| Description |
xvi, 361 pages ; 25 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Looking back. Remembering the Reformation, 1617, 1817, and 1883 : commemoration as an agent of continuity and change / Thomas Albert Howard ; From Gospel to law : the Lutheran Reformation and its impact on legal culture / John Witte Jr. ; Redefining the sacred and the supernatural : how the Protestant Reformation really did disenchant the world / Carlos Eire ; Protestantism and the making of modern science / Peter Harrison ; Reformation and higher education / Karin Maag ; Reformation and modernity : explaining the casual nexus / Brad S. Gregory -- Present. Myth and history in interpreting Protestantism : recent historiographical trends / Matthew Lundin ; Commemorating the Reformation in "post-Christian" Europe? / Herman J. Selderhuis ; What hath Wittenberg to do with Lagos? : sixteenth-century Protestantism and Global South Christianity / Philip Jenkins ; Protestantism comes east : the case of Korea / Sung-Deuk Oak ; Chaotic coherence : Sola Scriptura and the twentieth-century spread of Christianity / Mark A. Noll -- Theological considerations. Martin Luther at 500 and the state of global Lutheranism / Sarah Hinlicky Wilson ; Looking ahead by glancing back : John Calvin and Thomas Aquinas on the church / Matthew Levering ; Reformation and the new Ecumenism / Timothy George. |
| Summary |
"The world stands before a landmark date: October 31, 2017, the quincentennial of the Protestant Reformation. Countries, social movements, churches, universities, seminaries, and other institutions shaped by Protestantism face a daunting question: how should the Reformation be commemorated 500 years after the fact? In this volume, leading historians and theologians, Protestant and Catholic, come together to grapple with this question and examine the historical significance of the Reformation. Protestantism has been credited for restoring essential Christian truth, blamed for disastrous church divisions, and invoked as the cause of modern liberalism, capitalism, democracy, individualism, modern science, secularism, and so much else. This book examines the historical significance of the Reformation and considers how we might expand and enrich the ongoing conversation about Protestantism's impact. The contributors conclude that we must remember the Reformation not only because of the enduring, sometimes painful religious divisions that emerged from this era, but also because a historical understanding of the Reformation is necessary for promoting ecumenical understanding and thinking wisely about the future of Christianity"--Provided by publisher. |
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Reformation.
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Reformation. |
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Protestantism.
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Protestantism. |
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Reformation -- Anniversaries, etc.
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Reformation -- Anniversaries, etc. |
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Reformation -- Influence.
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Reformation -- Influence. |
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Protestantism -- Influence.
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Protestantism -- Influence. |
| Added Author |
Howard, Thomas Albert, 1967- editor.
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Noll, Mark A., 1946- editor.
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| ISBN |
9780190264789 (hardback) (alkaline paper) |
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0190264780 (hardback) (alkaline paper) |
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9780190264796 (paperback) (alkaline paper) |
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0190264799 (paperback) (alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
40026266165 |
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