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x, 433, [1] pages : illustrations, facsimiles, maps ; 22 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-421) and index. |
Contents |
A. The context: Reformation and radical reformation -- The late medieval tradition and the early reformation challenge -- The emergence of radical reform -- The radical reformation revisited -- B. The setting of initial boundaries: 1525-1540 -- The origins of Swiss Anabaptism -- The origins of South German / Austrian Anabaptism -- The theological and ecclesiological core of Anabaptism -- The communication of Anabaptist ideas -- The spread and development of early Anabaptism -- The Strasbourg context -- The origin and spread of North German / Dutch Anabaptism -- Anabaptists and scripture: an overview -- C. The development of Anabaptism: 1525-ca. 1600 -- 1. Anabaptism and political reality -- Anabaptism and political reality -- Sword and oath in Swiss and South German / Austrian Anabaptism -- Melchior Hoffman and Bernhard Rothmann: Sword and oath -- After Munster: Sword and oath in the Melchiorite tradition -- 2. Anabaptism and socio-economic reality -- Anabaptism and socio-economic reality -- Anabaptism and economics -- Equality in the community of saints -- Anabaptist marriage -- 3. Anabaptism and religious reform -- Anabaptism and religious reform: the inner and the outer -- The challenge of spiritualism: the South German / Austrian stream -- The challenge of spiritualism: Menno Simons and Nicolaas van Blesdijk -- Pilgram Marpeck and the Swiss Brethren: regeneration and discipline -- Menno Simons: The Church of the Regenerate -- The church as sacrament -- D. Conclusion -- The continuing Anabaptist tradition -- Epilogue: the continuing conversation -- Appendix: A review of Anabaptist historiography. |
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Anabaptists.
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Anabaptists. (OCoLC)fst00808176
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ISBN |
0969876203 |
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9780969876205 |
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