Beginning with an exploration of how the Reformers conceived the relationship between natural and moral philosophy, that is, physics and ethics, the author then investigates the relationship between natural law and the order of nature in the thought of Philip Melanchthon.
These articles set the scene for a discussion of the role of theological arguments, and in particular understandings of God's Providence, in the interpretation of astronomical phenomena in the late sixteenth century. A similar interaction between theological, astronomical and political arguments shaped Michael...
Beginning with an exploration of how the Reformers conceived the relationship between natural and moral philosophy, that is, physics and ethics, th...
A thorough account of the Reformation's two most important--and most controversial--men Exploring the importance of Martin Luther and John Calvin's views on the world today, this thorough and insightful history offers a complete look into the Reformation's most prominent thinkers. Moving fluidly from the context of the 16th century, from what each thinker said and believed individually to popular rebuttals to their ideas, the guide explores the influence Luther and Calvin have had on the world today. Stressing both their religious and political importance in their own time, it concludes that...
A thorough account of the Reformation's two most important--and most controversial--men Exploring the importance of Martin Luther and John Calvin's vi...
This volume brings together scholars to explore the challenges of translating Christianity. Christianity has been the impulse behind the creation of more dictionaries and grammars of the world's languages than any other force in history. More people pray and worship in more languages in Christianity than in any other religion. It is a religion without a revealed language; a faith characterized by 'the triumph of its translatability'. Christianity is also a translated religion in a very different sense. Many of its ritual practices have been predicated on the translation of material objects,...
This volume brings together scholars to explore the challenges of translating Christianity. Christianity has been the impulse behind the creation of m...
