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Title: The European Reformations by Carter Lindberg ISBN: 1-55786-575-2 Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Pub. Date: February, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $41.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: excelllent and well-written overview
Comment: I much liked this book on the Reformations, readable, informative and well written. The author makes a credible case about the plural in the title. It is well and clearly written and gives a real and lively 'feel' of the human angle and controversies surrounding these latter-day Reformist 'Church Fathers'; People like Luther, Zwingli, Karlstadt and Calvin come from the pages as human and not as dry names with dates attached to them. I also appreciated the broad sociopolitical context in which their lives & times are presented.
Although not a specialist in the field at all, i do think that the author presents clearly the theological arguments as such for a layman reader such as myself. However, I do sometimes get the impression that he oversimplifies, perhaps for the sake of brief clarity. I also wonder whether all that was theologically controversial and interesting during the Reformation only took place in German-speaking areas? On the other hand, perhaps that was indeed were the main action was.
The author does create the impression that many of the theological ideas emerging during the Reformations were actually new (or does nothing to dispel that idea). Although in some senses undoubtedly innovative, one can argue that many of the concepts were not new at all, and often can be traced to ideas that were alive and kept reemerging, throughout the earlier history of Christianity, often also with solid Catholic antecedents. However, people like Luther believed their insights were new and different from what they thought of as suffocating and terrifying Catholic orthodoxy. And to them that made all the difference. In any case, I thoroughly and unexpectedly enjoyed this book and i rate it as highly recommended.
Rating: 5
Summary: You'll like this one
Comment: What the heck. This one is just plain READABLE. Many books contain the same--or more--information. A good example is Williston Walker's book on Christian history. But Lindberg conveys the information with a style that makes the reading enjoyable and informative. Given the amount of information that is encompassed and the time scale covered it is great to have a book that makes the subject matter come alive.
Rating: 5
Summary: An important development in Western culture, well explained.
Comment: This is a must-read. Lindberg's introduction to the Reformation not only weaves an exciting narrative about the men and women (mostly men) who shaped the Reformation, but provides insight to the culture that produced them with real sympathy and conviction.
In addition to the expected chapters on Luther, Zwingli, Calvin, the "radical reformers" et al, Lindbergh explains the Reformations (notice the plural--a key point of Lindberg's) as they unfolded uniquely in various countries and in response to peculiar stimuli. Political, social, and economic ramifications are also explored to some degree. Despite all this weighty content, Lindberg's writing is easy to read, his argument effortless. "The European Reformations" sheds light on both the 16th century and our own. I strongly recommend it.
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Title: European Reformations Sourcebook by Carter Lindberg ISBN: 0631213627 Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Pub. Date: December, 1999 List Price(USD): $37.95 |
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Title: The Protestant Reformation (Documentary History of Western Civilization) by Hans J. Hillerbrand ISBN: 0061313424 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 28 February, 1968 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: The Anabaptist Story: An Introduction to Sixteenth-Century Anabaptism by William Roscoe Estep ISBN: 0802808867 Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co. Pub. Date: January, 1996 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: Martin Luther : Selections From His Writing by Martin Luther, John Dillenberger ISBN: 0385098766 Publisher: Anchor Pub. Date: 20 February, 1958 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Reformation Thought: An Introduction by Alister E. McGrath ISBN: 0631215212 Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Pub. Date: September, 1999 List Price(USD): $40.95 |
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