Thomas a Kempis : his works and their reception / edited by Ad Poirters & Peter Nissen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Poirters, Ad, 1989- editor.

Nissen, Peter, editor.

Series:

Studies in spirituality. Supplement ; 39.

Studies in spirituality. Supplement ; 39

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Germany--Church history--15th century.

Germany.

Thomas, à Kempis, 1380-1471.

Thomas.

Priests--Germany.

Priests.

Physical Description:

176 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Leuven ; Paris ; Bristol, CT : Peeters, [2024]

Summary:

"In 2021, the Titus Brandsma Institute and Radboud University in Nijmegen organized an international conference to mark the 550th anniversary of the death, on 25 July 1471, of Thomas a Kempis (b. 1379/80), the author of De imitatione Christi. This volume gathers the fruits of that meeting. Its aim is to contribute to the study, both of Thomas's works and the context in which he wrote them, and of their reception and appropriation throughout the centuries. Topics addressed include the mystical parallels and perspectives of Book III of the Imitatio, Thomas's development as a mystagogue and his methods as a hagiographer, the manuscripts that survive of his works at various libraries in Saint Petersburg, the story his relics, the influential German translation of the Imitatio by Johann Michael Sailer (1751-1832), and the way in which the inclusion, from the seventeenth century onwards, of increasing numbers of liturgical paratexts in Catholic editions of the Imitatio gradually turned these into books for church. The volume ends with an exploration of the views of St Titus Brandsma (1882-1942) on the Modern Devotion, which provide a useful basis for a more nuanced understanding of the Imitatio's seeming anti-intellectualism." -- Provided by publisher

Contents:

Thomas a Kempis's genius and craftsmanship as a mystagogue and a caesura between a first and second period in his authorship / Paul van Geest

Union with Christ: Reflections on the Devota exhortacio ad sacram communionem / Charles Caspers

Thomas as Hagiographer: The host miracle in the Life of Liduina / Koen Goudriaan

Manuscripts of works by Thomas a Kempis in Saint Petersburg / Margarita Logutova

De reliquien van den godtsaligen Thomas van Kempen van Swolle: The appropriation of Thomas a Kempis by Archpriest Arnold Waeijer in the disaster year of 1672 / Carolina Lenarduzzi

'Thomas von Kempen' bei Johann Michael Sailer (1751-1832): Rezeption eines Autors der Devotio moderna bei einem Vertreter der 'Katholischen Aufklärung' / Peter van Ool

A guide to a liturgical reading of De imitatione Christia in nineteeth- and twentieth century Dutch editions / Ad Poirters

Imitatio Christis as philosophia Christi? Titus Brandsma on the devotio moderna / Inigo Bocken

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9789042950702

9042950706

OCLC:

1444069391

Publisher Number:

90100214546