This book provides brief and accessible portraits of twenty of the secondary theologians of the Reformation period. In addition to describing a particular theologian, each portrait explores one problem in 16th-century Christian thought. Catholic, Lutheran, Reformed, and Radical thinkers are all represented in this volume, which serves as both an introduction to the field and a handy reference for scholars.
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"If you like to read about the Reformation, you will find in Steinmetz' book an urbane, informative, and well-written account of many of its important but neglected figures."--Review for Religious
"Steinmetz has the ability to stress the uniqueness of the individual whom he presents and the scholarship to place him in the broad context of the group to which he belongs and of the reforem movements as a whole."--Concordia Historical Institute Quarterly
"The contribution made by each of these 20 individuals is summarized clearly and with scholarly insight...This book will serve as a valuable teaching aid in church history."--Christian Century
"Professor Steinmetz has provided us with concise, easily readable, reliable sketches of twenty fascinating Reformation figures."--Christianity Today
"This is an superb book and important in many ways not indicated by its title. Here in one volume is cogent treatment of the lives and works of 20 men: five from the late medieval period of Catholic Reform and five each from the Lutheran, Reformed and Radical traditions."--Church History
"Anyone who has been faced with the task of introducing sixteenth century men and their ideas to students on this continent will welcome Reforms in the Wings."--Studies in Religion
"...the finest introduction to the thought of these secondary reformers in print today."--Choice --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
"Steinmetz has the ability to stress the uniqueness of the individual whom he presents and the scholarship to place him in the broad context of the group to which he belongs and of the reforem movements as a whole."--Concordia Historical Institute Quarterly
"The contribution made by each of these 20 individuals is summarized clearly and with scholarly insight...This book will serve as a valuable teaching aid in church history."--Christian Century
"Professor Steinmetz has provided us with concise, easily readable, reliable sketches of twenty fascinating Reformation figures."--Christianity Today
"This is an superb book and important in many ways not indicated by its title. Here in one volume is cogent treatment of the lives and works of 20 men: five from the late medieval period of Catholic Reform and five each from the Lutheran, Reformed and Radical traditions."--Church History
"Anyone who has been faced with the task of introducing sixteenth century men and their ideas to students on this continent will welcome Reforms in the Wings."--Studies in Religion
"...the finest introduction to the thought of these secondary reformers in print today."--Choice --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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David C. Steinmetz, Amos Ragan Kearns Professor of the History of Christianity, Duke Divinity School.
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Fine Inroad Into Reformation Debate,
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This review is from: Reformers in the Wings: From Geiler von Kaysersberg to Theodore Beza (Paperback)
Steinmetz provides in this survey of Reformation theology the historical development and debate of theology, dividing this into four groupings of theologians: Catholic, Lutheran, Reformed and Radical.
He correctly and honestly admits that these lines are blurred at times and individuals jump from one to the other to all at times, e.g. Carlstadt. One can learn much about this fluid and dramatic time in theological history with learning about some of the other key theological players besides Luther, Calvin and Zwingli. One will profit much from this brief excursion about each individual by hearing of the history surrounding their theological development, interaction with "The Big Three" with each other, and their subsequent contributions to the Reformation history. Some readers like this reviewer will profit much from learning of those never heard of much, e.g. the Catholic champion Reginald Pole, or more insight and thirst for learning more about some already encountered, e.g. Staupitz. Such benefits are certainly to be gained from time in this carefully researched, documented and well written treatise.
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This review is from: Reformers in the Wings: From Geiler von Kaysersberg to Theodore Beza (Paperback)
This is a concise and well-written book that explores some of the lesser known Reformers. Each short chapter considers a separate individual, providing brief biographical information, a summary of his beliefs, and Steinmetz's thoughtful commentary places him in the context of the time period.
What I enjoyed most about this book is how much I came to better understand Luther and Calvin by learning more details about those who opposed them. Many of the controversies of the time, such as those over baptism and the Lord's Supper, became clearer to me after I read the perpsective of the minority side.
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IT IS NOT THE CASE, as Protestants have often thought, that the Protestant reformers were the first to recover the importance of the sermon and of the act of preaching for the life of the church. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
inherent righteousness, double justification, magisterial reformers, loci communes, coram deo, eucharistic theology Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Jesus Christ, Old Testament, Lord's Supper, Holy Spirit, Holy Scripture, New Testament, Peter Martyr, Roman Catholic, Pope Paul, Reformed Congregation, University of Wittenberg, Middle Ages, Johannes von Staupitz, Protestant Reformation, Hans Denck, John Hooper, South Germany, Johannes Brenz, Thomas Aquinas, Council of Trent, Theodore Beza, Cardinal Pole, Gabriel Biel, Leipzig Interim, Martin Luther New!
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IT IS NOT THE CASE, as Protestants have often thought, that the Protestant reformers were the first to recover the importance of the sermon and of the act of preaching for the life of the church. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
inherent righteousness, double justification, magisterial reformers, loci communes, coram deo, eucharistic theology Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Jesus Christ, Old Testament, Lord's Supper, Holy Spirit, Holy Scripture, New Testament, Peter Martyr, Roman Catholic, Pope Paul, Reformed Congregation, University of Wittenberg, Middle Ages, Johannes von Staupitz, Protestant Reformation, Hans Denck, John Hooper, South Germany, Johannes Brenz, Thomas Aquinas, Council of Trent, Theodore Beza, Cardinal Pole, Gabriel Biel, Leipzig Interim, Martin Luther New!
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- 'The Radical Reformation (3rd ed) by George Huntston Williams on 8 pages
- The Augsburg Confession by Philip Melanchthon on 5 pages
- Forerunners of the Reformation: The Shape of Late Medieval Thought (Library of Ecclesiastical History) by Heiko A Oberman on 4 pages
- Harvest of Medieval Theology, The: Gabriel Biel and Late Medieval Nominalism by Heiko A. Oberman on 4 pages
- Spiritual and Anabaptist Writers (Library of Christian Classics) by George H. Williams on 4 pages
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