Conciliation And Confession: The Struggle for Unity in the Age of Reform, 1415-1648.

Louthan, Howard P. and Randall C. Zachman (eds.):

ISBN 10: 0268033633 / ISBN 13: 9780268033637

Published by Notre Dame : University of Notre Dame Press, 2004

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VI, 298 p. From the library of Prof. Wolfgang Haase, long-time editor of ANRW and the International Journal of the Classical Tradition (IJCT). - Minimally rubbed, allover very good and clean. / Minimal berieben, insgesamt sehr gut und sauber. - Religious conciliators have always faced resistance and critique as they mediate between groups devoted to ideological agendas that leave little room for maneuver and negotiation. From the conciliar to the confessional age the normal challenges that peacemakers perennially face were magnified. rhe church was divided, and there did not appear to be any obvious solution to the crisis that began in the late fourteenth century with the Great Western Schism (1378-1415). This volume investigates the activities of those who worked for the restoration of ecclesial unity, first in the conciliar era, then in the early years of the Protestant reformations, and finally during the confessional age when theological and cultural differences between competing religious groups began to emerge more clearly. Throughout, special attention is paid to the religiously diverse communities of central and eastern Europe, an area that has often been overlooked by scholars who have focused more exclusively on Protestant/Catholic relations in the western half of the continent. - Howard P. Louthan is associate professor of history at the University of Florida. Randall C. Zachman is associate professor of Reformation studies at the University of Notre Dame. - Contributors: Karlfried Froehlich, Nicholas Constas, Erika Rummel, Euan Cameron, Randall C. Zachman, Irena Backus, Karin Maag, Graeme Murdock, Zdenek V. David, Howard P. Louthan, Howard Hotson. ISBN 9780268033637 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 455.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Conciliation And Confession: The Struggle for Unity in the Age of Reform, 1415-1648.
• Publisher: Notre Dame : University of Notre Dame Press
• Publication Date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0268033633
• ISBN 13: 9780268033637
• Binding: Original softcover.
• Condition: Sehr gut
• Weight: 455 grams
• Seller catalogs:
  • Religionswissenschaft

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Synopsis

Religious conciliators have always faced resistance and critique as they mediate between groups devoted to ideological agendas that leave little room for maneuver and negotiation. From the conciliar to the confessional age the normal challenges that peacemakers perennially faced were magnified. The church was divided, and there did not appear to be any obvious solution to the crisis that began in the late fourteenth century with the Great Western Schism (1378-1415). This volume investigates the activities of those who worked for the restoration of ecclesial unity, first in the conciliar era, then in the early years of the Protestant reformations, and finally during the “confessional age” when theological and cultural distinctives of competing religious groups began to emerge more clearly. Throughout, special attention is paid to the religiously diverse communities of central and eastern Europe, an area that has often been overlooked by scholars who have focused more exclusively on Protestant/Catholic relations in the western half of the continent.

Contributors to this volume argue that the significance of conciliation efforts has been neglected by scholars, in part because it has been absorbed into discussions of toleration, and in part because of the tendency to project contemporary confessional perspectives on the past. More moderate voices of those working to bridge confessional divides were frequently drowned out by the strident cries of their orthodox critics. Confessional accommodation, widely viewed as a mere pragmatic solution to religious conflict, was often a conscious intellectual commitment to theological rapprochement.

The essays in this collection examine conciliarists during the early years of the Great Schism, reunion efforts during the critical years of the Reformation, irenic activities in Bohemia, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, and Hungary in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. This book brings new insights to the religious history of late medieval and early modern Europe.

About the Authors

Howard P. Louthan is associate professor of history at the University of Florida.

Randall C. Zachman taught Reformation and post-Reformation theology at the University of Notre Dame from 1991-2017. Since his retirement, he has moved to Lancaster, PA with his wife Carrie Call, and is now Adjunct Instructor of Church History at Lancaster Theological Seminary. He is the author of The Assurance of Faith and John Calvin as Teacher, Pastor, and Theologian, and co-editor of Conciliation and Confession (University of Notre Dame Press).