Radicalism and Dissent in the World of Protestant Reform

Contributions by John Coffey Contributions by Michael Driedger Contributions by Ulrike Gleixner Contributions by Bridget Heal Contributions by Katherine Hill Contributions by Thomas Kaufmann Contributions by Anorthe Wetzel Contributions by Lionel Laborie Contributions by Hartmut Lehmann Contributions by Dmitri Levitin Contributions by Susan Royal Contributions by Alec Ryrie Contributions by Gerd Schwerhoff Contributions by Jon F. Sensbach Contributions by Ethan H. Shagan Contributions by Mirjam van Veen Contributions by Gary Waite Edited by Bridget Heal Edited by Anorthe Wetzel

Book cover: Radicalism and Dissent in the World of Protestant Reform

Extent: 275 pages

Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

Subjects: Religious Studies

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(April 2017)

ISBN: 9783525552582

6.3 x 9.33 inches

Price: $69.00

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What Radicalism meant during the Reformation


This volume of essays explores the themes of radicalism and dissent within Protestantism. The comparisons highlight the contingent nature of particular settlements and narratives, and reveal the extent to which the definition of religious radicalism was dependent upon immediate context and show that radicalism and dissent were truly transnational phenomena. The historiography of the so-called radical reformation has been unduly shaped by the hostile categories imposed by mainstream or magisterial reformers during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. This volume argues that scholars should adopt an open-ended understanding of evangelical reform, and recognize that the boundaries between radicalism and its opposite were not always firmly drawn. The distinction between the two is an inheritance of the Lutheran Reformation of the 1520s, which shaped not only the later course of the Reformation in the Holy Roman Empire but also attitudes towards and writings on religious dissent in the Netherlands and England. Radical critique is immanent within mainstream Protestantism, in a faith that emphasizes the power of the gospel with its unrelenting demands.

  • Contributions by John Coffey
  • Contributions by Michael Driedger
  • Contributions by Ulrike Gleixner
  • Contributions by Bridget Heal
  • Contributions by Katherine Hill
  • Contributions by Thomas Kaufmann
  • Contributions by Anorthe Wetzel
  • Contributions by Lionel Laborie
  • Contributions by Hartmut Lehmann
  • Contributions by Dmitri Levitin
  • Contributions by Susan Royal
  • Contributions by Alec Ryrie
  • Contributions by Gerd Schwerhoff
  • Contributions by Jon F. Sensbach
  • Contributions by Ethan H. Shagan
  • Contributions by Mirjam van Veen
  • Contributions by Gary Waite
  • Edited by Bridget Heal
  • Edited by Anorthe Wetzel