Description
The three volumes present the current state of international research on Martin Luther’s life and work and the Reformation's manifold influences on history, churches, politics, culture, philosophy, arts and society up to the 21st century. The work is initiated by the Fondazione per le scienze religiose Giovanni XXIII (Bologna) in cooperation with the European network Refo500.
This handbook is also available in German.
Chapter
Reformations and Counter-Reformations
The Tridentine Age and the Reformation Age
Ecclesia semper reformanda: Medieval Ideas and Attempts at Church Reform
Religion, Reason, and Superstition from Late Antiquity to Luther’s Reform
The Medieval Heritage of Martin Luther
Luther’s Inspirers and Sympathizers
The Posting of the Theses: The History of a Myth
Luther among the Humanists
Luther’s Bible Hermeneutics, Biblical Theology, and Translation
Luther and Political Power
Erasmus and Luther: Free and Bound Will
Disputes on Baptism and the Eucharist, 1521–1532
The Diet of Worms and the Holy Roman Empire
Luther’s Relations with Peasants and Princes
The Holy Roman Empire and Its Diets, 1521– 1546
Luther and the Religious Colloquies
Reforms and Other Reformators
Thomas Müntzer’s Heritage: An Alternative in the Process of Reformation
Luther and the Radical Reformers
The “Third Sects”: Italian Heretics and the Criticism of the Protestant Reformation (1530–1550)
Erasmus of Rotterdam and His Environment
Ignatius: The Anti-Lutheran Reformer
From the Interim of Augsburg until the Treaty of Augsburg (1548–1555)
Chastity as a Political Issue
Jews and Lutheranism: An Ambiguous Silence
Martin Luther, the Sexual Reformation, and Same-Sex Sexuality
Heritage of Lutheran Theology
The Capture of the Minotaur
The Theological Self-Understanding of the Evangelical Lutheran Churches
The Catholic Damnation and Redemption of Luther
The Legacy of Martin Luther and the Tradition of the Orthodox Church
The Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification
Lutheranism in Ecumenical Dialogue
From Excommunicated to Common Teacher
Philosophical and Historical Influences
Luther in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Philosophy
The Universalgeschichtlich Role of the Reformation according to Idealism and Historicism within German Culture
Luther and the Revolution of the Individual
Reformation Protestantism and the “Spirit” of Capitalism
Luther in Catholic Historiography and Theology: The Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Luther and the Third Reich: Consent and Confession
Luther in Protestant Historiography and Theology in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
The Past in the Present: Remembering Luther in 1617, 1817, and 1883
Architecture and Reformation
Martin Luther in Portraits
Lutheran Music and the Migrations of Taste
Education, Learning, and Instruction during the Reformation
Luther in Cinema and on Television
From the Wars of Religion to a Post-Westphalian World
At the Source of Every Evil
Biblical Studies and Bible Translations in Hungary in the Age of the Reformation 1540 −1640
Protestantism and the Enlightenment, 1691– 1780
Patterns in the Reception of Luther in the Hispanic World
Martin Luther in Latin America
Missions in Africa: Lutheran Churches, Enculturation, and Ecumenism
Chronology of Martin Luther’s Writings