Re-Envisioning Christian Humanism

Contents

List of Contributors ix

Introduction 1

Jens Zimmermann

PART I. CHRISTIAN HUMANISM: THEOLOGICAL ROOTS

AND THEIR ENDURING SIGNIFICANCE

1. Patristic Humanism: The Beginning of ChristianPaideia 19
   John Behr


2. The Church Fathers and the Humanities in the Renaissance
   and the Reformation 33
   Irena Backus


3. Marsilio Ficino and Christian Humanism 55
   James Hankins

PART II. CHRISTIAN HUMANISM IN THE

RENAISSANCE AND REFORMATION

4. The Christian Humanism of John Calvin 77
   Nicholas Wolterstorff


5. Erasmian Humanism and the Elizabethan Hermeneutics of
   the Eucharist 95
   Torrance Kirby


6. Erasmus, Christian Humanism, and Spiritual Warfare 119
   Darren M. Provost

PART III. CHRISTIAN HUMANISM, EDUCATION,

AND THE ARTS

7. The Cultural Context for Re-Envisioning Christian Humanism 137
   Jens Zimmermann


8. Scripture in theStudiumand the Rise of the Humanities 161
   David Lyle Jeffrey


9. Fiery Tongues and Minds Afire: Christian Humanism’s
   Legacy in Renaissance Poetry 173
   Brett Foster

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