Luther, conflict, and Christendom: Reformation Europe and Christianity in the West
Martin Luther - monk, priest, intellectual, or revolutionary - has been a controversial figure since the sixteenth century. Most studies of Luther stress his personality, his ideas, and his ambitions as a church reformer. In this book, Christopher Ocker brings a new perspective to this topic, arguin...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Buch |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2018
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| In: | Jahr: 2018 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Luther, Martin 1483-1546
/ Europa
/ Christentum
/ Reformation
/ Kirchengeschichte
B Luther, Martin 1483-1546 / Reformation / Rezeption / Westeuropa B Luther, Martin 1483-1546 / Reformation / Zeithintergrund |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Luther, Martin (1483-1546)
B Luther, Martin ; 1483-1546 |
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| Parallele Ausgabe: | Erscheint auch als: 9781107197688 |
| Zusammenfassung: | Martin Luther - monk, priest, intellectual, or revolutionary - has been a controversial figure since the sixteenth century. Most studies of Luther stress his personality, his ideas, and his ambitions as a church reformer. In this book, Christopher Ocker brings a new perspective to this topic, arguing that the different ways people thought about Luther mattered far more than who he really was. Providing an accessible, highly contextual, and non-partisan introduction, Ocker says that religious conflict itself served as the engine of religious change. He shows that the Luther affair had a complex political anatomy which extended far beyond the borders of Germany, making the debate an international one from the very start. His study links the Reformation to pluralism within western religion and to the coexistence of religions and secularism in today's world. Luther, Conflict, and Christendom includes a detailed chronological chart |
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| Beschreibung: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 30 Aug 2018) |
| ISBN: | 1108178626 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/9781108178624 |