The roots of the Reformation :
Evans, G.R.
The roots of the Reformation : tradition, emergence and rupture / G.R. Evans. - 2nd rev. ed. - Downers Grove, IL : IVP Academic, c2012. - 480 p. ; pbk ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [511]-514) and indexes.
Setting the scene : the "fair field of folk". Part 1. Bible and church : the questions begin.
The idea of church --
The idea of faith --
Where was the Bible? --
Becoming and remaining a member of the church --
Penance and the recurring problem of sin --
The Eucharist and the idea of sacraments --
Organization, making decisions and keeping together --
The church and the state. Part 2. Continuity and change in the Middle Ages.
Monastic life, monastic education and awakening social concerns --
The beginning of academic theology and the invention of universities --
The evangelical urge and the wandering preachers --
Religious experiments by the laity --
Rebels, repression and the stirrings of reform.. Part 3. Continuity and change from the Reformation.
Renaissance --
Luther and his heirs : the moderate reformers --
Henry VIII and English Reformation --
Peaceful extremists? : the Anabaptist heirs of the Medieval Sects --
Calvin and his heirs : the Reformed churches --
The Counter-Reformation --
Church and state again : new political dimensions of the idea of order --
Bible questions continue. Conclusion --
Handlist of Reformation concerns and their history.
9780830839964 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2012000264
Reformation--Textbooks.
270.6/EVA
The roots of the Reformation : tradition, emergence and rupture / G.R. Evans. - 2nd rev. ed. - Downers Grove, IL : IVP Academic, c2012. - 480 p. ; pbk ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [511]-514) and indexes.
Setting the scene : the "fair field of folk". Part 1. Bible and church : the questions begin.
The idea of church --
The idea of faith --
Where was the Bible? --
Becoming and remaining a member of the church --
Penance and the recurring problem of sin --
The Eucharist and the idea of sacraments --
Organization, making decisions and keeping together --
The church and the state. Part 2. Continuity and change in the Middle Ages.
Monastic life, monastic education and awakening social concerns --
The beginning of academic theology and the invention of universities --
The evangelical urge and the wandering preachers --
Religious experiments by the laity --
Rebels, repression and the stirrings of reform.. Part 3. Continuity and change from the Reformation.
Renaissance --
Luther and his heirs : the moderate reformers --
Henry VIII and English Reformation --
Peaceful extremists? : the Anabaptist heirs of the Medieval Sects --
Calvin and his heirs : the Reformed churches --
The Counter-Reformation --
Church and state again : new political dimensions of the idea of order --
Bible questions continue. Conclusion --
Handlist of Reformation concerns and their history.
9780830839964 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2012000264
Reformation--Textbooks.
270.6/EVA
