Valentin Weigel (1533-1588) German religious dissenter, speculative theorist, and advocate of tolerance - Weeks, Andrew (State University of New York Press, 2000)
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-217) and index
Weigel's Life -- - Curriculum Vitae -- - Two Key Episodes -- - The Historical Background -- - Power against Faith -- - Authority against Laity -- - Doctrine against Doctrine -- - Weigel's Place in Tradition -- - Pietism and Mysticism -- - The Sources of Weigel's Synthesis -- - Weigel's Early Writings, 1570-1572 -- - Context and Continuity of Weigel's Work -- - The Path to Self-Knowledge -- - Gnothi seauton -- - The Good Life as the Inner Life: De Vita Beata -- - Weigel's Defense and Pastoral Turn in 1572 -- - The Defense -- - The Manuscript Collection of Sermons -- - On Prayer -- - Weigel's Resumption of Speculative Writing until 1578 -- - On the Place of the World -- - The Golden Grasp -- - Protesting Intolerance after the Formula of Concord -- - On the Life of Christ -- - The Dialog on Christianity -- - The Problem of Distinguishing the Authentic Later Writings -- - The Posthumous Compendium of Sermons -- - The Lazarus Sermon -- - Contemplation of the Creation -- - "Genesis" and the Design of the World -- - Early Reaction to and Later Reception of Weigel's Work -- - The Complexities of Influence -- - Conclusion: Weigel's Idea of Tolerance