Jena (pron. YAY nuh) is a quiet little town on the Saale River. The Saale forms the left segment that, with the Elbe, defines the triangle in which the Saxons finally Continue reading…
Modern (1500-1900)
Johann Arndt (1555-1621) was a Lutheran minister that was troubled by formalism or dead orthodoxy among the German people. He wrote this book, True Christianity (Wahre Christenthum) to counter this trend, arguing that mere assent to correct doctrines Continue reading…
What does a fifteenth century German Diet have to do with American “no taxation without representation”? Quite a lot, actually. Continue reading…
Review of Robin Bruce Barnes, Prophecy and Gnosis: Apocalypticism in the Wake of the Lutheran Reformation (Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1988). BT 819.5 .B35 1988
Under the rubric of apocalypticism, this book weaves together a story about views of time and history, eschatology, astrology, magic and secret societies in Lutheran Germany in the century following the Reformation.
Prof. Barnes (of Davidson College) defines apocalypticism as a view of the future combining prophecy and Continue reading…
In the later twelfth century, Leipzig Continue reading…
To understand politics, one must understand origins. And the Republican Party cannot be understood without understanding Abraham Lincoln. Continue reading…
The execution of the law is the life of the law
All societies, whether savage or civilized, have norms which govern the intercourse between men. Law is unavoidable. When two are more people live in proximity to one another some standards of conduct must be recognized, even if tacitly, if they are to experience Continue reading…
