The German Reformation: The Essential Readings by C. Scott Dixon (Queen's University, Belfast)
This book provides key essays on the most recent interpretations of the German Reformation movement.
The German Reformation
The German Reformation
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This text illustrates how the Continental Reformation movement was bound and shaped by the society in which it was broadcast, how the reformers interacted with the trends and tensions of the period, and how the forces of religious change came to influence European culture and society.
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The German Reformation Reviews
A collection which is likely to become a standard point of reference in years to come. German History
These are truly essential readings for the study of the German Reformation and early modern Europe in general ...This book is an excellent introduction to the study of the German Reformation. Sixteenth Century Journal
Dixon's book ... offers its readers a fine balance of work on both ... the Reformation as a theological event and the Reformation as a social/ cultural/ political event. This volume is a very helpful and useful text for those teaching or studying the subject. Westminster Theological Journal
Dixon has brought together and, in his commentary, illuminated the significance of eight pieces revealing some of the most important documents in recent scholarship on the relation of the Reformation to society. The work is a resounding success. Protestantismus
... it would be hard to imagine a more readable and informative collection of new work on the German Reformation. German Studies Review
About C. Scott Dixon (Queen's University, Belfast)
C. Scott Dixon studied history at St Andrews University, Scotland, and Cambridge University, England, where he completed a Ph.D. on Reformation history under the supervision of R.W. Scribner. His publications include The Reformation and Rural Society (1996). He lectures in European History at the Queen's University of Belfast.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements.
1. Introduction: Narratives of the German Reformation: C. Scott Dixon.
2. What was Preached in German Towns in the Early Reformation?: Bernd Moeller.
3. What was the Reformation Doctrine of Justification?: Berndt Hamm.
4. The Reformation of the Common Man, 1521-1542: Thomas A. Brady Jr.
5. Reformation and the Communal Spirit: Peter Blickle.
6. The Reformation and the Modern Age, an attempt: Richard Van Dulman.
7. Forced Confessionalization? Prolegomena for a Theory of the Confessional Age: Wolfgang Reinhard.
8. Success and Failure in the German Reformation: Gerald Strauss.
9. The Reformation, Popular Magic and the Disenchantment of the World: Robert W. Scribner.
Index.
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GOR006156382
9780631208112
0631208119
The German Reformation: The Essential Readings by C. Scott Dixon (Queen's University, Belfast)
Used - Very Good
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd
19990701
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