Protestantism and Protestant Churches Books

Book SynopsisAll Three volumes deal with the issue of biblical inerrancy (that the Bible is completely true and accurate, not only when it speaks to ideas of religious belief, but also when it speaks about factual elements of history and science, properly understood). This issue rocked the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod back in the late 1960s and early 1970s, prompting the release of the first two volumes. Volume one consists of essays by John Warwick Montgomery himself, and is addressed primarily to theologians.Volume two consists of an anthology by eight separate Lutheran contributors and is addressed to laymen as well as professional theologians.Volume 3 is new, never before published material and consists of essays by Dr. Montgomery outlining a new challenge along the same lines. Dr. Jeffery Kloha suggested a few years ago with the latest critical edition of the New Testament (Nestle-Aland 28th Edition), because of the interchangeability of some variant readings, that we now had a "plastic text”. Dr. Montgomery goes up against this assertion with everything he has.Though obviously addressing themselves primarily to Lutheranism, the materials are, to a large degree, equally applicable to many of the other Christian communions and will be found to be extremely valuable in assessing the needs of a variety of denominations.

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Book Synopsis1: Introduction: African Scholars and the Study of African Pentecostalism.- 2: Interpreting Pentecostalism and the Changing Religious Landscape in Africa.- 3: African Pentecostalism: A Preliminary Study of Approaches and Key Issues.- 4: Encountering African Pentecostalism: methodologies and evolving tendencies.- 5: From Face-to-Face to Online: Changing Spaces and Voices in African Pentecostalism.- 6: Investigating African Pentecostalism: The Problems, Prospects and Rewards of a Multi-sited Ethnography.- 7: Studying African Pentecostalism: One Woman Scholar's Journey.- 8: Are you Pentecostal? Personal experiences in the study of African Pentecostalism.- 9: Tracing a personal journey towards Women in African Pentecostalism.- 10: Pentecostal Scholarship in Uganda: Trends, Trajectories and Challenges.- 11: The Study of Zambian Pentecostalism by Zambian Scholars: A Review.- 12: African Scholarship on African Pentecostalism in Diasporic Contexts: An Overview.- 13: A Review of African Scholarship on African Pentecostalism and the Natural Environment.

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Book Synopsis1: Introduction: African Scholars and the Study of African Pentecostalism.- 2: Interpreting Pentecostalism and the Changing Religious Landscape in Africa.- 3: African Pentecostalism: A Preliminary Study of Approaches and Key Issues.- 4: Encountering African Pentecostalism: methodologies and evolving tendencies.- 5: From Face-to-Face to Online: Changing Spaces and Voices in African Pentecostalism.- 6: Investigating African Pentecostalism: The Problems, Prospects and Rewards of a Multi-sited Ethnography.- 7: Studying African Pentecostalism: One Woman Scholar's Journey.- 8: Are you Pentecostal? Personal experiences in the study of African Pentecostalism.- 9: Tracing a personal journey towards Women in African Pentecostalism.- 10: Pentecostal Scholarship in Uganda: Trends, Trajectories and Challenges.- 11: The Study of Zambian Pentecostalism by Zambian Scholars: A Review.- 12: African Scholarship on African Pentecostalism in Diasporic Contexts: An Overview.- 13: A Review of African Scholarship on African Pentecostalism and the Natural Environment.

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Book Synopsis1: Evangelicals are Workers Too.- 2: Evangelicalism and Labor in the United States.- 3: Rust Belt Evangelicals in the Shadow of Bethlehem Steel.- 4: The Uneasy Conscience of Unionized Evangelicals.- 5: Evangelicals on Strike at Moncure Plywood.- 6: Atlas Shrugs Off Local 369 at Moncure Plywood.- 7: The Contributions of Labor Evangelicals.

