Confessional Identity in East-Central Europe

Maria Craciun, University of Cluj, Romania, Ovidiu Ghitta and Graeme Murdock, University of Birmingham, UK Maria Craciun, Thomas Fudge, Krista Zach, Carmen Florea, Graeme Murdock, Maria Craciun, Csilla Gabor, Joachim Bahlcke, Ovidiu Ghitta, Pompiliu Teodor, Judith Kalik.

• Contents: Preface; Religious reform, printed books and confessional identity, Maria Craciun, Ovidiu Ghitta and Graeme Murdock; Luther and the ‘Hussite’ catechism of 1522, Thomas Fudge; Protestant vernacular catechisms and religious reform in 16th-century east-central Europe, Krista Zach; Shaping Transylvanian anti-Trinitarian identity in an urban context, Carmen Florea; Calvinist catechizing and Hungarian reformed identity, Graeme Murdock; Building a Romanian reformed community in 17th-century Transylvania, Maria Craciun; Catholic devotional literature in 17th-century Transylvania, Csilla Gábor; Catholic identity and ecclesiastical politics in early modern Transylvania, Joachim Bahlcke; The first Greek Catholic catechisms in Hungary and Transylvania, Ovidiu Ghitta; The confessional identity of the Transylvanian Greek Catholic Church, Pompiliu Teodor; Attitudes towards the Jews and Catholic identity in 18th-century Poland, Judith Kalik; Bibliography; Index.

'... carefully edited... coherent collection of studies... all the studies present analysis of contemporary confessional publications that readers of this journal will find virtually inacessible... a useful short bibliography of secondary literature and an index of names, places, and subjects.' The Catholic Historical Review 'This collection of essays sheds important light on the varied religious faiths of eastern Europe in th early modern period... the essays provide important insights into the impact of Reformation... This is a coherent collection...' Journal of Ecclesiastical History 'The strengths of this volume lie in the helpful contributions highlighting confessional undertakings that are relatively unknown and underresearched in English-speaking scholarship, in particular the connections attempted, and sometimes successfully achieved, between the Reformed or Roman Catholic churches on the one hand, and the Orthodox communities on the other... This book is ideally suited for general readers, upper-level undergraduates, and graduate students with an interest in the history of east central Europe.' Slavic Review 'This volume offers much valuable information about religious reform in east-central Europe during the early modern period. As a collection of essays, it presents a remarkably even and insightful treatment of confessionalization efforts in the region. This book is a welcome addition to Reformation-era scholarship; it is warmly recommended.' Sixteenth Century Journal