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This book is unique and of great importance for theologians from diverse traditions but who all share the relevance of the academic Reformed discourse. The book focuses on, and forms part of celebrating 500 years since the start of the Reformation during the 16th century. Its purpose is to commemorate the quincentenary anniversary of the Reformation in Europe and to indicate the way in which the rich legacy of this important period in the history of the church and society still influences globally the theological landscape in the fields of Practical Theology, Missiology and Ethics. Specific attention is given to the manner in which the core principles of the Reformation can be utilised for these disciplines and applied in a contemporary context. The Reformation changed the ecclesiastical landscape of the day and still provides the benchmark for theological principles and praxis in many Protestant denominations. This book illustrates and underscores the practical-theological legacy and importance of the Reformation for church and society. The collected works by various theologians reflect on the impact of Reformed Theology on their respective fields of expertise. The original research is based on literature studies and has not been published previously in any form. Its aim is to stimulate discourse in Theology and related disciplines. Although the chapters represent different perspectives, the collective aim is to propose the vast impact of the Reformational views as they relate to the current context. The target audience is Reformed theologians. This book focuses on ways in which the legacy of the Reformation addresses practical and relevant issues for 21st-century believers, scholars and churches. It explores inter alia important homiletical and liturgical aspects of the Reformation and contemplates the importance of continual reformation in this regard. Furthermore, it discusses a Reformed approach to apologetics, evaluates the driving forces behind the Reformation of the 16th century and its relevance to missions today as well as examines the sola Scriptura principle of the Reformation and provides a critical perspective on Prosperity Theology. Several pastoral themes take centre stage before various aspects of xenophobia and civil prejudice are being investigated – both being very relevant topics throughout the world today. The book also focuses on hermeneutics and ethics in a quest for a biblical ethical approach as well as congregational hymns in the Reformed churches of South Africa today. The research outcomes are relevant not only for the South African context, but also globally.

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How does a culture become Christian, especially one that is heir to such ancient traditions and spectacular monuments as Egypt? This book offers a new model for envisioning the process of Christianization by looking at the construction of Christianity in the various social and creative worlds active in Egyptian culture during late antiquity.As David Frankfurter shows, members of these different social and creative worlds came to create different forms of Christianity according to their specific interests, their traditional idioms, and their sense of what the religion could offer. Reintroducing the term "syncretism" for the inevitable and continuous process by which a religion is acculturated, the book addresses the various formations of Egyptian Christianity that developed in the domestic sphere, the worlds of holy men and saints' shrines, the work of craftsmen and artisans, the culture of monastic scribes, and the reimagination of the landscape itself, through processions, architecture, and the potent remains of the past.Drawing on sermons and magical texts, saints' lives and figurines, letters and amulets, and comparisons with Christianization elsewhere in the Roman empire and beyond, Christianizing Egypt reconceives religious change-from the "conversion" of hearts and minds to the selective incorporation and application of strategies for protection, authority, and efficacy, and for imagining the environment.

Syncretism (Religion) --- Christianity and other religions --- Egyptian. --- Egypt --- Religion --- Acolyte. --- Amulet. --- Ancient Egypt. --- Ancient Egyptian deities. --- Apocalypse of Elijah. --- Apotropaic magic. --- Archaeology. --- Basilica. --- Burial. --- Caesarius of Arles. --- Cemetery. --- Ceremony. --- Christian art. --- Christian demonology. --- Christian media. --- Christian monasticism. --- Christian theology. --- Christian tradition. --- Christianity. --- Christianization. --- Clergy. --- Deity. --- Demonization. --- Demonology. --- Divination. --- Epigraphy. --- Exorcism. --- Figurine. --- God. --- Hagiography. --- Harpocrates. --- Heathenry (new religious movement). --- Homily. --- Household. --- Iconography. --- Ideology. --- Image of God. --- Incense. --- Jews. --- John Chrysostom. --- Laity. --- Late Antiquity. --- Literature. --- Liturgy. --- Lord's Prayer. --- Magical texts. --- Mamre. --- Martin Classical Lectures. --- Martyr. --- Menouthis. --- Michael (archangel). --- Modernity. --- Monastery. --- Monasticism. --- Mummy. --- Mural. --- Names of God in Judaism. --- Narrative. --- New Christian. --- Nomina sacra. --- Oberlin College. --- Orthodoxy. --- Oxyrhynchus. --- Paganism. --- Piety. --- Pottery. --- Prayer. --- Procession. --- Prophets of Christianity. --- Relic. --- Religion. --- Religious conversion. --- Religious identity. --- Religious order. --- Religious orientation. --- Religious text. --- Reuse. --- Rite. --- Roman Empire. --- Routledge. --- Saint. --- Sermon. --- Shai. --- Shenoute. --- Shrine. --- Stele. --- Syncretism. --- Terracotta. --- The Monastery. --- The Various. --- Theocracy. --- Tomb. --- Tradition. --- Upper Egypt. --- V. --- Veneration. --- Votive offering. --- Worship. --- Wreath. --- Writing.

