Invectives as a Stylistic Device in Martin Luther's Reformation Rhetoric
The article explores Luther’s usage of invective language. In recent years of research into Church history, it has only rarely been recognized, and often been concealed, as an indispensable part of Luther's theology. Firstly the article presents some (relevant) passages of Luther's invecti...
Subtitles: | "Words at War: 'Invectivity' in Transformative Processes of the Sixteenth Century; Guest Editors: Cora Dietl, Bernward Schmidt, and Isabelle Stauffer" |
---|---|
Main Author: | |
Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
Journals Online & Print: | |
Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
Published: |
De Gruyter
2023
|
In: |
Journal of Early Modern Christianity
Year: 2023, Volume: 10, Issue: 1, Pages: 43-71 |
IxTheo Classification: | CD Christianity and Culture KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance KDD Protestant Church ZG Media studies; Digital media; Communication studies |
Further subjects: | B
authoritative rule
B Group Identity B Martin Luther B Augustin von Alveldt B Social Order B Antichrist |
Online Access: |
Volltext (kostenfrei) Volltext (kostenfrei) |
Summary: | The article explores Luther’s usage of invective language. In recent years of research into Church history, it has only rarely been recognized, and often been concealed, as an indispensable part of Luther's theology. Firstly the article presents some (relevant) passages of Luther's invective rhetoric. In a second section, perspectives on the interpretation of this form of linguistic expression are explained. The final section concludes with the appeal to a historicizing claim essential to understanding the designs of the Reformation theology of the Wittenberg reformer. |
---|---|
ISSN: | 2196-6656 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Early Modern Christianity
|
Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/jemc-2023-2037 |