Celestial wonders in Reformation Germany / / by Ken Kurihara [[electronic resource]]
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| Autore: |
Kurihara Ken
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| Titolo: |
Celestial wonders in Reformation Germany / / by Ken Kurihara [[electronic resource]]
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| Pubblicazione: | London : , : Pickering & Chatto, , 2014 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xi, 211 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
| Disciplina: | 200.94309031 |
| Soggetto topico: | Astronomy - Religious aspects - Christianity |
| Reformation - Germany | |
| Classificazione: | 8,1 |
| Note generali: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015). |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Introduction: Celestial wonders, confessional conflicts and apocalypticism -- Exploring the world of Wunderzeichen -- Lutheran clergy and Wunderzeichen discourses -- 'An eagle hurting himself' : Flacius's tract against the Interim -- Irenaeus against 'spiritual wolves' : polemical use of Wunderzeichen, I -- Irenaeus against the Concord : polemical use of Wunderzeichen, II -- Andreae's pastoral use of Wunderzeichen -- Celestial wonders under the shadow of war. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Celestial phenomena were often harnessed for use by clerics in early modern Germany. The clergy were the main intellectual leaders of communities, so their emphasis on these <i>Wunderzeichen</i> ('wonder-signs') would have had a significant effect on the laity. As Protestantism took hold, there was a desire among many influential theologians to underline the need for doctrinal acceptance. Divine omens or signs of apocalyptic warning were a useful way to encourage obedience and respect for clerical authority. 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Celestial wonders in Reformation Germany |
| ISBN: | 1-317-31873-0 |
| 1-315-65432-6 | |
| 1-78144-068-9 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910810133903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Religious cultures in the early modern world ; ; no. 13.