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REFORMATION THEOLOGY
TheEuropeanReformationofthesixteenthcenturywasoneofthemost
formativeperiodsinthehistoryofChristianthoughtandremainsoneof
themostfascinatingeventsinWesternhistory.TheCambridgeCompanion
toReformationTheologyprovidesacomprehensiveguidetothetheology
andtheologiansoftheperiod.Eachoftheeighteenchaptersiswrittenbya
leadingauthorityinthefieldandprovidesanup-to-dateaccountandanal-
ysisofthethoughtassociatedwithaparticularfigureormovement.There
arechaptersfocusingonlesserreformerssuchasMartinBucer,andonthe
CatholicandRadicalReformations,aswellasthemajorProtestantreform-
ers.Adetailedbibliographyandcomprehensiveindexallowscomparison
ofthetreatmentofspecificthemesbydifferentfigures.Thisauthoritative
andaccessibleguidewillappealtostudentsofhistoryandliteratureaswell
asspecialisttheologians.
david bagchi is Lecturer in the History of Christian Thought, Depart-
mentofTheology,UniversityofHull.HeistheauthorofLuther’sEarliest
Opponents(1991).
david c. steinmetz istheAmosRaganKearnsProfessoroftheHistory
ofChristianity,DivinitySchool,DukeUniversity.Hismajorpublications
includeMisericordiaDei:TheTheologyofJohannesvonStaupitzinitsLate
MedievalSetting(1968);ReformersintheWings(1981);StaupitzandLuther
(1980);LutherinContext(1986);MemoryandMission(1988);andTheBible
intheSixteenthCentury(1990).
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the cambridge companion to
REFORMATION THEOLOGY
edited by David Bagchi and David C. Steinmetz
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Contents
Notesoncontributors ix
Introduction:thescopeofReformationtheology 1
david bagchi and david c. steinmetz
1 Latemedievaltheology 5
denis r. janz
2 Lollardy 15
wendy scase
3 HussitetheologyandthelawofGod 22
thomas a. fudge
4 ThetheologyofErasmus 28
erika rummel
5 Luther 39
scott hendrix
6 Melanchthon 57
sachiko kusukawa
7 ConfessionalLutherantheology 68
robert kolb
8 ThetheologyofZwingli 80
w. peter stephens
9 Bucer 100
ian hazlett
10 ThetheologyofJohnCalvin 113
david c. steinmetz
11 JohnCalvinandlaterCalvinism:theidentity
oftheReformedtradition 130
richard a. muller
12 ThetheologyofThomasCranmer 150
peter newman brooks
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13 ThetheologyoftheEnglishreformers 161
carl r. trueman
14 TheScottishReformation:theologyandtheologians 174
david f. wright
15 AnintroductiontoAnabaptisttheology 194
werner o. packull
16 CatholictheologiansoftheReformationperiodbefore
Trent 220
david bagchi
17 TheCouncilofTrent 233
david c. steinmetz
Conclusion:directionsoffutureresearch 248
david c. steinmetz and david bagchi
Selectbibliography 257
Index 277
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Notes on contributors
DavidBagchiisLecturerintheHistoryofChristianThoughtattheUniversityof
Hull,UK.HiswritingsincludeLuther’sEarliestOpponents:Catholic
Controversialists1518–25.
PeterNewmanBrooksisFellowemeritusinEcclesiasticalHistory,Robinson
College,Cambridge,UK.HiswritingsincludeThomasCranmer’sDoctrineofthe
eucharistandCranmerinContext.
ThomasA.FudgeisLecturerinHistoryattheUniversityofCanterbury,
Christchurch,NewZealand.HiswritingsincludeTheMagnificentRide:TheFirst
ReformationinHussiteBohemia.
IanHazlettisReaderinEcclesiasticalHistoryattheUniversityofGlasgow,UK.
Hisworkincludestheeditingofvolume5ofBucer’sLatinworks,inadditionto
contributionstoBucerundseineZeit,MartinBucerandSixteenth-CenturyEurope,
andMartinBucer:ReformingChurchandCommunity.
ScottHendrixisJamesHastingsNicholsDistinguishedProfessorofReformation
HistoryandDoctrine,PrincetonTheologicalSeminary,USA.Hiswritingsinclude
Ecclesiainvia:EcclesiologicalDevelopmentinMedievalPsalmsExegesisandthe
DictatasuperPsalterium(1513–15)ofMartinLuther,LutherandthePapacy,and
TraditionandAuthorityintheReformation.
DenisR.JanzisProvostDistinguishedProfessoroftheHistoryofChristianity,
LoyolaUniversity,NewOrleans,USA.HiswritingsincludeLutherandLate
MedievalThomismandLutherandThomasAquinas.
RobertKolbisMissionProfessorofSystematicTheologyandDirectorofthe
InstituteforMissionStudiesatConcordiaTheologicalSeminary,Missouri,USA.
HisrecentworksincludeLuther’sHeirsDefinehisLegacy:StudiesonLutheran
Confessionalizationand(editedwithTimothyWengert),TheBookofConcord:
TheConfessionsoftheEvangelicalLutheranChurch.
SachikoKusukawaisFellowintheHistoryandPhilosophyofScienceatTrinity
College,Cambridge,UK.HerwritingsincludeTheTransformationofNatural
Philosophy:TheCaseofPhilipMelanchthonand(ed.)Melanchthon:Orationson
PhilosophyandEducation.
RichardA.MullerisP.J.ZondervanProfessorofHistoricalTheology,Calvin
TheologicalSeminary,Mississippi,USA.HiswritingsincludeChristandthe
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Description:The European Reformation of the sixteenth century was one of the most formative periods in the history of Christian thought and remains one of the most fascinating events in Western history. The Cambridge Companion to Reformation Theology provides a comprehensive guide to the theology and theologians of the Reformation period. Each of the eighteen chapters is written by a leading authority in the field and provides an up-to-date account and analysis of the thought associated with a particular figure or movement. There are chapters focusing on lesser reformers such as Martin Bucer, and on the Catholic and Radical Reformations, as well as the major Protestant reformers. A detailed bibliography and comprehensive index allows comparison of the treatment of specific themes by different figures. This authoritative and accessible guide will appeal to students of history and literature as well as specialist theologians.
