Between Sardis and Philadelphia : : the life and world of Pietist court preacher Conrad Broske / / by Douglas H. Shantz.

• Superior document: Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions, v. 133
• Author: Shantz, Douglas H.
• Year of Publication: 2008
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Studies in medieval and Reformation traditions ; v. 133.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (351 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

This study examines the life and world of Conrad Bröske (1660-1713), Court Preacher in Offenbach/Mayn. His claim to fame lies in a ten year period between 1694 and 1704 in which this Marburg-trained pastor became a prolific author, polemicist and promoter of chiliastic writings, thanks to a meeting with Thomas Beverley in 1693 and the baptism of a Muslim convert in 1694. Bröske lived a complex existence “between Sardis and Philadelphia,” as a Reformed court preacher and Philadelphian chiliast. His two-sided experience was actually the norm among the Pietists, including so-called radicals. Life between paradigms was the German way of being radical in early modern times due to a lack of religious toleration compared to England and the Netherlands. Bröske’s story belongs to the rise of “Early Evangelicalism” that W.R. Ward has recently discussed.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / D.H. Shantz -- Chapter One. Family and student life, 1660–1682 / D.H. Shantz -- Chapter Two. Bröske’s educational travels, 1683–1686 / D.H. Shantz -- Chapter Three. Hofprediger in Offenbach, 1686–1713: The life and world of a late seventeenth century German court preacher / D.H. Shantz -- Chapter Four. The gospel and funeral sermons of Conrad Bröske: A picture of innovation and conformity in pietist preaching / D.H. Shantz -- Chapter Five. Converting the heathen in the last days: Turkish baptisms in the Ysenburg Court in the 1690's / D.H. Shantz -- Chapter Six. Conrad Bröske, Thomas Beverley And the coming Millennial Kingdom / D.H. Shantz -- Chapter Seven. Eight dialogues between a politician and a theologian, 1698–1700: The political and religious significance of a seventeenth-century literary genre / D.H. Shantz -- Chapter Eight. Feud with Johann Konrad Dippel, 1700–1702 / D.H. Shantz -- Chapter Nine. Dispute with the reformed preachers in Elberfeld, 1704–1706 / D.H. Shantz -- Chapter Ten. The literary career of Conrad Bröske / D.H. Shantz -- Conclusion / D.H. Shantz -- Appendix One. Conrad Bröske’s autobiography of 1710 / D.H. Shantz -- Appendix Two. Overview of the Bröske-Dippel Feud, 1700–1702 / D.H. Shantz -- Appendix Three. Conrad Bröske’s dispute with the reformed preachers in Elberfeld, 1704–1706 / D.H. Shantz -- Appendix Four. Conrad Bröske’s publications and writings, 1692–1710 / D.H. Shantz -- Bibliography / D.H. Shantz -- Index of persons and places / D.H. Shantz -- Studies in medieval and reformation traditions / D.H. Shantz.