Gabriel Biel, Via Moderna, Devotio Moderna

Gabriel Biel (+1495), the first professor of theology at the then still young University of Tübingen, was from an early stage in his life, educated as an academic theologian according to the principles of the nominalists. At a later stage he was active as a preacher and in a final stage of his life he embraced, as a Fraterherr, the spirituality of the Modern Devotion. The historiography of the research into his life and work shows that his theological convictions in particular have been systematically investigated in the context of influence by Ockham or influence on Luther. Opting for a biographical approach, we want to examine how his views on the human and God have been influenced by the spirituality of the Modern Devotion? In recent literature attention is drawn to this field of research. Following this development, this research examines the interaction between the spirituality of Modern Devotion and the theology of the Via Moderna, as revealed in the works of Gabriel Biel.

Keywords:Gabriel Biel, Modern Devotion, Via Moderna

Disciplines:History of religions, churches and theology

Project type:PhD project