Protestants and Mysticism in Reformation Europe

Ronald K. Rittgers, Ph.D. (1998), Harvard University, holds the Erich Markel Chair in German Reformation Studies at Valparaiso University. His published works include The Reformation of the Keys (Harvard 2004) and The Reformation of Suffering (Oxford 2012).Vincent Evener, Ph.D. (2014), University of Chicago Divinity School, is Instructor in Reformation and Luther Studies at United Lutheran Seminary. His book "Enemies of the Cross”: Suffering, Salvation, and Mysticism in the Reformation will be published by Oxford University Press.

“[An] excellent and coherent monograph, which I find indispensable for any further research on the topic.”Martin Žemla, Palacký University. In: Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 74, No. 2 (Summer 2021), pp. 670–672.

• AcknowledgementsAbbreviationsNotes on ContributorsIntroductionVincent Evener and Ronald K. Rittgers1 The Mystics the Protestants ReadVolker Leppin2 Martin LutherRonald K. Rittgers3 Thomas MüntzerHans-Jürgen Goertz4 Andreas Bodenstein von KarlstadtVincent Evener5 Leo JudBruce Gordon6 Sebastian FranckPatrick Hayden-Roy7 Hans Denck, Hans Hut, and Caspar SchwenckfeldGeoffrey Dipple8 Argula von Grumbach, Katharina Schütz Zell, and Anabaptist and Jorist WomenChristina Moss and Gary K. Waite9 John CalvinG. Sujin Pak10 Andreas Musculus and Michael NeanderMarkus Matthias11 Martin Moller and Philipp KegelEric Lund12 Valentin WeigelDouglas H. Shantz13 Jacob BoehmeJeff Bach14 Philipp Nicolai and Johann GerhardThomas Illg15 Johann ArndtThomas Illg16 George Herbert and English ProtestantsLiam Peter Temple17 Richard Greenham and William PerkinsRandall J. Pederson18 Paul Baynes and Richard SibbesTom Schwanda19 Willem Teellinck and Gisbertus VoetiusWillem J. op ’t Hof20 Robert Bruce, William Cowper, and John ForbesDavid George MullanEpilogue Vincent EvenerIndex