The Reformation of Suffering: Pastoral Theology and Lay Piety in Late Medieval and Early Modern Germany

The Reformation of Suffering: Pastoral Theology and Lay Piety in Late Medieval and Early Modern Germany
ISBN-10
0199795088
ISBN-13
9780199795086
Category
History
Pages
497
Language
English
Published
2012-06-28
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Author
Ronald K. Rittgers

Description

Protestant reformers sought to effect a radical change in the way their contemporaries understood and coped with the suffering of body and soul that were so prominent in the early modern period. This book examines the genesis of Protestant doctrines of suffering among the leading reformers and then traces the transmission of these doctrines from the reformers to the common clergy. It also examines the reception of these ideas by lay people.

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