Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Materials / R. Kolb -- Introduction / Robert Kolb -- The Culture Of Conflict In The Controversies Leading To The Formula Of Concord (1548–1580) / Irene Dingel -- Academic Life And Teaching In Post-Reformation Lutheranism / Kenneth G. Appold -- Preaching In Lutheran Pulpits In The Age Of Confessionalization / Mary Jane Haemig and Robert Kolb -- Instruction Of The Christian Faith By Lutherans After Luther / Gerhard Bode -- Devotional Life In Hymns, Liturgy, Music, And Prayer / Christopher Boyd Brown -- The Pulpit And The Pew: Shaping Popular Piety In The Late Reformation / Robert Christman -- The Social Impact Of The Lutheran Reformation In Germany / Susan R. Boettcher -- Church And State In Lutheran Lands, 1550–1675 / Robert Von Friedeburg -- Nordic And Baltic Lutheranism / Eric Lund -- Lutheranism In The Kingdom Of Hungary / David P. Daniel -- Comparative Table Of Place Names / R. Kolb -- Names And Dates Of The People In The Lutheran Story / R. Kolb -- Index / R. Kolb.

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Literature on confessionalization has opened new vistas for considering early-modern Christianity and its place in Western social-political contexts, but the ecclesiastical cultures of the period need further research and analysis to refine our focus on how Christians lived in their own communities and related to society at large. This volume’s essays assess eight elements of Lutheran life (its foundation in sixteenth-century processing of Luther’s legacy, university teaching, preaching, catechesis, devotional literature, popular piety, church and society, church and secular government) and two geographical areas (Nordic and Baltic lands, the kingdom of Hungary) to orient readers to current scholarly discussion and suggest further avenues for exploration and evaluation. Each offers perspectives on Lutherans’ attempts to practise their faith in the world. Contributors are: Kenneth Appold, Gerhard Bode, Susan Boettcher, Christopher Boyd Brown, Robert Christman, David Daniel, Irene Dingel, Robert von Friedeburg, Mary Jane Haemig, and Eric Lund.