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Informationen zum Autor Merry Wiesner-Hanks Klappentext The early modern period witnessed sometimes startling, sometimes subtle transformations in the religious and intellectual life of peoples across the globe. For reasons that varied widely, leaders and thinkers from Mexico to the Ottoman Empire and from China to the Indian subcontinent sought to reform existing religions, develop new spiritual practices, promote innovative texts, and, on occasion, even create new religions. Presenting documents from different regions and different religious and philosophical traditions, including Islam, Judaism, Sikhism, Christianity, and Confucianism, this volume allows students to explore and analyse these varied transformations. A general introduction introduces the framework for examining the chapter case studies, while the chapters provide context, a group of primary sources, and a set of questions to consider. Zusammenfassung For reasons that varied widely, leaders and thinkers from Mexico to the Ottoman Empire and from China to the Indian subcontinent sought to reform existing religions, develop new spiritual practices, promote innovative texts, and, on occasion, even create new religions. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword Preface A Note about the Texts PART ONE: INTRODUCTION Religious Innovations and Reforms Interwoven Transformations Primary Themes PART TWO: THE DOCUMENTS Mesoamerica: Mexica Innovations and Mexican Catholicism 1. Gods of Life and Death from the Codex Borgia, c. 15002. Hymn to Huitzilopochtli from the Codices Matritenses, c. 15503. Mexica War Songs, 1560s4. Diego Durán, The History of the Indies of New Spain, c. 15805. Chimalpahin, Annals, 16136. Bernardino de Sahagún, Sermons, 15407. Bernardino de Sahagún, Christian Psalmody, 15838. Andres de Olmos (?), Final Judgment, 1530s9. Chimalpahin, Annals, 1613Europe: Reforms and Reformations in Christianity 10. Desiderius Erasmus, The Praise of Folly, 151111. Martin Luther, The Freedom of a Christian, 152012. Martin Luther, A sermon on marriage, 152513. Matthias Gerung, Protestant woodcut, 154614. Ignatius Loyola, Spiritual Exercises, 1520s15. Teresa of Avila, The Way of Perfection, 156516. Pope Pius IV, Injunctum nobis, 156417. John Calvin, Institutes of the Christian Religion, 153618. John Calvin, Ordinances for the Regulation of Churches, 1547Africa and Southwest Asia: Politics and Mysticism in Islam and Judaism 19. The Replies of Muhammad Al-Maghili to the Questions of Askia al-Hajj Muhammad, 1498 20. Letters Between Sultan Selim I and Shah Isma'il, 151421. Mystical dance of a Sufi brotherhood, sixteenth century 22. Abdulwahhab b. Ahmad al-Sharani, Qualities of a Sufi saint, c. 156023. Katib Chelebi, The Balance of Truth, 165624. Moses Cordovero, The Palmtree of Deborah, 1560s25. Isaac Luria, Bringing Forth Sparks, 157026. The Pious Customs of Abraham Galante, 1580sSouth Asia: Syncretism and Sikhism in the Mughal Empire 27. Abu'l Fazl, Akbarnama, c. 1590 28. 'Abd ul-Qadir Bada'uni, Selected Histories, c. 159029. Nan Singh, Scholars Gather at Akbar's Court, 160530. Muhsi-i-Fani, School of Religion, c. 165031. The Japji Sahib from the Guru Granth32. Hymns of Guru Amar Das, 1560s33. Sikh texts for a wedding, 1560sEast Asia: Combining and Competing Traditions in China and Japan 34. Wang Yangming, Questions on the Great Learning, 1527 35. Wang Yangming, The Community Compact for Southern Ganzhou, 1520s 36. Li Zhi, A Book to Burn (Fenshu), 1590 37. Li Zhi, Two Letters, 1590s 38. Tao-chi, A Man in a House Beneath a Cliff, 17th century 39. Hayashi Razan, Ruling and Living in Conformity with the Order of Heaven and Earth, c. 1620 40. Hosukawa Tama Gracia, Letter to the Jesuit Superior Gregorio de Cespedes, 1590 41. Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Letter to the Viceroy of the Indies, 1591 Postscript APPENDIXES Chronology: Global Religious Transformations,...
