Kao, Chaoluan
Reformation of Prayerbooks

The Humanist Transformation of Early Modern Piety in Germany and England.

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. 232 Seiten, gebunden (Refo500 Academic Studies; Vol. 41/Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht 2018) leichte Lagerspuren/minor shelfwear