Format:
1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:
9789047420309
Series Statement:
Studies in the history of Christian traditions v. 133
Content:
Preliminary Materials /N.R. Leroux -- Chapter One. “Think About These Things”: Luther’s “Fourteen Consolations” (1519) /N.R. Leroux -- Chapter Two. “I Have Overcome The World”: Luther’s “Sermon On Preparing To Die” (1519) /N.R. Leroux -- Chapter Three. “Of Whom The World Was Not Worthy”: Luther’s Martyrological Literature /N.R. Leroux -- Chapter Four. “To Whom Shall We Go? You Have The Words Of Eternal Life”: Luther’s 1532 Funeral Sermons /N.R. Leroux -- Chapter Five. “Faithful Are The Wounds Of A Friend”: Luther’s Consolatory Letters /N.R. Leroux -- Chapter Six. “Am I My Brother’s Keeper?”: Luther’s “On Whether One May Flee From A Deadly Plague” (1527) /N.R. Leroux -- Conclusion /N.R. Leroux -- Appendix Glossary Of Rhetorical Terms /N.R. Leroux -- Bibliography /N.R. Leroux -- Index Of Scriptures /N.R. Leroux -- Index Of Persons And Places /N.R. Leroux -- Index Of Subjects /N.R. Leroux.
Content:
What was Martin Luther’s teaching regarding death, and to what extent did his own fears of and experiences with death manifest themselves in his writings? What influence did the medieval preoccupation with a ‘good death’ have upon him? How did Luther counsel those facing death—to meet it with acceptance, or resistance, or both? Using meticulous rhetorical analysis of select sermons, pamphlets, and letters of consolation, this book examines how Luther offered comfort to those who were facing their own death or who were coming to terms with the death of loved ones. Thus the book makes an important contribution to existing scholarship on Luther and the formation of an early modern Protestant ethos surrounding death, bereavement, and burial
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-304)
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Contents ; Preface; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; Chapter One ""Think About These Things"": Luther's ""Fourteen Consolations"" (1519); ""Sermon on Preparing to Die"" (1519); Chapter Three ""Of Whom the World was not Worthy"": Luther's Martyrological Literature; Chapter Four ""To Whom Shall We Go? You Have the Words of Eternal Life"": Luther's 1532 Funeral Sermons; Chapter Five ""Faithful are the Wounds of a Friend"": Luther's Consolatory Letters; Chapter Six ""Am I My Brother's Keeper?"": Luther's ""On Whether One May Flee from a Deadly Plague"" (1527); Conclusion
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Appendix Glossary of Rhetorical TermsBibliography; Index of Scriptures; Index of Persons & Places; Index of Subjects
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789004158801
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9004158804
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9789004158801
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1163/ej.9789004158801.i-337
Author information:
Leroux, Neil R.
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