Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Christian Liturgy
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to Christian Liturgy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Liturgy Throughout the Ages
- 1 Liturgy in Early Christianity
- 2 Liturgy in the Middle Ages
- 3 Liturgies and the Reformation
- 4 Liturgies Beyond the Reformation
- 5 Liturgy in Eastern Christianity
- 6 The Liturgical Movement
- Part II The Celebration of the Liturgy
- Part III Liturgy and the Arts
- Part IV Liturgy and the Life of the Churches
- Part V The Study of Liturgy
- Bibliography
- Names Index
- Concepts and Places Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion ()
- References
3 - Liturgies and the Reformation
from Part I - Liturgy Throughout the Ages
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 19 September 2025
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Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to Christian Liturgy
- Cambridge Companions to Religion
- The Cambridge Companion to Christian Liturgy
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Liturgy Throughout the Ages
- 1 Liturgy in Early Christianity
- 2 Liturgy in the Middle Ages
- 3 Liturgies and the Reformation
- 4 Liturgies Beyond the Reformation
- 5 Liturgy in Eastern Christianity
- 6 The Liturgical Movement
- Part II The Celebration of the Liturgy
- Part III Liturgy and the Arts
- Part IV Liturgy and the Life of the Churches
- Part V The Study of Liturgy
- Bibliography
- Names Index
- Concepts and Places Index
- Cambridge Companions to Religion ()
- References
Summary
Jan Schnell picks up the thread in the formative period of the late Middle Ages and early modernity, the era of the Reformation. She surveys the ways in which Martin Luther, Huldrych Zwingli, Jean Calvin, Thomas Cranmer, and John Knox, among others, brought about substantial adaptations to the traditional liturgies they had inherited from Catholicism, and what motivated them theologically to do so.
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- The Cambridge Companion to Christian Liturgy , pp. 42 - 60Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
References
For Further Reading
Dahill, Lisa E., Martin-Schramm, Jim B., and McKibben, Bill, Eco-Reformation: Grace and Hope for a Planet in Peril (Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2016).Google Scholar
The Global Luther: A Theologian for Modern Times, ed. Helmer, Christine (Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 2009).Google Scholar
Bainton, Roland H., Women of the Reformation, from Spain to Scandinavia (Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Publishing House, 1977).Google Scholar
Bainton, Roland H., Women of the Reformation in France and England (Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Publishing House, 1973).Google Scholar
Bainton, Roland H., Women of the Reformation in Germany and Italy (Minneapolis, MN: Augsburg Publishing House, 1971).Google Scholar
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