IMC 2021: Sessions

Session 2222: Nicholas of Cusa, III: Cusanus and Reformation and Early Modern Theology

Sponsor:	Cusanus Society of UK & Ireland
Organiser:	Simon Burton, Wydział 'Artes Liberales', Uniwersytet Warszawski
Moderator/Chair:	Christopher M. Bellitto, Department of History, Kean University, New Jersey
Paper 2222-a	'Dolores inferni in anima sustinuisse': Christ's Descent into Hell in the Thought of Calvin, Lefèvre, Pico, and Cusa (Language: English) Preston Hill, School of Divinity University of St Andrews Index terms: Philosophy, Religious Life, Theology
Paper 2222-b	The Purposes of Visual Art in Nicholas of Cusa and John of the Cross (Language: English) Emma Mavin, School of Divinity, University of Edinburgh Index terms: Art History - General, Philosophy, Religious Life, Theology
Paper 2222-c	Faith and Reason at the Dawn of Modernity: Nicholas of Cusa and Gisbertus Voetius (Language: English) Matthew C. Baines, School of Divinity University of Edinburgh Index terms: Philosophy, Religious Life, Theology
Abstract	This session explores the influence of Cusanus on Reformation and early modern theology. It examines aspects of both the Protestant and Catholic Reformations and is wide-ranging in its coverage of doctrine, art, mysticism, and debates over epistemology and reason. It considers Cusanus' impact on Reformation and Counter-Reformation alike. It also reveals him as a seminal figure whose influence can be detected in important and foundational philosophical, theological, and aesthetic debates of the Late Middle Ages and early modernity.