Outline: The essays in this volume examine some of the fundamental doctrinal convictions of Martin Luther and the Reformation legacy, as well as the maturation and development of these convictions in the theology of Karl Barth. Together these studies serve as a cumulative argument for the ongoing coherence, meaning, and consequence of the Reformation vision, one that at its heart is constructiv…
Outline : Reformation ABCs is a fun way for kids to learn about the places, things, events,people, books, and ideas that shaped this pivotal time in church history. Throughwhimsical illustrations and engaging storytelling, this book teaches kids that eventhouah the Reformation occurred five hundred years ago, it isn't just about peopleand places in the past. The Reformers' fight to reclaim the …
The Christian Church possesses in its literature an abundant and incomparable treasure. But it is an inheritance that must be reclaimed by each generation. THE LIBRARY OF CHRISTIAN CLASSICS is designed to present in the English language, and in twenty-six volumes of convenient size, a selection of the most indispensable Christian treatises written prior to the end of the sixteenth century.
WE MAY DEFINE THE ENGLISH REFORMERS AS THOSE ENGLISH men who, in the half century that began about 1520, con
fessed that Jesus Christ is the complete and only mediator between God and men, and who therefore endeavored so to shape the doctrine and practice of the Church that her earthly existence should correspond to the truth of his existence. In this definition we place the Reformation within…
The Christian Church possesses in its literature an abundant and incomparable treasure. But it is an inheritance that must be reclaimed by each generation. THE LIBRARY OF CHRISTIAN CLASSICS is designed to present in the English language, and in twenty-six volumes of convenient size, a selection of the most indispensable Christian treatises written prior to the end of the sixteenth century.
Having begun as an attempt to reform the perceived abuses and errors of the Catholic Church, the Protestant Reformation affected many aspects of daily life, including marriage and divorce, the role of the clergy, and the prevalence of persecution and bloodshed on both sides of the divide.
The book illuminates Calvin's thought by placing it in the context of the theological and exegetical traditions--ancient, medieval, and contemporary-- that formed it and contributed to its particular texture. Steinmetz addresses a range of issues almost as wide as the Reformation itself, including the knowledge of God, the problem of iconoclasm, the doctrines of justification and predestination…
Perhaps no medieval theologian has experienced the ebb and flow f human affections to the extent that John Wyclif would endure. Both hailed and reviled in his own lifetime, he would later be held up as hero and villain after his death, only to be reclaimed and ignored intermittently over the centuries. This is not the place for Wycliffite historiography; the essays contained in this volume will…
Covering a vast geographical and chronological span, and bringing new and exciting material to light, The Reformation and the Visual Arts provides a unique overvie of religious images and iconoclasm, starting with the consequences of the Byzantine image controversy and ending with the Eastern Orthodox churches of the nineteenth century. The author argues that the image question played a large r…
A holistic, eye-opening history of one of the most significant turning points in Christianity, The Reformation as Renewal demonstrates that the Reformation was at its core a renewal of evangelical catholicity.
In the sixteenth century Rome charged the Reformers with novelty, as if they were heretics departing from the catholic (universal) church. But the Reformers believed they were more cat…
Outline: In this third and final volume of A History of Christian Thought, Dr. Gonzales brings the reader from the beginning of the sixteenth century on the eve of the Reformation down to the twentieth century. The author interprets not only Roman Catholic and Reformation theology, but the theology of the Eastern church as well. Volume III begins with a discussion of the Reformation led by Luth…
Overview: Volume 1 of the Annotated Luther series contains many of the writings that defined the roots of reform set in motion by Marthin Luther, from the Ninety-Five Theses through The Freedom of a Christian. Included are a variety of compositions produced between 1517 and 1520 that reveal Luther's pastoral and theological commitments, his earliest confrontations with Rome, and his defense o…
Outline: Exploring the Personal and Social Effects - of this momentous upheaval - Perhaps no period in Christian history experienced such vast religious tumult and rapid social change as the European Reformation, when it quickly became apparent that social and political issues - finding deep resonance with the common people - were deeply entwined with religious ones raised by the Reformers. Led…
Overview: This book is an acclaimed and popular introductory guide for theology and history students seeking to understand the cenral ideas of the European Reformation. Based on the author's considerable experience of teaching Reformation studies, this text requires no prior knowledge of Christian theology. The revised third edition:
- Includes a new chapter on the thought of the English Refo…
Overview: This is a survey and an analysis of the European Reformation of the sixteenth century. During this period western Christianity underwent the most dramatic changes in its entire history. From Iceland to the Transylavania, from the Baltic to the Pyrenees, the Reformation divided churches and communities into 'catholic' and 'protestant', and created varying regional and national traditio…
Overview: This book, the author's readable, entertaining, and immensely informative introduction to the major themes of Reformed Christianity, answers these questions. He examines the most common misunderstandings of what it means to be Reformed - misunderstandings that the author encountered in teaching and pastoral work. He strips away such adjectives as "rationalistic", "exclusive", and "l…
Overview: The Reformation in the Low Countries developed along very different lines from German Lutheranism. The prolonged persecution of heresy - betwheen 1523 and 1566 more than 1300 dissidents were executed - by both Charles V and Philip II postponed the formation of public Protestant churches until after 1572. The decentralized character of political authority in the Low Countries ensured…
Overview: Transcending differing national traditions and narrow ecclesiastical perspectives, the authors discuss in detail the views of leading figures in European intellectual history, from the early eyewitnesses of the Reformation to the detached philosophes of the French Englightment, from Sleidan and Ranke to Marx and Engels, together with leading Church historians and theologians. They in…
Overview: Throughout these essays there runs a common theme: the need to place the Reformation movement in its medieval context, and to bridge the ideological gaps between late Medieval, Renaissance and Reformation studies. The opening chapter consider late Medieval thought and the emergence of the young Luther at the centre of the Reformation movement. There follows a study of the impact upon…