{"product_id":"conversion-and-the-politics-of-religion-in-early-modern-germany-9780857453754","title":"Conversion and the Politics of Religion in Early","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Protestant and Catholic Reformations thrust the nature of conversion into the center of debate and politicking over religion as authorities and subjects imbued religious confession with novel meanings during the early modern era. The volume offers insights into the historicity of the very concept of conversion. One widely accepted modern notion of the phenomenon simply expresses denominational change. Yet this concept had no bearing at the outset of the Reformation. Instead, a variety of processes, such as the consolidation of territories along confessional lines, attempts to ensure civic concord, and diplomatic quarrels helped to usher in new ideas about the nature of religious boundaries and, therefore, conversion. However conceptualized, religious change conversionhad deep social and political implications for early modern German states and societies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t“\u003cem\u003eThe book is unusually coherent for a collection of essays…One of the strengths of this volume is the long chronological perspective it takes. The essays cover issues from the first half of the sixteenth century to the middle of the eighteenth century. This perspective allows the reader to trace German ideas about conversion and to connect them in a nuanced way with political developments. The volume thus provides a new perspective on the issue of confessionalization.\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003cstrong\u003e  ·  American Historical Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t“\u003cem\u003eThis well-conceived essay collection provides not only an excellent survey of the meanings of conversion in early modern Germany but also important insights into the whole concept of ‘conversion’ in the pre-modern period and the light this sheds on such associated ideas as the \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e‘\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003econfessionalization’ paradigm. In his lucid introduction, David Luebke not only provides the reader-in-a-hurry with useful summaries of each of the subsequent essays, but also an outline sketch of the different meanings of the term ‘conversion’ during the period under review…The volume is brought to a close by a brief afterword and is provided with an excellent index which makes this essay collection a must for all those increasing number of scholars who are becoming interested in conversion and religious identity formation beyond only the pre-modern world.\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003cstrong\u003e  ·  \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEuropean History Quarterly\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tPreface\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction: \u003c\/strong\u003eThe Politics of Conversion in Early Modern Germany\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eDavid M. Luebke\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/strong\u003e Paths of Salvation and Boundaries of Belief: Spatial Discourse and the Meanings of Conversion in Early Modern Germany\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eDuane J. Corpis\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/strong\u003e Conversion Concepts in Early Modern Germany: Protestant and Catholic\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eEric-Oliver Mader\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/strong\u003e Turning Dutch? Conversion in Early Modern Wesel\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJesse Spohnholz\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/strong\u003e The Right to be Catholic—The Right to be Protestant? Perspectives on Conversion Before and After the Peace of Westphalia\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eRalf-Peter Fuchs\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 5. \u003c\/strong\u003eConversion and Diplomacy in Absolutist Northern Europe\u003cbr\u003e \tDaniel Riches\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 6. \u003c\/strong\u003eIrenicism and the Challenges of Conversion in the Early Eighteenth Century\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eAlexander Schunka\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/strong\u003e Mish-Mash with the Enemy: Identity, Politics, Power, and the Threat of Forced Conversion in Frederick William I’s Prussia\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eBenjamin Marschke\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 8. \u003c\/strong\u003ePietist Conversion Narratives and Confessional Identity\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJonathan Strom\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cstrong\u003eChapter 9. \u003c\/strong\u003eConversion and Sarcasm in the Autobiography of Johann Christian Edelmann\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eDouglas H. Shantz\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tAfterword\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cem\u003eJared Poley\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tBibliography\u003cbr\u003e \tNotes on the Contributors\u003cbr\u003e \tIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51038910021975,"sku":"9780857453754","price":89.1,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/conversion-and-the-politics-of-religion-in-early-modern-germany-9780857453754","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}