Neu im Angebot

Holzem, Andreas
Christianity in Germany 1550-1850. Volume 1

Confessionalization - Enlightenment - Pluralization. Translation by Ansgar Hastenpflug and Charlotte Kieslich.

Christianity did not reach the modern age by straight paths, but by crooked ones: For two centuries after the Reformation, Catholics and Protestants fought over the truth of their religion. They waged merciless wars and concluded fragile peace treaties. They invested in education and culture. They professionalized clerics and civil servants and tried harder than ever to shape the everyday lives of ordinary people in the villages and towns. They persecuted witches and learned to control the fear of magic.The Enlightenment, the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars created completely new conditions for making Christianity plausible for the modern era. The book describes the enormous efforts under which Catholic and Protestant men and women faced the upheavals between the Reformation and the Revolution. Many of these efforts were similar. But their respective 'religious knowledge' developed significantly different. -- Volume 1 contains the chapters 1-5: 1. Confessionalization and Research into Confessionalization - Introduction; - 2. Confessionalization as Policy: The Holy Roman Empire and its Territories; - 3. Confessionalization as Church Reform: Confession and Education; - 4. Confessional Societies and the Christianization of Living Environments; - 5. Crises of Confessionalization: War Over Religion and the Fight Against Witches. XVIII,730 Seiten, (Brill | Schöningh 2023) leichte Lagerspuren/near mint