Johannes Wolfart
Biographic Data
| ID | 1430469 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Johannes Wolfart |
| GIVEN NAMES | Johannes |
| FAMILY NAME | Wolfart |
| SIGNATURE | WOLFART J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Carleton University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4408-028X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The occupation of Ottawa: Canadian rupture, American rapture or Reformation tradition
The key practices of the Freedom Convoy/trucker protest - prominently, truck-borne pilgrimage and truck-based occupation, but also 'hot-tubbing' - as well as the discursive practices of observers - notably, intimations of moral depravity, including child abuse - bear a remarkable resemblance to the behaviours often associated with the 'popular' or 'radical' protests of evangelicals in the 16th-century European Reformation. This suggests that the …
Religious Literacy’: Some Considerations and Reservations
In recent years “religious literacy” advocacy has gained a significant following, both academic and non-academic. Furthermore, it is widely accepted that attainment of religious literacy (and the reduction of religious il literacy – ignorance about religions, either explicitly or by implication) will bring social benefits or cure societal ills. Yet, the term “religious literacy” itself remains poorly defined; neither have the benefits touted by a…
Cause Even Though Perfect It’s Not/ It’s the Best Thing This World’s Got” – or Not
This short reply considers and rejects from the point of view of Religious Studies , proposals that something of “religious literacy” should be salvaged, either for pedagogical or for other pragmatic purposes. It further rejects suggestions that the critique of religious literacy entails an obligation on the part of the critic to find an alternative raison d’être for Religious Studies. The resonance of religious literacy clearly derives from a po…
We are all institutionalized: Three works to challenge the conceit of a generically 'academic' study of religion
This essay encounters and considers together three very different recent works by scholars of religion, each one with strong Canadian connections: Maureen Matthews, Aaron Hughes and Donald Wiebe. The primary purpose, however, is to illuminate more broadly the importance of institutional dynamics in the formation and operation of the academic study of religion (i.e., not just in Canada). This stands in contrast to a well-established pattern of deb…
Reframing the History of New Religious Movements
In this special issue of Nova Religio four historians of medieval and early modern Christianities offer perspectives on basic conceptual frameworks widely employed in new religions studies, including modernization and secularization, radicalism/violent radicalization, and diversity/diversification. Together with a response essay by J. Gordon Melton, these articles suggest strong possibilities for renewed and ongoing conversation between scholars …
Increasing Religious Diversity
This article argues for critical reflection on diachronic and quantitative claims about increasing religious diversity. Influential scholars in several national academies have asserted there is “increasing religious diversity” in various locales. Many also make specific claims about religious diversity in the past to enable comparative claims about religious diversity in the present or even in the future. Yet, such claims are flawed methodologica…
Encyclopedia of Martin Luther and the Reformation
Why Was There Even a Reformation in Lindau? The Myth and Mystery of Lindau’s Conflict-Free Reformation
Histories of Lindau emphasize a remarkably conflict-free course of early reform in that particular locale. This view is established and maintained by multiple means, including hyper-credulity towards the peacefulness asserted by local authorities, anachronistic projections of the confessional “compromise” that was the Tetrapolitana back into the 1520s, and a deliberately narrow definition of key subjects, to exclude obvious contrary evidence. Whi…
Collaboration, Conflict, and Continuity in the Reformation: Essays in Honour of James M. Estes on His Eightieth Birthday
Eisenbichler, Konrad, ed. Collaboration, Conflict, and Continuity in the Reformation: Essays in Honour of James M. Estes on His Eightieth Birthday. An article from journal Renaissance and Reformation / Renaissance et Réforme (Les passions et leurs enjeux au seizième siècle), on Érudit
Censorship and Civic Order in Reformation Germany, 1517-1648: “Printed Poison and Evil Talk”
