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