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DESCRIPTION:3-day International Conference sponsored by the School of Relig
 ious Studies\, 51łÔąĎÍř and the Centre for the Study of Platonism
 \, Cambridge University\n\nMontreal- Conference will be hosted on Zoom (ED
 T)\n\n19–21 June 2021\n\nSATURDAY\, 19 JUNE\n	14h00 (EDT) Session—Platonism
  and the German Theology\n\nSUNDAY\, 20 JUNE\n	11h00 (EDT) Session—Mysticis
 m and Metaphysics\n\n14h00 (EDT) Session— Jacob Boehme and Mysticism in En
 gland\n\nMONDAY\, 21 JUNE\n	10h00 (EDT) Session—German Mysticism in Cambrid
 ge Platonism and American Puritanism\n\nAbout the conference:\n\nThe proje
 ct consists in establishing the fundamental influence of German or Rhenish
  mysticism on English religious thought\, chiefly in the 17th-century.\n\n
 The English reception of such German mystical authors as Meister Eckhart (
 c. 1260-1328)\, the anonymous author of Theologia Germanica\, Johannes Tau
 ler (c. 1300-1361)\, Nicholas of Cusa (1401-1464)\, Sebastian Franck (c. 1
 499-1542)\, Hans Denck (1500-1527)\, Valentin Weigel (1533-1588)\, and Jak
 ob Böhme (1575-1624)\, to mention just the most significant representative
 s of this tradition\, has been hitherto little studied\, or not studied at
  all. There are some notable exceptions\, particularly the research of Dou
 glas Hedley on the exceptional role of the Cambridge Platonists\, especial
 ly of Henry More\, in the dissemination of German mysticism in England in 
 the seventeenth century\, and Nigel Smith’s monograph Perfection Proclaime
 d (Oxford\, 1989).\n\nThis project will not only reconstruct for the first
  time the wide-ranging reception of these German thinkers in Early Modern 
 England\, but also show that it was through this reception that the influe
 ntial tradition of 'German mysticism' was first created. For instance\, wh
 ile in 17th-century Germany the writings of the main figure of this tradit
 ion\, Jakob Böhme\, went underground because of accusations of heresy\, in
  England they were keenly translated\, commented upon\, and considered in 
 relation to other German writers who had also been translated at the same 
 time\, specifically Sebastian Franck and Valentin Weigel.\n\nThrough their
  work\, the English readers thus established a lineage that connected thes
 e thinkers\, and that at the same time created a philosophical bridge betw
 een England and Germany. The project will highlight the international lega
 cy of these authors by adopting the perspective of historico-philosophical
  engagement with the sources\, placing them also in the theological milieu
  of their time.\n\nSee pdf attached for schedule\, time zones and more inf
 o on sessions and presenters.\n\n \n
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SUMMARY:The Reception of German Mysticism in Early Modern England
URL:/religiousstudies/channels/event/reception-german-
 mysticism-early-modern-england-331288
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