Lutheran Theology and the Shaping of Society: The Danish Monarchy as Example

Edited by Bo Kristian Holm and Nina J. Koefoed.

From different perspectives the book studies the role of Reformation theology in the shaping of Danish society and the social dimensions of Lutheran confessional culture. The book develops an approach making it possible to draw strong conclusion about the social teaching of Luther and its impact on the development of the Danish society. It works on a conceptual level by analyzing the social dimensions of key Lutheran concepts and their translation into the doctrine of the three estates (church, household, and state), and on the level of lived experience of life within these three orders, not at least within the household forming the ideal form also for church and state. With contributions by Theodor Dieter, Hans-Martin Gutmann, Candace L. Kohli et al. 365 Seiten mit 10 Abb., gebunden (Refo500 Academic Studies; Vol. 33/Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2018) leichte Lagerspuren/minor shelfwear