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Christ's churches purely reformed : a social history of Calvinism : a social history of Calvinism / Philip Benedict

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رقم التسجيلة 6692
نوع المادة book
ردمك 0300088124
رقم الطلب

BX9415.B47

المؤلف Benedict, Philip

العنوان Christ's churches purely reformed : a social history of Calvinism : a social history of Calvinism / Philip Benedict
بيانات النشر New Haven: Yale University Press, 2002.
الوصف المادي xxvi, 670 p ; ill
ملاحظات

Includes bibliographical references (p. 547-655) and index

المحتويات / النص

Zurich contra Wittenberg -- The second generation : Switzerland and Germany -- The second generation : Calvin and Geneva -- France : the construction and defense of a minority church -- Scotland : a revolutionary reformation -- The Netherlands : another revolutionary reformation -- The empire : further reformation by princely fiat -- England : the unstable settlement of a church 'but halfly reformed' -- Eastern Europe : local reformations under noble protection -- Theological disputes in the age of orthodoxy -- Changing political circumstances on the continent -- British schisms -- The reformation of the ministry -- The exercise of discipline -- The practice of piety

المستخلص

This sweeping book tells the story of Calvinism's origins, expansion, and impact across Europe from the upheavals of the early Reformation to the end of the seventeenth century. The faith's fundamental doctrines, diverse ecclesiastical institutions, and significant consequences for lived experience are all explored, revealing the ongoing interplay between a dynamic religious tradition and the worlds in which it took root. Book jacket.

المواضيع Calvinism - Europe - History