2007, ISBN: 9780674026711

[ED: hardcover], [PU: Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2007], good dust-jacket but torn at bottom of spine, very good green hardcover. previous owner's name. S… Mehr…

[ED: hardcover], [PU: Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2007], good dust-jacket but torn at bottom of spine, very good green hardcover. previous owner's name. SIMPSON, JAMES. Burning to read: English fundamentalism and its Reformation opponents. Cambridge, Mass.: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2007, , . Jacket text: "The evidence is everywhere: fundamentalist reading can stir passions and provoke violence that changes the world. Amid such present day conflagrations, this book reminds us of the sources and profound consequences of Christian fundamentalism in the sixteenth century." - "James Simpson focuses on a critical moment in early modern England, specifically the cultural transformation that allowed common folk to read the Bible for the first time. Widely understood and accepted as the grounding moment of liberalism, this was actually, Simpson tells us, the source of fundamentalism, and of different kinds of persecutory violence. His argument overturns a widely held interpretation of sixteenth-century Protestant reading - and a crucial tenet of the liberal tradition." - "After exploring the heroism and achievements of sixteenth-century English Lutherans, particularly William Tyndale, Burning to Read turns to the bad news of the Lutheran Bible. Simpson outlines the dark, dynamic, yet demeaning paradoxes of Lutheran reading: its demands that readers hate the biblical text before they can love it; that they be constantly on the lookout for unreadable signs of their own salvation; that evangelical readers be prepared to repudiate friends and all tradition on the basis of their personal reading of Scripture. Such reading practice provoked violence not only against Lutheranism's stated enemies, as Simpson demonstrates. It also prompted psychological violence and permanent schism within its own adherents." - "The last wave of fundamentalist reading in the West provoked 150 years of violent upheaval. As we approach a second wave, this powerful book alerts us to our peril." - CONTENTS: Hundred years of biblical violence -- Good Bible news -- Salvation, reading, and textual hatred -- The literal sense and predestination -- Bible reading, persecution, and paranoia -- History as error -- Thomas More and textual trust -- The tragic scene of early modern reading. ISBN 9780674026711, US, [SC: 25.00], leichte Gebrauchsspuren, gewerbliches Angebot, [GW: 551g], Banküberweisung, Internationaler Versand<

2007, ISBN: 9780674026711

[PU: Cambridge: The Belknap Press], 346 p. Original half-cloth with dust jacket. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Cl… Mehr…

[PU: Cambridge: The Belknap Press], 346 p. Original half-cloth with dust jacket. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Very minimally scuffed dust jacket. Otherwise in perfect condition. Encloesd is a review by James Simpson from The Times Literary Supplement from July 25., 2008. - Content: The evidence is everywhere: fundamentalist reading can stir passions and provoke violence that changes the world. Amid such presentday conflagrations, this illuminating book reminds us of the sources and profound consequences of Christian fundamentalism in the sixteenth century. James Simpson focuses on a critical moment in early modern England, specifically the cultural transformation that allowed common folk to read the Bible for the first time. Widely understood and accepted as the grounding moment of liberalism, this was actually, Simpson tells us, the source of fundamentalism, and of different kinds of persecutory violence. His argument overturns a widely held interpretation of sixteenth-century Protestant reading—and a crucial tenet of the liberal tradition. After exploring the heroism and achievements of sixteenthcentury English Lutherans, particularly William Tyndale, Burning to Read turns to the bad news of the Lutheran Bible. Simpson outlines the dark, dynamic, yet demeaning paradoxes of Lutheran reading: its demands that readers hate the biblical text before they can love it; that they be constantly on the lookout for unreadable signs of their own salvation; that evangelical readers be prepared to repudiate friends and all tradition on the basis of their personal reading of Scripture. Such reading practice provoked violence not only against Lutheranism’s stated enemies, as Simpson demonstrates. It also prompted psychological violence and permanent schism within its own adherents. The last wave of fundamentalist reading in the West provoked 150 years of violent upheaval. As we approach a second wave, this powerful book alerts us to our peril. ISBN 97806, DE, [SC: 35.00], gebraucht; gut, gewerbliches Angebot, [GW: 540g], Banküberweisung, Offene Rechnung, PayPal, Internationaler Versand<

2007, ISBN: 0674026713

[EAN: 9780674026711], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 4.0], [PU: Cambridge: The Belknap Press], Jacket, 346 p. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and t… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780674026711], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [SC: 4.0], [PU: Cambridge: The Belknap Press], Jacket, 346 p. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Very minimally scuffed dust jacket. Otherwise in perfect condition. Encloesd is a review by James Simpson from The Times Literary Supplement from July 25., 2008. - Content: The evidence is everywhere: fundamentalist reading can stir passions and provoke violence that changes the world. Amid such presentday conflagrations, this illuminating book reminds us of the sources and profound consequences of Christian fundamentalism in the sixteenth century. James Simpson focuses on a critical moment in early modern England, specifically the cultural transformation that allowed common folk to read the Bible for the first time. Widely understood and accepted as the grounding moment of liberalism, this was actually, Simpson tells us, the source of fundamentalism, and of different kinds of persecutory violence. His argument overturns a widely held interpretation of sixteenth-century Protestant reading—and a crucial tenet of the liberal tradition. After exploring the heroism and achievements of sixteenthcentury English Lutherans, particularly William Tyndale, Burning to Read turns to the bad news of the Lutheran Bible. Simpson outlines the dark, dynamic, yet demeaning paradoxes of Lutheran reading: its demands that readers hate the biblical text before they can love it; that they be constantly on the lookout for unreadable signs of their own salvation; that evangelical readers be prepared to repudiate friends and all tradition on the basis of their personal reading of Scripture. Such reading practice provoked violence not only against Lutheranism’s stated enemies, as Simpson demonstrates. It also prompted psychological violence and permanent schism within its own adherents. The last wave of fundamentalist reading in the West provoked 150 years of violent upheaval. As we approach a second wave, this powerful book alerts us to our peril. ISBN 9780674026711 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 540 Original half-cloth with dust jacket., Books<