Thesis (M.A.)--Catholic Theological Union at Chicago, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 102-104).

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Diss. : Geschichtswissenschaften : München : 1973. - Bibliogr. p. 157-199. -

Thesis (M.A.)--Catholic Theological Union at Chicago, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 102-104).

Diss.--Münster, 1966. / Bibliography: p. 243-250.

Thesis (M.A.)--Catholic Theological Union at Chicago, 2002. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 102-104).

Relevant de l’histoire des mentalités, notre étude vise à cerner les croyances présentes dans les Propos de table de Martin Luther : à partir des nombreuses occurrences se rapportant au diable, aux « esprits », aux diverses créatures diaboliques, à la magie et à la sorcellerie, notre objectif a été, sous l’habillage chrétien que revêtent les récits, de reconnaître, d’identifier et de reconstituer une filiation avec des faits de croyance bien antérieurs à la Réforme. Cette confrontation des textes a permis de redécouvrir des restes de croyances ancestrales sous la forme d’entités venues de temps immémoriaux. La diabolisation systématique pratiquée par Luther n’est possible que grâce au recours à des êtres issus de la petite mythologie tels que, par exemple, les génies domestiques. En parallèle, l’analyse des manifestations de « revenants », d’« apparitions » et des esprits frappeurs ainsi que celle des actions néfastes des sorcières illustrent une certaine conception du devenir après la mort, une notion de vie post mortem et dans l’au-delà, parfois bien éloignée du dogme chrétien, ce qui permet de nuancer le portrait traditionnellement véhiculé de Luther. / Based on a choice of texts from the Table-Talk of Martin Luther, the aim of this study is to show how certain ancestral beliefs dealing with death and with life in the other world after dying are solidly anchored in the mentalities of people and of the Reformer too, in an era in which humanist thinking prevailed and in texts under the influence of the Christianity. In doing so, certain “phenomena” are portrayed such as household genies, “spirits”, “revenants” and apparitions. On another hand, we consider the “phenomena” as they relate to the behaviour of men and women taxed with witchcraft and magic, the whole instigated by the devil of course.

Den traditionella substantialistiska tolkningen av imago dei bygger på tanken att människan är väsenskiljd och unik i förhållande till övriga skapelsen i kraft av vissa kognitiva egenskaper. Darwins evolutionslära problematiserar denna antropologi. Detta ställer nya teologiska frågor kring mänsklig unicitet och hur imago dei, ska förstås.  I uppsatsen diskutterar och pekar jag på en riktning för hur ett nytt imago dei kan förstås. Jag argumenterar för valet av en relationell tolkning av ett (luthersk) imago dei.

The thesis focuses on the textual strategies of argument in the confessional polemic Ad libellum Martini Lutheri de instituendis ministris ecclesiae accepti relatio (1525) by Czech jurist and humanist Rodericus Dubravius of Dubrava. Chapters 1-4 provide a cultural and historical context of the early stage of Lutheran reformation, define main features of the polemic genre, and sketch the process of constituting of the anti-Lutheran discourse from 1510s to 1520s both in Europe and Bohemia by introducing some of its representative examples. The core of this thesis consists in Chapter 5, introducing selected examples of particular strategies of argument, such as personal invective, use of doctrinal arguments, etc. The analysis of selected textual samples is based on a particular set of methodological tools, most importantly a taxonomy of humanistic polemics by Marc Laureys, Roswitha Simons, and Arnold Becker which is presented in detail in Chapter 2.

This study presents a picture of Martin Luther as a pioneer in mass communications. The text is divided into four sections and the conclusion; Martin Luther: man and his world, Luther and the German printing press, propaganda devices in Luther's Primary Reformation Treatises of 1520, and, propaganda and mass communications in Luther's liturgical reforms, religious broadsides, and preaching. The final remarks pertain to Luther's effect upon the reordering of society in the Western world.