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Are you alone wise? : the search for certainty in the early modern era / Susan E. Schreiner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Schreiner, Susan E. (Susan Elizabeth)
- Series:
- Oxford Studies in Historical Theology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Certainty.
- Philosophy, Modern.
- Philosophy, Renaissance.
- Church history--Middle Ages, 600-1500.
- Church history.
- Church history--Modern period, 1500-.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (499 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford university Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Susan Schreiner argues that Europe in the 16th century was preoccupied with certainty, especially religious certainty. She analyzes the pervading questions about certitude & doubt in the terms & contexts of a wide variety of thinkers during this time of competing truths.
- Contents:
- Contents; 1. Beginnings: Questions and Debates in the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries; 2. "Abba! Father!": The Certainty of Salvation; 3. "The Spiritual Man Judges All Things": The Certainty of Exegetical Authority; 4. Are You Alone Wise?: The Catholic Response; 5. Experientia: The Great Age of the Spirit; 6. Unmasking the Angel of Light: The Discernment of the Spirits; 7. "Men Should Be What They Seem": Appearances and Reality; Conclusion; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-988608-3
- 0-19-996447-5
- 0-19-971838-5
- 9786612897238
- 1-282-89723-3
- OCLC:
- 701205797
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