Between Sardis and Philadelphia: The Life and World of Pietist Court Preacher Conrad Bröske

This study examines the life and world of Conrad BrAske (1660-1713), Court Preacher in Offenbach/Mayn. His claim to fame lies in a ten year period between 1694 and 1704 in which this Marburg-trained pastor became a prolific author, polemicist and promoter of chiliastic writings, thanks to a meeting with Thomas Beverley in 1693 and the baptism of a Muslim convert in 1694. BrAske lived a complex existence a oebetween Sardis and Philadelphia, a as a Reformed court preacher and Philadelphian chiliast. His two-sided experience was actually the norm among the Pietists, including so-called radicals. Life between paradigms was the German way of being radical in early modern times due to a lack of religious toleration compared to England and the Netherlands. BrAskea (TM)s story belongs to the rise of a oeEarly Evangelicalisma that W.R. Ward has recently discussed.

About the author

Douglas H. Shantz, Ph.D. (1987) in History, University of Waterloo, is Professor of Christian Thought at the University of Calgary, Canada. His recent articles discuss Pietist historical writing, autobiography, conversion and migration.

Product details

• Authors: Douglas Shantz
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.08.2008
• EAN: 9789004169685
• ISBN: 978-90-04-16968-5
• No. of pages: 317
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 244 mm x 23 mm
• Weight: 703 g
• Series: Studies in Medieval and Reform
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies