Reformation of the Senses

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESSISBN: 9780252083990

The Paradox of Religious Belief and Practice in Germany

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By Jacob M. Baum
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"Based on a broad array of sources, the author illuminates vital aspects of sensory culture - norms, ritual practices, beliefs, intellectual assumptions, and lived experiences. His conclusions offer a probing critique and correction of traditional theories about the nature and impact of the German Reformation."--Wietse de Boer, coeditor of Religion and the Senses in Early Modern Europe
 
"This is a pioneering history of the senses in the age of Reformations. Focusing on German Protestantism, Baum shows that changes in sensuous regimes were shaped by political and economic frameworks as well as modes of communication. Change was incomplete but pronounced, yet the myth of Protestantism as anti-sensual faith is comprehensively debunked. Based on a wide range of manuscripts and printed works from different localities, this is a significant contribution to our understanding of Reformation history which is at the cutting edge of the field."--Ulinka Rublack, author of The Astronomer and the Witch: Johannes Kepler's Fight for his Mother

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