Prof. Dr. phil. theol. habil. Irene Dingel ist Direktorin des Leibniz-Instituts für Europäische Geschichte, Abteilung für Abendländische Religionsgeschichte, Mainz.Richard A. Muller is P. J. Zondervan Professor of Historical Theology Emeritus and is Senior Fellow of the Junius Institute for Digital Reformation Research at Calvin Theological Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Timothy J. Wengert ist em. Professor für Kirchengeschichte am Lutheran Theological Seminary in Philadelphia, USA.Mark Christopher Mattes, Ph.D., is Professor of Philosophy and Theology at the Grand View University in Des Moines, Iowa, USA.Rev. Charles P. Arand, PhD. is the Eugene E. and Nell S. Fincke Graduate Professor of Theology and Systematic Theology at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO, USA. Rev. Daniel L. Mattson, PhD., is Interim Director of Library Services at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, USA and was former missionary in Africa. Rev. Charles P. Arand, PhD. is the Eugene E. and Nell S. Fincke Graduate Professor of Theology and Systematic Theology at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO, USA. Rev. Daniel L. Mattson, PhD., is Interim Director of Library Services at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, USA and was former missionary in Africa. Dr. Christopher B. Brown is Associate Professor of Church History at Boston University. Dr. Günter Frank ist Direktor der Europäischen Melanchthon-Akademie Bretten und außerplanmäßiger Professor am Karlsruher Institut für Technologie. Dr. Bruce Gordon is Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Yale Divinity School. Barbara Mahlmann-Bauer ist Professorin em. für „Neuere deutsche Literatur“ an der Universität Bern. Tarald Rasmussen ist Professor für Kirchengeschichte an der Universität Oslo. Dr. Violet Soen is Associate Professor for Early Modern History at the Faculty of Arts at the University of Leuven. Dr. Zsombor Tóth is Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Literary Studies at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Dr. Günther Wassilowsky ist Professor für Kirchengeschichte an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Prof. Dr. Siegrid Westphal ist Inhaberin des Lehrstuhls für Geschichte der Frühen Neuzeit an der Universität Osnabrück sowie Direktorin des Forschungszentrums Institut für Kulturgeschichte der Frühen Neuzeit.