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Book SynopsisA Companion to Catholicism and Recusancy in Britain and Ireland is an edited collection of nineteen essays written by a range of experts and some newer scholars in the areas of early modern British and Irish history and religion. In addition to English Catholicism, developments in Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, as well as ongoing connections and interactions with Continental Catholicism, are well incorporated throughout the volume. Many currents of the latest scholarship are addressed and advanced, including religious minorities and exiles, women and gender studies, literary and material culture, religious identity construction, and, within Catholic studies, the role of laity as well as clergy, and of female as well as male religious. In all, these essays significantly advance the movement of early modern British and Irish Catholicism from the historiographical margins to an evolving, but ultimately more capacious and accurate, historical mainstream.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Illustrations Abbreviations Notes on Contributors Introduction   Robert E. Scully, S.J. 1 Historical Overview, ca. 1530–1829   William J. Sheils Part 1 The Community and Its Place in the National and International Scene 2 The English Secular Clergy, 1559–1829   Peter Phillips 3 The Jesuits and Other Male Religious Orders in Britain and Ireland   Thomas M. McCoog, S.J. 4 Recusant Women Religious The Communities in a National and International Context   Caroline Bowden 5 Catholic Laywomen Activist Piety, Agency, and Strategic Resistance   Colleen M. Seguin 6 Catholic Nobility and Gentry from Reformation to Emancipation   Susan M. Cogan 7 “When Time Should Serve” The Long Wait of Lay Catholic Exiles   Anne R. Throckmorton 8 Becoming Irish Catholics Ireland, 1534–1690   John McCafferty 9 Catholics in Scotland Overview and Literary Culture   Jane Stevenson 10 Scottish Catholic Material Culture   Peter Davidson and David W. Walker 11 Catholics in Wales   Hannah Thomas Part 2 Opposition: Within and Without 12 Domestic Disorder Debating Recusancy within the Catholic Community   Robert E. Scully, S.J. 13 Anti-Catholicism Catholics, Protestants, and the “Popery” Problem   Adam Morton Part 3 Catholic/Recusant Culture 14 Martyrdom and the Catholic Community   Anne Dillon 15 Recusant Literary Culture in England and Wales   Victor Houliston 16 Political and Theological Culture Monarchies and Republics in Recusant Thought   Gary W. Jenkins 17 English Catholic Material Culture, 1558–1688   Janet Graffius 18 Underground Devotions The Day-to-Day Challenges of Practicing an Illegal Faith   Lisa McClain 19 The Catholic Enlightenment in Britain and Ireland   Jonathan Wright Select Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisLay prophets in Lutheran Europe (c. 1550–1700) is the first transnational study of the phenomenon of angelic apparitions in all Lutheran cultures of early modern Europe. Jürgen Beyer provides evidence for more than 350 cases and analyses the material in various ways: tracing the medieval origins, studying the spread of news about prophets, looking at the performances legitimising their calling, noting their comments on local politics, following the theological debates about prophets, and interpreting the early modern notions of holiness within which prophets operated. A full chronology and bibliography of all cases concludes the volume. Beyer demonstrates that lay prophets were an accepted part of Lutheran culture and places them in their social, political and confessional contexts.Trade Review"The present study is groundbreaking (...) [It] forms a new synthesis of knowledge that is likely to affect the image of the Lutheran Church history during the era between the Reformation period and the breakthrough of pietism. (...) It therefore works well as a textbook, and warmly recommended to anyone with an interest in the era," [translated from Swedish] - Urban Claesson, in: Kyrkohistorisk årsskrift 119:1 (2019), pp. 210-211. "[F]or specialists the book is most welcome since, besides its thorough exploration of the themes that some early modern Lutheran prophets treated in their works, it also includes a complete catalogue and bibliography of these figures and the printed texts that the messages of each one generated. The book is obviously a treasure trove for those who want to explore further the long afterlife of medieval prophecy in early modern Europe." - Philip. M Soergel, University of Maryland, in: Journal of Ecclesiastical History 70:1 (2019), pp. 185-186. "In seiner Einleitung nennt B. als einse seiner Hauptziele, »to document the historical existence of Lutheran lay prophets« (27). Dieses Ziel hat er nicht nur erreicht, sondern wirklich den Blick geöffnet auf die überraschend großen Dimensionen eines wenig beachteten Phänomens." - Martin