A Companion to Joachim of Fiore

Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-90-04-20163-7
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 75, 360 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 672 g

Reihe: Brill's Companions to the Christian Tradition

Joachim of Fiore (c.1135-1202) remains one of the most fascinating and enigmatic figures of medieval Christianity. In his own time, he was an influential advisor to the mighty and powerful, widely respected for his prophetic exegesis and decoding of the apocalypse. In modern times, many thinkers, from Thomas Müntzer to Friedrich Engels, have hailed him as a prophet of progress and revolution. Even present-day theologians, philosophers and novelists were inspired by Joachim’s vision of a Third Age of the Holy Spirit.

However, at no time was Joachim an uncontroversial figure. Soon after his death, the church authorities became suspicious about the explosive potential of his theology, while more recently historians held him accountable for the fateful progressivism of Western Civilization.

Contributors are: Frances Andrews, Valeria De Fraja, Alfredo Gatto, Peter Gemeinhardt, Sven Grosse, Massimo Iiritano, Bernard McGinn, Matthias Riedl, and Brett Edward Whalen.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Riedl, Matthias

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Mittelalterliche & Scholastische Philosophie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie Geschichte der Theologie, Einzelne Theologen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Notes on Contributors

Introduction: Joachim of Fiore in the History of Western Culture
Bernard McGinn
1 The Life and Works of Joachim of Fiore – An Overview
Alfredo Gatto
2 Joachim the Theologian: Trinitarian Speculation and Doctrinal Debate
Peter Gemeinhardt
3 Joachim the Theorist of History and Society
Brett Edward Whalen
4 Joachim the Abbot: Monastic Reform and the Foundation of the Florensian Order
Valeria De Fraja
5 Thomas Aquinas, Bonaventure, and the Critiques of Joachimist Topics from the Fourth Lateran Council to Dante
Sven Grosse
6 The Influence of Joachim in the 13th Century
Frances Andrews
7 Longing for the Third Age: Revolutionary Joachism, Communism, and National Socialism
Matthias Riedl
8 The Reception of Joachim in Contemporary Theology and Postmodern Philosophy
Massimo Iiritano

Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Matthias Riedl, Dr. phil. (2003), University Erlangen-Nuremberg, is an associate professor at the Department of History at Central European University, Budapest. He published the monograph Joachim von Fiore: Denker der vollendeten Menschheit (2004) and numerous articles on the history of religious and political thought.