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From different perspectives this book studies the role of Reformation theology in the shaping of Danish society and the social dimensions of Lutheran confessional culture. The book develops an approach making it possible to draw strong conclusion about the social teaching of Luther and its impact on the development of the Danish society. It works on a conceptual level by analyzing the social dimensions of key Lutheran concepts and their translation into the doctrine of the three estates (church, household, and state), and on the level of lived experience of life within these three orders, not at least within the household forming the ideal form also for church and state. Thus the chapters in the book endeavor to connect the social ideas inherent in the Lutheran confession with the social formation of the Danish state from the Reformation into the period of Absolutism. A long mono-confessional situation within the Danish Monarchy makes it possible to study the impact of Lutheranism and the development of a confessional culture within a uniquely long timeframe. The focus is on basic mediums for the translation of Lutheran ideas into social practice: law, primarily connected to marriage and family; and the role of household, both as primary social relations and as basic social and political model. In this way the book offers important insights for theologians, historians, sociologists, and academically anyone interested in the relation between theology and sociality, confession and culture.
A propos de l'auteur
Bo Kristian Holm, Associate Professor at the Department of Systematic Theology, Aarhus University, Denmark, born 1970, Ph.D. from Aarhus University (2001), recipient of fellowships from Carlsbergfondet and The Danish Council for Independent Research, Vice-President of Luther-Akademie Sondershausen-Ratzeburg E.V, member of the steering committee for the Nordic Luther Network.
Herman J. Selderhuis, geb. 1961, hat Evangelische Theologie in Apeldoorn, Niederlande (1987-97) studiert. Er war als Gemeindepfarrer tätig. 1994 hat er mit dem Thema 'Huwelijk en echtscheiding bij Martin Bucer' (engl. Edition: 'Marriage and Divorce in the thought of Martin Bucer', 1999) promoviert.
