New Wine, New Wineskins: Ecclesial Reform in the 16th Century (CH9700T)

Content

This unit examines religious revolutions in sixteenth-century Europe. It explores the extraordinary development of European religious cultures, tracing the influence of Lutherans, Anglicans, Calvinists, and radical Protestants, as well as Catholic reforms and responses. The theologies and practices of these groups will be considered in relation to contemporary politics. The unit begins with an examination of late medieval theology and piety and ends with the impact of reform in times and places beyond sixteenth-century Europe. There will be a particular focus at the end of the unit on the importance of reformational ideas to traditional and continuing Anglicanism.

Learning outcomes

Unit sequence

Prerequisite: 1 unit of Church History at foundational level

Pedagogy

Lectures, tutorials, online materials

Indicative Bibliography

• Avis, Paul. The Identity of Anglicanism: Essentials of Anglican Ecclesiology. Bloomsbury, 2008.
• Cameron, Euan. The European Reformation. 2nd ed. Clarendon, 2012.
• Hillebrand, Hans, ed. The Protestant Reformation, Harper Perennial, 2009.
• Jones, M. D. W. The Counter-Reformation: Religion and Society in Early Modern Europe. Oxford University Press, 1995.
• Lindberg, Carter, ed. The European Reformations Sourcebook. Blackwell, 2000.
• MacCulloch, Diarmaid. The Reformation. London: Penguin, 2003.
• McGrath, Alister. Reformation Thought: An Introduction. Rev. ed. Blackwell, 2012.
• Mortimer, S. Reformation, Resistance, and Reason of State (1517-1625). Oxford University Press, 2021.
• Ozment, S. Protestants: The Birth of a Revolution. Image, 1993.
• Roper, L. Living I was Your Plague: Martin Luther’s World and Legacy. Princeton University Press, 2021.
• Scribner, Robert. The Reformation in National Context. Cambridge University Press, 1994
• Stjerna, Kirsi. Women and the Reformation. Blackwell, 2008.

Assessment