zur Theologischen Ethik. (Brill, 1968) and The Sermon on the Mount, the Modern Quest for its Meaning (Mercer University Press, 1985).