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- Experimental Theology in America: Madame Guyon, Fénelon, and Their Readers
- Book
- 2009
- Published by: Baylor University Press
summary
In this study of Madame Guyon and, her defender, Francois de Fénelon, the Archbishop of Cambray, Patricia Ward demonstrates how the ideas of these seventeenth-century Catholics were transmitted into an ongoing tradition of Protestant devotional literature—one that continues to influence American evangelicals and charismatic Christians today. Down a winding (and fascinating) historical path, Ward traces how the lives and writings of these two somewhat obscure Catholic believers in Quietism came to such prominence in American spirituality—offering, in part, a fascinating glance at the role of women in the history of devotional writing.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright, Dedication
- pp. iii-v
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xv-xvi
- Bibliography
- pp. 255-271
Additional Information
ISBN
9781602585102
Related ISBN(s)
9781602581975
MARC Record
OCLC
794928065
Pages
296
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No