H. Jung, Universität Osnabrück, in Theologische Literaturzeitung 144:3 (2019), 215-217. "Beyer has already published widely on this subject, so his name is not new to scholarship on this area. (...) His work is extremely impressive." - Jon Balserak, University of Bristol, in: Sixteenth Century Journal 49:3 (2018), pp. 959-960. "Lay Prophets in Lutheran Europe (...) builds on a survey of printed works and archival records that is stunning in breadth and rigorously transnational, putting to full effect Beyer’s impressive linguistic competence across political borders and language families. (...) By moving prophecy out of the distant medieval past or Pietist margins into the center of Lutheran orthodoxy from the mid-sixteenth to the late seventeenth centuries, Beyer’s work has broad implications for European intellectual history." - Jonathan Green, University of North Dakota, in: Renaissance Quarterly 71.2 (2018), pp. 762-764. "Lay Prophets in Lutheran Europe is a most useful book. The bibliographical research is thorough—the footnotes tend to dwarf the text—and Beyer’s account is followed by a detailed list, attended by exhaustive bibliographies, of the various prophets. This is a valuable contribution to the subject." - Alastair Hamilton, The Warburg Institute, in: Church History, Volume 92, Issue 2 (2017).Table of ContentsContents Preface Abbreviations Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. The medieval origins of Lutheran prophecy Chapter 3. The dissemination of news about prophets Chapter 4. The performance of Lutheran prophets Chapter 5. Prophets commenting on local politics Chapter 6. Prolific prophets and theological debates about prophets during the Thirty Years' War Chapter 7. Conceptions of holiness in early modern Lutheranism List of prophets (1517-1800) Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisMinjung Theology is introduced here through theological biographical sketches of its main representatives. They formulated a protestant liberation theology under the South Korean military dictatorship of the 1970s and 80s. Their strong emphasis on the suffering (han) of the people (minjung) led them to the formulation of a genuine theology of the cross in Asia. Volker Küster explores the reception of Minjung Theology and raises the question what happened to it during the democratization process and the rise of globalization in the 1990s. Interpretations of art works by Minjung artists provide deep insights into these transformation processes. Prologue and epilogue abstract from the Korean case and offer a concise theory of contextual theology in an intercultural framework.Trade Review"Volker Küster’s A Protestant Theology of Passion: Minjung Theology Revisited is essential reading for anyone interested in contextual and intercultural theology in Asia. This important book provides the first thorough academic discussion of Korean Minjung theology in any Western language, introducing key Korean theologians in the movement, in relationship to one another and to contextual theological developments elsewhere. A unique feature of this study is Küster’s use of visual art as an inculturated expression of Minjung theology in its own right. His contention that contextual theologies are “open systems” suggests the continuing relevance of Minjung theology for our “glocalized” future. This book represents a seminal contribution to the growing body of literature on contextual theology in a global context. " – Prof. Dr. Philip L. Wickeri, San Francisco Theological Seminary and the Graduate Theological Union "An indispensable account of Minjung theology told with insights and critical understanding. Dr. Küster skillfully places this theological current in the global context through intercultural lenses. I highly recommend this rich and rewarding text. " – Kwok Pui-lan, author of Postcolonial Imagination and Feminist Theology "A Protestant Theology of Passion chronicles an important movement in Korean theology that has significance far beyond the borders of that country. True to Minjung method, Küster includes not only texts, but art and poetry as sources for this theology as well. In doing so, he makes an important contribution to the wider discussion of contextual theology today. " – Robert Schreiter, author of Constructing Local Theologies "K.s. Buch ist eine kenntnisreiche Darstellung der Minjung-Theologie und ihrer Autoren. Sie eignet sich [...] als kompetente Einführung in den gesellschaftlichen Kontext, in dem sie zur Entfaltung gebracht worden ist. " – Christine Lienemann-Perrin, in: Theologische Literaturzeitung 139 (2014), 2Table of ContentsForeword by David Kwang-Sun Suh ... xi Writing from this place ... xix Prologue: Theology in Context ... 1 1 People as the Subjects of History ... 19 2 Re-/constructing Korean Identity: The Minjung Culture Movement ... 27 3 Theology and Biography: Theological Identity Re-/constructed ... 55 4 Jesus and the Minjung: Ahn Byung-Mu (1922-1996) ... 59 5 A Confluence of Two Traditions : Suh Nam-Dong (1918-1984) ... 79 6 Fools for Christ’s Sake : Hyun Young-Hak (1921-2004) ... 87 7 Theology as a Social Biography of the Minjung : Kim Yong-Bock (*1938) ... 95 8 A Plea for a Survival-Liberation centered Syncretism : Chung Hyun-Kyung (*1956) ... 103 9 Contextual Challenges : Minjung Theology in Intercultural Perspective ... 115 10 Contextual Transformations : Minjung Theology Yesterday and Today ... 131 Epilogue: Contextual Theologies as Open Systems ... 151 Bibliography on Minjung Theology ... 157 Index of Persons ... 163 Figures ... 167

