With the approach of the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s inauguration of the Protestant Reformation and the burgeoning dialogue between Catholics and Lutherans opened under Pope Francis, this new edition of Walter Altmann’s Luther and Liberation is timely and relevant.
In a time when Charles Wesley's hymns, and even his name, are slowly fading from the purview of many Christians, this book is intended to recover the precious heritage of our past, and to bring to the reader's attention a sample of the massive body of Christian verse which that genius composed throughout his life.
Jazz is a music of journeys, migration, and global mobility - from the legacies of the transatlantic slave trade to global travels for escape, exchange, or putting down roots.
Rick Joyner brilliantly relays a panoramic vision of the ultimate battle between the forces of good and evil, taking place just beyond the veil of this world.
This book reveals Czech composer Bedrich Smetana as a dynamic figure whose mythology has been rewritten time and again to suit shifting political perspectives.
Musicologists have increasingly taken a wide-angled lens on the study of music in society, to explore how it can be intertwined with issues of politics, gender, religion, race, psychology, memory, and space.
Der Bedeutung der reformatorischen Theologie für die GegenwartDie Reformation ist mehr als Luther, aber ohne Martin Luther hätte es keine Reformation gegeben.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozarts Die Zauberflöte ist weit mehr als ein musikalisches Meisterwerk – es ist ein verschlüsseltes Werk voller symbolischer Prüfungen, die tief in der freimaurerischen Tradition verwurzelt sind.
Will der Protestantismus in einer zunehmend säkularen Gesellschaft anschlussfähig bleiben, so tut er gut daran, sich auf seine liberalen Traditionen zu besinnen und die darin enthaltenen theologischen Einsichten, wissenschaftlichen Fragestellungen und methodischen Ansätze für unsere Zeit fruchtbar zu machen.
Im August 1560 diskutierten die Theologieprofessoren Matthias Flacius Illyricus und Victorin Strigel im Weimarer Schloss über die menschliche Willensfreiheit.
The book argues that religion is a system of significant meanings that have an impact on other systems and spheres of social life, including cultural memory.
Since its first publication in 1990, Brahms and His World has become a key text for listeners, performers, and scholars interested in the life, work, and times of one of the nineteenth century's most celebrated composers.
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.
Published for the first time: a rich epistolary dialogue revealing one master teacher's power to shape the cultural canon and one great composer's desire to embed himself within historical narratives.
