IMC 2021: Sessions
Session 2322: Nicholas of Cusa, IV: Ecclesiology, Church Reform, and Inter-Religious Dialogue
Friday 9 July 2021, 16.30-18.00
Sponsor: | American Cusanus Society / Cusanus Society of UK & Ireland |
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Organiser: | Christopher M. Bellitto, Department of History, Kean University, New Jersey |
Moderator/Chair: | Louise Nelstrop, St Benet's Hall, University of Oxford / Department of Theology & Religious Studies, York St John University |
Paper 2322-a | Reforming the cura animarum: The Good Shepherd Metaphor in Late Medieval Sermons (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Sermons and Preaching, Theology |
Paper 2322-b | Cusanus on Correcting Popes (Language: English) Index terms: Ecclesiastical History, Political Thought, Theology |
Paper 2322-c | Ecclesiology and Reform in Nicholas of Cusa's Encounter with Islam (Language: English) Index terms: Islamic and Arabic Studies, Manuscripts and Palaeography, Theology |
Abstract | This panel explores the relationship among ecclesiology, church reform, and interreligious dialogue primarily, but not exclusively, through the lens of Nicholas of Cusa. Sources mined include sermons and treatises with a particular concern with reexamining accepted conventional wisdom about Cusanus' relationship with the Reformation, papacy, and Islam. The papers marry institutional concerns with spiritual issues by also exploring the lived experience of pastors, bishops, and Christians and Muslims engaged in sometimes-tenuous dialogue. |