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Miracles and the Protestant Imagination: The Evangelical Wonder Book in Reformation Germany

The Evangelical Wonder Book in Reformation Germany

by Philip M. Soergel

  • Hardback
  • 256 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press
  • 15.6 x 23.4 x 1.8 cm

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For scholars and enthusiasts of Reformation history

Reveals the significance of miracles in the faith

You will gain deeper insights into divine presence today

This groundbreaking book explores the role of miracles in Reformation Germany.

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The wonder book was a new genre that appeared in the troubled years following Luther's death in 1546 and the outbreak of religious wars at mid century. Originally conceived as a kind of apocalyptic text intended to interpret the "signs of the times" during this uncertain period, these books were filled with accounts of celestial visions, comets, natural disasters, monstrous births, and other seeming signs and portents, events in which the hand of God was revealed. As the genre developed, Philip Soergel shows, its authors, mostly Lutheran divines, came increasingly to delve into the theology of miracles and the supernatural. Writing for a mostly clerical audience, they hoped to encourage the broad revival of a sense of divine presence in everyday life. Thus, in contrast to generations of scholars who have assumed that the Reformation represented a vital step on the way to the "disenchantment of the world," Soergel's groundbreaking study reveals that German evangelicals were themselves active enchanters.
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  • Author

    Philip M. Soergel

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Oxford University Press

  • Published

    February 2012

  • Weight

    454g

  • Page Count

    256

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 23.4 x 1.8 cm

  • ISBN

    9780199844661

  • ISBN-10

    0199844666

  • Eden Code

    4448920

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