What is noteworthy about 17th-century France in the context of the history of religion is that this period was marked both by the flourishing of spirituality and the rise of an anti-mystical movement. This paper focuses on Jean-Joseph Surin (1600-1665), a Jesuit mystic who lived in this era of intellectual strife. Because of this, Henri Bremond referred to Surin in one of his classic studies as a "battlesome mystic". In fact, Surin has been described as an important defender of spiritualism, arguing against the critics of mysticism. He is particularly known for his refutation of Jean Chéron's Examen de la théologie mystique (1657), which he formulated in his Guide spirituel (1661). Chéron's anti-mystical thought was organized around two pai...
Jacques Le Brun : Mysticism and morality, the society of jesus in the 18th century. Between the Qui...
29 pagesInternational audienceThe article is about one of the rare mystic poets of French language, ...
The sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries witnessed a revival of spirituality throughout Europe....
What is noteworthy about 17th-century France in the context of the history of religion is that this ...
The 17th-century France is very interesting from the perspective of history of religion, because it ...
The word mysticism means the opposite of religious "fact". It means the opposite of what is ...
This article contends that the vulnerability of mystics to accusations of “melancholy” was harnessed...
Au xviie siècle, la mystique connaît son apogée au moment de sa condamnation par l’institution. Pour...
“If God predestines me to be damned, nevertheless I would love Him.” The polemic centered on this fo...
Les écrits autobiographiques du Père jésuite Jean-Joseph Surin sont d'une importance capitale pour q...
Le Brun Jacques. J.-J. Surin. Triomphe de l'amour divin sur les puissances de l'Enfer et Science exp...
Spanish mysticism constitutes an indispensable chapter in the history of Christian mysticism. Two 16...
Many studies were written by physicians about the demoniacal possession of Loudun. They reflect the ...
De Certeau’s research on the « young man of the coach’s letter » by Surin, published in a 1968’s rev...
Madeleine duBois de Fontaines (1578-1637) was the first French prioress of the Teresian Carmelites i...
Jacques Le Brun : Mysticism and morality, the society of jesus in the 18th century. Between the Qui...
29 pagesInternational audienceThe article is about one of the rare mystic poets of French language, ...
The sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries witnessed a revival of spirituality throughout Europe....
What is noteworthy about 17th-century France in the context of the history of religion is that this ...
The 17th-century France is very interesting from the perspective of history of religion, because it ...
The word mysticism means the opposite of religious "fact". It means the opposite of what is ...
This article contends that the vulnerability of mystics to accusations of “melancholy” was harnessed...
Au xviie siècle, la mystique connaît son apogée au moment de sa condamnation par l’institution. Pour...
“If God predestines me to be damned, nevertheless I would love Him.” The polemic centered on this fo...
Les écrits autobiographiques du Père jésuite Jean-Joseph Surin sont d'une importance capitale pour q...
Le Brun Jacques. J.-J. Surin. Triomphe de l'amour divin sur les puissances de l'Enfer et Science exp...
Spanish mysticism constitutes an indispensable chapter in the history of Christian mysticism. Two 16...
Many studies were written by physicians about the demoniacal possession of Loudun. They reflect the ...
De Certeau’s research on the « young man of the coach’s letter » by Surin, published in a 1968’s rev...
Madeleine duBois de Fontaines (1578-1637) was the first French prioress of the Teresian Carmelites i...
Jacques Le Brun : Mysticism and morality, the society of jesus in the 18th century. Between the Qui...
29 pagesInternational audienceThe article is about one of the rare mystic poets of French language, ...
The sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries witnessed a revival of spirituality throughout Europe....