European reformation
Euan K. Cameron (Author)
A fully revised and updated version of this authoritative account of the birth of the Protestant traditions in sixteenth-century Europe, providing a clear and comprehensive narrative of these complex and many-stranded events.
640 sidor ; 14.9 cm
9780199547852, 0199547858
1023192640
Introduction: The Reformation and Europe ; PART I: THE BACKGROUND ; 1. The Religion of the People of Europe ; 2. The Vulnerability of the Church ; 3. 'Reform' from Within and its Limits ; 4. Challenges from Outside and their Limits ; 5. Heresy: An Alternative Church? ; 6. The Church and the Christian Soul ; PART II: THE REFORMERS AND THEIR MESSAGE ; 7. The 'Luther-Affair' and its Context ; 8. The Conversions of the Reformers ; 9. Rejections of Reform ; 10. The Reformers' Message: Salvation ; 11. The Reformers' Message: Scripture ; 12. The Reformers' Message: The Church ; 13. The Reformers' Message: Sacraments ; PART III: ESTABLISHING THE REFORMED CHURCHES ; 14. Unsuccessful 'Affiliations' to the Reformed Cause ; 15. Self-Governing Towns and Cities ; 16. Principalities and Kingdoms ; 17. Motives for Establishing the Reformation? ; PART IV: BEYOND THE 'REFORMATION MOMENT': FROM TEMPORARY COALITIONS TO GROWING COMMUNITIES ; 18. Voluntary, Gathered Movements Reject the 'Coalition' ; 19. Crisis, Survival, and Compromise in Politics ; 20. Reformers at Odds: The 'Confessional' Reformation ; 21. Reformers and Laypeople: Building a Religious Culture ; 22. Conclusion ; Abbreviations Used in the Notes ; Notes ; Suggestions for Further Reading ; Index