TY  - BOOK
AU  - Luebke,David Martin
ED  - German Studies Association.
TI  - Conversion and the politics of religion in early modern Germany
T2  - Spektrum
SN  - 9780857453761
AV  - BT780 .G47 2008eb
U1  - 248.2/409 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New York
PB  - Berghahn Books
KW  - Conversion
KW  - Christianity
KW  - History of doctrines
KW  - Congresses
KW  - Christianity and politics
KW  - Germany
KW  - Christianisme
KW  - Histoire des doctrines
KW  - Congrès
KW  - Christianisme et politique
KW  - Allemagne
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Christian Life
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Church history
KW  - Histoire religieuse
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Conference papers and proceedings
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - 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
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