The European Reformation by Euan K Cameron
This is a survey and analysis of the European Reformation of the sixteenth century. During this period western Christianity underwent the most dramatic changes in its entire history. From Iceland to Transylvania, from the Baltic to the Pyrenees, the Reformation divided churches and communities into 'Catholic' and 'Protestant', and created varying regional and national traditions. The new protestant creed rejected traditional measures of piety - vows, penances, pardons, and masses - in favour of sermons and catechisms, and an everyday morality of diligence, neighbourly charity, and prayer. In the process it involved many of Europe's people for the first time in a political movement inspired by an ideology and nourished by mass communication. Using the most important recent research, Euan Cameron provides a thematic and narrative synthesis of the events and ideas of the Reformation. He examines its social and religious background, its teachers and their message, and explores its impact on contemporary society. The European Reformation is an incisive and comprehensive study, which includes maps and suggestions for further reading. It will be invaluable for all students of early modern Europe.Euan Cameron graduated with a B.A. and a Ph.D. degrees from the University of Oxford From 1979 to 1986, he was a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, and from 1985 to 2002, he was a member of the University of Newcastle upon Tyne's Department of History. He has been the Henry Luce III Professor of Reformation Church History and Vice-President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty at Union Theological Seminary in New York City since 2002. He is a member of Columbia University's Theology and History departments.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780198730934 |
| ISBN 10 | 0198730934 |
| Title | The European Reformation |
| Author | Euan K Cameron |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Year published | 1991-04-18 |
| Number of pages | 576 |
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