Community and catastrophe an Ecclesio-political reading of the Schleitheim Confession Marius van Hoogstraten

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoogstraten, Marius van, author.

Series:

T & T Clark studies in Anabaptist theology and ethics

T&T Clark studies in Anabaptist theology and ethics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Anabaptists--History--16th century.

Anabaptists.

Anabaptists--Theology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

London T&T Clark 2025

Summary:

"This book examines, from a contemporary perspective, one of the most influential document in Anabaptist tradition: the Schleitheim Confession.Van Hoogstraten develops seven constructive readings of the Confession’s articles, each of which discuss practices to shape the church community. Written in the wake of defeat at the Peasants’ rising in 1527, the Confession represents the attempt by radical reformers to outline collective, nurturing practices in the wake of external catastrophe. Van Hoogstraten sets loose a lively conversation with this text that illuminates a sense of life and togetherness in trying times. In the of this hands sophisticated and interdisciplinary scholar, the Confession becomes a vital source for constructive theology and ethics in the Anabaptist tradition. This fresh take on the Confession is sure to be of interest to Anabaptist theologians as well as students of the wider fields of political theology, Continental philosophy and ecclesiology"-- Bloomsbury Collection

Contents:

Beginning

Repetition

Presence

Refuge

Process

Authority

Guarantee

Excursus

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

Online resource; title from home page (Bloomsbury Collections, viewed November 2, 2025)

Other Format:

Print version: Hoogstraten, Marius van Community and catastrophe

ISBN:

9780567724540

0567724549

9780567724533

0567724530

9780567724557

0567724557

OCLC:

1537949862

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