Lutheran Theology and the shaping of society: The Danish Monarchy as Example

The Danish Monarchy as Example
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-525-55124-0
Verlag: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

Buch, Englisch, Band Band 033, 365 Seiten, gebunden, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 710 g

Reihe: Refo500 Academic Studies (R5AS)

From different perspectives this 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. Thus the chapters in the book endeavor to connect the social ideas inherent in the Lutheran confession with the social formation of the Danish state from the Reformation into the period of Absolutism. A long mono-confessional situation within the Danish Monarchy makes it possible to study the impact of Lutheranism and the development of a confessional culture within a uniquely long timeframe. The focus is on basic mediums for the translation of Lutheran ideas into social practice: law, primarily connected to marriage and family; and the role of household, both as primary social relations and as basic social and political model. In this way the book offers important insights for theologians, historians, sociologists, and academically anyone interested in the relation between theology and sociality, confession and culture.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Holm, Bo Kristian

Koefoed, Nina J.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Dieter, Theodor

Gutmann, Hans-Martin

Kaufmann, Thomas

Selderhuis, Herman J.

Brown, Christopher B.

Frank, Günter

Gordon, Bruce

Mahlmann-Bauer, Barbara

Rasmussen, Tarald

Soen, Violet

Tóth, Zsombor

Wassilowsky, Günther

Westphal, Siegrid

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Protestantismus, evangelische und protestantische Kirchen Lutherische Kirchen

Über Autor(innen)

Brown, Christopher B.
Dr. Christopher B. Brown is Associate Professor of Church History at Boston University.

Kaufmann, Thomas
Dr. theol. Thomas Kaufmann ist Professor für Kirchengeschichte an der Universität Göttingen.

Holm, Bo Kristian
Bo Kristian Holm is Professor of Systematic Theology and Center Director at Aarhus University, Denmark.

Mahlmann-Bauer, Barbara
Barbara Mahlmann-Bauer ist Professorin em. für „Neuere deutsche Literatur“ an der Universität Bern.

Gordon, Bruce
Dr. Bruce Gordon is Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Yale Divinity School.

Wassilowsky, Günther
Dr. Günther Wassilowsky ist Professor für Kirchengeschichte an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.

Soen, Violet
Dr. Violet Soen is Associate Professor for Early Modern History at the Faculty of Arts at the University of Leuven.

Gutmann, Hans-Martin
Dr. Hans-Martin Gutmann ist Professor für Praktische Theologie und Universitätsprediger in Hamburg.

Frank, Günter
Dr. Günter Frank ist Direktor der Europäischen Melanchthon-Akademie Bretten und außerplanmäßiger Professor am Karlsruher Institut für Technologie.

Tóth, Zsombor
Dr. Zsombor Tóth is Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Literary Studies at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

Rasmussen, Tarald
Tarald Rasmussen ist Professor für Kirchengeschichte an der Universität Oslo.

Westphal, Siegrid
Prof. Dr. Siegrid Westphal ist Inhaberin des Lehrstuhls für Geschichte der Frühen Neuzeit an der Universität Osnabrück sowie Direktorin des Forschungszentrums Institut für Kulturgeschichte der Frühen Neuzeit.

Koefoed, Nina J.
Nina Javette Koefoed is Professor of History at Aarhus University, Denmark.

Selderhuis, Herman J.
Herman J. Selderhuis ist Professor für Kirchengeschichte an der Theologischen Universität Apeldoorn, Direktor von Refo500, Wissenschaftlicher Kurator der Johannes a Lasco Bibliothek sowie Präsident des Internationalen Calvinkongresses.