Savonarolas Tempelbau: Überlegungen zum (re-)enactment religiöser Performanzen in der Begründung von Gemeinschaften

This paper analyses the political theology of Savonarola's sermons as both enactment and reenactment of religion in the thriving culture of early modern Florence. Not only is Savonarola's project of a new Florentine republic as (pre-)figured in his vision of a 'new Jerusalem' built upon the powerful rhetoric of the controversial prophet and his 'artful' use of Scripture. Furthermore, the performative language of the preacher discloses significant characteristics of the foundational narratives of the Italian nation, if not of western modernity.