This book examines the coming of the Protestant Reformation from the viewpoint of eight common people, who were sufficiently disturbed by the events of 1521-5 t

Protestant reformers sought to effect a radical change in the way their contemporaries understood and coped with the suffering of body and soul that were so pro

For centuries, the relation between lay piety and academic theology has determined the faith of lay people as well as developments in theology, and influenced d

"Both by his choice of confessions and by his judicious and scholarly introductions, Mark Noll has made [the major Reformation confessions and catechisms] avail

One of the hallmarks of LutherÕs theology was its concern for daily life. In the midst of debates about justification and salvation, church authority, and the