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Corporate Author German Studies Association. Conference (32nd : 2008 : St. Paul, Minn.)

Title Conversion and the politics of religion in early modern Germany / edited by David M. Luebke [and others].

Publication Info. New York : Berghahn Books, 2012.

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Description 1 online resource.
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Series Spektrum ; v. 3
Spektrum (New York, N.Y.) ; v. 3.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary The Protestant and Catholic Reformations thrust the nature of conversion into the center of debate and politicking over religion as authorities and subjects imbued religious confession with novel meanings during the early modern era. The volume offers insights into the historicity of the very concept of "conversion." One widely accepted modern notion of the phenomenon simply expresses denominational change. Yet this concept had no bearing at the outset of the Reformation. Instead, a variety of processes, such as the consolidation of territories along confessional lines, attempts to ensure civic concord, and diplomatic quarrels helped to usher in new ideas about the nature of religious boundaries and, therefore, conversion. However conceptualized, religious change- conversion-had deep social and political implications for early modern German states and societies.
Contents Preface; Introduction; The Politics of Conversion in Early Modern Germany -- Chapter One. Paths of Salvation and Boundaries of Belief: Spatial Discourse and the Meanings of Conversion in Early Modern Germany -- Chapter Two. Conversion Concepts in Early Modern Germany: Protestant and Catholic -- Chapter Three. Turning Dutch? Conversion in Early Modern Wesel -- Chapter Four. The Right to Be Catholic--The Right to Be Protestant? Perspectives on Conversion before and after the Peace of Westphalia -- Chapter Five. Conversion and Diplomacy in Absolutist Northern Europe.
Chapter Six -- Irenicism and the Challenges of Conversion in the Early Eighteenth Century chapter -- Seven. Mish-Mash with the Enemy: Identity, Politics, Power, and the Threat of Forced Conversion in Frederick William I's Prussia -- Chapter Eight. Pietist Conversion Narratives and Confessional Identity -- Chapter Nine. Conversion and Sarcasm in the Autobiography of Johann Christian Edelmann; Afterword; Bibliography; Notes on the Contributors; Index.
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Subject Conversion -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- Congresses.
Conversion -- Christianity -- History of doctrines.
Conversion -- Christianity.
Christianity and politics -- Germany -- Congresses.
Christianity and politics.
Germany.
Germany -- Church history -- Congresses.
Church history.
RELIGION -- Christian Life -- General.
RELIGION -- General.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Church history.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Added Author Luebke, David Martin, 1960-
Other Form: Print version: 9786613717368 (DLC) 2011040622
ISBN 9780857453761 (electronic book)
0857453769 (electronic book)
0857453750
9780857453754
1280876050
9781280876059
Standard No. 9786613717368