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Book SynopsisThis handbook provides a comprehensive survey of current scholarship on Anabaptist and Spiritualist history and theology from 1521 to 1700. Since the last half of the twentieth century, the historiography of the Radical Reformation has been the focus of vigorous and creative debate. The volume–broadly cast in terms of geographic scope and topical coverage–carefully untangles the fluid boundaries of Spiritualism and Anabaptism in Early Modern European history. In addition to a narrative summary, each chapter also provides a bibliography of sources and current scholarship, and concludes with suggestions for future research. This handbook will serve a generation of students as the standard reference work on Anabaptism and Spiritualism. Contributors include: Geoffrey Dipple, Michael Driedger, Hans-Jürgen Goertz, Brad Gregory, Sigrun Haude, Ralf Klötzer, John D. Rempel, John D. Roth, Martin Rothkegel, C. Arnold Snyder, James Stayer, Piet Visser, and R. Emmet McLaughlin. Originally published in hardcover.Trade Review"[...] this volume brings Anabaptist research a significant step forward, never failing to provide even the well-read student of Anabaptism with fresh insights, often at the most unexpected of places". - Stephen E. Buckwalter, Bucer-Forschungsstelle, Heidelberg, in: The Mennonite Quarterly Review, Vol. 83, No. 3 (July 2009). "Der Band, der sich methodisch-theoretisch im Spektrum der aktuellen Diskussionen über die Anfänge der Täufer sowie kulturwissenschaftlicher Ansätze bewegt, stellt ein willkommenes und den Stand der Täuferforschung in breiter Form zusammenfassendes Handbuch dar. [...] Karten ergänzen den Band, auch der Index, der neben Namen und Orten Sachbegriffe und Druckwerke aufgenommen hat, ist lobend hervorzuheben. Das große Verdienst des Bandes ist seine thematisch und chronologisch breite Präsentation der täuferischen Bewegungen, die auch die frühen Anfänge unter Thomas Müntzer, Andreas Karlstadt und die Bauernaufstände sowie die spiritualistischen Traditionen mit einbezieht." - Astrid von Schlachta, Universität Innsbruck, in: Innsbrucker Historische Studien, Vol. 26 (2010), pp. 245-248Table of ContentsList of Contributors Foreword, John D. Roth Introduction, James M. Stayer Chapter One. Karlstadt, Müntzer and the Reformation of the Commoners, 1521–1525, Hans-Jürgen Goertz Chapter Two. Swiss Anabaptism: The Beginnings, 1523–1525, C. Arnold Snyder Chapter Three. Swiss-South German Anabaptism, 1526–1540, James M. Stayer Chapter Four. Spiritualism: Schwenckfeld and Franck and their Early Modern Resonances, Emmet McLaughlin Chapter Five. Anabaptism in Moravia and Silesia, Martin Rothkegel Chapter Six.The Melchiorites and Münster, Ralf Klötzer Chapter Seven. The Spiritualist Anabaptists, Geoffrey Dipple Chapter Eight. Mennonites and Doopsgezinden in the Netherlands, 1535–1700, Piet Visser Chapter Nine. Marpeck and Later Swiss Brethren, 1540–1700, John D. Roth Chapter Ten. Anabaptist Religious Literature and Hymnody, John Rempel Chapter Eleven. Gender Roles and Perspectives Among Anabaptist and Spiritualist Groups, Sigrun Haude Chapter Twelve. Anabaptist Martyrdom: Imperatives, Experience, and Memorialization, Brad Gregory Chapter Thirteen. Anabaptists and the Early Modern State: A Long-Term View, Michael Driedger Index

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Book SynopsisA Companion to German Pietism offers an introduction to recent Pietism scholarship on both sides of the Atlantic, in German, Dutch, and English. The focus is upon early modern German Pietism, a movement that arose in the late 17th century German Empire within both Reformed and Lutheran traditions. It introduced a new paradigm to German Protestantism that included personal renewal, new birth, women-dominated conventicles, and millennialism. The “Introduction” offers a concise overview of modern research into German Pietism. The Companion is then organized according to the different worlds of Pietist existence—intellectual, devotional, literary-cultural, and social-political.Trade Review“handsomely produced … Riches and surprises abound in this substantial volume. All essays are of the highest quality.” Walter Sundberg, Luther Seminary, Saint Paul, Minnesota. In: Lutheran Quarterly, Vol. 30, No. 3 (2016), pp. 351-352.