With the advent of the reformation, concepts of living and dying were profoundly reconfigured. As purgatory disappeared from the spiritual landscape, other paths to the afterlife were rediscovered. Thus, when life draws to a close, the passage to the afterlife becomes a last pilgrimage, a popular early modern metaphor that has received little critical commentary. In a rigorous historical and theological reading, Cyril L. Caspar explores five major English poets - John Donne, Sir Walter Raleigh, George Herbert, Edmund Spenser, and John Milton - to unveil the poetical potential of the last pilgrimage as a life-transcending metaphor.
Dit boek biedt een beschrijving van het leven van Caspar Olevianus. Hij was een medewerker van Zacharias Ursinus, die de Heidelberger Catechismus heeft opgesteld. Olevianus behoorde bij de voornaamste reviseurs. Olevianus was een belangrijk reformator op kerkrechtskundig terrein. Zijn twee voornaamste boeken over de 12 GELOOFSARTIKELEN en het Genadeverbond zijn hierin opgenomen. Dit boek verschijnt in het kader van het 450 jarig bestaan van de Catechismus. In het Troostboek zijn zoveel kostbare parels uit de Schrift opgenomen dat we terecht mogen spreken van een kostbare goudschat zoals die na de tijd van de Apostelen zeldzaam is verschenen op zó'n beknopte manier.
How can obedience and carrying out orders lead to horrific acts such as the Holocaust or the genocides in Rwanda, Cambodia, or Bosnia? For the most part, it is a mystery why obeying instructions from an authority can convince people to kill other human beings, sometimes without hesitation and with incredible cruelty. Combining social and cognitive neuroscience with real-life accounts from genocide perpetrators, this book sheds light on the process through which obedience influences cognition and behavior. Emilie Caspar, a leading expert in the field, translates this neuroscientific approach into a clear, uncomplicated explanation, even for those with no background in psychology or neuroscience. By better understanding humanity's propensity for direct orders to short-circuit our own independent decision-making, we can edge closer to effective prevention processes.
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