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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"Protestant Reformation"”.
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Between obligation and ambition: the performance of mourning after the Protestant Reformation.
… understanding of the mourning process after the Protestant Reformation at times and shatter the performance of mourning as we know it at other times. Englishwomen’s performance help lay the ground for the following generation of female writers.
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Sensory perception, religious ritual, and reformation in Germany, 1428-1564
… discloses what can be described as a cultural ‘reformation of the senses.’ Previous histories of religious behavior in this period have approached their subject through the lens of discourse analysis or visual culture. By contrast, this dissertation outlines a phenomenological approach which …
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Missionárias e educadoras protestantes no Brasil imperial: revisitando memórias
… was restricted to the affairs of the home, the Protestantism encouraged them insert schooling and professionalization through teaching. The research uses the biography as a guiding theoretical reference. The Protestant Reformation is presented as also educational reform. It follows with the …
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Metaphysics in the Reformation: A Case Study of Peter Martyr Vermigli (1499-1562)
… traces the metaphysical underpinnings of the Protestant Reformation through a close reading of the work of the Protestant reformer Peter Martyr Vermigli (1499-1562). It is premised on the assumption that all theological reasoning is metaphysical insofar as it simultaneously depends on and …
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The Dark Side of the American Dream: Individual Agency, Hard Work, and Public Mass Shootings
… starts the American Dream’s timeline during the Protestant Reformation, then continues on to the Puritans of New England and the First Great Awakening, the start of the American public educational system, and the development of fame-obsession and celebrity culture. Importantly, this project will …
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What to Do About the Dreamer? A Theological Evaluation of Dreams and Visions That Aid Muslim Conversions to Christianity
… affirmed by Christians in the tradition of the Protestant Reformation and the Evangelical movement, using the traditional categories of general and special revelation, to provide needed biblical parameters and answer common questions. This dissertation contends that God is using dreams and …
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A Quantitative Interpretation of Five Puritan Preachers Spanning Four Generations
… to the acceptance of Puritans as Renaissance Protestants. David D. Hall interpreted Puritans as direct heirs of the Protestant Reformation. Darrett B. Rutman and Alan Simpson interpreted Puritans in terms of their understanding of conversion. A quantitative study of five Puritan preachers …
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Word and Spirit in Francis Turretin and Jean Claude
… Church and of various groups issued from the Protestant Reformation. This dissertation demonstrates that, based on the teaching of Scripture, Turretin and Claude believed in the inseparability of the Word and the Spirit in the application of all aspects of salvation. It argues that their …
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France, Spain, and the Persecution of Protestant Heresy: A Study in Contrast
During the years after the Protestant Reformation, which began in 1517, both Catholic France and Catholic Spain dealt with the important issue of Protestant heresy in their realms. The main scope of this thesis is a comparative analysis of Spanish and French persecution of Protestants, mainly …
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The Scottish Church, 1525-1559: A Study in Abortive Reform
The Catholic Reformation has been, until recent years, largely neglected by researchers of the period. Historians have felt, with little justification, that the Catholic Reformation was less interesting than the Protestant Reformation. And while political histories of the Reformation abound, and …
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Puritan iconoclasm : its origin and motivation
… examines the debate about iconoclasm during the Protestant Reformation of the sixteenth and seventeenth century by tracing the development of iconoclastic thought from the conflict between Martin Luther and Andreas Bodenstein von Carlstadt (1521/22) through the Swiss Reformers and Jean Calvin up …
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Scripture in the Theologies of W. Pannenberg and D. G. Bloesch: an Investigation and Assessment of its Origin, Nature, and Use
… for centuries and has been at the heart of Protestant theology from its beginning. The rise of modern historical criticism, however, has led to a crisis at this very foundation of Protestant theology. In this context this dissertation seeks to set forth, analyze, compare, and evaluate …
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Gypsies in Early Modern Scotland, c.1570-c.1700
… growth of central authority, the impact of the Protestant Reformation, and the decline of feuding. The thesis introduction outlines the historiographical and methodological issues involved in studying such a socially and historically marginal group, and is followed by two sections, each …
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The decline in representations of the Virgin as mother in early post-reformation iconography.
… in spirituality which aided and abetted both the Protestant Reformation and the Catholic Restoration. This new kind of spirituality looked ‘inwards’, making much of the examination of conscience as part of the Christian salvific journey. The Council of Trent re-affirmed the sacramental nature of …
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Contest of Civility: Conformity, Dissent, and the Struggle for Religious Liberty
… of two contrasting traditions that the Protestant Reformation birthed. The magisterial tradition and the dissenting tradition provided the theological and moral support for political life in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Soteriological assertions like justification by faith alone, the …
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Heinrich Schutz and Rembrandt van Rijn: biblical illustrators
… the continuing religious conflict of the Protestant Reformation, the rising influence of French classicism, and finally, the tragic events in each master's personal life. Stylistically, the music and painting of their early years typically show the exuberance and activity of youth …
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Examining the Intersectionality of Religious Faith, Spirituality, and Healthcare Communication
… authority. The modern period introduced the Protestant Reformation and a mix of the church’s authority and science in decision making about health concerns.</p> <p>This research has further shown that the call by those communication scholars has received enormous attention, since scholars …
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Musical exegesis: the Cain and Abel story in Reformation Europe
… that lead to the latter schism, now called the Protestant Reformation, also produced an overwhelming amount of religious publications. Reformer’s concern with the public’s understanding of religion1 naturally lead to the production of materials which they intended to both inform and persuade the …
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The Lutheran hymn "Ein' Feste Burg" in Claude Debussy's Cello Sonata (1915): motivic variation and structure
… was composed by Martin Luther in 1529 during the Protestant Reformation. Since its composition, a number of composers have set the hymn for various purposes; Debussy used the hymn and “La Marseillaise” in the piano duet En blanc et noir of 1915, the same year as the Cello Sonata. The work is …
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