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Cages
A Tale of Insurrection|
36,99 € |
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| Verlag: | Wipf And Stock Publishers |
| Format: | EPUB |
| Veröffentl.: | 24.02.2022 |
| ISBN/EAN: | 9781666791785 |
| Sprache: | englisch |
| Anzahl Seiten: | 328 |
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Beschreibungen
The year is 1533. Elsbeth Joris is about to be executed for witchcraft when Andreas Wagner cuts her loose from the ducking stool. Exiled from family and village, Elsbeth accepts Andreas's offer to accompany him back to his home in Munster, Germany--a decision that plunges her into a world of unhinged prophets, sassy nuns, and a deranged charlatan king. A disillusioned former monk, Andreas is returning home to confront his past, but the city is on the brink of collapse. Crowds rave hysterically in the streets, churches are ransacked, convents and monasteries empty, sacred texts are burned, and polygamy is instituted as God's law. To his surprise, Andreas finds that Ulrich Schlatter, a former nemesis, has also returned, seeking revenge on those who exiled him years ago. Stakes are raised for everyone when the Prince-Bishop of Westphalia calls mercenaries to besiege the city. The rebels, however, offer unexpected resistance, thwarting hopes for a quick victory. Finding refuge with one another and new friends in the ensuing struggle, Elsbeth and Andreas discover that love in the reign of a mad king is not impossible, but it does come with scars.
Jeffrey C. Pugh is a published scholar of religious studies and spirituality and the author of six previous academic books on subjects as diverse as theologians under Hitler, religion and science, and the creation of apocalyptic imagination, including
<i>Religionless Christianity: Dietrich Bonhoeffer in Troubled Times </i>(2009) and
<i>Theology after You’ve Been Left Behind</i> (2016).
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<i>Religionless Christianity: Dietrich Bonhoeffer in Troubled Times </i>(2009) and
<i>Theology after You’ve Been Left Behind</i> (2016).
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<i>Cages</i> is based on the true history of the radical Anabaptist rebellion in Münster, one of the most harrowing and violent events of the sixteenth century. Jeffrey Pugh brings this history to life in a well-written, haunting novel about the malevolent effects of religious fanaticism, ambition, power, and violence. The implications of his story will stay with readers long after they finish reading.”
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<br> —Victoria J. Barnett, General Editor, Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, English Edition
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<i>Cages</i> is based on the true history of the radical Anabaptist rebellion in Münster, one of the most harrowing and violent events of the sixteenth century. Jeffrey Pugh brings this history to life in a well-written, haunting novel about the malevolent effects of religious fanaticism, ambition, power, and violence. The implications of his story will stay with readers long after they finish reading.”
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<br> —Victoria J. Barnett, General Editor, Dietrich Bonhoeffer Works, English Edition
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