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Political mysticism : Augustine Baker, the spiritual formation of missionaries and the Catholic reformation in England.

Kelly, James E. (2020) 'Political mysticism : Augustine Baker, the spiritual formation of missionaries and the Catholic reformation in England.', Journal of ecclesiastical history., 72 (2). pp. 300-322.

Abstract

Augustine Baker, the seventeenth-century Benedictine monk, is primarily remembered as an advocate of mystical spiritual contemplation. This reputation was shaped by a contemporary supporter, whose synopsis of Baker’s works is the source most commonly consulted by historians. However, by reading Baker’s complete ‘Treatise of the English Mission’ and recontextualizing this manuscript, it is evident that he was addressing problems of his day. His Treatise is a polemical response to debates about the implementation of the Catholic Reformation in England, Baker advocating a vision of clerical formation and personal spiritual reformation for all those active in the English Catholic mission.

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Status:Peer-reviewed
Publisher Web site:https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022046920000019
Publisher statement:This article has been published in a revised form in Journal of Ecclesiastical History https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022046920000019. This version is published under a Creative Commons CC-BY-NC-ND. No commercial re-distribution or re-use allowed. Derivative works cannot be distributed. © Cambridge University Press.
Date accepted:17 January 2019
Date deposited:23 January 2020
Date of first online publication:09 June 2020
Date first made open access:23 January 2020

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