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The essays contained in this volume examine the particular
religious experiences of women within a remarkably vibrant and
formative era in British religious history. Scholars from the
disciplines of history, literary studies and theology assess
women's contributions to renewal, change and reform; and consider
the ways in which women negotiated institutional and intellectual
boundaries. The focus on women's various religious roles and
responses helps us to understand better a world of religious
commitment which was not separate from, but also not exclusively
shaped by, the political, intellectual and ecclesiastical disputes
of a clerical elite. As well as deepening our understanding of both
popular and elite religious cultures in this period, and the links
between them, the volume re-focuses scholarly approaches to the
history of gender and especially the history of feminism by setting
the British writers often characterised as 'early feminists' firmly
in their theological and spiritual traditions.
This volume brings together for the first time some of the world's
leading authorities on the German mystic Jacob Boehme, to
illuminate his thought and its reception over four centuries for
the benefit of students and advanced scholars alike. Boehme's
theosophical works have influenced Western culture in profound ways
since their dissemination in the early 17th Century, and these
interdisciplinary essays trace the social and cultural networks as
well as the intellectual pathways involved in Boehme's enduring
impact. The chapters range from situating Boehme in the 16th
Century Radical Reformation, to discussions of his significance in
modern theology. They explore the major contexts for Boehme's
reception including the Pietist movement, Russian religious thought
and Western esotericism, as well as focusing more closely on
important readers: the religious radicals of the English Civil Wars
and the later English Behmenists; literary figures such as Goethe
and Blake, and great philosophers of the modern age, among them
Schelling and Hegel. Together, the chapters illustrate the depth
and variety of Boehme's influence and a concluding chapter
addresses directly an underlying theme of the volume - asking why
Boehme matters today, and how readers in the present might be
enriched by a fresh engagement with his apparently opaque and
complex writings.
This volume brings together for the first time some of the world's
leading authorities on the German mystic Jacob Boehme, to
illuminate his thought and its reception over four centuries for
the benefit of students and advanced scholars alike. Boehme's
theosophical works have influenced Western culture in profound ways
since their dissemination in the early 17th Century, and these
interdisciplinary essays trace the social and cultural networks as
well as the intellectual pathways involved in Boehme's enduring
impact. The chapters range from situating Boehme in the 16th
Century Radical Reformation, to discussions of his significance in
modern theology. They explore the major contexts for Boehme's
reception including the Pietist movement, Russian religious thought
and Western esotericism, as well as focusing more closely on
important readers: the religious radicals of the English Civil Wars
and the later English Behmenists; literary figures such as Goethe
and Blake, and great philosophers of the modern age, among them
Schelling and Hegel. Together, the chapters illustrate the depth
and variety of Boehme's influence and a concluding chapter
addresses directly an underlying theme of the volume - asking why
Boehme matters today, and how readers in the present might be
enriched by a fresh engagement with his apparently opaque and
complex writings.
Illuminating a formative period in the debate over sexual
difference, this book contributes to our understanding of the
origins of feminist thought. In late seventeenth-century England,
female writers from diverse religious and political traditions
confronted the question of women's subordination. Their feminist
protests disturbed even those who championed women's education and
defended female virtue. Some of these women, including Lady Mary
Chudleigh and the Tory feminist Mary Astell, have attracted
interest for their literary achievements and philosophical
originality. This book approaches them from a new perspective,
arguing that the primary impulse for their feminism was religious
reformism: manifest in personal devotion, serious theological
reflection and a vision for moral renewal and social justice. This
reforming feminism, Sarah Apetrei argues, links Astell to the
assertive women of dissenting and spiritualist traditions. Far from
being a constraining influence on feminism, religion was a stimulus
to new thinking about the status of women.
Illuminating a formative period in the debate over sexual
difference, this book contributes to our understanding of the
origins of feminist thought. In late seventeenth-century England,
female writers from diverse religious and political traditions
confronted the question of women's subordination. Their feminist
protests disturbed even those who championed women's education and
defended female virtue. Some of these women, including Lady Mary
Chudleigh and the Tory feminist Mary Astell, have attracted
interest for their literary achievements and philosophical
originality. This book approaches them from a new perspective,
arguing that the primary impulse for their feminism was religious
reformism: manifest in personal devotion, serious theological
reflection and a vision for moral renewal and social justice. This
reforming feminism, Sarah Apetrei argues, links Astell to the
assertive women of dissenting and spiritualist traditions. Far from
being a constraining influence on feminism, religion was a stimulus
to new thinking about the status of women.
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