Documents from the history of Lutheranism, 1517-1750 / edited by Eric Lund. - xxvi, 330 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-319) and index.

The call for reform -- Luther on trial -- The threat of radical reformers -- The peasant's revolt -- The conflict with Erasmus -- The sacramentarian controversy -- Negotiations with the Emperor -- The assaults of the Devil -- Luther's sermons and lectures -- Communal affirmations of the Gospel Message -- Philip Melanchthon's systematic theology -- Guidance for daily living -- Pamphlet literature: defenses of Luther's reformation -- Satirical propaganda -- Evaluations of Luther -- Selections from Lutheran Church Orders -- Schmalkald War and interim crisis -- The Thirty Years War (1618-48) -- The effects of war on the Lutheran people of Germany -- The Adiaphorist controversy -- The Majorist controversy -- The Synergist controversy -- The Flacian controversy -- The Osiandrist controversy -- The Crypto-Calvinist controversy -- Theological prolegomena -- Disputed issues in Didactic and polemical theology -- The ordo salutis -- Johann Arndt: six books of true Christianity (1605-10) -- Johan Gerhard: sacred meditations (1606) -- Heinrich Müller: spiritual hours of refreshment (1664) -- Christian Scriver: Gotthold's occasional devotions (1663-69) -- Seventeenth-century hymnwriters -- Philip Jacob Spencer -- August Hermann Francke -- Johann Albrecht Bengel -- Accounts of spiritual experiences -- Pietist hymns.

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