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Literature on confessionalization has opened new vistas for considering early-modern Christianity and its place in Western social-political contexts, but the ecclesiastical cultures of the period need further research and analysis to refine our focus on how Christians lived in their own communities and related to society at large. This volume’s essays assess eight elements of Lutheran life (its foundation in sixteenth-century processing of Luther’s legacy, university teaching, preaching, catechesis, devotional literature, popular piety, church and society, church and secular government) and two geographical areas (Nordic and Baltic lands, the kingdom of Hungary) to orient readers to current scholarly discussion and suggest further avenues for exploration and evaluation. Each offers perspectives on Lutherans’ attempts to practice their faith in the world. Contributors are: Kenneth Appold, Gerhard Bode, Susan Boettcher, Christopher Boyd Brown, Robert Christman, David Daniel, Irene Dingel, Robert von Friedeburg, Mary Jane Haemig, and Eric Lund.

Lutheran Church --- Lutheranism --- Christian sects --- History

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Deacons --- -Lutheran Church --- -Lutheranism --- Christian sects --- Diaconate --- Church officers --- Clergy --- Deaconesses --- History --- -Charities --- -History --- Charities --- -Deacons --- Lutheran Church --- Lutheranism

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Catechetics --- -Lutheran Church --- -Lutheranism --- Christian sects --- Christian education --- Catechisms --- Lutheran Church --- History --- Svenska kyrkan. Lunds stift --- Sweden --- Church history. --- Lutheran Church. --- History. --- Svenska kyrkan. --- Lutheranism --- Lunds stift

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Der Doppelband macht herausragende, als Autographen überlieferte und nicht im Druck erschienene Werke des prominenten Nürnberger Dichters und Literaturmanagers Sigmund von Birken (1626-1681) erstmals verfügbar. Die Texte sind der frühneuzeitlichen Erbauungsliteratur zuzurechnen. Sie befassen sich sprachlich prägnant, argumentativ präzise sowie theologie- und sozialhistorisch höchst aufschlußreich mit dem Auftreten von Krisenphänomenen (Pest, Kometen), und sie setzen Maßstäbe mit Blick auf die konsequent an alltäglichen Lebensbezügen orientierte, emblematische Einübung von pietas, zu der auch (im Anschluß an Harsdörffer) die gesprächsweise-spielerisch inszenierte Kommunikationsform wesentlich gehört. Zudem gewähren die Texte Einblick in Birkens persönliche Beichtpraxis und seine Konflikte mit dem Pietisten Ph. J. Spener. Die Quellentexte sind geeignet, die mediale und thematische Vielfalt der frühneuzeitlichen Meditationsliteratur präziser als bisher zu bestimmen. Die Apparate und Kommentare bieten eine detaillierte Dokumentation textkritischer Sachverhalte, erschließen die historischen Orte der Texte, belegen biblische Bezüge und zeigen die traditionshistorische, theologische und frömmigkeitliche Physiognomie der Quellentexte auf.

German literature --- History and criticism. --- Baroque period. --- Birken, Sigmund von. --- Christian devotional literature. --- Lutheranism.

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"This book covers the missionary activity in Australia conducted by non-English speaking missionaries from Catholic and Protestant mission societies from its beginnings to the end of the mission era. It looks through the eyes of the missionaries and their helpers, as well as incorporating Indigenous perspectives and offering a balanced assessment of missionary endeavour in Australia, attuned to the controversies that surround mission history. It means neither to condemn nor praise, but rather to understand the various responses of Indigenous communities, the intentions of missionaries, the agendas of the mission societies and the many tensions besetting the mission endeavour. It explores a common commitment to the supernatural and the role of intermediaries like local diplomats and evangelists from the Pacific Islands and Philippines, and emphasises the strong role played by non-English speakers in the transcultural Australian mission effort.This book is a companion to the website German Missionaries in Australia – A web-directory of intercultural encounters. The web-directory provides detailed accounts of Australian missions staffed with German speakers. The book reads laterally across the different missions and produces a completely different type of knowledge about missions. The book and its accompanying website are based on a decade of research ranging across mission archives with foreign-language sources that have not previously been accessed for a historiography of Australian missions.‘A remarkable intellectual achievement, compelling reading.’— Dr Niel Gunson‘The range of knowledge on display here is very impressive indeed.’— Professor Peter Monteath"

Aboriginal Australians --- Religion. --- Australia --- Indigenous peoples --- missionaries --- history --- Catholic Church --- Lutheranism --- Pallottines