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Book SynopsisLooking beyond the emergence of print, this collection of ground-breaking essays highlights the pivotal role of theology in the formation of the early modern cultures of communication.
Trade Review"What sets this collection apart from others like it is the sheer variety of the essays …" -- David Jonathan Davis * Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 71, No. 2 *
Table of Contents* Introduction: Cultures of Communication, Theologies of Media in Early Modern Europe and Beyond Christopher Wild and Ulrike Strasser * The Absolute Medium: Nicholas of Cusa on the Mediality of Christ Christian Kiening * Fragmentation and Presence: Reformation Debates and Cultural Theory Lee Palmer Wandel *'Here I Stand': Face-to-Face Communication and Print Media in the Early Reformation Marcus Sandl * Mediated Immediacies in Thomas Muntzer's Theology Helmut Puff *'Sing unto the Lord': An Anthropology of Singing and Not-Singing in the Late Reformation Era Susan C. Karant-Nunn * Reading Images, Printing Voices: Simulation of Media and Epistemic Reflection in German Baroque Literature Daniel Weidner * Divine Messengers and Divine Messages: Angelic Media in Early Modern Hispanic America Andrew Redden * On Reading Missionary Correspondence: Jesuit Theologians on the Spiritual Benefits of a New Genre Markus Friedrich * Early Modern Translation Theories as Mission Theories: A Case Study of Jose de Acosta: De procuranda indorum salute (1588) Renate Durr * Apocalyptic Times in a 'World without End': The Straits of Magellan around 1600 Susanna Burghartz
