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Price: $121.00

Format:
Hardback 224 pp.
152 mm x 229 mm

ISBN-10:
0195137124

ISBN-13:
9780195137125

Publication date:
June 2000

Imprint: OUP US

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The Confessionalization of Humanism in Reformation Germany

Erika Rummel

Series : Oxford Studies in Historical Theology

This book deals with the impact of the Reformation debate in Germany on the most prominent intellectual movement of the time: humanism. Although it is true that humanism influenced the course of the Reformation, says Erika Rummel, the dynamics of the relationship are better described by saying that humanism was co-opted, perhaps even exploited, in the religious debate.

Reviews

  • "Her explanation of the forces at work in the 'confessionalization' of humanism is acute,"--American Historical Review
  • "It is Rummel's achievement that her readers come to see clearly how utterly serious were the issues underlying the often recondite and always wordy contentions of all participants...What emerges most strongly from this book is the realization that "confessionalization" was lived as a process of individual experiences undergone by real people who were struggling in a noble cause, which was the common humanistic heritage of liberal studies."--American Historical Review
  • "This volume will set the agenda for critical scholarly discussion of the relationship of confessionalization and humanism."--Religious Studies Review

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Erika Rummel is at Wilfrid Laurier University, Toronto.

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