Adam and Eve in the Protestant Reformation

Informationen zum Autor Kathleen M. Crowther is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of the History of Science at the University of Oklahoma. She received her Ph.D. from The Johns Hopkins University and has held a Mellon post-doctoral fellowship at Swarthmore College and a Kluge fellowship at the Library of Congress. Her articles have appeared in the journals Isis and Renaissance Quarterly and in several edited collections. Klappentext Explores the importance of stories about Adam and Eve in sixteenth-century German Lutheran areas. 'Crowther presents some fascinating insights into the way in which theological ideas interacted with and shaped popular understandings of the human person and the natural world.' British Journal for the History of Science Zusammenfassung The story of Adam and Eve played a central role in the religious controversies of sixteenth-century Europe. This is the first book to explore the variety and circulation of stories about Adam and Eve in German Lutheran areas and to analyze their place in Lutheran culture and identity. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Adam and Eve in the Reformation; 2. In His image and likeness; 3. Framing Eve; 4. Gender and generation; 5. The book of nature; 6. The children of Adam and Eve; Conclusion.

Product details

• Authors: Kathleen M. Crowther, Kathleen M. (University of Oklahoma) Crowther, Crowther Kathleen M.
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.07.2013
• EAN: 9781107612716
• ISBN: 978-1-107-61271-6
• No. of pages: 306
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; RELIGION / Christianity / Protestant, Germany, RELIGION / Christianity / History, History of Religion, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, Protestantism & Protestant Churches, Protestantism and Protestant Churches