Hendrina Cecilia Kruger se godsdienstige mentaliteitsprofiel in haar mistieke oordenkingsbundel (ca. 1750–1810) uit die trekboertyd
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Andries W.G. RaathKeywords
Trekboeregodsdienstige mentaliteitsprofiel
Hendrina Cecilia Kruger
The Bible
BS1-2970
Practical Theology
BV1-5099
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<strong>Hendrina Cecilia Kruger’s religious mentality profile in her mystical devotional book (c. 1750−1810) from the <em>Trekboer </em>period.</strong> The religious views of the <em>Trekboers</em> on the frontier were shaped by pietistic religious literature circulating in the Cape interior. The religious ego-text of Hendrina Cecilia Kruger reflects elements of two streams of pietism: Dutch Second Reformation devotional literature and the works of German pietists in the line of Spener and other German mystics. The cumulative impact of experiential faith in Reformed mysticism and the mystical views of German pietism produced a spirituality of exceptional intensity in the pioneering communities of Reformed believers on the frontier. It is concluded that the mystical religious mentality of the <em>Trekboer</em> pietists exhibited exceptional levels of faith amidst dire physical and emotional conditions on the frontier. In spite of high levels of mystical pietism in her devotional book Kruger remained committed to the basic tenets of Reformed spirituality.Date
2015-03-01Type
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oai:doaj.org/article:e624f99a16444f3780d10153950968e10259-9422
2072-8050
10.4102/hts.v71i1.2652
https://doaj.org/article/e624f99a16444f3780d10153950968e1