| Lutheran Ecclesiastical Culture, 1550-1675 Contributor(s): Kolb (Editor) |
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ISBN: 9004166416 ISBN-13: 9789004166417 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $213.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 2008 Annotation: This volume's thematic and geographical perspectives on Lutheran ecclesiastical life invite readers to delve into post-Reformation efforts to continue the work of the Wittenberg reformers in new circumstances and times, applying their insights to concrete challenges in church and society. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Renaissance - Religion | Christianity - Lutheran - Religion | Christianity - Protestant |
| Dewey: 284.109 |
| LCCN: 2008015940 |
| Series: Brill's Companions to the Christian Tradition |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6.6" W x 9.6" (2.25 lbs) 531 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Literature on confessionalization has opened new vistas for considering early-modern Christianity and its place in Western social-political contexts, but the ecclesiastical cultures of the period need further research and analysis to refine our focus on how Christians lived in their own communities and related to society at large. This volume's essays assess eight elements of Lutheran life (its foundation in sixteenth-century processing of Luther's legacy, university teaching, preaching, catechesis, devotional literature, popular piety, church and society, church and secular government) and two geographical areas (Nordic and Baltic lands, the kingdom of Hungary) to orient readers to current scholarly discussion and suggest further avenues for exploration and evaluation. Each offers perspectives on Lutherans' attempts to practise their faith in the world. Contributors are: Kenneth Appold, Gerhard Bode, Susan Boettcher, Christopher Boyd Brown, Robert Christman, David Daniel, Irene Dingel, Robert von Friedeburg, Mary Jane Haemig, and Eric Lund. |