Carter Lindberg

The European Reformations (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

Rediscover the Reformations in Europe with this insightful and comprehensive new edition of a long-time favorite Amongst the authoritative works covering the European Reformation, Carter Lindberg's The European Reformations has stood the test of time. Widely used in classrooms around the world for over twenty-five years, the first two editions of the book were enjoyed and acclaimed by students and teachers alike. Now, the revised and updated Third Edition of The European Reformations continues the author's work to sketch the various efforts to reform received expressions of faith and their social and political effects, both historical and modern. He has expanded his coverage of women in the Reformations and added a chapter on reforms in East-Central Europe. Comprehensively covering all of Europe, The European Reformations provides an in-depth exploration of the Reformations' effects on a wide variety of countries. The author discusses: * The late Middle Ages and the historical context in which the Reformations gained a foothold * Martin Luther, the theological and pastoral responses to insecurity, and the theological implications of those responses * The implementation of reforms in Wittenberg, Germany * Zwingli's reform program, the Reformation in Zurich, Switzerland, and the impact of medieval sacramental theology * The Genevan Reformation and "The Most Perfect School of Christ" Perfect for undergraduate and graduate students in courses on Reformation studies, history, religion, and theology, this edition of The European Reformations also belongs on the bookshelves of theological seminary students and anyone with a keen interest in the Reformation and its ongoing impact on faith and society.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 432
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Dezember 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781119640745
• Artikelnr.: 60861190

Autorenporträt

Carter Lindberg is Professor Emeritus of Church History at the School of Theology, Boston University. He is co-Editor of The Forgotten Luther: The Social-Economic Dimensions of the Reformation, and author of the previous two editions of The European Reformations as well as editor of the companion volumes The European Reformations Sourcebook and The Reformation Theologians.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures xi

Preface to the Third Edition xiii

Preface to the Second Edition xvi

Preface to the First Edition xviii

List of Abbreviations xxi

1 History, Historiography, and Interpretations of the Reformations 1

History and Historiography 1

Interpretations of the Reformations 6

Suggestions for Further Reading 19

2 The Late Middle Ages: Threshold and Foothold of the Reformations 20

Agrarian Crisis, Famine, and Plague 21

Towns and Cities: Loci of Ideas and Change 28

The Printing Press 29

Of Mines and Militancy 31

Social Tensions 32

The Crisis of Values 35

The Western Schism 35

Conciliarism 38

Anticlericalism and the Renaissance Papacy 43

Suggestions for Further Reading 45

Electronic Resources 45

3 The Dawn of a New Era 46

Martin Luther (1483-1546) 46

Theological and Pastoral Responses to Insecurity 51

Theological Implications 57

Indulgences: The Purchase of Paradise 59

The Squeaky Mouse 62

Politics and Piety 64

From the Diet of Worms to the Land of the Birds 66

The Diet of Worms 71

Suggestions for Further Reading 72

Electronic Resources 73

4 Wait for No One: Implementation of Reforms in Wittenberg 74

In the Land of the Birds 74

Melanchthon: Teacher of Germany 75

Karlstadt and Proto-Puritanism 76

Bishops, Clerical Marriage, and Strategies for Reform 78

The Gospel and Social Order 84

Suggestions for Further Reading 91

5 Fruits of the Fig Tree: Social Welfare and Education 92

Late Medieval Poor Relief 93

Beyond Charity 94

The Institutionalization of Social Welfare 98

Bugenhagen and the Spread of Evangelical Social Welfare 101

Education for Service to God and Service to the Neighbor 104

The Catechisms and Christian Vocation 106

Was the Early Reformation a Failure? 108

Suggestions for Further Reading 109

6 The Reformation of the Common Man 111

"Brother Andy" 111

Thomas Müntzer 117

Müntzer's Origins and Theology 118

Müntzer's Historical Development 121

On to the Land of Hus 122

The Revolution of the Common Man, 1524-1526 128

The Role of Anticlericalism 130

Luther and the Peasants' War 131

Suggestions for Further Reading 136

7 The Swiss Connection: Zwingli and the Reformation in Zurich 137

The Affair of the Sausages 137

Zwingli's Beginnings 137

Magistracy and Church in Zurich 140

Zwingli's Reform Program 141

Excursus: Medieval Sacramental Theology 146

The Marburg Colloquy, 1529 154

Suggestions for Further Reading 159

8 The Sheep against the Shepherds: The Radical Reformations 160

The Anabaptists 161

Excursus: Reformation Understandings of Baptism 164

Zurich Beginnings 168

Anabaptist Multiplicity 173

The Münster Debacle 176

The Subversive Piety of the Spiritualists 179

Suggestions for Further Reading 181

9 Augsburg 1530 to Augsburg 1555: Reforms and Politics 183

The Trail of Worms 183

The Diet of Worms, 1521 185

The Diet of Speyer, 1526 186

The Diet of Speyer, 1529 187

The Diet of Augsburg, 1530, and the Augsburg Confession 188

The Right of Resistance to the Emperor 192

Reformation Ecumenism, War, a