Papers by Marvin Anderson
The German Reformation and the Peasants' War: A Brief History with Documents Bedford Series in History and Culture
The Sixteenth Century Journal
The Reformation of Faith in the Context of Late Medieval Theology and Piety: Essays by Berndt Hamm
Renaissance Quarterly, 2005
... Festschrift for Hans-Christoph Ruhlack, ed. Monika Hagenmaier and Sabine Holtz (Frankfurt aM,... more ... Festschrift for Hans-Christoph Ruhlack, ed. Monika Hagenmaier and Sabine Holtz (Frankfurt aM, 1992), pp. 163 196 (in reference to the use of the term "consolidation" or "compression" \\'erdichtung\ by V'olker Press, Peter Moraw. and Hcinz Schilling). Page 24. ...
In light of the thematic focus of this year’s annual meeting on Boundaries, I will be giving spec... more In light of the thematic focus of this year’s annual meeting on Boundaries, I will be giving specific attention to the various ways in which the Universalist understanding of Christianity was a theological anomaly in nineteenth and early-twentieth century rural Ontario that was at variance with more conservative formulations of Christianity in neighbouring Christian churches in their local rural communities. This paper is based on my historical research in preparation as the guest speaker for the celebration of the 120 Anniversary of The Unitarian Universalist Church of Olinda located near Leamington, Ontario, in Essex County, on Sunday, 12 November 2000. For the purposes of this paper, I will primarily concentrate on the salient theological challenge posed by the Universalist movement in the latenineteenth and early-twentieth centuries within Canada. Secondarily, I will examine the growth and formation of this “Christian” denomination at the Olinda Universalist Church during this p...
‘Hearing the Inner Word’: The Eckhartian Roots of Radical Dissent and ‘Enthusiasm’
Medieval Mystical Theology, 2020
ABSTRACT This paper will focus on the progenitorial influence of Meister Eckhart’s mystical thoug... more ABSTRACT This paper will focus on the progenitorial influence of Meister Eckhart’s mystical thought and its theological and historiographical legacy vis-à-vis his own writings and those of his disciples, Johannes Tauler and Henry Suso, including the mystical treatises influenced by them, the Theologia Deutsch among them. It will contextualize the intrigue with late-medieval German mysticism among sixteenth-century ‘radical’ reformers, who ironically have been called the ‘unruly offspring of Luther.’ In particular, it will provide a succinct overview of how the constellation of mystical teachings integral to Eckhart’s theology of the Word were selectively appropriated by radicals and ‘Spiritualists’ like Thomas Müntzer, Andreas Bodenstein von Karlstadt, Sebastian Franck, Valentin Weigel and others who reconceptualized and prioritized the authority of the Inner Word over the Outer Word. Because they confused the proper ordering of external and internal divine revelation, many of them were condemned and vilified by Luther as Schwärmer (‘enthusiasts’) ─as if ‘swarmed’ by bees.
Medieval Mystical Theology
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Papers by Marvin Anderson