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Contributors List of Illustrations Introduction: Douglas H. Shantz Part I The Theological World of German Pietism Chapter 1. Pietism and Protestant Orthodoxy: Markus Matthias Chapter 2. The Dutch Factor in German Pietism: Fred van Lieburg Chapter 3. Connectedness in Hope: German Pietism and the Jews: Peter Vogt Chapter 4. Anabaptists and Pietists: Influences, Contacts, and Relations: Astrid von Schlachta Chapter 5. Expectations of Philadelphia and the Heavenly Jerusalem in German Pietism: Claus Bernet Part II The Devotional and Experiential World of German Pietism Chapter 6. Pietists and Music: Tanya Kevorkian Chapter 7. The Conventicle Piety of the Radicals: Ryoko Mori Chapter 8. Pietist Connections with English Anglicans and Evangelicals: Scott Kisker Chapter 9. Pietism and trans-Atlantic Revivals: Steven O’Malley Part III The Literary and Cultural World of German Pietism Chapter 10. Pietist Experiences and Narratives of Conversion: Jonathan Strom Chapter 11. Pietism as a Translation Movement: Douglas H. Shantz Chapter 12. Pietism, Enlightenment, and Modernity: Martin Gierl Chapter 13. Pietism and the Archives: Paul Peucker Part IV The Social-Political World of German Pietism Chapter 14. Pietism and Gender: Self-modelling and Agency: Ulrike Gleixner Chapter 15. Pietism and Politics in Prussia and Beyond: Ben Marschke Chapter 16. German Pietism and the Origin of the Black Church in America: Craig Atwood Index of Persons and Places

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Book SynopsisThe Huguenots are among the best known of early modern European religious minorities. Their suffering in 16th and 17th-century France is a familiar story. The flight of many Huguenots from the kingdom after 1685 conferred upon them a preeminent place in the accounts of forced religious migrations. Their history has become synonymous with repression and intolerance. At the same time, Huguenot accomplishments in France and the lands to which they fled have long been celebrated. They are distinguished by their theological formulations, political thought, and artistic achievements. This volume offers an encompassing portrait of the Huguenot past, investigates the principal lines of historical development, and suggests the interpretative frameworks that scholars have advanced for appreciating the Huguenot experience.Trade Review“an absorbing and informative read and a very useful addition to my bookshelf.” - Jane McKee, Ulster University, in: Huguenot Society Journal, 2017, pp. 721-722 “a clear overview of the current state of affairs of Huguenot research [….]. The companion offers a wide perspective on Huguenot history for a nonspecialist readership.” - David Onnekink, Utrecht University, in: Renaissance Quarterly 71.2 (Summer 2018), pp. 768-769 “This is an important new collection that should be of great interest to those who study early modern history, not just Huguenot specialists but wider audiences too.” - Nicholas Must, Wilfrid Laurier University, in: Journal of Jesuit Studies 4.1 (2017), pp. 125-127 “Für die wissenschaftliche Beschäftigung mit den Hugenotten ebenso wie für die Migrationsforschung der Frühen Neuzeit wird man auf das Buch künftig kaum verzichten können.” - Alexander Schunka, Freie Universität Berlin, in: Historische Zeitschrift, Bd. 307 (2018), pp. 833-834Table of ContentsList of Illustrations List of Tables Notes on Contributors Abbreviations Introduction: Raymond A. Mentzer and Bertrand Van Ruymbeke Part One: France 1 Organizing the Churches and Reforming Society Philippe Chareyre and Raymond Mentzer 2 Doctrine and Liturgy of the Reformed Churches of France Marianne Carbonnier-Burkard 3 Huguenot Political Thought and Activities Hugues Daussy 4 Pacifying the Kingdom of France at the Beginning of the Wars of Religion: Historiography, Sources, and Examples Jérémie Foa 5 Women in the Huguenot Community Amanda Eurich 6 Pulpit and Pen: Pastors and Professors as Shapers of the Huguenot Tradition Karin Maag 7 The Huguenots and Art, c. 1560–1685 Andrew Spicer 8 The Revocation of the Edict of Nantes and the Désert Didier Boisson Part Two: The Diaspora 9 Diasporic Networks and Immigration Policies Susanne Lachenicht 10 Assimilation and Integration Myriam Yardeni 11 Sociolinguistics of the Huguenot Communities in German-Speaking Territories Manuela Böhm 12 Huguenot Memoirs Carolyn Chappell Lougee 13 Histories of Martyrdom and Suffering in the Huguenot Diaspora David van der Linden 14 Huguenot Congregations in Colonial New York and Massachusetts: Reassessing the Paradigm of Anglican Conformity Paula Carlo 15 The Huguenot Refuge and European Imperialism Owen Stanwood 16 Le Refuge: History and Memory from the 1770s to the Present Bertrand Van Ruymbeke Bibliography Index LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Andrew