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Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Protestantism & Protestant Churches > General
A Companion to the Reformation in Geneva describes the course of
the Protestant Reformation in the city of Geneva from the sixteenth
to the eighteenth centuries. It explores the beginnings of reform
in the city, the struggles the reformers encountered when seeking
to teach, minister to, educate, and discipline the inhabitants of
Geneva, and the methods employed to overcome these obstacles. It
examines Geneva's relations with nearby cities and how Geneva
handled the influx of immigrants from France. The volume focuses on
the most significant aspects of life in the city, examines major
theological and liturgical subjects associated with the Genevan
Reformation, and describes the political, social, and cultural
consequences of the Reformation for Geneva. Contributors include:
Jon Balserak, Sara Beam, Erik de Boer, Michael Bruening, Mathieu
Caesar, Jill Fehleison, Emanuele Fiume, Herve Genton, Anja Silvia
Goeing, Christian Grosse, Scott Manetsch, Elsie McKee, Graeme
Murdock, William G. Naphy, Peter Opitz, Jennifer Powell McNutt,
Jameson Tucker, Theodore G. Van Raalte, and Jeffrey R. Watt. "This
volume is a scholarly and very accessible introduction to the
Genevan Reformation that covers history, religious developments,
and impact, balancing the perspectives of both historians and
theologians. The contributors present an extraordinarily
well-rounded view of Geneva during the Reformation. It will be a
tremendous aid to scholarship and the book that the next generation
of scholars will use both as a handy reference and as the starting
point for future work." Amy Nelson Burnett, University of
Nebraska-Lincoln
After-Mission touches on on three questions.The first question is
about self-perception and identity-formation strategies, and the
various views that we have on the Protestants' relation to their
Arab Muslim Middle Eastern context. The second question, about the
theological dimension, asks what kind of a theological discourse do
the Protestants need to develop, and how do they need to re-form
their own theological heritage, in such a manner that will allow
them to heal the historical enmity and suspicion towards them from
the Eastern Orthodox Christian community in the region? Finally,
the third question touches on the Protestants' future in the Arab
Muslim Middle East by viewing this inquiry from a broader
perspective that is related to all the Middle Eastern Christian
communities' presence and role in the Muslim-majority context. The
question of identity formation, and the managing of difference
without trapping it in the mud of 'otherizing and self-otherizing',
will also be tackled, so that the theological dimension is
integrated with the broader, multifaceted contextual one.
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