Christian Spirituality III: Post Reformation and Modern

by Louis Dupré, Don E. Saliers (Editor), John Meyendorff (Editor)

From the World Spirituality series, this is a broad-ranging, illustrated, scholarly treatment of core topics in Christian spirituality in the period after the Reformation.

Genres: Theology

592 pages, Paperback

First published November 25, 1989

About the author

Louis Dupre is a Catholic phenomenologist and religious philosopher. He was the T. Lawrason Riggs Professor in Yale University's religious studies department from 1973 to 1998, after which he became Professor Emeritus.[1] His work generally attempts to tie the modern age more closely to medieval and classical thought, finding precursors to Enlightenment and Reformation events that were naively viewed as revolutions. His well known works include "Passage to Modernity" and "The Enlightenment and the Intellectual Foundations of Modern Culture."

Reviews

[Ephrem Arcement · Rating 5 out of 5]

This final, third volume on Christian Spirituality from the acclaimed Encyclopedia of World Spirituality confirms that this triptych is the best, most definitive vision of the fascinating world of Christian Spirituality. Divided into four parts, this third volume takes the reader from the Reformation/Counter-Reformation to the Modern Period, treating Catholicism (Part 1), Protestantism (Part 2), Orthodoxy (Part 3), and contemporary trajectories (Part 4) each in turn. Trajectories mapped out in part 4 are Pentecostalism, Feminism, and Ecumenism. It is this final section that makes this excellent volume the definitive one of its kind. The methodology taken in this series should be noted: begin with the historical and then treat individual themes separately. That way, both diachronic and synchronic analyses will have their say and elicit the greatest insight and understanding.