Creasman, Allyson F. Censorship and Civic Order in Reformation Germany, 1517–1648: “Printed Poison and Evil Talk”. An article from journal Renaissance and Reformation / Renaissance et Réforme (In Celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary (I)), on Érudit
Miracles and the Protestant Imagination: The Evangelical Wonder Book in Reformation Germany
comptes rendus 179 question centrale de l'Eucharistie, ou celle du sacerdoce, mais l'éditeur a dû faire des choix, guidés selon lui par les tendances actuelles du renouvellement historiographique.Construites la plupart du temps dans un vrai souci de clarté pédagogique, malgré l'aridité du sujet, ces contributions sont assises sur une documentation abondante et rédigées par des spécialistes reconnus dans leurs domaines de compétence respectifs.La …
Generation als Grundbegriff einer historischen Geschichtskultur: Die Nurnberger Tucher im langen 16. Jahrhundert
This volume examines the practice of family history writing (Familiengeschichtsschreibung), widespread in German towns and cities during the long sixteenth century. Christian Kuhn takes as his central case the celebrated Tucherbuch, which chronicled the fortunes of the prominent Tucher family of Nuremberg. What distinguishes his study from earlier works on comparable subjects is the attempt to engage a very wide range of current scholarship, hist…
Look Back in Wonder: Some Historiographical Reflections on Revolution in Christian “Tradition”
et me begin, first, by thanking the organizers for inviting me to speak.Second, I must apologize for departing from my initial intention, which was to revisit "classic" popular histories which have shaped much of the discussion surrounding what one might call "revolutionary Christianity" in the medieval and modem periods.I was thinking at the time of Norman Cohn's The Pursuit of the Millennium and Christopher Hill's The World Turned Upside Down, …
The Rise of the Historical Consciousness
The rise of the historical consciousness' represents a grand narrative that is closely linked to other meta-histories, especially modernization and secularization. The idea that critical thought about history arose uniquely in a certain place (Europe, particularly Germany) and at a certain time (the Enlightenment of the eighteenth century) is widespread and powerful. As an ideology this notion, which is also known as historicism, actually operate…
Madness, Religion and the State in Early Modern Europe: A Bavarian Beacon
1. On the soul 2. Sackcloth and ashes 3. Bavaria Sancta 4. Spiritual afflictions 5. the decline of religious madness 6. confinement and its vicissitudes 7. The legacy of spiritual physic
Becoming answerable for what we say: Colonialism and the Pax AAR
Margaret Miles' 1999 Presidential Address to the American Academy of Religion (AAR), while undoubtedly well-intentioned, may have extremely negative implications for the AAR as a whole. In striving for inclusivity, Miles has simply declared an end to a crucial différence and debate within the AAR. Moreover, since Miles advocates replacing intellectual disagreement with essential différences, her advances are not only unwelcome-at least to some me…
Secular responsibility and the public intellectual in the study of religion
Spurious George Goes To School-in Germany
Charles L. Glenn, The Ambiguous Embrace: Government and Faith-Based Schools and Social Agencies, with a Foreword by Peter L. Berger. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2000. ISBN: 0-6910-4852-5. US $35.00. D. G. Hart, The University Gets Religion: Religious Studies in American Higher Education. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999. ISBN: 0-8018-6210-8. US $38.00. Jon H. Roberts and James Turner, The Sacred and the Secular Universit…
Religious Literacy’: Some Considerations and Reservations
In recent years “religious literacy” advocacy has gained a significant following, both academic and non-academic. Furthermore, it is widely accepted that attainment of religious literacy (and the reduction of religious il literacy – ignorance about religions, either explicitly or by implication) will bring social benefits or cure societal ills. Yet, the term “religious literacy” itself remains poorly defined; neither have the benefits touted by a…
Becoming answerable for what we say: Colonialism and the Pax AAR
Margaret Miles' 1999 Presidential Address to the American Academy of Religion (AAR), while undoubtedly well-intentioned, may have extremely negative implications for the AAR as a whole. In striving for inclusivity, Miles has simply declared an end to a crucial différence and debate within the AAR. Moreover, since Miles advocates replacing intellectual disagreement with essential différences, her advances are not only unwelcome-at least to some me…
