Buch, Englisch, Deutsch, 350 Seiten, gebunden, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 709 g
Reihe: Refo500 academic studies
Confessional Boundaries and Contested Identities
Buch, Englisch, Deutsch, 350 Seiten, gebunden, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 709 g
Reihe: Refo500 academic studies
ISBN: 978-3-525-57129-3
Verlag: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
The volume is organised into five sections, which together provide a comprehensive picture of Protestant majorities and minorities. The first section explores intellectual trajectories, especially those which promoted confessional unity or sought to break down confessional boundaries. The second section, taking the neglected Spanish Reformation as an important case-study, examines the clandestine aspect of minority activities and the efforts of majorities to control and suppress them. The third section pursues a similar theme but examines it through the lens of Flemish and Walloon Reformed refugee communities in Germany and the Netherlands, demonstrating the way in which confessional factors could lead to the integration or exclusion of minorities. The fourth section examines marginal or peripheral Reformations, whether geographically or doctrinally understood, focussing on attempts to implement reform in the shadow of the Ottoman Empire. Finally, the fifth section looks at confessional identity and otherness as a principal theme of majority and minority relations, providing both theoretical and practical frameworks for its evaluation.