Christentum in Deutschland 1550-1850. English

Christianity in Germany 1550-1850 : confessionalization - enlightenment - pluralization / Andreas Holzem ; English translation by Charlotte P. Kieslich and Ansgar Hastenpflug.

Paderborn : Brill Schöningh, [2023]

©2023

2 volumes (xviii, 1,600 pages) ; 25 cm

Includes glossary.

"Christianity did not reach the modern age by straight paths, but by crooked ones: For two centuries after the Reformation, Catholics and Protestants fought over the truth of their religion. They waged merciless wars and concluded fragile peace treaties. They invested in education and culture. They professionalized clerics and civil servants and tried harder than ever to shape the everyday lives of ordinary people in the villages and towns. They persecuted witches and learned to control the fear of magic. The Enlightenment, the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars created completely new conditions for making Christianity plausible for the modern era. The book describes the enormous efforts under which Catholic and Protestant men and women faced the upheavals between the Reformation and the Revolution. Many of these efforts were similar. But their respective 'religious knowledge' developed significantly different." -- Publisher, page four of cover.

e-book version

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September 22, 2023

Includes bibliographical references (pages 1379-1573) and indexes.