Picturing Religious Experience: George Herbert, Calvin, and the Scriptures

Doerksen, Daniel W.

ISBN 10: 1611493560 / ISBN 13: 9781611493566

Published by Newark: University of Delaware Press, 2011

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xiii, 240 pp. Hardback with laminated pictorial boards. Unread, as new. New list price: $75.00.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Picturing Religious Experience: George Herbert, Calvin, and the Scriptures
• Publisher: Newark: University of Delaware Press
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1611493560
• ISBN 13: 9781611493566
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: As New

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Synopsis

Little has been said about the relationship of Herbert’s writings to those of John Calvin, yet the latter were abundant and influential in Herbert’s Church of England. Accordingly Picturing Religious Experience studies Herbert’s poetry in relation to those writings, particularly regarding “spiritual conflicts,” which the poet himself said would be found depicted in his book of poems. Much more than is generally realized, Calvin wrote about the experience of living the Christian life – also Herbert’s subject in many of his poems. Altogether, this study maintains that Herbert owes to his religious orientation not just themes or details, but an impulse to observe and depict the inner life, and scriptural patterns which significantly contribute to the substance and literary excellence of The Temple.

About the Author

Daniel W. Doerksen holds an appointment as honorary research professor from the University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada.