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2 - Humanism and Theology

from Part One - Theology in an Age of Cultural Transformation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 September 2023

By
Anna Morisi
Edited by
Kenneth G Appold  and
Nelson Minnich
Kenneth G Appold
Affiliation:
Princeton Theological Seminary, New Jersey
Nelson Minnich
Affiliation:
Catholic University of America, Washington DC
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Summary

Humanism represented a far-reaching endeavor. It attempted to reinterpret reality in a radical manner and to renew all forms of knowledge. It thus caused a profound break with the contemporary intellectual landscape; but it also established a new relationship with the past and brought to completion previously unresolved questions. It highlighted the individual liberty of humans in the face of a worldview that put God at the center; against the misery of the human condition it defended the dignity of humankind and proposed a new relationship between earth and heaven. But all of this came into being over a long and tortuous process, during a period of much unrest and profound religious uneasiness that permeated all of society and often expressed itself in an exasperated prophetism.

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The Cambridge History of Reformation Era Theology , pp. 21 - 34
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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  • Humanism and Theology
  • Edited by Kenneth G Appold, Princeton Theological Seminary, New Jersey, Nelson Minnich, Catholic University of America, Washington DC
  • Book: The Cambridge History of Reformation Era Theology
  • Online publication: 27 September 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781107358386.004
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  • Edited by Kenneth G Appold, Princeton Theological Seminary, New Jersey, Nelson Minnich, Catholic University of America, Washington DC
  • Book: The Cambridge History of Reformation Era Theology
  • Online publication: 27 September 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781107358386.004
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  • Humanism and Theology
  • Edited by Kenneth G Appold, Princeton Theological Seminary, New Jersey, Nelson Minnich, Catholic University of America, Washington DC
  • Book: The Cambridge History of Reformation Era Theology
  • Online publication: 27 September 2023
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781107358386.004
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