Lay Prophets in Lutheran Europe (C. 1550-1700)

XIV, 440 Pp. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-90-04-15628-9
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 74, 474 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 832 g

Reihe: Brill's Series in Church History

Lay 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Beyer, Jürgen

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Protestantismus, evangelische und protestantische Kirchen
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

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

Über Autor(innen)

Jürgen Beyer, Ph.D. (2001, Cambridge University), is senior research fellow at Tartu University Library, Estonia. He has published widely on the cultural history of early modern Lutheranism.