The Cambridge Companion to Reformation Theology

David Bagchi, David C. Steinmetz0521772249, 0521776627, 9780521772242, 9780521776622

Each chapter in this Companion includes an up-to-date account and analysis of the thought associated with a major Reformation theology figure or movement. The book also focuses on lesser reformers such as Martin Bucer, and on the Catholic and Radical Reformations, as well as the major Protestant reformers.

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Table of contents :
Blurb
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The Cambridge Companion to REFORMATION THEOLOGY……Page 6
Contents……Page 8
Notes on contributors……Page 10
Introduction: the scope of Reformation theology……Page 12
1. Late medieval theology……Page 16
2. Lollardy……Page 26
3. Hussite theology and the law of God……Page 33
4. The theology of Erasmus……Page 39
5. Luther……Page 50
6. Melanchthon……Page 68
7. Confessional Lutheran theology……Page 79
8. The theology of Zwingli……Page 91
9. Bucer……Page 111
10. The theology of John Calvin……Page 124
11. John Calvin and later Calvinism: the identity of the Reformation tradition……Page 141
12. The theology of Thomas Cranmer……Page 161
13. The theology of the English reformers……Page 172
14. The Scottish Reformation: theology and theologians……Page 185
15. An introduction to Anabaptist theology……Page 205
16. Catholic theologians of the Reformation period before Trent……Page 231
17. The Council of Trent……Page 244
Conclusion: directions of further research……Page 259
Select bibliography……Page 268
Index……Page 288