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Stripping the Veil

Convent Reform, Protestant Nuns, and Female Devotional Life in Sixteenth Century Germany

by Marjorie Elizabeth Plummer ...

Series series Studies in German History
Protestant nuns and mixed-confessional convents are an unexpected anomaly in early modern Germany. According to sixteenth-century evangelical reformers' theological positions outlined in their publications and reform-minded rulers' institutional efforts, monastic life in Protestant regions should have ended by the mid-sixteenth century. Instead, many convent congregations exhibiting elements of ... Read more

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Protestant nuns and mixed-confessional convents are an unexpected anomaly in early modern Germany. According to sixteenth-century evangelical reformers' theological positions outlined in their publications and reform-minded rulers' institutional efforts, monastic life in Protestant regions should have ended by the mid-sixteenth century. Instead, many convent congregations exhibiting elements of
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From Priest's Whore to Pastor's Wife

Clerical Marriage and the Process of Reform in the Early German Reformation

by Marjorie Elizabeth Plummer ...

On 13 June 1525, Martin Luther married Katharina von Bora, a former nun, in a private ceremony officiated by city preacher Johann Bugenhagen. Whilst Luther was not the first former monk or Reformer to marry, his marriage immediately became one of the iconic episodes of the Protestant Reformation. From that point on, the marital status of clergy would be a pivotal dividing line between the Catholic ... Read more

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On 13 June 1525, Martin Luther married Katharina von Bora, a former nun, in a private ceremony officiated by city preacher Johann Bugenhagen. Whilst Luther was not the first former monk or Reformer to marry, his marriage immediately became one of the iconic episodes of the Protestant Reformation. From that point on, the marital status of clergy would be a pivotal dividing line between the Catholic
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Ritual Theatre

The Power of Dramatic Ritual in Personal Development Groups and Clinical Practice

by Gary Raucher, Steve Mitchell, Sylvia Israel, Elizabeth Plummer, Sheila Rubin, Saphira Linden, Roger Grainger, Thalia Valeta, Debra Colkett, Carrie Todd, Susan Nisenbaum Nisenbaum Becker, Dr Sue Jennings ...

Ritual theatre is a powerful healing system that has been practised since ancient times by early societies and in tribal communities. It has the ability to effect deep transformation in its participants, support growth and development, and resolve personal issues.This book considers the relevance of ritual theatre in contemporary life and describes how it is being used as a highly cathartic ... Read more

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Ritual theatre is a powerful healing system that has been practised since ancient times by early societies and in tribal communities. It has the ability to effect deep transformation in its participants, support growth and development, and resolve personal issues.This book considers the relevance of ritual theatre in contemporary life and describes how it is being used as a highly cathartic
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Save What's Left

A Novel (Good Morning America Book Club)

by Elizabeth Castellano ...

Narrated by Thérèse Plummer ...

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**GMA BOOK CLUB PICK • ONE OF PEOPLE MAGAZINE'S BEST BOOKS OF SUMMER • An outrageously funny debut novel about a woman who moves to a small beach town looking for peace, only to find herself in an all-out war with her neighbors.“Irreverent and unexpectedly tender, this story takes neighborhood feuding to new heights and finds beauty and reinvention in unlikely places." —Oprah Daily"Brings a tongue ... Read more

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**GMA BOOK CLUB PICK • ONE OF PEOPLE MAGAZINE'S BEST BOOKS OF SUMMER • An outrageously funny debut novel about a woman who moves to a small beach town looking for peace, only to find herself in an all-out war with her neighbors.“Irreverent and unexpectedly tender, this story takes neighborhood feuding to new heights and finds beauty and reinvention in unlikely places." —Oprah Daily"Brings a tongue
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Archeologies of Confession

Writing the German Reformation, 1517-2017

Edited by Carina L. Johnson, David M. Luebke, Marjorie Elizabeth Plummer, Jesse Spohnholz ...

Series Book 16 - Spektrum: Publications of the German Studies Association
Modern religious identities are rooted in collective memories that are constantly made and remade across generations. How do these mutations of memory distort our picture of historical change and the ways that historical actors perceive it? Can one give voice to those whom history has forgotten? The essays collected here examine the formation of religious identities during the Reformation in ... Read more

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Modern religious identities are rooted in collective memories that are constantly made and remade across generations. How do these mutations of memory distort our picture of historical change and the ways that historical actors perceive it? Can one give voice to those whom history has forgotten? The essays collected here examine the formation of religious identities during the Reformation in
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Names and Naming in Early Modern Germany

Edited by Marjorie Elizabeth Plummer, Joel F. Harrington ...

Series Book 20 - Spektrum: Publications of the German Studies Association
Throughout the many political and social upheavals of the early modern era, names were words to conjure by, articulating significant historical trends and helping individuals and societies make sense of often dramatic periods of change. Centered on onomastics—the study of names—in the German-speaking lands, this volume, gathering leading scholars across multiple disciplines, explores the dynamics ... Read more

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Throughout the many political and social upheavals of the early modern era, names were words to conjure by, articulating significant historical trends and helping individuals and societies make sense of often dramatic periods of change. Centered on onomastics—the study of names—in the German-speaking lands, this volume, gathering leading scholars across multiple disciplines, explores the dynamics
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Ideas and Cultural Margins in Early Modern Germany

Essays in Honor of H.C. Erik Midelfort

Edited by Marjorie Elizabeth Plummer ...

