What is it about?
The introduction to this reviewed collection of essays asserts that there is no longer a place left in Reformation studies for the "disenchantment" thesis. Secularity as we have come to know it today presents itself most frequently in opposition to religious concerns, and the revisionist hermeneutic of contemporary historiography tends to proceed from this presupposition. Yet for Charles Taylor, the religious discourse of the Reformation plays a primary role in defining the ‘moral ontology’ of an emerging, early-modern civil society.
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Why is it important?
The essays in this volume are representative of current thematic directions in the field of Reformation research, including studies of the Reformation’s impact on political, social, and intellectual culture.
Perspectives
These essays share a sense of the importance of acknowledging the continuity of Reformation culture with the medieval past, with particular emphasis upon the “accommodation” of the Reformation to traditional institutions, modes of behaviour, and patterns of thought. The overall tone is revisionist.
Prof. Torrance Kirby
McGill University
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This page is a summary of: Bridget Heal and Ole Grell (Eds.), The Impact of the European Reformation. Princes, Clergy and People. Ashgate, Aldershot 2008, 326 pp., 4 b/w ill. and 1 map. ISBN 9780754662129. £60., Church History and Religious Culture, January 2010, Brill,
DOI: 10.1163/18712411-0x542699.
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