Spicer, The Huguenots and Art, c. 1560-1685 1. Jean Perrissin, The Massacre at Tours, July 1562. (© Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam) 2. Jean Perrissin ( ?), Temple of Lyon. [Courtesy of BGE (Bibliothèque de Genève), Centre d'iconographie genevoise] 3. François Dubois, The Massacre of St Bartholomew, (c. 1572–1584). (Courtesy of Musée cantonal des Beaux-Arts de Lausanne. Don de la Municipalité de Lausanne, 1862. Inv. 729. Photo: N. Rupp) 4. Jacques le Moyne de Morgues, Laudonnierus et rex athore ante columnam a praefecto prima navigatione locatam quamque venerantur floridenses. (Courtesy of the Print Collection, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lennox and Tilden Foundations) 5. Jacques le Moyne, Studies of Flowers: A Rose, a Heartsease, a Sweet Pea, a Garden Pea, and a Lax-flowered Orchid. (Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) 6. Sébastien Bourdon, Crucifixion of St Andrew. (Courtesy of the Palais des Beaux-Arts, Lille. Photo © RMN-Grand Palais / René-Gabriel Ojéda) 7. Sébastien Bourdon, Solomon’s Sacrifices to the Idols. [Courtesy of the Musée du Louvre, Paris. Photo © RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) / Stéphane Maréchalle] 8. Jacob Bunel, Henry IV. [Courtesy of the Musée du Louvre, Paris. D.A.G. Photo © RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) / Michèle Bellot] 9. Jean Morin after Ferdinand Elle, Henry IV. (Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund, Accession No.1984.25.20. Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington) 10. Ferdinand Elle, Louis XIII. (Courtesy Chiswick House, London. © English Heritage) 11. Ferdinand Elle, Anne of Austria. (Courtesy of Chiswick House, London. © English Heritage) 12. Henri Testelin, Louis XIV. [Courtesy of Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon, Versailles. Photo © RMN-Grand Palais (Château de Versailles) / Gérard Blot] 13. Louis Du Guernier, Miniature of James II, later King of England, as a Young Man (1656). (© Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam) 14. Robert Nanteuil after Sébastien Bourdon, Queen Christina of Sweden. (© Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam) 15. Sébastien Bourdon, Queen Christina of Sweden. (Courtesy of Prado Museum, Madrid. Photo © Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid. Dist. RMN-GP / image du Prado) 16. Louis Ferdinand Elle, Samuel Bernard. [Courtesy of Châteaux de Versailles et de Trianon, Versailles. Photo © RMN-Grand Palais (Château de Versailles) / Daniel Arnaudet / Jean Schormans] 17. Louise Moillon, Plate of Cherries, Grapes and a Melon. [Courtesy of Musée du Louvre, Paris. Photo © RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) / Michel Urtado] 18. Jacques Rousseau, Preliminary sketch for painted decoration probably for a drum or building of circular plan in the Great Greenhouse or the Orangery at the Chateau of St. Cloud in France. (© V&A) 19. Louis Testelin, The Holy Family with St Anne. (Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund2014.37.4. Courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Washington) 20. Abraham Bosse, Benediction of the Table. (© Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam) 21. Abraham Bosse, The Wise Virgins at their Devotions. (Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund 2003.127.1.1. Courtesy of the National Gallery of Art, Washington) 22. Abraham Bosse, Vows of the King and Queen to the Virgin. (Courtesy of The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1951, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) 23. Abraham Bosse, David with the head of Goliath, (Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1917, Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York) David van der Linden, Histories of Martyrdom and Suffering in the Huguenot Diaspora 1. Frontispiece of Pierre Jurieu’s Histoire du Calvinisme, depicting the crucifixion of the true Church in the form of a woman. (Courtesy of the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague, KW 1791 F 101) 2. Frontispiece to the first volume of the Histoire de l’Edit de Nantes, depicting French Protestantism as a woman assailed from all sides. [Courtesy of the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague, KW 3067 A 1 (1)] 3. Jan Luyken, The whipping of Louis de Neuville in Orange, engraving from Elie Benoist, Historie der Gereformeerde Kerken van Vrankryk (Amsterdam: 1696), vol. 2. (Courtesy of University Library Leiden, BWA 147)  

