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The Protestant and Catholic Reformations thrust the nature of conversion into the center of debate and politicking over religion as authorities and subjects imb

August Hermann Francke described his conversion to Pietism in gripping terms that included intense spiritual struggle, weeping, falling to his knees, and a deci

In early modern Germany, religious conversion was a profoundly social and political phenomenon rather than purely an act of private conscience. Because social n

The significant changes in early modern German marriage practices included many unions that violated some taboo. That taboo could be theological and involve the

Modern religious identities are rooted in collective memories that are constantly made and remade across generations. How do these mutations of memory distort o