Caritas: neighbourly love and the early modern self

Caritas, a form of grace that turned our love for our neighbour into a spiritual practice, was expected of all early modern Christians, and corresponded with a set of ethical rules for living that displayed one's love in the everyday. Caritas was not just a willingness to behave morally, to kee...

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1. Verfasser: Barclay, Katie ca. 20./21. Jahrhundert (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Oxford Oxford University Press 2021
Ausgabe:First edition
Schriftenreihe:Oxford scholarship online
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Zusammenfassung:Caritas, a form of grace that turned our love for our neighbour into a spiritual practice, was expected of all early modern Christians, and corresponded with a set of ethical rules for living that displayed one's love in the everyday. Caritas was not just a willingness to behave morally, to keep the peace, and to uphold social order however, but was expected to be felt as a strong passion, like that of a parent to a child. This book explores the importance of caritas to early modern communities, introducing the concept of the 'emotional ethic' to explain how neighbourly love become not only a code for moral living but a part of felt experience
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (viii, 217 Seiten)
ISBN:9780191904677
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780198868132.001.0001

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