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Book SynopsisThe Companion to Jean Gerson provides a guide to new research on Jean Gerson (1363-1429), theologian, chancellor of the University of Paris, and church reformer. Ten articles outline his life and works, contribution to lay devotion, place as biblical theologian, role as humanist, mystical theology, involvement in the conciliar movement, dilemmas as university master and conflicts with the mendicants, views on women and especially on female visionaries, participation in the debate on the "Roman de la Rose", and the afterlife of his works until the French Revolution. Some of the contributors are veterans of gersonian studies, while others have recently completed their dissertations. All map the relevance of Gerson to understanding late medieval and early modern culture, religion and spirituality.
Table of ContentsList of Contributors Introduction In Search of Jean Gerson: Chronology of His Life and Works, Brian Patrick McGuire Gerson on Lay Devotion, Daniel B. Hobbins Discovering Gerson the Humanist: Fifty Years of Serendipity, Gilbert Ouy Making Sense of it all: Gerson’s Biblical Theology, D. Zach Flanagin Gerson as Conciliarist, Francis Oakley Gerson’s Mystical Theology: A New Profile of its Evolution, Jeffrey Fisher Gerson as Preacher in the Conflict between Mendicants and Secular Priests, Nancy McLoughlin Gerson’s Stance on Women, Wendy Love Anderson Jean Gerson and the Debate on the Romance of the Rose, Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski Gerson’s Afterlife, Yelena Mazour-Matusevich Bibliography Index
