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Book Synopsis
Comprises nine articles on the Counter-Reformation. This book shows that these reforms were more than a mere reaction against the Protestant challenge to Catholic doctrine and institutions, rather, they also constituted an internal renewal that transformed sixteenth and seventeenth-century Catholic religious life in many complex ways.

Table of Contents
Acknowledgements.

Editor's Introduction.

Part I: Definitions: .

1. Catholic Reformation or Counter-Reformation?: Hubert Judin.

2. Counter-Reformation Spirituality: H. Outram Evennett.

3. Was Ignatius Loyola a Church Reformer? How to Look at Early Modern Catholicism: John W. O'Malley.

Part II: Outcomes:.

4. The Counter-Reformation and the People of Catholic Europe: John Bossy.

5. Reformation, Counter-Reformation, and the Early Modern State: A Reassessment: Wolfgang Reinhard.

6. How to Become a Counter-Reformation Saint: Peter Burke.

7. Little Women: Counter-Reformation Misogyny: Alison Weber.

8. The Thirty Years' War and the Failure of Catholicization: Marc R. Forster.

9. 'The Heart Has Its Reasons': Predicaments of Missionary Christianity in Early Colonial Peru: Sabine MacCormack.

Index.

The CounterReformation

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      Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Published 27 August 1999
      ISBN-13 9780631211044
      978-0631211044
      ISBN-10 0631211047
      Also in:
      Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Comprises nine articles on the Counter-Reformation. This book shows that these reforms were more than a mere reaction against the Protestant challenge to Catholic doctrine and institutions, rather, they also constituted an internal renewal that transformed sixteenth and seventeenth-century Catholic religious life in many complex ways.

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgements.

      Editor's Introduction.

      Part I: Definitions: .

      1. Catholic Reformation or Counter-Reformation?: Hubert Judin.

      2. Counter-Reformation Spirituality: H. Outram Evennett.

      3. Was Ignatius Loyola a Church Reformer? How to Look at Early Modern Catholicism: John W. O'Malley.

      Part II: Outcomes:.

      4. The Counter-Reformation and the People of Catholic Europe: John Bossy.

      5. Reformation, Counter-Reformation, and the Early Modern State: A Reassessment: Wolfgang Reinhard.

      6. How to Become a Counter-Reformation Saint: Peter Burke.

      7. Little Women: Counter-Reformation Misogyny: Alison Weber.

      8. The Thirty Years' War and the Failure of Catholicization: Marc R. Forster.

      9. 'The Heart Has Its Reasons': Predicaments of Missionary Christianity in Early Colonial Peru: Sabine MacCormack.

      Index.

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