Lutheran ecclesiastical culture, 1550-1675 / edited by Robert Kolb.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kolb, Robert, 1941-

Series:

Brill's companions to the Christian tradition ; v. 11.

Brill's companions to the Christian tradition, 1871-6377 ; v. 11

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lutheran Church--History--16th century.

Lutheran Church.

Lutheran Church--History--17th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (543 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 practice 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.

Contents:

Introduction / Robert Kolb

The culture of conflict in the controversies leading to the formula of Concord (1548-1580) / Irene Dingel

Academic life and teaching in post-Reformation Lutheranism / Kenneth G. Appold

Preaching in Lutheran pulpits in the age of confessionalization / Mary Jane Haemig and Robert Kolb

Instruction of the Christian faith by Lutherans after Luther / Gerhard Bode

Devotional life in hymns, liturgy, music, and prayer / Christopher Boyd Brown

The pulpit and the pew : shaping popular piety in the late Reformation / Robert Christman

The social impact of the Lutheran Reformation in Germany / Susan R. Boettcher

Church and state in Lutheran lands, 1550-1675 / Robert von Friedeburg

Nordic and Baltic Lutheranism / Eric Lund

Lutheranism in the kingdom of Hungary / David P. Daniel.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-39836-9

9786612398360

90-474-4216-4

OCLC:

607677947