Seventeenth-Century Cultural Discourse

Description

The series Religion and Society (RS) contributes to the exploration of religions as social systems- both in Western and non-Western societies; in particular, it examines religions in their differentiation from, and intersection with, other cultural systems, such as art, economy, law and politics. Due attention is given to paradigmatic case or comparative studies that exhibit a clear theoretical orientation with the empirical and historical data of religion and such aspects of religion as ritual, the religious imagination, constructions of tradition, iconography, or media. In addition, the formation of religious communities, their construction of identity, and their relation to society and the wider public are key issues of this series. Introduction Chapter 1 Camus and context 1. Early seventeenth-century France 2. Preaching and religious culture 2.1 Council of Trent 2.2 Bishops after Trent 2.3 Religious culture 3. Camus: family and biography Chapter 2 Oral discourse and printed text 1. Camus’s publications 1.1 Fiction 1.2 The Diversités 1.3 Preaching 1.4 Other works 2. Camus as itinerant preacher 3. From oral discourse to printed text 3.1 Camus’s prefaces 3.2 Reception of oral discourses 3.3 Reception of printed sermons 4. Language, genre, style 4.1 Language 4.2 Genre 4.3 Style Chapter 3 Culture and conversion 1. Conversion and confession 1.1 Sin and self-knowledge 1.2 Contrition 1.3 Confession of sins 2. Penitential works 2.1 Works 2.2 Prayer 2.3 Alms 2.4 Fasting 3. Examples of conversion 4. Clergy and conversion 4.1 Cathedral chapter 4.2 Ordination 4.3 Diocesan synod 5. Culture and conversion Chapter 4 Feasting and fasting 1. Lent 1.1 Premières homélies quadragésimales 1.2 Belley, Lent 1616 2. Sunday homilies 3. Corpus Christi 4. Liturgical year Chapter 5 Gender and the saints 1. Mary 1.1 Notre-Dame de Myans 1.2 Premières homélies mariales 2. Female holiness 3. Male holiness Chapter 6 Loyola and Borromeo 1. Ignatius of Loyola 2. Charles Borromeo Chapter 7 Politics and piety 1. Estates General 1.1 Three simonies 1.2 Three scourges 1.3 Three disorders 2. Monarchy 3. France 4. Paris Chapter 8 Hearts and minds 1. An older Camus 2. Missions to New France 3. Missions within old France Conclusion Notes References Index