Between Sardis and Philadelphia : the life and world of Pietist court preacher Conrad Bröske / by Douglas H. Shantz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Shantz, Douglas H.

Series:

Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions 1573-4188 ; v. 133.

Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions, 1573-4188 ; v. 133

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bröske, Conrad, 1660-1713.

Bröske, Conrad.

Clergy--Germany--Biography.

Clergy.

Germany.

Isenburg (Principality)--History--17th century.

Isenburg (Principality).

Offenbach am Main (Germany)--History--17th century.

Offenbach am Main (Germany).

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xxv, 317 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.

Summary:

This study examines the life and world of Conrad Broske (1660-1713), Court Preacher in Offenbach/Mayn. His claim to fame lies in a ten year period between 1694 and 1704 in which this Marburg-trained pastor became a prolific author, polemicist and promoter of chiliastic writings, thanks to a meeting with Thomas Beverley in 1693 and the baptism of a Muslim convert in 1694. Broske lived a complex existence "between Sardis and Philadelphia," as a Reformed court preacher and Philadelphian chiliast. His two-sided experience was actually the norm among the Pietists, including so-called radicals. Life between paradigms was the German way of being radical in early modern times due to a lack of religious toleration compared to England and the Netherlands. Broske's story belongs to the rise of "Early Evangelicalism" that W.R. Ward has recently discussed.

Contents:

The Court Preacher

Chapter 1 Family and Student Life, 1660-1682 3

Chapter 2 Broske's Educational Travels, 1683-1686 27

Chapter 3 Hofprediger in Offenbach, 1686-1713: The Life and World of a Late Seventeenth Century German Court Preacher 47

Chapter 4 The Gospel and Funeral Sermons of Conrad Broske: A Picture of Innovation and Conformity in Pietist Preaching 69

The Philadelphian Chiliast

Chapter 5 Turkish Baptisms in the Ysenburg Court in the 1690s 93

Chapter 6 Conrad Broske, Thomas Beverley and the Coming Millennial Kingdom 117

Chapter 7 Eight Dialogues between a Politician and a Theologian, 1698-1700 163

Controversy and Withdrawal

Chapter 8 Feud with Johann Konrad Dippel, 1700-1702 187

Chapter 9 Dispute with the Reformed Preachers in Elberfeld, 1704-1706 221

Chapter 10 The Literary Career of Conrad Broske 235

Appendix 1 Conrad Broske's Autobiography of 1710 261

Appendix 2 Overview of the Broske-Dippel Feud, 1700-1702 269

Appendix 3 Conrad Broske's Dispute with the Reformed Preachers in Elberfeld, 1704-1706 273

Appendix 4 Conrad Broske's Publications and Writings, 1692-1710 279.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [291]-307) and index.

ISBN:

9789004169685

9004169687

OCLC:

231588801