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Were We Ever Protestants?

Essays in Honour of Tarald Rasmussen
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Published/Copyright: 2019
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About this book

This anthology discusses different aspects of Protestantism, past and present.

Professor Tarald Rasmussen has written both on medieval and modern theologians, but his primary interest has remained the reformation and 16th century church history. In stead of a traditional «Festschrift» honouring the different fields of research he has contributed to, this will be a focused anthology treating a specific theme related to Rasmussen’s research profile.

One of Professor Rasmussen's most recent publications, a little popularized book in Norwegian titled «What is Protestantism?», reveals a central aspect research interest, namely the Weberian interest for Protestantism’s cultural significance. Despite difficulties, he finds the concept useful as a Weberian «Idealtypus» enabling research on a phenomenon combining theological, historical and sociological dimensions. Thus he employs the Protestantism as an integrative concept to trace the makeup of today’s secular societies.

This profiled approach is a point of departure for this anthology discussing important aspects of historiography in reformation history: Continuity and breaks surrounding the reformation, contemporary significance of reformation history research, traces of the reformation in today’s society.

The book relates to current discussions on Protestantism and is relevant to everyone who want to keep up to date with the latest research in the field.

Author / Editor information

Sivert Angel and Hallgeir Elstad, University of Oslo; Eivor Oftestad, MF Norwegian School of Theology, Oslo, Norway.

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    Frontmatter

    I
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    Table of Contents

    V
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    List of Figures

    VII
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    A Brief Biography of Professor Tarald Rasmussen

    IX
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    Were we ever protestants?

    XIII
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    Was Luther Ever a Protestant?

    1
    Volker Leppin
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    Was there a Protestant Fearlessness in Face of Death?

    15
    Sivert Angel
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    Protestants and the Uncomfortable Sainthood

    37
    Martin Wangsgaard Jürgensen
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    King, Church and Religion

    73
    Per Ingesman
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    “Worse than the Papists”

    91
    Bjørn Ole Hovda
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    Despot, Outlaw or King? – Funeral Sermons and the Struggle for Legitimacy in Early Modern Sweden

    119
    Otfried Czaika
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    Was there a Protestant Death?

    143
    Peter Marshall
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    Living as Adam and Eve

    161
    Eivor Andersen Oftestad
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    Protestant Anti-Catholicism in Early Modern Germany

    179
    Thomas Kaufmann
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    Martin Luther as Lieu de Mémoire in Early Modern Dutch Lutheranism

    197
    Sabine Hiebsch
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    Pastoral Ideals and Public Sphere in Christiania (Oslo) in the Seventeenth Century

    219
    Arne Bugge Amundsen
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    Viborg in the Hands of the Lord

    243
    Carsten Bach-Nielsen
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    Toleration, Anti-Catholicism and Protestantism

    273
    Rolv Nøtvik Jakobsen
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    The Lutheran Ethic and the Spirit of Early Modern Science

    289
    Nils Gilje
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    Celebrating Protestantism? The Reformation Anniversaries in Norway in 1917 and 1937

    311
    Hallgeir Elstad
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    The Church of Sweden and the Community of Protestant Churches in Europe

    329
    Martin Berntson
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    Notes on the Contributors

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    Index of Names

    355
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    Index of Places

    359
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    Index of Subjects

    361
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Publishing information
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
September 23, 2019
eBook ISBN:
9783110600544
Hardcover published on:
September 23, 2019
Hardcover ISBN:
9783110598285
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Front matter:
16
Main content:
364
Illustrations:
20
Coloured Illustrations:
15
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110600544
eBook ISBN: 9783110600544
Hardcover ISBN: 9783110598285
Keywords for this book
Church History; history; cultural history; theology
Audience(s) for this book
Historians, Church Historians, Teachers, Students
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