Reformation of Prayerbooks. The Humanist Transformation of Early Modern Piety in Germany and England (Series: Refo500 Academic Studies. Volume 41) - Kao, Chaoluan
The Humanist Transformation of Early Modern Piety in Germany and England
KORTE INHOUD
In her study Chaoluan Kao offers a comprehensive investigation of popular piety at the time of the European Reformations through the study of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Protestant prayerbooks. It pursues a historical-contextual approach to spirituality by integrating social and religious history in order to yield a deeper understanding of both the history of Christian piety and of church history in general. The study explores seven prayerbooks by German authors and seventeen English prayerbooks from the Reformation and post-Reformation as well as from Lutheran, Anglican, and Puritan traditions, examining them as spiritual texts with social and theological significance that helped disseminate popular understandings of Protestant piety. Early Protestant piety required intellectual engagement, emphasized a faithful and heartfelt attitude in approaching God, and urged regular exercise in prayer and reading. Early Protestant prayerbooks modeled for their readers a Protestant piety that was a fervent spirit...
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2018Uitgever: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht GmbH & Company KG232 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 3525552742ISBN-13: 9783525552742Koop dit boek tweedehands
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232 p. Hardcover, brand new Göttingen, Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2018 [!] [Auteur: Kao, Chaoluan] [Jaar: 2018] [Titel: Reformation of Prayerbooks. The Humanist Transformation of Early Modern Piety in Germany and England (Series: Refo500 Academic Studies. Volume 41)]
