European history: Reformation

In recent years, there has been an upsurge of interest in religion and religious issues.

Die in diesem Band vereinigten Beitrage untersuchen die Bedeutung der religiosen Reformbewegungen ab dem 16.

Diese Greifswalder Habilitationsschrift entwirft die Ekklesiologie von einer kritischen Selbstunterscheidung der Kirche her und zieht hierzu erstmals kirchliche Dokumente wie Denkschriften und Reformprogramme heran.

In the section entitled "e;Concerning the Service of the Church,"e; the Book of Common Prayer identifies the normative services of the Episcopal Church: The Holy Eucharist, the principal act of Christian worship on the Lord's Day and other major Feasts, and Daily Morning and Evening Prayer, as set forth in this book, are the regular services appointed for public worship in the Church.

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Every tradition has its surprising voices, its thinkers who look at things slightly differently than most.

How are spiritual power and self-transformation cultivated in street ministries?

What binds contemporary Europeans together in terms of cultural values that go beyond a common interest in economic growth?

With the rise of Pentecostalism in the early twentieth century and growth in the charismatic movement since, a resurgence of interest in the Holy Spirit and Christian spirituality in both theology and the church's life has become evident.

The book explores those aspects of Donald MacKinnon's theological writings which challenge the claim of the liberal Catholic tradition in the Church of England to have forged an ecclesiological consensus, namely that the Church is the extension of the incarnation.

Women today are expected to multitask--to serve, lead, influence, manage their busy schedules, nurture their families, and at the same time harness their emotions.

Die Gemeindegliederzahlen sinken in allen Landeskirchen der EKD dramatisch.

In "Die Schweizer Bürgerkriege im Spiegel der Zeit" entführt Anton L.

Die 1700-jährige Geschichte der Juden in Deutschland, der in diesem Jahr 2021 gedacht wird, betrifft auch die Kirchen.

When polling data showed that an overwhelming 81% of white evangelicals had voted for Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election, commentators across the political spectrum were left aghast.

Martin Luther posted his Ninety-five Theses on the church door at Wittenberg in 1517.

What does it mean to read the Bible 'literally'?

The charismatic revival movements of the 1970s in Melanesia were the most significant religious development in the region's history, but until now there has been no full-scale look at the regional upheaval or of why it occurred.

Shaker Fancy Goods tells the story of the Shaker Sisters of the nineteenth and early twentieth century who responded to the economic perils of the Industrial Revolution by inventing a lucrative industry of their ownFancy Goods, a Victorian term for small adorned household objects made by women for women.

In this work, Anderson Blanton illuminates how prayer, faith, and healing are intertwined with technologies of sound reproduction and material culture in the charismatic Christian worship of southern Appalachia.

Medieval romances were widely condemned by early modern thinkers: the genre of questing knights and marvellous adventure was decried as bloody, bawdy and superstitious.

This volume by Gracia Grindal introduces English-speaking readers to several significant yet unsung Lutheran women hymn writers from the sixteenth century to the present.

Ausgehend von der alttestamentlichen Erfahrung des mitgehenden Gottes (Ex 13,21) über die Weggenossenschaft Jesu mit seinen Jüngern (Lk 24,13–35), die Tradition der ägyptischen Wüstenväter bis zu dem starken Impuls des Ignatius von Loyola hat es zu jeder Zeit 'Mütter und Väter im Glauben' gegeben, die das Leben des Christenmenschen mit ihrer Wegweisung und behutsamen Liebe begleitet haben.

The Reformation of the 16th century was a complex and multifaceted political, social, cultural, and religious process.

The Cross of Reality investigates Bonhoeffer’s interpretation and use of Luther’s theology in shaping his Christology.

This book offers an in-depth investigation of the religious motivations behind Michelangelo''s sculpture and graphic works in his late period.

A World-Class Scholar on Luther's Use of ScriptureThe Reformation revolutionized church life through its new appreciation for God's presence working through the Bible.

Uldine Utley defined the "e;girl evangelist"e; of the 1920s and 1930s.

Anne Hutchinson was perhaps the most famous Englishwoman in colonial American history, viewed in later centuries as a crusader for religious liberty and a prototypical feminist.

Martín Lutero (1483-1546) desarrolló la faceta de polemista a lo largo de toda su vida.

Die von der Reformation ausgehenden Impulse veränderten nicht nur Kirche und Frömmigkeit, sondern auch die Strukturen der Gesellschaft sowie die rechtlichen und politischen Dimensionen der damaligen Lebenswelt.

The Church of England is on its knees.

The United Methodist Church is at a crossroads, and nothing is more important than reclaiming our sacramental distinctiveness in times of great divisiveness.

Der Thesenanschlag Martin Luthers jährte sich 2017 zum 500.

This volume introduces an important concept which hitherto has not gotten the recognition it deserves.

The invisibility of women in historical research is a problem that requires dedicated attention and concrete efforts to overcome.

The pastor in print explores the phenomenon of early modern pastors who chose to become print authors, addressing ways authorship could enhance, limit or change clerical ministry and ways pastor-authors conceived of their work in parish and print.

This book covers twenty-six Christian character traits with narrower groupings for regeneration, the Ten Commandments, the Beatitudes, fruit of the Spirit, core traits, family and friends, romantic relationships, work ethics, struggles in life, and decision-making.

The Thirty-Nine Articles, together with the Book of Common Prayer, form the foundation of Anglican theology.

Die "Historische Kommission zu Berlin" betreibt die Erforschung der Landesgeschichte und der Historischen Landeskunde Berlin-Brandenburgs bzw.

"e;A Still More Excellent Way"e; presents a comprehensive account of the development and nature of metropolitical authority and the place of the 'province' within Anglican polity, with an emphasis on the contemporary question of how international Anglicanism is to be imagined and take shape.

This edited book offers an engaging portrait into a vital, religious movement inside this southern Africa country.

Modern interpreters typically attach revolutionary significance to Luthers Christology on account of its unprecedented endorsement of Gods ontological vulnerability.

In the development of Covenant Works I follow neither the way of the seventeenth-century Federal Theology, nor the way of nineteenth-century Critical Theology, nor the way of twentieth-century Federal Vision, nor the way of a compromise.

Dieser Band ist ein Beitrag zu einer historisch orientierten Konfessionskunde.

Midt i 1500-tallet befandt den katolske kirke sig i en af de mest turbulente perioder i sin historie.