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A Companion to the Reformation in Geneva
Series: - Brill's Companions to the Christian Tradition, Volume: 96
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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, Hervé 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
Contributors include: Jon Balserak, Sara Beam, Erik de Boer, Michael Bruening, Mathieu Caesar, Jill Fehleison, Emanuele Fiume, Hervé 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
Jon Balserak, Ph.D. (2002, Edinburgh University) is Senior Lecturer in Early Modern Religion at the University of Bristol. His publications include John Calvin as Sixteenth-Century Prophet (Oxford, 2014) and Calvinism: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford, 2016).
“This volume will be welcomed by advanced undergraduate students as well as scholars of Reformation Geneva and of the European Reformations more broadly. It illustrates how the recent decades of scholarship have begun to reshape our understanding of how and why the Reformation developed in Geneva and encourages us to continue asking new questions about the traditional narrative.”
Karen E. Spierling, Denison University. In: Church History and Religious Culture, Vol. 102, Nos. 3–4 (2022), pp. 559–561.
“I commend this exceptional tome to your attention. If the Reformation is a field which interests you, then you will need to read it so as to be on the cutting edge of the discussions in the field. Wherever your interests lead you, let them lead you here, to this book. Even if it’s a bit of a detour, it is a worthy use of your time [...]. Seriously. Read this book.”
Jim West, Ming Hua Theological College / Charles Sturt University, in Zwinglius Redivivus.
“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
Karen E. Spierling, Denison University. In: Church History and Religious Culture, Vol. 102, Nos. 3–4 (2022), pp. 559–561.
“I commend this exceptional tome to your attention. If the Reformation is a field which interests you, then you will need to read it so as to be on the cutting edge of the discussions in the field. Wherever your interests lead you, let them lead you here, to this book. Even if it’s a bit of a detour, it is a worthy use of your time [...]. Seriously. Read this book.”
Jim West, Ming Hua Theological College / Charles Sturt University, in Zwinglius Redivivus.
“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
Preface
Abbreviations
List of Illustrations
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
Jon Balserak
PART 1
Reforming Geneva
1 Government and Political Life During an Age of Transition (1451–1603)
Mathieu Caesar
2 Apostle of the Alps
Guillaume Farel and the Reforming of Geneva
Theodore G. Van Raalte
3 A Long-Suffering Ministry
Calvin and the Continual Crises of Geneva, ca. 1535–1560
William G. Naphy
4 Théodore de Bèze and Geneva
Hervé Genton
5 The Pays de Vaud
First Frontier of the Genevan Reformation
Michael Bruening
6 The Genevan Churches and the Western Church
Jon Balserak
PART 2
Ministry
7 “Docere et movere”
Preaching, Sacrament, and Prayer in the Reformed Liturgical System of 16th-Century Geneva
Christian Grosse
8 Pastors and Ministry in Reformed Geneva
Scott M. Manetsch
9 Expounding the Scriptures
The Sermons, Lectures, and congrégations
Erik A. de Boer
10 Religious Life in Rural Geneva
Graeme Murdock
11 ‘Where today are the widows who have this honorable office?’
Calvin, the Diaconate, and Women
Elsie Anne McKee
PART 3
Education, Discipline, and Control
12 The Genevan Academy
Scrutinizing European Connections in the Time of Theodore Beza
Anja-Silvia Goeing
13 The Consistory of Geneva
Jeffrey R. Watt
14 Torture and Punishment in Reformation Geneva
Sara Beam
PART 4
Relationships and Developments
15 Geneva, Zurich, and the Swiss Reformed Churches
Peter Opitz
16 Geneva, the Italian Refuge, and Contact with Italy
Emanuele Fiume
17 Geneva, Its Printing Industry, and Book Trade
Jameson Tucker
18 Bishop in Exile
Francis de Sales, Annecy, and Reformation
Jill Fehleison
19 Reform under Siege
The Resilience of Geneva’s 17th-and 18th-Century Church
Jennifer Powell McNutt
Selected Bibliography
Index
Abbreviations
List of Illustrations
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
Jon Balserak
PART 1
Reforming Geneva
1 Government and Political Life During an Age of Transition (1451–1603)
Mathieu Caesar
2 Apostle of the Alps
Guillaume Farel and the Reforming of Geneva
Theodore G. Van Raalte
3 A Long-Suffering Ministry
Calvin and the Continual Crises of Geneva, ca. 1535–1560
William G. Naphy
4 Théodore de Bèze and Geneva
Hervé Genton
5 The Pays de Vaud
First Frontier of the Genevan Reformation
Michael Bruening
6 The Genevan Churches and the Western Church
Jon Balserak
PART 2
Ministry
7 “Docere et movere”
Preaching, Sacrament, and Prayer in the Reformed Liturgical System of 16th-Century Geneva
Christian Grosse
8 Pastors and Ministry in Reformed Geneva
Scott M. Manetsch
9 Expounding the Scriptures
The Sermons, Lectures, and congrégations
Erik A. de Boer
10 Religious Life in Rural Geneva
Graeme Murdock
11 ‘Where today are the widows who have this honorable office?’
Calvin, the Diaconate, and Women
Elsie Anne McKee
PART 3
Education, Discipline, and Control
12 The Genevan Academy
Scrutinizing European Connections in the Time of Theodore Beza
Anja-Silvia Goeing
13 The Consistory of Geneva
Jeffrey R. Watt
14 Torture and Punishment in Reformation Geneva
Sara Beam
PART 4
Relationships and Developments
15 Geneva, Zurich, and the Swiss Reformed Churches
Peter Opitz
16 Geneva, the Italian Refuge, and Contact with Italy
Emanuele Fiume
17 Geneva, Its Printing Industry, and Book Trade
Jameson Tucker
18 Bishop in Exile
Francis de Sales, Annecy, and Reformation
Jill Fehleison
19 Reform under Siege
The Resilience of Geneva’s 17th-and 18th-Century Church
Jennifer Powell McNutt
Selected Bibliography
Index
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