An explorative workshop June 2, 2023, at Aarhus University, hosted by LUMEN and the Research Unit for Church History, addresses the shortcomings in the historiography of early modern Lutheranism and puts studies on the Danish territories in the focal centre.
What was the face of early modern Lutheranism? Did the confessionalization of Lutheranism in the early modern period entail the development of a distinct confessional culture that set Lutheranism apart from the other Christian confessions? Does it even make sense to speak of a Lutheran confession? Scholars have come up with several answers to these questions, mainly focusing on Lutheranism within the Holy Roman Empire. However, evidence from outside Imperial Lutheranism suggests that the models revolving around Germany do not fully apply to Lutheranism in, e.g., Scandinavia or the Dutch Republic.
An explorative workshop at Aarhus University, hosted by LUMEN and the Research Unit for Church History, addresses the shortcomings in the historiography of early modern Lutheranism and puts studies on the Danish territories in the focal centre. At the workshop, Danish researchers are joined by international experts on confessionalization and confessional culture, Professor Birgit Emich from Frankfurt am Main, and Professor Matthias Pohlig from Berlin.
Everybody is welcome. For further information, please contact Mattias Sommer Bostrup, assistant professor of church history, msb@cas.au.dk.
