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Valentin Weigel (1533-1588) : German religious dissenter, speculative theorist, and advocate of tolerance / Andrew Weeks. [electronic resource]
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Weeks, Andrew.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Weigel, Valentin, 1533-1588.
- Weigel, Valentin.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 227 p. )
- Place of Publication:
- Albany : State University of New York Press, c2000.
- Contents:
- Weigel's Life
- Curriculum Vitae
- Two Key Episodes
- The Historical Background
- Power against Faith
- Authority against Laity
- Doctrine against Doctrine
- Weigel's Place in Tradition
- Pietism and Mysticism
- The Sources of Weigel's Synthesis
- Weigel's Early Writings, 1570-1572
- Context and Continuity of Weigel's Work
- The Path to Self-Knowledge
- Gnothi seauton
- The Good Life as the Inner Life: De Vita Beata
- Weigel's Defense and Pastoral Turn in 1572
- The Defense
- The Manuscript Collection of Sermons
- On Prayer
- Weigel's Resumption of Speculative Writing until 1578
- On the Place of the World
- The Golden Grasp
- Protesting Intolerance after the Formula of Concord
- On the Life of Christ
- The Dialog on Christianity
- The Problem of Distinguishing the Authentic Later Writings
- The Posthumous Compendium of Sermons
- The Lazarus Sermon
- Contemplation of the Creation
- "Genesis" and the Design of the World
- Early Reaction to and Later Reception of Weigel's Work
- The Complexities of Influence
- Conclusion: Weigel's Idea of Tolerance.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-217) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-4384-2352-7
- 0-585-31578-7
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