Church History

Philipp J. Spener Briefe aus der Dresdener Zeit 1686-1691

Band 2: 1688

Herausgegeben von Johannes Wallmann in Zusammenarbeit mit Klaus vom Orde

[Philipp Jakob Spener: Letters from the Dresden Period 1686-1691. Volume 2: 1688]

The letters of Philipp Jakob Spener (1635-1705), the founder of Pietism, are first-class sources for ecclesiastical and cultural history, offering as they do an insight into the development and the spread of the Pietist Movement. This edition which began with three volumes of letters from the Frankfurt period is making them available for the first time.   (read more...)

Melanchthon

Nicole Kuropka Melanchthon

[Melanchthon.]

Nicole Kuropka portrays the life and work of the polymath Philipp Melanchthon and does not only encounter a fascinating personality but also comes face to face with the multifaceted history of the Reformation.   (read more...)

 

 

Church History

Johann J. Spalding Kritische Ausgabe

2. Abteilung: Predigten. Band 1: Predigten (¹1765, ²1768, ³1775)

Herausgegeben von Christian Weidemann unter Mitarbeit von Verena Look, Olga Söntgerath u.a.

[Johann Joachim Spalding: Critical Edition. 2nd Section: Sermons. Volume 1: Sermons (¹1765, ²1768, ³1775).]

The first volume of Johann Joachim Spalding's "Sermons" (¹1765, ²1768, ³1775) is an exemplary documentation of the neological connection between emotional and intellectual piety and explains why many well-known contemporaries such as Goethe, Herder and Kant held the biblical and reformative relevancy and the linguistic clarity of Spalding as a preacher in such high regard.   (read more..)

 

 

Anniversary Edition

Hans G Gadamer Gesammelte Werke

Band 1: Hermeneutik I: Wahrheit und Methode: Grundzüge einer philosophischen Hermeneutik

[Collected Works. Volume 1: Hermeneutics I. Truth and Method. Fundamentals of Philosophical Hermeneutics. Anniversary Edition]

Gadamer's main work, Truth and Method, will be published in 2010, exactly 50 years after the first edition, in a slightly corrected version as an inexpensive student edition. This is seen as one of the few standard works of German post-war philosophy which has achieved worldwide recognition.   (read more...)