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

The Danish Monarchy as Example
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-647-55124-1
Verlag: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, Band Band 033, 365 Seiten

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

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

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Title Page;4
2;Copyright;5
3;Table of Contents;6
4;Body;8
5;Acknowledgments;8
6;Bo Kristian Holm / Nina Javette Koefoed: Studying the Impact of Lutheranism on Societal Development;10
6.1;1. The Reformation in Denmark;11
6.2;2. The Framework of Confessional Culture in the Case of Denmark;16
6.3;3. The Importance of the “Social Imaginary” for Both Theology and Social Studies;18
6.4;4. Theses;19
6.5;5. Lutheran Theology as a Social Teaching in Itself;20
6.6;Bibliography;24
7;Theodor Dieter: Martin Luther's 95 Theses on Indulgences;26
7.1;Introduction;26
7.2;1. The Medieval Background of Indulgences;27
7.3;2. Interpretation of the Basic Structure of Martin Luther's 95 Theses;34
7.4;3. Consequences for Human Self-understanding;44
7.5;Bibliography;46
8;Vítor Westhelle: Faith and Love;50
8.1;1. Institution and Constitution;50
8.2;2. The Lutheran Ethos, or How Does This Play Out?;53
8.3;3. Bondage of the Will;55
8.4;4. Love and Grace;57
8.5;5. Unio Hypostatica;58
8.6;6. The Regimes;60
8.7;7. Apocalyptic;61
8.8;8. Usury;62
8.9;9. Love's Public Rational Responsibility;65
8.10;Bibliography;67
9;Hans-Martin Gutmann: Intimacy, Shame, Justification;70
9.1;1. Intimacy, Not Order;70
9.2;2. The Shift from Outer to Inner Governance;71
9.3;3. The Theological Construction of the Notion of an Intimate Interior Space;74
9.4;4. Between Conceptualization and Reality;76
9.5;5. Harmony and Conflict;80
9.6;6. The Coming Grandiose Experience;82
9.7;Bibliography;83
10;Bo Kristian Holm: Dynamic Tensions in the Social Imaginaries of the Lutheran Reformation;86
10.1;1. Identifying a Lutheran Social Doctrine;86
10.1.1;1.1. The Social Dimension of the Doctrine of Justification by Faith Alone;86
10.1.2;1.2. Lutheran Relationality;89
10.2;2. The Lutheran Theological Use of the Nuptial Metaphor;90
10.2.1;2.1. The Ambiguity of the Nuptial Metaphor;90
10.2.2;2.2. The Necessary De-Erotizing of the Nuptial Imagery;91
10.3;3. The Lutheran Use of the Father-Child Metaphor;94
10.4;4. Equality and Hierarchy in the Reformers' Use of Metaphors;96
10.4.1;4.1. Luther's Political Use of the Nuptial Metaphor;99
10.4.2;4.2. The Advantage of Family metaphors;100
10.5;5. Social Aspects of Luther's Understanding of the Lord's Supper;101
10.6;6. Luther's Doctrine of the Three Estates as Social Imaginary Formed by Luther's “Sacramental Realism”;103
10.7;7. Conclusion;104
10.8;Bibliography;105
11;Sasja Emilie Mathiasen Stopa: “Honor Your Father And Mother”;108
11.1;1. Introduction: Restructuring Society on the Basis of Honor;108
11.2;2. Honor at the Intersection between the Heavenly and the Earthly Realm;109
11.3;3. Faith, Works, and the Honor of God;111
11.3.1;3.1. Acknowledging God's Will through Faith;111
11.3.2;3.2. Obeying God's Will through Faith;113
11.3.3;3.3. Faith Honors God;114
11.4;4. Honor in the Earthly Hierarchies;115
11.4.1;4.1. Reinstating Ecclesial and Societal Order through the Catechisms;115
11.4.2;4.2. Sin and the Human Need for Subordination;117
11.4.3;4.3. The Hierarchies of the Three Estates as God's Order of Creation;118
11.4.4;4.4. The Profanity of the Church and the Sacredness of Everyday Life;120
11.4.5;4.5. The Relation to God Limits Earthly Obedience;121
11.5;5. The Relation of Honor;122
11.5.1;5.1. A Dual Obligation of Love;122
11.5.2;5.2. Honor as a Divine Attribute;123
11.5.3;5.3. Obedience and Fear;124
11.6;6. Human Equality and the Hierarchies of Honor;125
11.7;Bibliography;127
12;Candace L. Kohli: The Gift of the Indwelling Spirit;130
12.1;1. Introduction;130
12.2;2. Systematic Requirements for Human Moral Action;134
12.3;3. Moral Reasoning and the Spirit in Luther's ?Christian Youth' Narrative;136
12.4;4. The Spirit as Anthropological Resource;140
12.5;5. Conclusions;146
12.6;Bibliography;147
13;Thomas Kaufmann: Lutheran Academic Culture in Early Modernity – Some Remarks;152
13.1;1. Introduction;152
13.2;2. Academic Culture in Reformation Church and Society;153
13.3;3. Lutheran Changes to Medieval Universities;156
13.4;4. The Theological Knowledge;157
13.5;5. Popular Effects of Lutheran Academic Reforms;158
13.6;Bibliography;162
