A great deal has been written about the influence of humanism on the Reformation. The present study reverses the question, asking: how did the Reformation affect humanism? Although it is true that humanism influenced the course of the Reformation, says Erika Rummel, the dynamics of the relationship are better described by saying that humanism was co-opted, perhaps even exploited, in the religious debate. Both Reformers and Catholic reactionaries took from humanism what was useful for the advancement of their cause and suppressed what was unsuited to their purpose.
| ISBN: | 9780195137125 |
| Publication date: | 7th September 2000 |
| Author: | Erika Professor, Department of History, Professor, Department of History, Wilfrid Laurier University, Toronto Rummel |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press Inc |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 219 pages |
| Series: | Oxford Studies in Historical Theology |
| Genres: |
Christianity History of religion Calvinist, Reformed and Presbyterian Churches Medieval Western philosophy Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church |