Reformation and the Culture of Persuasion

Erscheinungsjahr 2008
ISBN: 978-0-521-84175-7
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 252 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 565 g

Why did people choose the Reformation? What was it in the evangelical teaching that excited, moved or persuaded them? Andrew Pettegree here tackles these questions directly by re-examining the reasons that moved millions to this decisive and traumatic break with a shared Christian past. He charts the separation from family, friends, and workmates that adherence to the new faith often entailed and the new solidarities that emerged in their place. He explores the different media of conversion through which the Reformation message was communicated and imbibed - the role of drama, sermons, song and the book - and argues that the potency of print can only be understood as working in harmony with more traditional modes of communication. His findings offer a persuasive new answer to the critical question of how the Reformation could succeed as a mass movement in an age before mass literacy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pettegree, Andrew

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. The dynamics of conversion; 2. Preaching; 3. Militant in song; 4. Reformers on stage; 5. Visual culture; 6. Industry and intellect; 7. Pamphlets and persuasion; 8. New solidarities; 9. The culture of belonging.

Über Autor(innen)

Pettegree, Andrew
Andrew Pettegree is Professor of Modern History and Founding Director of the Reformation Studies Institute at the University of St Andrews. He is the author of a number of studies of the European Reformation, sixteenth century Europe, and the history of the printed book.