Dixon Protestants

A History from Wittenberg to Pennsylvania 1517 - 1740
1. Auflage 2010
ISBN: 978-1-4443-2811-0
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
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Protestants: A History from Wittenberg to Pennsylvania,1517-1740 presents a comprehensive thematic history of the riseand influence of the branches of Christianity that emerged out ofthe Protestant Reformation.
* Represents the only English language single-volume survey ofthe rise of early modern Protestantism from its Lutheran beginningsin Germany to its spread to America
* Offers a thematic approach to Protestantism by tracing itsdevelopment within the social, political, and cultural context ofearly modern Europe
* Introduces innovative argument that the central dynamic ofProtestantism was not its struggle with Catholicism but its owninner dynamic
* Breaks from traditional scholarship by arguing that the rise ofReformation Protestantism lasted at least two centuries
* Unites Old World and New World Protestant histories

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dixon, C. Scott

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments.
Introduction: Law and Gospel.
1. Foundations.
Wittenberg and Rome.
Swiss Protestants.
Reformations.
Geneva and Europe.
2. Kingdoms.
Kings, Priests, and Prophets.
Civic Protestantism.
The Politics of Faith.
3. Communities.
Biblical Utopias.
The Pursuit of Purity.
New World Protestants.
4. Dominions.
Bonds of Communion.
Christian Subjects.
Protestant Environments.
The Missionary Turn.
5. Revivals.
Signs of the Times.
True Christianity.
The End of Reformation.
Epilogue: Modern Protestants.
Endnotes.
Index.

Über Autor(innen)

C. Scott Dixon is Senior Lecturer at Queen's University of Belfast, UK. He is the author of numerous books and articles on early modern religious history, including The Reformation and Rural Society (1996) and The Reformation in Germany (2002). Dixon has been the recipient of Alexander von Humboldt research fellowships in association with the Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel and the Freie Universität Berlin.