TY - BOOK ID - 84217206 TI - Conversion and the politics of religion in early modern Germany AU - Luebke, David M. AU - Poley, Jared AU - Ryan, Daniel C. AU - Sabean, David Warren AU - German Studies Association PY - 2012 SN - 9780857453754 9780857453761 0857453769 0857453750 1280876050 9781280876059 9786613717368 PB - New York, N.Y. Berghahn Books DB - UniCat KW - Christianity and politics KW - Conversion KW - Religious conversion KW - Psychology, Religious KW - Proselytizing KW - Christianity KW - Church and politics KW - Politics and Christianity KW - Politics and the church KW - Political science KW - History of doctrines KW - Political aspects KW - Germany KW - Alemania KW - Ashkenaz KW - BRD KW - Bu̇gd Naĭramdakh German Uls KW - Bundesrepublik Deutschland KW - Deutsches Reich KW - Deutschland KW - Doitsu KW - Doitsu Renpō Kyōwakoku KW - Federal Republic of Germany KW - Federalʹna Respublika Nimechchyny KW - FRN KW - German Uls KW - Germania KW - Germanii︠a︡ KW - Germanyah KW - Gjermani KW - Grossdeutsches Reich KW - Jirmānīya KW - KhBNGU KW - Kholboony Bu̇gd Naĭramdakh German Uls KW - Nimechchyna KW - Repoblika Federalin'i Alemana KW - República de Alemania KW - República Federal de Alemania KW - Republika Federal Alemmana KW - Vācijā KW - Veĭmarskai︠a︡ Respublika KW - Weimar Republic KW - Weimarer Republik KW - ХБНГУ KW - Германия KW - جرمانيا KW - ドイツ KW - ドイツ連邦共和国 KW - ドイツ レンポウ キョウワコク KW - Germany (East) KW - Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955) KW - Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : British Zone) KW - Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : French Zone) KW - Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : Russian Zone) KW - Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : U.S. Zone) KW - Germany (West) KW - Holy Roman Empire KW - Church history KW - Christian church history KW - History of Germany and Austria KW - anno 1500-1799 KW - Deguo KW - 德国 KW - Gėrman KW - Герман Улс UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:84217206 AB - The Protestant and Catholic Reformations thrust the nature of conversion into the center of debate and politicking over religion as authorities and subjects imbued religious confession with novel meanings during the early modern era. The volume offers insights into the historicity of the very concept of ""conversion."" One widely accepted modern notion of the phenomenon simply expresses denominational change. Yet this concept had no bearing at the outset of the Reformation. Instead, a variety of processes, such as the consolidation of territories along confessional lines, attempts to ensure ci ER -