Karen E Spierling
Biographic Data
| ID | 5716072 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Karen E Spierling |
| GIVEN NAMES | Karen E |
| FAMILY NAME | Spierling |
| SIGNATURE | SPIERLING K E |
| AFFILIATIONS | Denison University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Emancipating Calvin: Culture and Confessional Identity in Francophone Reformed Communities
The eleven essays in Emancipating Calvin: Culture and Confessional Identity in Francophone Reformed Communities demonstrate the vitality and variety of early modern Francophone Reformed communities by examining the ways that local contexts shaped the reception and implementation of reforming ideas emanating especially from John Calvin and the Reformed church of Geneva. The articles address three main themes important for understanding the develop…
Calvin’s Political Theology and the Public Engagement of the Church. Christ’s Two Kingdoms, by Matthew J. Tuininga
Defining Community in Early Modern Europe
Contents: Introduction: definitions of community in early modern Europe, Karen E. Spierling and Michael J. Halvorson. The French-Speaking Lands: Communities of worship and the reformed churches of France, Raymond A. Mentzer Between the living and the dead: preserving confessional identity and community in early modern France, S. Amanda Eurich A community of active religious women, Susan E. Dinan The complexity of community in Reformation Geneva: …
Calvin and the Book: The Evolution of the Printed Word in Reformed Protestantism
Putting “God's Honor First”: Truth, Lies, and Servants in Reformation Geneva
This article begins to examine the role of servants in the implementation of the Genevan Reformation in the 1530s–1560s by looking at the Genevan Consistory records and city legislation as recorded in the Sources du Droit , as well as considering John Calvin's stance on the absolute importance of truth in a godly society. It contrasts official efforts to inculcate the principle of truth-telling among servants with employers' expectations that ser…
Calvin, by Bruce Gordon
The year 2009 marked the 500th anniversary of John Calvin's birth, bringing with it a multitude of new publications, both scholarly and popular, on Calvin's life, work and influence over the past five centuries. Bruce Gordon's biography is certain to prove one of the most enduring of these new works. Although he does not present any revolutionary change to the interpretation of Calvin, Gordon does an excellent job of incorporating several decades…
Masculinity in the Reformation Era
John Calvin and the Grounding of Interpretation: Calvin’s First Commentaries
R. Ward Holder. John Calvin and the Grounding of Interpretation: Calvin’s First Commentaries. Studies in the History of Christian Tradition. Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 2006. x + 312 pp. index. bibl. $134. ISBN: 90-04-14926-0. - Volume 59 Issue 4
Making Use of God's Remedies: Negotiating the Material Care of Children in Reformation Geneva
Religious and civic authorities in Reformation Geneva considered the raising and educating of children within the Reformed community to be vital to the survival of their newly independent church and city. Jean Calvin, his colleagues, and the city magistrates viewed the care and nurture of the city's children as a God-given responsibility of both fathers and mothers. Some parents, in turn, looked both to the city and to their own extended kinship …
Medieval and Early Modern Ritual: Formalized Behavior in Europe, China, and Japan
List of Illustrations List of Contributors Foreword, Joelle Rollo-Koster Introduction, Catherine Bell PART ONE. RITUAL AND GENDER Burchard of Worms and Female Magical Ritual, Martha Rampton A Princess Comes of Age: Gender, Life-cycle and Royal Ritual in Song Dynasty China, Ann Waltner PART TWO. RITUAL AND THE LAW Ritual Before the Altar: Legal Satisfaction and Spiritual Reconciliation in Eleventh-Century Anjou, Marguerite Ragnow Rituals in Mediev…
The Reformation in Germany
Daring Insolence toward God? The Perpetuation of Catholic Baptismal Traditions in Sixteenth-Century Geneva
Article Daring Insolence toward God? The Perpetuation of Catholic Baptismal Traditions in Sixteenth-Century Geneva was published on December 1, 2002 in the journal Archiv für Reformationsgeschichte - Archive for Reformation History (volume 93, issue jg).
