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Between Sardis and Philadelphia : the life and world of Pietist court preacher Conrad Bröske /

This study examines the life and world of Conrad Broske (1660-1713), Court Preacher in Offenbach/Mayn. His claim to fame lies in a ten year period between 1694 and 1704 in which this Marburg-trained pastor became a prolific author, polemicist and promoter of chiliastic writings, thanks to a meeting...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Shantz, Douglas H.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.
Colección:Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions ; v. 133.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • List of Maps and Illustrations
  • Acknowledgements
  • Introduction
  • THE COURT PREACHER
  • Family and Student Life, 1660-1682
  • Bröske's Educational Travels, 1683-1686
  • Hofprediger in Offenbach, 1686-1713 : The Life and World of a Late Seventeenth Century German Court Preacher
  • The Gospel and Funeral Sermons of Conrad Bröske : A Picture of Innovation and Conformity in Pietist Preaching
  • THE PHILADELPHIAN CHILIAST
  • Turkish Baptisms in the Ysenburg Court in the 1690s
  • Conrad Bröske, Thomas Beverley, and the Coming Millennial Kingdom
  • Eight Dialogues between a Politician and a Theologian, 1698-1700
  • CONTROVERSY AND WITHDRAWAL
  • Feud with Johann Konrad Dippel, 1700-1702
  • Dispute with the Reformed Preachers in Elberfeld, 1704-1706
  • The Literary Career of Conrad Bröske
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix One: Conrad Bröske's Autobiography of 1710
  • Appendix Two: Overview of the Bröske-Dippel Feud, 1700-1702
  • Appendix Three: Conrad Bröske's Dispute with the Reformed Preachers in Elberfeld, 1704-1706
  • Appendix Four: Conrad Bröske's Publications and Writings, 1692-1710
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Persons and Places.