Enlightened preaching : Balthasar Munter's authorship 1772-1793 / / by Merethe Roos.

• Superior document: Brill's series in church history ; vol. 62
• Author: Roos, Merethe.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Brill's series in church history. ?p Religious history and culture series.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (288 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Balthasar Münter (1735-1793) is known primarily for being the spiritual advisor for Johann Friedrich Struensee in 1772. Münter is, however, generally interesting as a contributor to the theological development in Denmark-Norway in the eighteenth century, not least because he left a great number of theological texts to posterity. These texts are written in a public and political environment offering shifting conditions for the church. This present book analyses Münter's texts and sheds light on the extent to which he changes his preaching and teaching in accordance with the varying contextual conditions the church was given this period. The result is a textually oriented research work highlighting important theological texts which have not previously been the subject of scholarly investigation.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1. Balthasar Münter—His Life and Work in Copenhagen -- 2. Münter during the Høegh-Guldberg Government, 1772–84. Texts and Contexts -- 3. Analysis: Balthasar Münter and Contemporary Theological and Cultural Movements, 1772–84 -- 4. Münter during the Bernstorff Government, 1785–93: Texts and Contexts -- 5. Analysis: Balthasar Münter and Contemporary Theological and Cultural Movements, 1785–93 -- 6. Enlightened Preaching—Balthasar Münter 1772–93 -- Appendix 1. Pericopes in Predigten über die gewöhnlichen Sonntagsevangelien in Verbindung mit anderen Schriften -- Appendix 2. Pericopes in Oeffentliche Vorträge über die Reden und Begebenheiten Jesu -- Bibliography -- Index.