
Remembering the Reformation
An Inquiry into the Meanings of Protestantism
Thomas Albert Howard(Author)
Oxford University Press
Published on 11. January 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-0-19-880849-7 (ISBN)
Description
The 500th anniversary of the Reformation in 2017 focuses the mind on the history and significance of Protestant forms of Christianity. It also prompts the question of how the Reformation has been commemorated on past anniversary occasions. In an effort to examine various meanings attributed to Protestantism, this book recounts and analyzes major commemorative occasions, including the famous posting of the 95 Theses in 1517 or the birth and death dates of Martin Luther, respectively 1483 and 1546. Beginning with the first centennial jubilee in 1617, Remembering the Reformation: An Inquiry into the Meanings of Protestantism makes its way to the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther's birth, internationally marked in 1983. While the book focuses on German-speaking lands, Thomas Albert Howard also looks at Reformation commemorations in other countries, notably in the United States. The central argument is that past commemorations have been heavily shaped by their historical moment, exhibiting confessional, liberal, nationalist, militaristic, Marxist, and ecumenical motifs, among others.
Reviews / Votes
This is an interesting book... It certainly gathers together and synthesizes a useful body of literature on Luther celebrations and anniversaries, and by adopting a long perspective and chronological organization it allows the author to draw attention to some interesting continuities and discontinuities along the way. * Jonathan Willis (University of Birmingham), European History Quarterly Vol. 48.1 * A very welcome comparative and international perspective * Hartmut Lehmann, Scottish Journal of Theology *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
227 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-880849-7 (9780198808497)
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Person
Thomas Albert Howard is Professor of History and the Humanities and holder of the Phyllis and Richard Duesenberg Chair in Christian Ethics at Valparaiso University. His publications include Protestant Theology and the Making of the Modern German University (2006), God and the Atlantic: America, Europe, and the Religious Divide (2011), and The Pope and the Professor: Pius IX, Ignaz von Doellinger, and the Quandary of the Modern Age (2017).
Author
Professor of History and the Humanities and holder of the Phyllis and Richard Duesenberg Chair in Christian EthicsProfessor of History and the Humanities and holder of the Phyllis and Richard Duesenberg Chair in Christian Ethics, Valparaiso University
Content
Introduction: The Reformation and the Remembered Past 1: 1617, 1717: Commemoration in a Confessional Age 2: A Turning Point: 1817 and the Modern Era 3: 1883: Luthermania, Germania, and the Novus Ordo Seclorum 4: A Memory Still Mutating: The Twentieth Century Conclusion: 2017?