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This book seeks to capture the apocalyptic expectation in the 16th century German-speaking Europe, especially as articulated by the groups and individuals collectively called the Radical Reformation. Attention is paid also to Luther and his fellow-reformers to show that apocalyptic expectation was not limited to the socially disadvantaged strata of society.

This book is interesting,...entertaining... -- Donald Opitz, LUTHERAN QUARTERLY Mennonite Quarterly Review ...interesting. At a time when historical scholarship is increasingly bifurcated into two camps, the topic is thus an eminently appropriate one for this broader reason as well. At any rate, Klaasen has told the story well. -- Donald Opitz, LUTHERAN QUARTERLY Journal of Church & State ...compact and valuable. The reader will find a lively mixture of thematic discussion and case studies of individual figures. -- Donald Opitz, LUTHERAN QUARTERLY Religious Studies Review Walter Klaassen has very successfully contextualized the apocalyptic beliefs of radical Reformers... -- James M. Stayer, Queen's University, Ontario Religious Studies Review Walter Klaassen has performed an invaluable service for sixteenth century scholars and others interested in the Radical Reformers... -- H. Wayne Pipkin, The Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminaries Religious Studies Review The scholarly strengths of this work are obvious...Klaassen is so clear and nonjudgmental... Mennonite Quarterly Review This book is interesting,...entertaining... -- Donald Opitz, LUTHERAN QUARTERLY Mennonite Quarterly Review ...interesting. At a time when historical scholarship is increasingly bifurcated into two camps, the topic is thus an eminently appropriate one for this broader reason as well. At any rate, Klaasen has told the story well. -- Donald Opitz, LUTHERAN QUARTERLY Journal of Church & State ...compact and valuable. The reader will find a lively mixture of thematic discussion and case studies of individual figures. -- Donald Opitz, LUTHERAN QUARTERLY Religious Studies Review Walter Klaassen has very successfully contextualized the apocalyptic beliefs of radical Reformers... -- James M. Stayer, Queen's University, Ontario Religious Studies Review Walter Klaassen has performed an invaluable service for sixteenth century scholars and others interested in the Radical Reformers... -- H. Wayne Pipkin, The Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminaries Religious Studies Review Pulls together the fruit of many years of original source research in the sixteenth century into a rich and reliable synthetic account. -- John H. Yoder, The Journal of Religion. Religious Studies Review Offers some useful introductory discussion of major themes in the apocalyptic thought of several "radical" figures. -- Robin B. Barnes, Sixteenth Century Journal. Religious Studies Review

ISBN: 9780819185075
ISBN-10: 0819185078
Audience: General
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 150
Published: January 1992
Publisher: University Press of America
Dimensions (cm): 22.8 x 16.4  x 1.3
Weight (kg): 0.245