Simon Oomius on the Elderly
This contribution connects the issue of spiritual leadership with the religious ideas and ecclesiastical and social environment of a seventeenth-century Dutch preacher, dr. Simon Oomius (1630–1706). Oomius represents the movement known as the Further Reformation (Nadere Reformatie), or Reformed Piet...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
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Brill
2015
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Church history and religious culture
Year: 2015, Volume: 95, Issue: 2/3, Pages: 256-273 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Oomius, Simon 1628-1706
/ Adult
/ Pietism
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| RelBib Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBD Benelux countries KDD Protestant Church NCC Social ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Dutch Reformed Pietism
spiritual leadership
theologia ascetica
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Volltext (Verlag) |
| Summary: | This contribution connects the issue of spiritual leadership with the religious ideas and ecclesiastical and social environment of a seventeenth-century Dutch preacher, dr. Simon Oomius (1630–1706). Oomius represents the movement known as the Further Reformation (Nadere Reformatie), or Reformed Pietism. The focus is on his perception of old age. Through a close reading of his treatise Cierlyke Kroon, this article highlights a specimen of pastoral leadership associated with the seventeenth-century Dutch Reformed theologia ascetica. Seven qualities for his spiritual leadership can be traced: Oomius’s own old age, his spirituality, academic education, use of examples, hermeneutic competence, ability to empathise, and spiritual training. |
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| ISSN: | 1871-2428 |
| Contains: | In: Church history and religious culture
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18712428-09502004 |