While the assumption of a sharp distinction between learned culture and lay society has been broadly challenged over the past three decades, the question of how ideas moved and were received and transformed by diverse individuals and groups stands as a continuing challenge to social and intellectual historians, especially with the emergence and integration of the methodologies of cultural history. ... Read more

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While the assumption of a sharp distinction between learned culture and lay society has been broadly challenged over the past three decades, the question of how ideas moved and were received and transformed by diverse individuals and groups stands as a continuing challenge to social and intellectual historians, especially with the emergence and integration of the methodologies of cultural history.
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Congratulations, The Best Is Over!

Essays

by R. Eric Thomas ...

Narrated by R. Eric Thomas ...

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6 hours 40 min

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The beloved author of Here for It returns with a collection of “funny and compulsively readable” (Vogue), “hilarious and incisive” (Time) essays about what happens after happily ever after.“How is it possible that I liked this book even more than his last one? Phenomenal.”—Jenny Lawson, New York Times bestselling author of Broken (in the best possible way)A ... ... Read more

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NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The beloved author of Here for It returns with a collection of “funny and compulsively readable” (Vogue), “hilarious and incisive” (Time) essays about what happens after happily ever after.“How is it possible that I liked this book even more than his last one? Phenomenal.”—Jenny Lawson, New York Times bestselling author of Broken (in the best possible way)A ...
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None of This Would Have Happened if Prince Were Alive

A Novel

by Carolyn Prusa ...

Narrated by Rebekkah Ross ...

Unabridged

8 hours 18 min

Perfect for fans of Maria Semple and Jennifer Weiner, this “laugh-out-loud gem” (Beck Dorey-Stein, New York Times bestselling) of a debut novel follows Ramona through the forty-eight hours after her life has been upended by the discovery of her husband’s affair and an approaching hurricane.Ramona has a bratty boss, a potty-training toddler, a critical and over-sharing mom, and oops—a cheating ... Read more

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Perfect for fans of Maria Semple and Jennifer Weiner, this “laugh-out-loud gem” (Beck Dorey-Stein, New York Times bestselling) of a debut novel follows Ramona through the forty-eight hours after her life has been upended by the discovery of her husband’s affair and an approaching hurricane.Ramona has a bratty boss, a potty-training toddler, a critical and over-sharing mom, and oops—a cheating
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Little Monsters

by Adrienne Brodeur ...

Narrated by Matt Pittenger, Cassandra Campbell, Joy Osmanski, Allyson Ryan, Sura Siu, Jason Culp ...

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11 hours 17 min

A National Bestseller!“Juicy…simmers with tension as secrets explode out into the open.” —The Washington Post * “So alluring…I raced happily through the pages.” —The New York Times Book Review * “Compulsively readable.” —Vogue * “An absolutely captivating read.” —Elin HilderbrandFrom the author of the bestselling memoir Wild Game comes a riveting novel about Cape Cod, complicated families, and lon ... Read more

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A National Bestseller!“Juicy…simmers with tension as secrets explode out into the open.” —The Washington Post * “So alluring…I raced happily through the pages.” —The New York Times Book Review * “Compulsively readable.” —Vogue * “An absolutely captivating read.” —Elin HilderbrandFrom the author of the bestselling memoir Wild Game comes a riveting novel about Cape Cod, complicated families, and lon
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1517

Martin Luther and the Invention of the Reformation

by Peter Marshall ...

Martin Luther's posting of the 95 Theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg on 31 October 1517 is one of the most famous events of Western history. It inaugurated the Protestant Reformation, and has for centuries been a powerful and enduring symbol of religious freedom of conscience, and of righteous protest against the abuse of power. But did it actually really happen? In this ... Read more

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Martin Luther's posting of the 95 Theses to the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg on 31 October 1517 is one of the most famous events of Western history. It inaugurated the Protestant Reformation, and has for centuries been a powerful and enduring symbol of religious freedom of conscience, and of righteous protest against the abuse of power. But did it actually really happen? In this
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Martin Luther

Renegade and Prophet

by Lyndal Roper ...

From “one of the best of the new [Martin Luther] biographers” (The New Yorker), a portrait of the complicated founding father of the Protestant Reformation, whose intellectual assault on Catholicism transformed Christianity and changed the course of world history.“Magnificent.”—The Wall Street Journal“Penetrating.”—The New York Times Book Review“Smart, accessible, authoritative.”—Hil... ... Read more

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From “one of the best of the new [Martin Luther] biographers” (The New Yorker), a portrait of the complicated founding father of the Protestant Reformation, whose intellectual assault on Catholicism transformed Christianity and changed the course of world history.“Magnificent.”—The Wall Street Journal“Penetrating.”—The New York Times Book Review“Smart, accessible, authoritative.”—Hil...
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