Conversion and the Politics of Religion in Early Modern Germany Dr Kassem Jouni

Conversion and the Politics of Religion in Early Modern Germany Dr Kassem JouniThe Protestant and Catholic Reformations thrust the nature of conversion into the center of debate and politicking over religion as authorities and subjects imbued religious confession with novel meanings during the early modern era. The volume offers insights into the historicity of the very concept of conversion. One widely accepted modern notion of the phenomenon simply expresses denominational change. Yet this concept had no bearing at the outset

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