Introduction: Herbert's Neatness1. Mystery in The Temple2. The
Critique of Certitude in3. Adoption, Doubt, and Presumption: From
Perseverance to Assurance
4. Herbert, Scripture, and Fellowship5. Lord Cherbury in The
Temple: Faith, Mystery, and Understanding
6. Truth and Method: Error and Discovery in The Temple7. The
Mystery of Hearkening: Listening for The Odour 8. Conclusion
Gary Kuchar is Associate Professor of English at the University of Victoria, Canada. He is the author of Divine Subjection: The Rhetoric of Sacramental Devotion in Early Modern England; The Poetry of Religious Sorrow in Early Modern England; and co-editor of The Return to Theory in Early Modern English Studies Vol. 2.
"Kuchar does put unique voices into dialogue with the Herbert
corpus and his exploration of the interplay between dogmatic and
mystical Christianity offers a fruitful jumping-off point for
future studies. ... Herbert scholars and scholars of
seventeenth-century religious culture will certainly find
considerable value in this work." (Brad Pickens, Anglican
Theological Review, Vol. 102 (1), 2020)"George Herbert and the
Mystery of the Word makes a welcome turn in cultural studies,
successfully reinstating a category and a mode of reading ... the
theological and phenomenological peripheries offered will make this
text valuable to read for all who study Herbert's poetry."
(Jonathan Nauman, Seventeenth-Century News, Vol. 77 (1 - 2),
2019)"This is a book rife with gems of conceptual, interpretive,
and historical insight. ... it is a valuable rethinking of the
complexity of the English Reformation, as well as a welcome
broadening of our understanding of what literary responses to
doctrinal matters can entail." (Ryan Netzley, Journal of British
Studies, Vol. 57 (4), October, 2018)
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