Hell Disarmed? The Function of Hell in Reformation Spirituality

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" Hell Disarmed? The Function of Hell in Reformation Spirituality "
Tarald Rasmussen

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1079016
Doc. No	:	LA122645
Call No	:	‭10.1163/156852709X405044‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Tarald Rasmussen
Title & Author	:	Hell Disarmed? The Function of Hell in Reformation Spirituality [Article]\ Tarald Rasmussen
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Numen
Date	:	2009
Volume/ Issue Number	:	56/2-3
Page No	:	366–384
Abstract	:	In Late Medieval Christianity, the concept of hell was closely connected to the sacrament of penance. Hell could be avoided through the right use of penance. And the cleansing sufferings in purgatory could to a certain extent replace the eternal sufferings in hell. The Protestant Reformation rejected purgatory, and returned to a traditional dualistic view of the relationship between heaven and hell. At the same time, hell seems to lose some of its religious importance in early Protestant spirituality. This change is illustrated through a comparison of two central texts belonging more or less to the same genre: on the one hand the famous Late Medieval illustrated Ars moriendi and on the other Luther's Sermon von der Bereitung zum Sterben from 1519.
Descriptor	:	ARS MORIENDI
Descriptor	:	Comparative Religion Religious Studies
Descriptor	:	General
Descriptor	:	History of Religion
Descriptor	:	LUTHERAN HELL
Descriptor	:	PROTESTANT SPIRITUALITY
Descriptor	:	Religion Society
Descriptor	:	Religion in Antiquity
Descriptor	:	Religious Studies
Descriptor	:	Social Sciences
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/156852709X405044‬