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I. The background -- The religion of the people of Europe -- The vulnerability of the church -- 'Reform' from within and its limits -- Challenges from outside and their limits -- Heresy : an alternative church? -- The church and the Christian soul -- II. The reformers and their message -- The 'Luther affair' and its context -- The conversions of the reformers -- Rejections of reform -- The reformers' message : salvation -- The reformers' message : scripture -- The reformers' message : The church -- The reformers' message : sacraments -- III. Establishing the reformed churches -- Unsuccessful 'affiliations' to the reformed cause -- Self-governing towns and cities -- Principalities and kingdoms -- Motives for establishing the Reformation? -- IV. Beyond the 'reformation moment' : from temporary coalitions to growing communities -- Voluntary, gathered movements reject the 'coalition' -- Crisis, survival, and compromise in politics -- Reformers at odds : the 'confessional' reformation -- Reformers and laypeople : building a religious culture. |
