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Martin Luther. Volume I : a Christian between reforms and modernity (1517-2017) / edited by Alberto Melloni ; in cooperation with Anne Eusterschulte, Volker Leppin, Peter Opitz, Tarald Rasmussen, Gury Schneider-Ludorff, Silvana Seidel Menchi, Herman Selderhuis, Violet Soen, Kirsi Stjerna, Piotr Wilczek, Zhang Zhigang.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: De Gruyter referencePublication details: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, 2017.Description: 1 online resource (1732 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783110499025
  • 3110499029
  • 3110498235
  • 9783110498233
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Martin Luther : A Christian between Reforms and Modernity (1517-2017).DDC classification:
  • 284.1092 23
LOC classification:
  • BR334.3 .M358 2018
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  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Intro; Contents; Luther, the Christian; Introductions; The Reformation and Protestantism; Reformations and Counter-Reformations; The Tridentine Age and the Reformation Age; Ecclesia semper reformanda: Medieval Ideas and Attempts at Church Reform; Religion, Reason, and Superstition from Late Antiquity to Luther's Reform; Luther as Church Father; What Is Left of Luther?; Luther's Life; The Medieval Heritage of Martin Luther; Luther's Mystical Roots; Luther's Inspirers and Sympathizers; The Posting of the Theses: The History of a Myth; Luther among the Humanists.
Luther;s Bible Hermeneutics, Biblical Theology, and TranslationLuther and Political Power; Luther and Monasticism; Erasmus and Luther: Free and Bound Will; Disputes on Baptism and the Eucharist, 1521-1532; The Diet of Worms and the Holy Roman Empire; Luther;s Relations with Peasants and Princes; The Holy Roman Empire and Its Diets, 1521-1546; Luther and the Religious Colloquies; Luthe;s Death; Reforms and Other Reformators; Luther and Melanchthon; Luther and Calvin; Luther and Zwingli; Thomas Mntzer;s Heritage: An Alternative in the Process of Reformation.
Luther and the Radical ReformersThe Third Sects: Italian Heretics and the Criticism of the Protestant Reformation (1530-1550); Erasmus of Rotterdam and His Environment; Before the Inquisitor; Ignatius: The Anti-Lutheran Reformer; Luther in Question; From the Interim of Augsburg until the Treaty of Augsburg (1548-1555); Luther and Politics; Chastity as a Political Issue; Luther and Women; Luther and the Jews; Jews and Lutheranism: An Ambiguous Silence; Luther and the Turks; Martin Luther, the Sexual Reformation, and Same-Sex Sexuality; Heritage of Lutheran Theology.
Lutheran ScholasticismTheology of the Cross; The Capture of the Minotaur; Justification by Faith; The Theological Self-Understanding of the Evangelical Lutheran Churches; Oecumenical Relecture; The Catholic Damnation and Redemption of Luther; The Legacy of Martin Luther and the Tradition of the Orthodox Church; The Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification; Lutheranism in Ecumenical Dialogue; From Excommunicated to Common Teacher; Philosophical and Historical Influences; Luther in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Philosophy.
The Universalgeschichtlich Role of the Reformation according to Idealism and Historicism within German CultureLuther and the Revolution of the Individual; Luther and Marxism; Reformation Protestantism and theSpirit of Capitalism; Luther in Catholic Historiography and Theology: The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries; Luther and the Third Reich: Consent and Confession; Luther in Protestant Historiography and Theology in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries; Communicating Luther; The Past in the Present: Remembering Luther in 1617, 1817, and 1883; Architecture and Reformation.
Summary: The three volumes present the current state of international research on Martin Luther's life and work and the Reformation's manifold influences on history, churches, politics, culture, philosophy, arts and society up to the 21st century. The work is initiated by the Fondazione per le scienze religiose Giovanni XXIII (Bologna) in cooperation with the European network Refo500. This handbook is also available in German.

Intro; Contents; Luther, the Christian; Introductions; The Reformation and Protestantism; Reformations and Counter-Reformations; The Tridentine Age and the Reformation Age; Ecclesia semper reformanda: Medieval Ideas and Attempts at Church Reform; Religion, Reason, and Superstition from Late Antiquity to Luther's Reform; Luther as Church Father; What Is Left of Luther?; Luther's Life; The Medieval Heritage of Martin Luther; Luther's Mystical Roots; Luther's Inspirers and Sympathizers; The Posting of the Theses: The History of a Myth; Luther among the Humanists.

Luther;s Bible Hermeneutics, Biblical Theology, and TranslationLuther and Political Power; Luther and Monasticism; Erasmus and Luther: Free and Bound Will; Disputes on Baptism and the Eucharist, 1521-1532; The Diet of Worms and the Holy Roman Empire; Luther;s Relations with Peasants and Princes; The Holy Roman Empire and Its Diets, 1521-1546; Luther and the Religious Colloquies; Luthe;s Death; Reforms and Other Reformators; Luther and Melanchthon; Luther and Calvin; Luther and Zwingli; Thomas Mntzer;s Heritage: An Alternative in the Process of Reformation.

Luther and the Radical ReformersThe Third Sects: Italian Heretics and the Criticism of the Protestant Reformation (1530-1550); Erasmus of Rotterdam and His Environment; Before the Inquisitor; Ignatius: The Anti-Lutheran Reformer; Luther in Question; From the Interim of Augsburg until the Treaty of Augsburg (1548-1555); Luther and Politics; Chastity as a Political Issue; Luther and Women; Luther and the Jews; Jews and Lutheranism: An Ambiguous Silence; Luther and the Turks; Martin Luther, the Sexual Reformation, and Same-Sex Sexuality; Heritage of Lutheran Theology.

Lutheran ScholasticismTheology of the Cross; The Capture of the Minotaur; Justification by Faith; The Theological Self-Understanding of the Evangelical Lutheran Churches; Oecumenical Relecture; The Catholic Damnation and Redemption of Luther; The Legacy of Martin Luther and the Tradition of the Orthodox Church; The Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification; Lutheranism in Ecumenical Dialogue; From Excommunicated to Common Teacher; Philosophical and Historical Influences; Luther in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Philosophy.

The Universalgeschichtlich Role of the Reformation according to Idealism and Historicism within German CultureLuther and the Revolution of the Individual; Luther and Marxism; Reformation Protestantism and theSpirit of Capitalism; Luther in Catholic Historiography and Theology: The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries; Luther and the Third Reich: Consent and Confession; Luther in Protestant Historiography and Theology in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries; Communicating Luther; The Past in the Present: Remembering Luther in 1617, 1817, and 1883; Architecture and Reformation.

Martin Luther in Portraits.

The three volumes present the current state of international research on Martin Luther's life and work and the Reformation's manifold influences on history, churches, politics, culture, philosophy, arts and society up to the 21st century. The work is initiated by the Fondazione per le scienze religiose Giovanni XXIII (Bologna) in cooperation with the European network Refo500. This handbook is also available in German.

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