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Daring Insolence toward God? The Perpetuation of Catholic Baptismal Traditions in Sixteenth-Century Geneva
Article Daring Insolence toward God? The Perpetuation of Catholic Baptismal Traditions in Sixteenth-Century Geneva was published on December 1, 2002 in the journal Archiv für Reformationsgeschichte - Archive for Reformation History (volume 93, issue jg).
The Reformation in Germany
Medieval and Early Modern Ritual: Formalized Behavior in Europe, China, and Japan
List of Illustrations List of Contributors Foreword, Joelle Rollo-Koster Introduction, Catherine Bell PART ONE. RITUAL AND GENDER Burchard of Worms and Female Magical Ritual, Martha Rampton A Princess Comes of Age: Gender, Life-cycle and Royal Ritual in Song Dynasty China, Ann Waltner PART TWO. RITUAL AND THE LAW Ritual Before the Altar: Legal Satisfaction and Spiritual Reconciliation in Eleventh-Century Anjou, Marguerite Ragnow Rituals in Mediev…
Making Use of God's Remedies: Negotiating the Material Care of Children in Reformation Geneva
Religious and civic authorities in Reformation Geneva considered the raising and educating of children within the Reformed community to be vital to the survival of their newly independent church and city. Jean Calvin, his colleagues, and the city magistrates viewed the care and nurture of the city's children as a God-given responsibility of both fathers and mothers. Some parents, in turn, looked both to the city and to their own extended kinship …
John Calvin and the Grounding of Interpretation: Calvin’s First Commentaries
R. Ward Holder. John Calvin and the Grounding of Interpretation: Calvin’s First Commentaries. Studies in the History of Christian Tradition. Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 2006. x + 312 pp. index. bibl. $134. ISBN: 90-04-14926-0. - Volume 59 Issue 4
Masculinity in the Reformation Era
Calvin, by Bruce Gordon
The year 2009 marked the 500th anniversary of John Calvin's birth, bringing with it a multitude of new publications, both scholarly and popular, on Calvin's life, work and influence over the past five centuries. Bruce Gordon's biography is certain to prove one of the most enduring of these new works. Although he does not present any revolutionary change to the interpretation of Calvin, Gordon does an excellent job of incorporating several decades…
Putting “God's Honor First”: Truth, Lies, and Servants in Reformation Geneva
This article begins to examine the role of servants in the implementation of the Genevan Reformation in the 1530s–1560s by looking at the Genevan Consistory records and city legislation as recorded in the Sources du Droit , as well as considering John Calvin's stance on the absolute importance of truth in a godly society. It contrasts official efforts to inculcate the principle of truth-telling among servants with employers' expectations that ser…
Calvin and the Book: The Evolution of the Printed Word in Reformed Protestantism
Defining Community in Early Modern Europe
Contents: Introduction: definitions of community in early modern Europe, Karen E. Spierling and Michael J. Halvorson. The French-Speaking Lands: Communities of worship and the reformed churches of France, Raymond A. Mentzer Between the living and the dead: preserving confessional identity and community in early modern France, S. Amanda Eurich A community of active religious women, Susan E. Dinan The complexity of community in Reformation Geneva: …
Emancipating Calvin: Culture and Confessional Identity in Francophone Reformed Communities
The eleven essays in Emancipating Calvin: Culture and Confessional Identity in Francophone Reformed Communities demonstrate the vitality and variety of early modern Francophone Reformed communities by examining the ways that local contexts shaped the reception and implementation of reforming ideas emanating especially from John Calvin and the Reformed church of Geneva. The articles address three main themes important for understanding the develop…
Calvin’s Political Theology and the Public Engagement of the Church. Christ’s Two Kingdoms, by Matthew J. Tuininga
Reformation and Early Modern Christianity (11 works) · Political science (7 works) · Philosophy (6 works) · History (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Art (4 works) · Classics (4 works) · Theology (4 works) · Historical Legal Studies and Society (3 works)