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Book SynopsisThe Dutch Republic was the most religiously diverse land in early modern Europe, gaining an international reputation for toleration. In Reformation and the Practice of Toleration, Benjamin Kaplan explains why the Protestant Reformation had this outcome in the Netherlands and how people of different faiths managed subsequently to live together peacefully. Bringing together fourteen essays by the author, the book examines the opposition of so-called Libertines to the aspirations of Calvinist reformers for uniformity and discipline. It analyzes the practical arrangements by which multiple religious groups were accommodated. It traces the dynamics of religious life in Utrecht and other mixed communities. And it explores the relationships that developed between people of different faiths, especially in ‘mixed’ marriages.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements List of Illustrations Abbreviations Introduction 1 “Remnants of the Papal Yoke”: Apathy and Opposition in the Dutch Reformation 2 Hubert Duifhuis and the Nature of Dutch Libertinism 3 Dutch Particularism and the Calvinist Quest for “Holy Uniformity” 4 Confessionalism and Its Limits: Religion in Utrecht, 1600–1650 5 A Clash of Values: The Survival of Utrecht’s Confraternities after the Reformation and the Debate over their Dissolution 6 Possessed by the Devil? A Very Public Dispute in Utrecht 7 Fictions of Privacy: House Chapels and the Spatial Accommodation of Religious Dissent in Early Modern Europe 8 “Dutch” Religious Tolerance: Celebration and Revision 9 Muslims in the Dutch Golden Age: Representations and Realities of Religious Toleration 10“In equality and enjoying the same favour”: Biconfessionalism in the Low Countries 11Religious Encounters in the Borderlands of Early Modern Europe: The Case of Vaals 12“For They Will Turn Away Thy Sons”: The Practice and Perils of Mixed Marriage in the Dutch Golden Age 13Integration vs. Segregation: Religiously Mixed Marriage and the “Verzuiling” Model of Dutch Society 14Intimate Negotiations: Husbands and Wives of Opposing Faiths in Eighteenth-Century Holland Index

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Book SynopsisWhat is Protestant Art? presents an introduction to Protestant visual culture from the Reformation to the present. Examining historical images as evidence of changing practices and attitudes, Andrew T. Coates explores three major themes in the history of Protestant visual culture: 1) the religious work of images, 2) the relationship between word and image, 3) the power of the Bible and its visual representation. The book analyses images such as prints, paintings, maps of the ‘Holy Land,’ and Bible illustrations to demonstrate the broad range of images that could be classified as Protestant ‘art.’ This work argues that the variety of images and visual practices throughout Protestant history might better be described by the term ‘visual culture’ than ‘art.’

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Book SynopsisThe Swiss theologian Huldrych Zwingli (1484–1531) was one of the most prominent reformers and the founder of the Reformed Protestant Church in the Swiss Confederation. During the last hundred years more than 200 titles from his private library have been discovered. They give an interesting insight into his interests and sources. The present book contains not only an extensive introduction and a catalogue of these books and manuscripts, but also an inventory of the lost works possessed by Zwingli. They open the door to Zwingli’s study and to the intellectual world of an important reformer.Trade Review“The introduction offers nothing less than a concise intellectual biography of Zwingli.” Emidio Campi, Zürich. “This is an exceptionally interesting book. The historical details it shares and the massive amount of material it so carefully sifts is astonishing. Readers of this volume will learn more about Zwingli and his world than from most other volumes on the great Reformer. I cannot recommend it highly enough.” Jim West, Ming Hua Theological College. In: Zwinglius Redivivus, 15 January 2019. “The study […] gives an excellent account of what can be gleaned about Zwingli as a reader, as a user of libraries, and about how he built up his own library.” John L. Flood, University of London. In: Library & Information History, Vol. 35, No. 3 (2019), pp. 180-181. "Nonostante la ricchezza, anzi la completezza della trattazione, lo svolgimento del volume si rivela tutt’altro che noioso, grazie anche alla limpida struttura della esposizione, alle illustrazioni, ed alle informazioni, non solo di per sé attraenti ma condite con riferimenti e citazioni che risultano stuzzicanti al fine di conoscere meglio sia la personalità del grande riformatore elvetico che alcuni tratti più singolari della sua umanità." Alfredo Serrai, Università degli Studi di Roma. in Bibliothecae.it 9.1Table of ContentsPreface Abbreviations, Bibliographies and Library Catalogues Illustrations 1 Zwingli and the World of Books  1 Zwingli as Reader  2 Zwingli as User of Libraries  3 Building up a Library 2 Contents of Zwingli’s Library  1 Philology  2 Theology  3 History  4 Science and Medicine 3 Catalogue  1 Imprints  2 Manuscripts  3 Catalogue A: Lost Books Literature Indexes to the Catalogue

