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Author Weeks, Andrew

Title Valentin Weigel (1533-1588) : German religious dissenter, speculative theorist, and advocate of tolerance / Andrew Weeks
Published Albany : State University of New York Press, ©2000

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 227 pages)
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-217) and index
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Subject Weigel, Valentin, 1533-1588.
SUBJECT Weigel, Valentin, 1533-1588 fast
Subject RELIGION -- Christianity -- Lutheran.
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LC no. 99038498
ISBN 0585315787
9780585315782
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