Religion as an agent of change : crusades - reformation - pietism / edited by Per Ingesman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ingesman, Per.

Series:

Brill's Series in Church History 72.

Brill's series in church history and religious culture, 1572-4107 ; v. 72

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Church and the world.

Christianity--Influence.

Christianity.

Change--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Change.

Church history.

Crusades--Influence.

Crusades.

Reformation--Influence.

Reformation.

Pietism--Influence.

Pietism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (291 p.)

Place of Publication:

Boston : Brill, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Throughout the history of mankind religion has been a creative and innovative factor of great strength, able to change societies, create new cultures, and shape strong identities. In Religion as an Agent of Change leading historians and Church historians discuss religion as a driving force in historical development on the basis of three particular cases from the history of Christianity in Western Europe: the Crusades, the Reformation, and Pietism. The empirical case studies in the book present important results and viewpoints from new research in these three historical phenomena, to a large degree undertaken in our own generation, thus establishing a solid foundation for further scholarly discussions about the role of the Christian religion as a driving force in history. Contributors are: Arne Bugge Amundsen, Ole Peter Grell, Martin H. Jung, Thomas Kaufmann, Fred van Lieburg, Christoph T. Maier, Peter Marshall, Hugh McLeod, Jonathan Phillips, Felicitas Schmieder, and John Wolffe.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Per Ingesman

Introduction / Per Ingesman

The Long March of Religious History: Where have We Travelled since the Sixties, and Why? / Hugh McLeod

Pope Innocent III and the Crusades Revisited / Christoph T. Maier

Caffaro of Genoa and the Motives of Early Crusaders / Jonathan Phillips

Opening up the World and the Minds: The Crusades as an Engine of Change in Missionary Conceptions / Felicitas Schmieder

What is Lutheran Confessional Culture? / Thomas Kaufmann

The Creation of a Calvinist Identity in the Reformation Period / Ole Peter Grell

Changing Identities in the English Reformation / Peter Marshall

Piety or Pietism? A Comparison of Early Modern Danish and Dutch Examples of Interconfessional Religiosity / Fred van Lieburg

The Impact of Pietism on Culture and Society in Germany / Martin H. Jung

Crusading, Reformation and Pietism in Nineteenth-Century North Atlantic Evangelicalism / John Wolffe

Religion as an Agent of Change – Concluding Remarks / Arne Bugge Amundsen

Index / Per Ingesman.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

90-04-30373-1

OCLC:

914296196

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004303737 DOI