An edition of Singing the Gospel (2001)

Singing the Gospel

Lutheran hymns and the success of the Reformation

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An edition of Singing the Gospel (2001)

Singing the Gospel

Lutheran hymns and the success of the Reformation

Singing the Gospel offers a new appraisal of the Reformation and its popular appeal, based on the place of German hymns in the sixteenth-century press and in the lives of early Lutherans. The Bohemian mining town of Joachimsthal -- where pastors, musicians, and laity forged an enduring and influential union of Lutheranism, music, and culture -- is at the center of the story. The Lutheran hymns, sung in the streets and homes as well as in the churches and schools of Joachimsthal, were central instruments of a Lutheran pedagogy that sought to convey the Gospel to lay men and women in a form that they could remember and apply for themselves. Townspeople and miners sang the hymns at home, as they taught their children, counseled one another, and consoled themselves when death came near. Shaped and nourished by the theology of the hymns, the laity of Joachimsthal maintained this Lutheran piety in their homes for a generation after Evangelical pastors had been expelled, finally choosing emigration over submission to the Counter-Reformation. Singing the Gospel challenges the prevailing view that Lutheranism failed to transform the homes and hearts of sixteenth-century Germany. - Publisher.

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Language
English
Pages
298

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Table of Contents

1. Hymns, Hymnals, and the Reformation
2. Reformation and Music in Joachimsthal
3. Lutheranism, Music, and Society
4. Music and Lutheran Education
5. Lutheran Music in the Church
6. Lutheranism and Music at Home
7. Counter-Reformation in Joachimsthal
8. Joachimsthal’s Influence
Conclusion: Lutheran Hymns and the Success of the Reformation
Appendix 1: Printing of the Sonntags-Evangelia, 1560–1630
Appendix 2: Printing of the Historien, 1562–1607
Appendix 3: Contents of the Sonntags-Evangelia
Appendix 4: Contents of the Historien

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-278) and index.

Published in
Cambridge, MA
Series
Harvard historical studies ;

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
264/.041023
Library of Congress
BV480 .B76 2005, BV480.B76 2005, BX8025.2 .B76 2005

The Physical Object

Pagination
298 p. :
Number of pages
298

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL3310630M
Internet Archive
singinggospellut0000brow
ISBN 10
0674017056
LCCN
2004060798
OCLC/WorldCat
57193226
Library Thing
4100067
Goodreads
1883250

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