Secular responsibility and the public intellectual in the study of religion
Cause Even Though Perfect It’s Not/ It’s the Best Thing This World’s Got” – or Not
This short reply considers and rejects from the point of view of Religious Studies , proposals that something of “religious literacy” should be salvaged, either for pedagogical or for other pragmatic purposes. It further rejects suggestions that the critique of religious literacy entails an obligation on the part of the critic to find an alternative raison d’être for Religious Studies. The resonance of religious literacy clearly derives from a po…
We are all institutionalized: Three works to challenge the conceit of a generically 'academic' study of religion
This essay encounters and considers together three very different recent works by scholars of religion, each one with strong Canadian connections: Maureen Matthews, Aaron Hughes and Donald Wiebe. The primary purpose, however, is to illuminate more broadly the importance of institutional dynamics in the formation and operation of the academic study of religion (i.e., not just in Canada). This stands in contrast to a well-established pattern of deb…
Spurious George Goes To School-in Germany
Charles L. Glenn, The Ambiguous Embrace: Government and Faith-Based Schools and Social Agencies, with a Foreword by Peter L. Berger. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2000. ISBN: 0-6910-4852-5. US $35.00. D. G. Hart, The University Gets Religion: Religious Studies in American Higher Education. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999. ISBN: 0-8018-6210-8. US $38.00. Jon H. Roberts and James Turner, The Sacred and the Secular Universit…
Becoming answerable for what we say: Colonialism and the Pax AAR
Margaret Miles' 1999 Presidential Address to the American Academy of Religion (AAR), while undoubtedly well-intentioned, may have extremely negative implications for the AAR as a whole. In striving for inclusivity, Miles has simply declared an end to a crucial différence and debate within the AAR. Moreover, since Miles advocates replacing intellectual disagreement with essential différences, her advances are not only unwelcome-at least to some me…
Secular responsibility and the public intellectual in the study of religion
Madness, Religion and the State in Early Modern Europe: A Bavarian Beacon
1. On the soul 2. Sackcloth and ashes 3. Bavaria Sancta 4. Spiritual afflictions 5. the decline of religious madness 6. confinement and its vicissitudes 7. The legacy of spiritual physic
The Rise of the Historical Consciousness
The rise of the historical consciousness' represents a grand narrative that is closely linked to other meta-histories, especially modernization and secularization. The idea that critical thought about history arose uniquely in a certain place (Europe, particularly Germany) and at a certain time (the Enlightenment of the eighteenth century) is widespread and powerful. As an ideology this notion, which is also known as historicism, actually operate…
Look Back in Wonder: Some Historiographical Reflections on Revolution in Christian “Tradition”
et me begin, first, by thanking the organizers for inviting me to speak.Second, I must apologize for departing from my initial intention, which was to revisit "classic" popular histories which have shaped much of the discussion surrounding what one might call "revolutionary Christianity" in the medieval and modem periods.I was thinking at the time of Norman Cohn's The Pursuit of the Millennium and Christopher Hill's The World Turned Upside Down, …
Generation als Grundbegriff einer historischen Geschichtskultur: Die Nurnberger Tucher im langen 16. Jahrhundert
This volume examines the practice of family history writing (Familiengeschichtsschreibung), widespread in German towns and cities during the long sixteenth century. Christian Kuhn takes as his central case the celebrated Tucherbuch, which chronicled the fortunes of the prominent Tucher family of Nuremberg. What distinguishes his study from earlier works on comparable subjects is the attempt to engage a very wide range of current scholarship, hist…
Miracles and the Protestant Imagination: The Evangelical Wonder Book in Reformation Germany
comptes rendus 179 question centrale de l'Eucharistie, ou celle du sacerdoce, mais l'éditeur a dû faire des choix, guidés selon lui par les tendances actuelles du renouvellement historiographique.Construites la plupart du temps dans un vrai souci de clarté pédagogique, malgré l'aridité du sujet, ces contributions sont assises sur une documentation abondante et rédigées par des spécialistes reconnus dans leurs domaines de compétence respectifs.La …
Collaboration, Conflict, and Continuity in the Reformation: Essays in Honour of James M. Estes on His Eightieth Birthday
