The Imaginative World of the ReformationIn this small gem of Reformation research, Peter Matheson offers a rich view of the Reformation as it appeared in pamphlets and sermons, woodcuts and paintings, poetry and song, correspondence and the contours of daily life.The popular media he explores evince the Reformation's novel use of images and metaphors, its deep effects on personal and family life and spirituality, heightened civic engagement, great utopian dreams and experiments, as well as its nightmarish excesses. |
Contents
The Stirring of the Imagination | 1 |
A New Song or the Stripping of the Altars? | 25 |
Rural and Urban Utopias | 49 |
Nightmare | 77 |
The Contours of Daily Life | 101 |
The Spirituality of the Reformation | 119 |
Bibliography | 141 |
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References to this book
Reformed Theology and Visual Culture: The Protestant Imagination from Calvin ... William A. Dyrness No preview available - 2004 |
Bibliographic information
| Title | The Imaginative World of the Reformation The Gunning lectures |
| Author | Peter Matheson |
| Publisher | Fortress Press, 2000 |
| ISBN | 1451415907, 9781451415902 |
| Length | 153 pages |
| Subjects | › › Religion / Christianity / History |
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