Politics and Reformations: Histories and Reformations

Christopher Ocker, Ph.D. (1991) in Church History, Princeton Theological Seminary, is professor of history at the San Francisco Theological Seminary and the Graduate Theological Union at Berkeley. His most recent publications include Biblical Poetics before Humanism and Reformation (Cambridge, 2002) and Church Robbers and Reformers in Germany, 1525-1547 (Brill, 2006).Michael Printy, Ph.D. (2002) in History, University of California, Berkeley, is visiting assistant professor of History and Letters at Wesleyan University in Middletown, CT.Peter Starenko, Ph.D. (2003) in European History, University of California, Berkeley, is a research associate at Williams College in Williamstown, MA.Peter G. Wallace, Ph.D. (1983) in History, University of Oregon, is professor of History at Hartwick College in Oneonta, NY. His publications include Communities and Conflict in Early Modern Colmar: 1575-1730 (Humanities/Brill 1995) and The Long European Reformation (Palgrave 2004).

"[D]ie Beitrage dieser Festschrift bieten [...] spannende Einblicke in unterschiedliche Facetten heutiger Reformationsforschung bzw. heutiger Auseinandersetzung mit den Folgen der Reformation im Zeitalter der Konfessionen." - Renate Dürr, in: Zeitschrift für Historische Forschung, vol. 38, no. 3, pp. 501-503

• List of IllustrationsPrefaceBibliography of the Works of Thomas A. Brady1. Tempests and Stürme in Reformation Studies: Some Scholarly and Personal Observations, Kaspar von Greyerz2. The Reformation in Post-War Historiography: An American Contribution, Peter BlicklePART I. HISTORIES3. Ranke, Lamprecht, and Luther, Roger Chickering4. The Reformation and the Early Social Sciences (Marx, Weber, Durkheim, Freud): Toward a Cultural Epidemiology, H. C. Erik Midelfort5. Ranke Meets Gadamer: The Question of Agency in the Reformation, Lee Palmer Wandel6. Historians without Borders? L’histoire croisée and Early Modern Social History, Joel F. Harrington7. Recent Studies of the Roman Inquisition, Anne Jacobson Schutte8. Hermann Conring and the European History of Law, Constantin Fasolt9. The Reformation of the Enlightenment: German Histories in the Eighteenth Century, Michael Printy10. Historical Writing and German Identity: Jacob Wimpheling and Sebastian Franck, Julie K. Tanaka11. Perfecting the Past: Traditional Historiography in Early Modern Germany, Elaine C. TennantPART II. REFORMATIONS12. The Personal is Political: Convents in the Holy Roman Empire, Amy Leonard13. Guerre et paix dans les écrits de Zwingli et de Luther: une comparaison, Marc Lienhard14. Luther and Müntzer See Mary’s Magnificat through Different Spectacles, Christoph Burger15. Beyond the Freedom of the Will: Erasmus’ Struggle for Grace, Greta Grace Kroeker16. Tolerance and Heresy: Martin Bucer’s Radical New Definition of Christian Fellowship, Berndt Hamm17. Landgrave Philipp’s Dilemma: The Roots of Tolerance and the Desire for Protestant Unity, Ellen Yutzy Glebe18. Calvin in Germany, Christopher Ocker19. Confessionalization in Early Modern Germany: A Jewish Perspective, Dean Phillip Bell20. Catholic Intensity in Post-Reformation Germany: Preaching on the Passion and Catholic Identity in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, Susan C. Karant-Nunn21. Pietism, Ministry, and Church Discipline: The Tribulations of Christoph Matthäus Seidel, Terence McIntosh22. Religious Wars at Home: The Problem of Confessionally Mixed Families, Craig Harline23. Trouble with Miracles: An Episode in the Culture and Politics of Wonder in Colonial Mexico, William B. TaylorList of ContributorsIndex