{"id":14932,"date":"2019-09-16T16:17:11","date_gmt":"2019-09-16T21:17:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/?p=14932"},"modified":"2019-09-16T16:17:11","modified_gmt":"2019-09-16T21:17:11","slug":"women-of-the-reformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/?p=14932","title":{"rendered":"Women of the Reformation"},"content":{"rendered":"

The latest issue of Christian History Magazine is available now. I wanted to bring it to your attention due to its look at women who played a role in well, Christian history.<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ This issue, #131, titled: Women of the Reformation: Lesser-known stories, features women who are not as well known, including a printer, Margarethe Pr\u00fcss; preachers, Katherine Sch\u00fctz Zell and Marie Denti\u00e8re; pamphlet writer, Argula von Grumbach; mystic, Ursula Jost and others, alongside Katie Luther, who pioneered the brand new role\/profession of pastor\u2019s wife and Anna Bullinger, whose husband Heinrich\u2019s courtship letters formed the basis of the only lengthy excerpt from a male theologian in this issue.<\/p>\n

Prominent queens of the sixteenth century are included in the issue, such as Marguerite de Navarre and Jeanne d\u2019Albret of France and all the six wives of England\u2019s Henry VIII \u2013 the three Catherines, two Annes, one Jane and his two daughters, Mary and Elizabeth. <\/p>\n

Articles in this issue are:<\/p>\n

No simple story<\/strong> by Jennifer Powell McNutt – How women\u2019s roles changed in the sixteenth century<\/p>\n

\u201cHonorable and holy\u201d<\/strong> by Heinrich Bullinger – Bullinger’s book on Christian marriage was a best-seller<\/p>\n

Like mother, like daughter?<\/strong> By S. Amanda Eurich – Marguerite de Navarre and Jeanne d\u2019Albret shaped French religion for generations<\/p>\n

\u201cA very useful epistle\u201d: Marie Denti\u00e8re<\/strong> by Mary B. McKinley – In 2002 Denti\u00e8re received belated recognition; her name was added to the Wall of the Reformers in Geneva.<\/p>\n

Our first woman reformer<\/strong> by Peter Matheson – Argula von Grumbach proclaimed \u201cno woman\u2019s chit-chat, but the Word of God\u201d<\/p>\n

Not a soap opera<\/strong> by Calvin Lane – The women of the English Reformation were active participants in a theological drama<\/p>\n

She would follow only Christ<\/strong> by Elsie McKee – From pamphlet writing to pastoral counsel, Katharina Sch\u00fctz Zell fought for her right to speak<\/p>\n

\u201cChrist is the master\u201d: Margaret Blaurer<\/strong> by Edwin Woodruff Tait – Blaurer was of use to the church as a single woman.<\/p>\n

Dangerous pamphlets<\/strong> by Kirsi Stjerna – Margarethe Pr\u00fcss helped advance the radical Reformation through her publishing<\/p>\n

\u201cGod my Lord is even stronger\u201d <\/strong>by Rebecca Giselbrecht – Exemplary women of the Reformation with confidence in their convictions<\/p>\n

\u201cThe gates of Hell cannot prevail\u201d<\/strong> by Argula von Grumbach – Von Grumbach\u2019s letter to the University of Ingolstadt protesting the arrest and exile of Arsacius Seehofer for holding Lutheran views, excerpted here, became her most famous and best-selling piece of writing<\/p>\n

Issue #131, contains 14 feature articles and shorter side-bar articles; a chronology timeline; an archive of rare artwork & photos; a \u2018letter to the editor\u2019 section and an extensive reading list compiled by the CH editorial staff. The magazine is available on-line and can be conveniently read on screen at: https:\/\/christianhistoryinstitute.org\/magazine<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"