Paths To Reform Things New And Old

Résumé du livre

Informationen zum Autor Sandra Hindman is professor emerita of art history at Northwestern University in Chicago and the owner of the Les Enluminures galleries in Paris, New York, and Chicago. Klappentext Throughout the history of Christianity, men and women have wrestled with the challenge of how to interpret, and how to follow, the Gospels. Intrinsic to this process is the concept of reform, a recognition that changes is necessary in order to return to a more authentic Christian life. The approximately thirty-five manuscripts presented here trace this process from the twelfth to the sixteenth centuries through the texts that inspired reform movements and communicated their ideas to others. Zusammenfassung Throughout the history of Christianity! men and women have wrestled with the challenge of how to interpret! and how to follow! the Gospels. Intrinsic to this process is the concept of "reform"! a recognition that changes is necessary in order to return to a more authentic Christian life.