Intellectual Origins Of The European Reformation - Softcover

MCGRATH

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0631186883 ISBN 13: 9780631186885

Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell, 1992

Synopsis

It is widely recognized that the sixteenth-century Reformation remains one of the most exciting and fascinating areas of scholarship. A central and important question raised by modern research concerns the intellectual origins of that phenomenon, and the last twenty years have seen a revolution in our understanding of the Renaissance and medieval scholastic theology and their relation to the Reformation. Alister McGrath, an acknowledged expert in the field, here makes available the results of intense scholarly investigation, with important consequences for our understanding of the period.

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"A significant study for those with a serious interest in Reformation thought." Reformed Theological Journal

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It is widely recognized that the sixteenth–century Reformation remains one of the most fascinating and exciting areas of scholarship. A central and important question, raised by intensive modern research on the Renaissance and late medieval scholasticism, concerns the intellectual origins of the Reformation.

This updated and expanded version of the original, highly–acclaimed edition of 1987 explores the complex intellectual roots of the Reformation, offering a sustained engagement with the ideas of humanism and scholasticism. McGrath demonstrates how the intellectual origins of the Reformation were heterogeneous, and draws out the implications of this finding for our understanding of the Reformation as a whole. McGrath′s reading of the Reformation against its complex intellectual background opens up new insights into this highly significant historical phenomenon. Yet this is more than a fascinating exploration in the history of ideas; it is also a defence of the entire enterprise of intellectual history in the face of social historical approaches, and a reaffirmation of the importance of ideas to the development of history.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0631186883
• ISBN 13: 9780631186885
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224