Eisenbichler, Konrad, ed. Collaboration, Conflict, and Continuity in the Reformation: Essays in Honour of James M. Estes on His Eightieth Birthday. An article from journal Renaissance and Reformation / Renaissance et Réforme (Les passions et leurs enjeux au seizième siècle), on Érudit
Censorship and Civic Order in Reformation Germany, 1517-1648: “Printed Poison and Evil Talk”
Creasman, Allyson F. Censorship and Civic Order in Reformation Germany, 1517–1648: “Printed Poison and Evil Talk”. An article from journal Renaissance and Reformation / Renaissance et Réforme (In Celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary (I)), on Érudit
Reframing the History of New Religious Movements
In this special issue of Nova Religio four historians of medieval and early modern Christianities offer perspectives on basic conceptual frameworks widely employed in new religions studies, including modernization and secularization, radicalism/violent radicalization, and diversity/diversification. Together with a response essay by J. Gordon Melton, these articles suggest strong possibilities for renewed and ongoing conversation between scholars …
Increasing Religious Diversity
This article argues for critical reflection on diachronic and quantitative claims about increasing religious diversity. Influential scholars in several national academies have asserted there is “increasing religious diversity” in various locales. Many also make specific claims about religious diversity in the past to enable comparative claims about religious diversity in the present or even in the future. Yet, such claims are flawed methodologica…
Encyclopedia of Martin Luther and the Reformation
Why Was There Even a Reformation in Lindau? The Myth and Mystery of Lindau’s Conflict-Free Reformation
Histories of Lindau emphasize a remarkably conflict-free course of early reform in that particular locale. This view is established and maintained by multiple means, including hyper-credulity towards the peacefulness asserted by local authorities, anachronistic projections of the confessional “compromise” that was the Tetrapolitana back into the 1520s, and a deliberately narrow definition of key subjects, to exclude obvious contrary evidence. Whi…
Religious Literacy’: Some Considerations and Reservations
In recent years “religious literacy” advocacy has gained a significant following, both academic and non-academic. Furthermore, it is widely accepted that attainment of religious literacy (and the reduction of religious il literacy – ignorance about religions, either explicitly or by implication) will bring social benefits or cure societal ills. Yet, the term “religious literacy” itself remains poorly defined; neither have the benefits touted by a…
Cause Even Though Perfect It’s Not/ It’s the Best Thing This World’s Got” – or Not
This short reply considers and rejects from the point of view of Religious Studies , proposals that something of “religious literacy” should be salvaged, either for pedagogical or for other pragmatic purposes. It further rejects suggestions that the critique of religious literacy entails an obligation on the part of the critic to find an alternative raison d’être for Religious Studies. The resonance of religious literacy clearly derives from a po…
We are all institutionalized: Three works to challenge the conceit of a generically 'academic' study of religion
This essay encounters and considers together three very different recent works by scholars of religion, each one with strong Canadian connections: Maureen Matthews, Aaron Hughes and Donald Wiebe. The primary purpose, however, is to illuminate more broadly the importance of institutional dynamics in the formation and operation of the academic study of religion (i.e., not just in Canada). This stands in contrast to a well-established pattern of deb…
The occupation of Ottawa: Canadian rupture, American rapture or Reformation tradition
The key practices of the Freedom Convoy/trucker protest - prominently, truck-borne pilgrimage and truck-based occupation, but also 'hot-tubbing' - as well as the discursive practices of observers - notably, intimations of moral depravity, including child abuse - bear a remarkable resemblance to the behaviours often associated with the 'popular' or 'radical' protests of evangelicals in the 16th-century European Reformation. This suggests that the …
Philosophy (13 works) · Political science (12 works) · Law (10 works) · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity (10 works) · Religion and Society Interactions (10 works) · Sociology (10 works) · History (9 works) · Philosophy (9 works) · Epistemology (7 works) · History (6 works)