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A major new account of the most intensely creative years of Luther's career The Making of Martin Luther takes a provocative look at the intellectual emergence of one of the most original and influential minds of the sixteenth century. Richard Rex traces how, in a concentrated burst of creative energy in the few years surrounding his excommunication by Pope Leo X in 1521, this lecturer at an obscure German university developed a startling new interpretation of the Christian faith that brought to an end the dominance of the Catholic Church in Europe. Luther's personal psychology and cultural context played their parts in the whirlwind of change he unleashed. But for the man himself, it was always about the ideas, the truth, and the Gospel. Focusing on the most intensely important years of Luther's career, Rex teases out the threads of his often paradoxical and counterintuitive ideas from the tangled thickets of his writings, explaining their significance, their interconnections, and the astonishing appeal they so rapidly developed. Yet Rex also sets these ideas firmly in the context of Luther's personal life, the cultural landscape that shaped him, and the traditions of medieval Catholic thought from which his ideas burst forth. Lucidly argued and elegantly written, The Making of Martin Luther is a splendid work of intellectual history that renders Luther's earthshaking yet sometimes challenging ideas accessible to a new generation of readers.

Reformation. --- Lutheran Church --- Protestant Reformation --- Reformation --- Church history --- Counter-Reformation --- Protestantism --- Clergy --- History --- Luther, Martin, --- Luther, Maarten --- Lutherus, Martinus --- Lutero, Martin --- Luther, Martin --- Luter, Martinos, --- Lutr, Martin, --- Лютер, Мартін, --- Li︠u︡ter, Martin, --- Luter, Marcin, --- Luther, Maarten, --- Lutero, Martín, --- Luther, Martinus, --- Luther, Márton, --- Luther, Martti, --- Luther, Martí, --- Lutʻŏ, --- Lūtœ̄, Mātīn, --- D. M. L. A., --- Luters, Mārtiņš, --- Luter, Marṭin, --- Luther, Marczin, --- Rutā, Marutin, --- Joerg, Junker, --- לוטהער, מארטין --- לוטהער, מארטין, --- לותר --- 路德马丁, --- Luttar Cāstiriyār, --- Cāstiriyār, Luttar, --- ルター マルティン, --- Лютэр, Марцін, --- Li︠u︡tėr, Martsin, --- Лутер, Мартин, --- Liuteris, Martynas, --- Lutawm, Matees, --- Lu-toe, Ma-ti, --- Lotera, Martin, --- Lusā, Mātaṅʻ, --- Lūthœ̄, Mātin, --- Luta, Martin, --- Lute̳e̳r, Martẽ, --- Lūthar, Mārṭin, --- Adelmann. --- Allusion. --- Anabaptists. --- Antichrist. --- Antinomianism. --- Augustine of Hippo. --- Bible. --- Biblical literalism. --- Blasphemy. --- Calvinism. --- Canon law. --- Catholic Church. --- Catholic theology. --- Catholicism. --- Censure. --- Certainty. --- Christ. --- Christendom. --- Christian theology. --- Christian. --- Christianity. --- Clergy. --- Concupiscence. --- Conscience. --- Council of Constance. --- Disputation. --- Divine grace. --- Doctrine. --- Dominican Order. --- Ecclesiology. --- Ecumenical council. --- Epistle. --- Erfurt. --- Excommunication. --- Exegesis. --- Exsurge Domine. --- Figure of speech. --- Franciscans. --- Friar. --- God. --- Heresy. --- Hussites. --- Indulgence. --- Invisible church. --- Jan Hus. --- Johann von Staupitz. --- John Chrysostom. --- Justification (theology). --- Law and Gospel. --- Lecture. --- Lutheranism. --- Martin Bucer. --- Martin Luther. --- Martyr. --- Monasticism. --- New Testament. --- Ninety-five Theses. --- Old Testament. --- Orthodoxy. --- Pamphlet. --- Papal bull. --- Papal primacy. --- Papist. --- Paul the Apostle. --- Pelagianism. --- Penance. --- Philip Melanchthon. --- Piety. --- Polemic. --- Pope. --- Preacher. --- Predestination. --- Preface (liturgy). --- Printing. --- Protestantism. --- Psalms. --- Purgatory. --- Real presence of Christ in the Eucharist. --- Religion. --- Religious order. --- Religious text. --- Rhetoric. --- Righteousness. --- Roman Curia. --- Sacrament. --- Satan. --- Scholasticism. --- Sermon. --- Sola fide. --- Sola scriptura. --- Theology. --- Thomas Aquinas. --- Thomism. --- Transubstantiation. --- Treatise. --- Ulrich von Hutten. --- Votive Mass. --- Wickedness. --- Worship. --- Writing.