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Doctrinal controversy and lay religiosity in late Reformation Germany [electronic resource] : the case of Mansfeld / by Robert J. Christman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Christman, Robert J.
- Series:
- Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions ; v. 157.
- Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions, 1573-4188 ; v. 157
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sin, Original--History of doctrines--16th century.
- Sin, Original.
- Laity--Lutheran Church--History--16th century.
- Laity.
- Church controversies--Lutheran Church--History--16th century.
- Church controversies.
- Lutheran Church--Germany--Mansfeld (Halle)--Doctrines--History--16th century.
- Lutheran Church.
- Mansfeld (Halle, Germany)--Church history--16th century.
- Mansfeld (Halle, Germany).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (314 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In recent years, historians have questioned the notion that belief was central to the Reformation’s success, arguing rather for a variety of social, political, economic, and psychological forces. This study examines one of the intra-Lutheran doctrinal debates, the Flacian controversy over original sin, as means to analyze lay religiosity in the late Reformation. It focuses on the German territory of Mansfeld, where the conflict had miners brawling in the streets, and where a wealth of sources from the laity have survived. This extraordinary evidence demonstrates that although diverse forces were at work, by the late sixteenth century many commoners had developed a complex understanding of Lutheran doctrines, and these beliefs had become informing factors in the laity’s lives.
- Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- Introduction: Doctrinal Controversy as a Window onto Lay Religiosity
- A Portrait of Mansfeld in the Sixteenth Century
- Competing Views of Original Sin and Associated Arguments and Meanings
- The Pastors and Their Parishioners
- The Counts and the Controversy
- The “Heretics” of Mansfeld
- Extra-Doctrinal Forces Affecting the Laity
- Lay Understandings of Original Sin and Lutheran Theology
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-31077-5
- 9786613310774
- 90-04-21566-2
- OCLC:
- 758335930
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004215665 DOI
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