14;Mattias Skat Sommer: Three Estates and Three Uses of the Law in Niels Hemmingsen's Liffsens Vey;170
14.1;1. Theological Theory and Confessional Politics: The Case of the Three Estates;170
14.2;2. Niels Hemmingsen in Confessional Denmark and Europe;172
14.3;3. Ethical Thinking in Luther and Melanchthon;176
14.4;4. Hemmingsen's Integration of Lutheran and Melanchthonian Thought;179
14.5;5. Conclusion;185
14.6;Bibliography;186
15;Svend Andersen: Two Kingdoms, Three Estates, and Natural Law;190
15.1;1. Introduction;190
15.2;2. Two Kingdoms, Three Estates and Natural Law in Luther;190
15.2.1;2.1. The Two Kingdoms Doctrine;191
15.2.2;2.2. The Doctrine about the Three Estates;192
15.2.3;2.3. Natural Law;197
15.3;3. Natural Law and Three Estates in Niels Hemmingsen;200
15.4;4. Holberg: Natural Law without Three Estates Doctrine?;206
15.5;5. Conclusion;210
15.6;Bibliography;212
16;Gorm Harste: A Culture of Sovereignty;216
16.1;1. Introduction;216
16.2;2. The Co-Evolution of Reformation and Militarily Revolutionized “Reason of State”;220
16.3;3. French Lessons of Trans-confessionalism: Jean Bodin and the Constitution of Sovereignty;222
16.4;4. The Devoted Officers and Citizens;226
16.5;5. The Absolute Sovereign “Rule by the Grace of God in the Danish Monarchy”;231
16.6;6. The Dark Shadows of Dialectic Enlightenment;233
16.7;7. Conclusion: A Danish Secularization?;234
16.8;Bibliography;236
17;Rasmus Skovgaard Jakobsen: The Burden of the Highborn;242
17.1;1. A Noble Altar;242
17.2;2. Methodological Frame;243
17.3;3. Previous Research;243
17.4;4. The Historical Context;244
17.5;5. The Source Material: Death Sermons as Media of Negotiation;246
17.6;6. The Lutheran Virtues;248
17.6.1;6.1. The Noble Encounter with Lutheran Ideas;248
17.6.2;6.2. What Did the Nobility Learn from Luther?;250
17.7;7. The Duties of the Magistrate as a Central Part of the Noble Ideal;251
17.7.1;7.1. The Magistrate as a Noble Ideal;251
17.7.2;7.2. Good Works as Proof of Noble Faith;252
17.8;8. Concluding Remarks;257
17.9;Bibliography;258
18;Laura Katrine Skinnebach: Family Matters;262
18.1;1. Introduction: Spritualization of Oeconomia;262
18.2;2. Material Objects and the Shaping of Social Imaginaries;264
18.3;3. The Fundamental Presence of Christ;269
18.4;4. The Social Imaginary of the Devout Household: The Case of Devotional Books;271
18.5;5. The “Image” of the Godly Household: The Case of Epitaphs;274
18.6;6. Concluding Remarks;278
18.7;Bibliography;280
19;Agnes Arnórsdóttir: Marriage Regulations in Denmark and Iceland 1550–1650;284
19.1;1. Introduction;284
19.2;2. Lutheran Understanding of Marriage: From Sacred Contract to Social Institution;285
19.3;3. New Marriage Legislation and Legal Practices in the Danish Church Ordinance;287
19.4;4. The Role of the Lords Supper and Sexual Control;290
19.5;5. The Status of Legitimate and Illegitimate Children;291
19.6;6. Change in Marital Property Agreements in Iceland;294
19.7;7. The Earthly Family and New Understandings of Motherhood;297
19.8;8. Conclusion;299
19.9;Bibliography;301
19.10;Archival sources;302
20;Søren Feldtfos Thomsen: Marital Love, Marital Obedience;304
20.1;1. Introduction;304
20.2;2. Love and Obedience in Martin Luther's Understanding of Marriage;306
20.3;3. Social Order and Emotional Order in the Marital Household;308
20.4;4. Cultivating Emotion: Domestic Prayer;311
20.5;5. Managing Emotion: Devotional Literature for Women;313
20.6;6. Conclusion;318
20.7;Bibliography;319
21;Nina Javette Koefoed: The Lutheran Household as Part of Danish Confessional Culture;322
21.1;1. Introduction;322
21.2;2. Confessional and Legal Background;323
21.3;3. Social Relations Built on the Fourth Commandment;324
21.4;4. Development of the Theological Frame in the Eighteenth Century;328
21.5;5. Regulating the Household: The Responsible Parent and Master;331
21.6;6. Creating the Good Christian Household in Practice;332
21.7;7. Regulating the Household: Disobedient Children and Servants;335
21.8;8. Disobedience in Practice;337
21.9;9. In Conclusion;338
21.10;Bibliography;340
21.10.1;Petitions;341
21.10.2;Archival sources;341
22;List of Abbreviations;342
23;List of Authors;346
24;List of Illustrations;348
25;Index of Names;350
26;Index of Subjects;358

Über Autor(innen)

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

Soen, Violet
Dr. Violet Soen is assistant professor of Early Modern History at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.

Selderhuis, Herman J.
Dr. theol. 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.

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