02775nam 2200613 450 991046490480332120210210002027.01-317-31873-01-315-65432-61-78144-068-9(CKB)3710000000084491(SSID)ssj0001190652(PQKBManifestationID)11950908(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001190652(PQKBWorkID)11201429(PQKB)11164923(MiAaPQ)EBC1596272(MiAaPQ)EBC4015399(MiAaPQ)EBC2127214(Au-PeEL)EBL2127214(OCoLC)918622270(EXLCZ)99371000000008449120140303h20142014 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrCelestial wonders in Reformation Germany /by Ken KuriharaLondon ;Brookfield, Vermont :Pickering & Chatto,2014.©20141 online resource (225 pages) illustrationsReligious Cultures in the Early Modern World ;Number 13Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-138-66306-9 1-84893-444-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures -- Introduction: Celestial Wonders, Confessional Conflicts and Apocalypticism -- 1 Exploring the World of Wunderzeichen -- 2 Lutheran Clergy and Wunderzeichen Discourses -- 3 'An Eagle Hurting Himself ': Flacius's Tract against the Interim -- 4 Irenaeus against 'Spiritual Wolves': Polemical Use of Wunderzeichen, I -- 5 Irenaeus against the Concord: Polemical Use of Wunderzeichen, II -- 6 Andreae's Pastoral Use of Wunderzeichen -- 7 Celestial Wonders under the Shadow of War -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index.Celestial phenomena were often harnessed for use by clerics in early modern Germany. Kurihara examines how and why interest in these events grew in this period, how the clergy exploited these beliefs and the role of sectarianism in Germany at this time.Religious cultures in the early modern world ;no. 13.AstronomyReligious aspectsChristianityReformationGermanyElectronic books.AstronomyReligious aspectsChristianity.Reformation200.94309031Kurihara Ken1044799MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910464904803321Celestial wonders in Reformation Germany2470627UNINA