Celestial Wonders in Reformation Germany

Celestial Wonders in Reformation Germany
Author: Ken Kurihara
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 249
Release: 2015-10-06
Genre: History
ISBN: 1317318722

Celestial phenomena were often harnessed for use by clerics in early modern Germany. Kurihara examines how and why interest in these events grew in this period, how the clergy exploited these beliefs and the role of sectarianism in Germany at this time.

History Has Many Voices

History Has Many Voices
Author: Lee Palmer Wandel
Publisher: Penn State Press
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2003-03-25
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0271090936

This volume presents essays from eight scholars who trained with Robert Kingdon, a vanguard of early modern studies. He required students to go to primary sources, yet they were free to pursue their own curiosity. No matter what their approach to the sources, students were held to a high standard of thoroughness, precision, and attention to detail. This festschrift displays something of the diversity of language, source materials, methods, and visions that Kingdon encouraged in his students during his forty-year career in graduate education.

Luther's Heirs Define His Legacy

Luther's Heirs Define His Legacy
Author: Robert Kolb
Publisher: Variorum Publishing
Total Pages: 344
Release: 1996
Genre: History
ISBN:

This volume examines the process by which the teaching and method of Luther and Melanchton was carried forward during the transition from Reformation to the settled forms of church life called Protestant Orthodoxy. It shows how Luther's and Melanchton's students strove to convey the insights of their mentors to their own age, within the academic and political context in which they lived; and how the method and teaching of the two Wittenberg reformers shaped the thought and ecclesiastical life of following generations.