Reformation and the culture of persuasion

Why did people choose the Reformation? What was it in the evangelical teaching that excited, moved or persuaded them? Andrew Pettegree here tackles these questions directly by re-examining the reasons that moved millions to this decisive and traumatic break with a shared Christian past. He charts th...

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Auteur principal: Pettegree, Andrew 1957- (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Livre
Langue:Anglais
Service de livraison Subito: Commander maintenant.
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WorldCat: WorldCat
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Publié: Cambridge Cambridge University Press December 2009
Dans:Année: 2005
Recensions:[Rezension von: Pettegree, Andrew, Reformation and the Culture of Persuasion] (2007) (Arnade, Peter)
Sujets non-standardisés:B Persuasion (Psychology)
B Psychology, Religious
B Réforme protestante
B Influence (Psychology)
Accès en ligne: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Édition parallèle:Erscheint auch als: 9780521841757
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Résumé:Why did people choose the Reformation? What was it in the evangelical teaching that excited, moved or persuaded them? Andrew Pettegree here tackles these questions directly by re-examining the reasons that moved millions to this decisive and traumatic break with a shared Christian past. He charts the separation from family, friends, and workmates that adherence to the new faith often entailed and the new solidarities that emerged in their place. He explores the different media of conversion through which the Reformation message was communicated and imbibed - the role of drama, sermons, song and the book - and argues that the potency of print can only be understood as working in harmony with more traditional modes of communication. His findings offer a persuasive new answer to the critical question of how the Reformation could succeed as a mass movement in an age before mass literacy.
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Description matérielle:1 Online-Ressource (xi, 237 Seiten), digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:0511614616
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511614613