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9780631215219

Reformation Thought: An Introduction, 3rd Edition

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    9780631215219

  • ISBN10:

    0631215212

  • Edition: 3rd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-12-01
  • Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
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Summary

Reformation Thought is an acclaimed and popular introductory guide to the central ideas of the European reformation for theology and history students.

Author Biography

Alister E. McGrath is Principal of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford and Research Lecturer in Theology at Oxford University. He is the author of numerous works in theology, including the best-selling Christian Theology: An Introduction, Second Edition (Blackwell Publishers, 1996).

Table of Contents

Preface to the Third Edition x
How to Use this Book xii
Introduction
1(25)
The Cry for Reform
2(3)
The Concept of `Reformation'
5(7)
The Lutheran Reformation
6(1)
The Reformed Church
7(2)
The Radical Reformation (Anabaptism)
9(2)
The Catholic Reformation
11(1)
The Importance of Printing
12(3)
The Social Context of the Reformation
15(5)
The Religious Ideas of the Reformers
20(1)
The Social Role of Religious Ideas: Germany and England
21(5)
Late Medieval Religion
26(13)
The Growth of Popular Religion
26(1)
The Rise in Anti-Clericalism
27(4)
The Rise of Doctrinal Pluralism
31(2)
A Crisis of Authority
33(2)
An English Case Study: Lollardy
35(4)
Humanism and the Reformation
39(27)
The Concept of `Renaissance'
40(1)
The Concept of `Humanism'
41(3)
Classical Scholarship and Philology
42(1)
The New Philosophy of the Renaissance
42(1)
Kristeller's View of Humanism
43(1)
Ad fontes -- Back to the Sources
44(2)
Northern European Humanism
46(5)
The Northern European Reception of the Italian Renaissance
46(1)
The Ideals of Northern European Humanism
47(1)
Eastern Swiss Humanism
47(1)
French Legal Humanism
48(2)
English Humanism
50(1)
Erasmus of Rotterdam
51(6)
Humanism and the Reformation-An Evaluation
57(9)
Humanism and the Swiss Reformation
57(2)
Humanism and the Wittenberg Reformation
59(1)
Tensions between Reformation and Humanism
60(6)
Scholasticism and the Reformation
66(20)
`Scholasticism' Defined
66(3)
Scholasticism and the Universities
69(1)
Types of Scholasticism
70(8)
Realism versus Nominalism
70(2)
`Pelagianism' and `Augustinianism'
72(2)
The Via Moderna (`Nominalism')
74(2)
The Schola Augustiniana Moderna (`Augustinianism')
76(2)
The Impact of Medieval Scholasticism upon the Reformation
78(5)
Luther's Relation to Late Medieval Schoalasticism
78(2)
Calvin's Relation to Late Medieval Scholasticism
80(3)
The Social Context of Scholasticism
83(3)
The Reformers: A Biographical Introduction
86(15)
Martin Luther
87(4)
Huldrych Zwingli
91(2)
Philipp Melanchthon
93(1)
Martin Bucer
94(2)
John Calvin
96(5)
The Doctrine of Justification by Faith
101(31)
A Foundational Theme: Redemption through Christ
101(1)
The Concept of Grace
102(1)
Martin Luther's Theological Breakthrough
103(1)
The Doctrine of Justification
104(1)
Luther's Early Views on Justification
105(1)
Luther's Discovery of the `Righteousness of God'
106(5)
The Nature of Justifying Faith
111(3)
Causes and Consequences of Luther's Doctrine of Justification
114(5)
The Concept of `Forensic Justification'
119(3)
Divergences among the Reformers on Justification
122(3)
Justification and the Swiss Reformation
122(2)
Later Developments: Bucer and Calvin on Justification
124(1)
The Catholic Response: Trent on Justification
125(7)
The Nature of Justification
126(1)
The Nature of Justifying Righteousness
127(1)
The Nature of Justifying Faith
128(1)
The Assurance of Salvation
129(3)
The Doctrine of Predestination
132(13)
Zwingli on the Divine Sovereignty
132(3)
Calvin on Predestination
135(5)
Predestination in Later Calvinism
140(3)
The Doctrine of Grace and the Reformation
143(2)
The Return to Scripture
145(24)
Scripture in the Middle Ages
145(3)
The Concept of `Tradition'
146(1)
The Vulgate Translation of the Bible
147(1)
The Medieval Vernacular Versions of Scripture
148(1)
The Humanists and the Bible
148(2)
The Bible and the Reformation
150(15)
The Canon of Scripture
151(1)
The Authority of Scripture
152(2)
The Role of Tradition
154(3)
Methods of Interpreting Scripture
157(4)
The Right to Interpret Scripture
161(4)
The Catholic Response: Trent on Scripture
165(4)
The Doctrine of the Sacraments
169(28)
The Sacraments and the Promises of Grace
171(3)
Luther on the Sacraments
174(6)
Luther's Views on the Real Presence
178(2)
Zwingli on the Sacraments
180(8)
Zwingli on the Real Presence
182(4)
Zwingli on Infant Baptism
186(2)
Luther versus Zwingli: A Summary and Evaluation
188(2)
Calvin on the Sacraments
190(5)
The Catholic Response: Trent on the Sacraments
195(2)
The Doctrine of the Church
197(22)
The Background to the Reformation Debates: The Donatist Controversy
198(3)
The Context of the Reformation Views on the Church
201(1)
Luther on the Nature of the Church
202(2)
The Radical View of the Church
204(2)
Tensions within Luther's Doctrine of the Church
206(2)
Calvin on the Nature of the Church
208(7)
The Two Marks of the Church
208(2)
Calvin on Church and Consistory
210(3)
Calvin on the Role of the Church
213(2)
The Debate over the Catholicity of the Church
215(4)
The Political Thought of the Reformation
219(16)
The Radical Reformation and Secular Authority
219(3)
Luther's Doctrine of the Two Kingdoms
222(6)
Zwingli on the State and Magistrate
228(2)
Bucer on Magistrate and Ministry
230(1)
Calvin on Magistrate and Ministry
231(4)
The Diffusion of the Thought of the Reformation
235(14)
The Physical Agencies of Diffusion
235(4)
The Vernacular
235(1)
Books
236(1)
The Interchange of People
237(2)
The Catechisms
239(2)
Confessions of Faith
241(3)
Calvin's Institues of the Christian Religion
244(5)
The Thought of the English Reformation
249(12)
The Origins of the English Reformation: Henry VIII
249(3)
The Consolidation of the English Reformation: Edward VI to Elizabeth I
252(2)
Justification by Faith in the English Reformation
254(2)
The Real Presence in the English Reformation
256(5)
The Impact of Reformation Thought upon History
261(18)
An Affirmative Attitude towards the World
263(3)
The Protestant Work Ethic
266(2)
Reformation Thought and the Origins of Capitalism
268(2)
The Notions of Humans Rights and Justifiable Regicide
270(3)
Reformation Thought and the Emergence of the Natural Sciences
273(4)
Conclusion
277(2)
Appendix 1 A Glossary of Theological and Historical Terms 279(8)
Appendix 2 English Translations of Major Primary Sources 287(3)
Appendix 3 Standard Abbreviations of Major Journals and Sources 290(3)
Appendix 4 How to Refer to Major Primary Sources 293(4)
Appendix 5 Referring to the Psalms in the Sixteenth Century 297(2)
Appendix 6 Updating Reformation Bibliographies 299(4)
Appendix 7 Chronology of Political and Intellectual History 303(5)
Notes 308(9)
Select Bibliography 317(8)
Index 325

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