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Book SynopsisIn Glorious Temples or Babylonic Whores, Anne-Françoise Morel offers an account of the intellectual and cultural history of places of worship in Stuart England. Official documents issued by the Church of England rarely addressed issues regarding the status, function, use, and design of churches; but consecration sermons turn time and again to the conditions and qualities befitting a place of worship in Post-Reformation England. Placing the church building directly in the midst of the heated discussions on the polity and ceremonies of the Church of England, this book recovers a vital lost area of architectural discourse. It demonstrates that the religious principles of church building were enhanced by, and contributed to, scientific developments in fields outside the realm of religion, such as epistemology, the theory of sense perception, aesthetics, rhetoric, antiquarianism, and architecture.Trade ReviewShortlisted for the Society of Architectural Historians of Great Britain (SAHGB) Alice Davis Hitchcock Medallion 2020Table of ContentsContents AcknowledgmentsI PrefaceI List of IllustrationsV Introduction: The Glorious Jerusalem and the Harlot Babylon  1 Consecration Sermons in the Church of England  2 A Complicated Religious Landscape  3 Labelling Religion  4 Religious Difference and Church Buildings  5 The Structure of the Book 1 What? How? Why?: Church Consecration in England 1549–1715, an Unestablished Ceremony  1 Books of Homilies, 1562–63: on the Use of the Church Building  2 Fading of the Ritual  3 “Forms” of Consecration  4 Conclusion 2 Preaching in and on ‘the Temple’: Types and Models for Church Building  1 Biblical Examples as Divine Inspiration for Holy Places  2 The Foundation of the Church: Patriarchs and Anglo-Saxon Early Christianity  3 Bellarmine, the Voice of a Respected Roman Catholic Opponent  4 Conclusion 3 The Spirit of Holiness  1 The Holiness, in Spirit, and in Truth  2 The Building and the Idol  3 Conclusion 4 Sense Perception and the Performativity of Architecture  1 The Devotee’s Sensory Impressions  2 Senses, Passions and Magnificence in the Seventeenth Century  3 Rhetoric of Architecture  4 Conclusion 5 The Culture of Church Building at the Crossroads of History, Theology, and Architecture  1 Describing the Church Building: from Confessional Interest to Architectural History  2 Building a Historical Lineage  3 The Architectural Debate  4 Conclusion Conclusion 6 Gazetter  Preface List of Case Studies Case Studies Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisEdited by Ronald K. Rittgers and Vincent Evener, Protestants and Mysticism in Reformation Europe offers an expansive view of the Protestant reception of medieval mysticism, from the beginnings of the Reformation through the mid-seventeenth century. Providing a foundation and impetus for future research, the chapters in this handbook cover diverse figures from across the Protestant traditions (Lutheran, Reformed, Radical), summarizing existing research, analysing relevant sources, and proposing new directions for study. Each chapter is authored by a leading scholar in the field. Collectively, Protestants and Mysticism in Reformation Europe calls for a comprehensive reassessment of the relationship of Protestantism to its medieval past, to Roman Catholicism, and to the enduring mystical element of Christianity.Trade Review“[An] excellent and coherent monograph, which I find indispensable for any further research on the topic.” Martin Žemla, Palacký University. In: Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 74, No. 2 (Summer 2021), pp. 670–672.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Abbreviations Notes on Contributors Introduction  Vincent Evener and Ronald K. Rittgers 1 The Mystics the Protestants Read  Volker Leppin 2 Martin Luther  Ronald K. Rittgers 3 Thomas Müntzer  Hans-Jürgen Goertz 4 Andreas Bodenstein von Karlstadt  Vincent Evener 5 Leo Jud  Bruce Gordon 6 Sebastian Franck  Patrick Hayden-Roy 7 Hans Denck, Hans Hut, and Caspar Schwenckfeld  Geoffrey Dipple 8 Argula von Grumbach, Katharina Schütz Zell, and Anabaptist and Jorist Women  Christina Moss and Gary K. Waite 9 John Calvin  G. Sujin Pak 10 Andreas Musculus and Michael Neander  Markus Matthias 11 Martin Moller and Philipp Kegel  Eric Lund 12 Valentin Weigel  Douglas H. Shantz 13 Jacob Boehme  Jeff Bach 14 Philipp Nicolai and Johann Gerhard  Thomas Illg 15 Johann Arndt  Thomas Illg 16 George Herbert and English Protestants  Liam Peter Temple 17 Richard Greenham and William Perkins  Randall J. Pederson 18 Paul Baynes and Richard Sibbes  Tom Schwanda 19 Willem Teellinck and Gisbertus Voetius  Willem J. op ’t Hof 20 Robert Bruce, William Cowper, and John Forbes  David George Mullan Epilogue  Vincent Evener Index

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