Peace in the Post-Reformation: The Birkbeck Lectures, 1995

ISBN-13: 9780521640619 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 116 str.

John Bossy

Opis

Christians are supposed to love their neighbors, including their enemies. This is never easy. When feud and honor are common realities, it is even harder than usual. This book sketches the history of human (not political) peace-making in four countries of western Europe (Italy, France, Germany, and England) between the Reformation and the eighteenth century, and in their various religious institutions. The stories are variations on a theme: a "moral tradition" finding its way between the Scylla of reforming zeal and the Charybdis of civil society.

Recenzje

'… there is much to chew on and much to learn in this very short text; and like Christianity in the west, it will take several readings to absorb it all. But it is well worth the effort'. The Journal of Ecclesiastical History

Spis treści

Preface; 1. Italy; 2. France; 3. Germany; 4. England.