TY - BOOK AU - Evans,G.R. TI - The roots of the Reformation: tradition, emergence and rupture SN - 9780830839964 (pbk. : alk. paper) U1 - 270.6/EVA PY - 2012/// CY - Downers Grove, IL PB - IVP Academic KW - Reformation KW - Textbooks N1 - 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 ER -