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A Real Presence
Religious and Social Dynamics of the Eucharistic Conflicts in Early Modern Augsburg 1520-1530
Series: - Studies in the History of Christian Traditions, Volume: 158
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This book explores conflicts in Augsburg, Germany during the first decade of the Protestant Reformation over the meaning and celebration of the Eucharist. Seeking to account for the strong appeal among the population of a symbolic interpretation of the Eucharist, it situates the theological debate in the context of conflict between guild members and the leading citizens in the city council over perceived growing political authoritarianism and the political future of the city, and between artisans and powerful merchant elites over changing economic realities of the early-modern economy. The author argues that the adoption of a symbolic interpretation of the Eucharist formed part of a broader anti-mediational ideology that its supporters applied in the realms of politics, economics, and religion.
Joel Van Amberg, Ph.D. (2004) in History, The University of Arizona is Associate Professor of History at Tusculum College.
â[Van Amberg] posits a new, dynamic definition of the commune. This is a daring and imaginative book; itâs impact should be felt for some time.â
Geoffrey Dipple, Augustana College. In: The Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Vol. 64, No. 3 (July 2013), pp. 625-626.
â[Van Ambergâs] book offers a new way of approaching the Eucharistic controversy in one particular geographic and socioeconomic location and helps explain the popular appeal of a Zwinglian/sacramentarian understanding of the Lordâs Supper.â
Amy Nelson Burnett, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. In: Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 66, No. 1 (Spring 2013), pp. 282-283.
Geoffrey Dipple, Augustana College. In: The Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Vol. 64, No. 3 (July 2013), pp. 625-626.
â[Van Ambergâs] book offers a new way of approaching the Eucharistic controversy in one particular geographic and socioeconomic location and helps explain the popular appeal of a Zwinglian/sacramentarian understanding of the Lordâs Supper.â
Amy Nelson Burnett, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. In: Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 66, No. 1 (Spring 2013), pp. 282-283.
FOREWORD
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1 â AUGSBURG, THE REFORMATION, AND THE DEBATE OVER THE EUCHARIST
Political Developments in Late Medieval and Early Modern Augsburg
Economic Developments in Late Medieval and Early Modern Augsburg
Religion and Religious Developments in Augsburg through the Sixteenth Century
A Synopsis of the Eucharistic Debates in the Empire up to the Marburg Colloquy
CHAPTER 2 â THE SCHILLING AFFAIR: POPULISM, REVOLT, AND THE EUCHARIST
Church and City: The Development of âZu den BarfüÃernâ in Augsburg
The Preaching and Program of Brother Johann Schilling
Schilling, Hhis Supporters, and the Eucharist as an Interpretive Center
Lay Communion and Rebellion: The Death of Hans Speyser
CHAPTER 3 â MICHAEL KELLER: THE BUILDER OF THE SACRAMENTARIAN CHURCH IN AUGSBURG
Kellerâs Preparation for the Eucharistic Conflicts
The Growth of Early Sacramentarianism in Augsburg, 1524
Kellerâs Early Church- Building Endeavors
Kellerâs Polemical Program
CHAPTER 4 â SACRAMENTARIAN SECTS IN AUGSBURG AND THEIR TRANSITION TO ANABAPTISM
Linking the Argument for Moral Improvement with a Symbolic View of the Eucharist
Urbanus Rhegius: The Merchant Preacher of Augsburg
Developments among the Sectarians in 1526
The Transition to Anabaptism as Displayed in the Writings of Hans Langenmantel
CHAPTER 5 â THE COMMUNAL DIMENSION OF THE EUCHARISTIC CONFLICT IN AUGSBURG
The Theological Debate over the Canon
Anthropological Perspectives on Sacrifice
Sacrifice and Community in the Medieval Mass
Reforms in the Eucharistic Service
Michael Kellerâs Eucharistic Service and the Fraternity of the Common Man
Zwinglianism, Communalism, and the South German Reformation
CONCLUSION
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1 â AUGSBURG, THE REFORMATION, AND THE DEBATE OVER THE EUCHARIST
Political Developments in Late Medieval and Early Modern Augsburg
Economic Developments in Late Medieval and Early Modern Augsburg
Religion and Religious Developments in Augsburg through the Sixteenth Century
A Synopsis of the Eucharistic Debates in the Empire up to the Marburg Colloquy
CHAPTER 2 â THE SCHILLING AFFAIR: POPULISM, REVOLT, AND THE EUCHARIST
Church and City: The Development of âZu den BarfüÃernâ in Augsburg
The Preaching and Program of Brother Johann Schilling
Schilling, Hhis Supporters, and the Eucharist as an Interpretive Center
Lay Communion and Rebellion: The Death of Hans Speyser
CHAPTER 3 â MICHAEL KELLER: THE BUILDER OF THE SACRAMENTARIAN CHURCH IN AUGSBURG
Kellerâs Preparation for the Eucharistic Conflicts
The Growth of Early Sacramentarianism in Augsburg, 1524
Kellerâs Early Church- Building Endeavors
Kellerâs Polemical Program
CHAPTER 4 â SACRAMENTARIAN SECTS IN AUGSBURG AND THEIR TRANSITION TO ANABAPTISM
Linking the Argument for Moral Improvement with a Symbolic View of the Eucharist
Urbanus Rhegius: The Merchant Preacher of Augsburg
Developments among the Sectarians in 1526
The Transition to Anabaptism as Displayed in the Writings of Hans Langenmantel
CHAPTER 5 â THE COMMUNAL DIMENSION OF THE EUCHARISTIC CONFLICT IN AUGSBURG
The Theological Debate over the Canon
Anthropological Perspectives on Sacrifice
Sacrifice and Community in the Medieval Mass
Reforms in the Eucharistic Service
Michael Kellerâs Eucharistic Service and the Fraternity of the Common Man
Zwinglianism, Communalism, and the South German Reformation
CONCLUSION
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
All those interested in the Protestant Reformation, Eucharistic controversies, lay theology, Anabaptism, political and economic developments in early-modern German cities, interaction among the methodologies of intellectual, social, and cultural history.