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Protestants and Mysticism in Reformation Europe
Protestants and Mysticism in Reformation Europe, edited by Ronald K. Rittgers and Vincent Evener, is a research handbook on the Protestant reception of mysticism, from the beginnings of the Reformation through the mid-seventeenth century.
Operation "Valkyrie"
20 July 1944 is usually associated with the bomb plot to murder Hitler. However, what distinguishes Colonel Stauffenberg’s plan from all others is that the attempt on the Führer’s life was only to be the initial stage of a full military coup d’état. The aim was to overthrow the murderous regime, and to end the war as soon as possible. The conspiracy has long been analyzed from political, social, religious, or moral points of view. This book asks what the military dimension of the plan was. What traditions in the German army were at work, how was planning and preparation done, and why did the plot fail eventually? What is more: how did the conspiracy affect the German armies created i...
Somme
The notion of battles as the irreducible building blocks of war demands a single verdict of each campaign—victory, defeat, stalemate. But this kind of accounting leaves no room to record the nuances and twists of actual conflict. In Somme: Into the Breach, the noted military historian Hugh Sebag-Montefiore shows that by turning our focus to stories of the front line—to acts of heroism and moments of both terror and triumph—we can counter, and even change, familiar narratives. Planned as a decisive strike but fought as a bloody battle of attrition, the Battle of the Somme claimed over a million dead or wounded in months of fighting that have long epitomized the tragedy and folly of Worl...
Valentin Weigel (1533-1588)
This first English-language consideration of Valentin Weigel, an important but neglected figure in German intellectual history, examines his life and his writings on tolerance.
Martin Luther
Martin Luther only meant for his 95 Theses to spark debate and hopefully a few changes in the Catholic Church. Instead, they changed the face of world history, sparking decades of violent religious conflict and war amongst the nations and peoples of Europe. Luther was a Catholic cleric whose chief problem with the Church was the practice of selling indulgences. Church leaders, though, would not sanction debate with him and excommunicated Luther. His cause was then championed by varied European royals who saw the chance to break from the Catholic Church and take control of valuable land. As the Protestants separated from the Catholic Church, they also split from each other into denominations ...
Ein Mensch - was ist das?
Wie sieht richtiges, erfülltes Menschsein aus, warum erreichen viele dies nicht und was würde ihnen helfen? Was ist der Sinn des Lebens? Ist der Mensch unsterblich? Fast jeder Mensch stellt sich diese Fragen, vor allem aber jene Personen, die sich berufsmäßig mit dem "Menschsein" beschäftigen (sollten): Mediziner, Soziologen, Psychologen, Ökonomen, Politiker uvam. Ihre Ideen vom Menschen sind manchmal unterschiedlich und konkurrieren miteinander. Nicht selten sind die Vorstellungen von Interessen bestimmt und ideologieanfällig. Dieser Band versucht, einzelne anthropologische Fragestellungen biblisch-theologisch zu beantworten. Die Autoren stellen die Frage in den Horizont von Gottesge...
Konzepte des Hermetismus in der Literatur der Frühen Neuzeit
English summary: Hermetic thinking, in terms of teachings on wisdom with a cross-denominational tendency, experienced growing resonance in the poetry and philosophy of early modern Europe. Hermeticism stands in close relationship to Paracelsism, alchemy, Rosicrucianism, Neo-Platonism, the Christian Kabbalah, and mysticism. It becomes a reflection of nature as a creation of God in that the chemical and biological processes that nature constitutes always show the spirit of God at work. It is also reflected in a new concept of love, which is meant to be an all-encompassing principle. What makes Hermeticism in early modern literature and cultural studies particularly interesting is the variety o...
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Vollständig überarbeitet, aktualisiert und deutlich erweitert, liegt die zweite Auflage des Killy Literaturlexikons nun abgeschlossen vor. Damit wird ein renommiertes Standardwerk der deutschen Literaturwissenschaft für Wissenschaftler, Studenten und Literaturliebhaber unserer Zeit in neuer Qualität vorgelegt. Erstmals erschienen in den Jahren 1988 bis 1993, ist der Killy heute ein in Fach- und Literaturkreisen bekanntes und renommiertes Nachschlagewerk, das bio-bibliografische Artikel zu allen wichtigen deutschsprachigen Autoren vom Mittelalter bis in die Gegenwart präsentiert. Die knapp 8.000, gut lesbaren Artikel bieten umfassende Einführungen zu den vorgestellten Autoren und bestec...
