The Baltic States in the Time of the Reformation and Confessionalisation – The Publication as a Result of the International Research Project Cover Image

Die baltischen Lande im Zeitalter der Reformation und Konfessionalisierung
The Baltic States in the Time of the Reformation and Confessionalisation – The Publication as a Result of the International Research Project

Author(s): Christoph Ehricht
Subject(s): Christian Theology and Religion
Published by: Parafia Ewangelicko-Augsburska (Luterańska) w Gdańsku-Sopocie
Keywords: Baltic States; Reformation; research project

Summary/Abstract: The article describes the process of formation an international project concerning a development of the Reformations faith in the Baltic States and its result. The Project started in some academic centres around the Baltic Sea in the year 2004. The publication which contents 4 large books (volumes) was ready in the end of 2012. The Author shows the scientific and cultural value of the finished project. There is a variety of meaning and misunder¬standing of the very popular in the scientific debate term “Balticum” – refer to the analysis of Aleksandr Loit shown in the publi-cation. The article discusses deeply 3 from plenty theoretical outcomes printed in the Project-Book: The issues presented by Enn Tarvel, Julian Kreem and Valda Klava concerned on the Reformation in the present territory of Latvia. The article emphasizes the very high scientific value of the whole project es¬pecially a big content of source materials.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 7
  • Page Range: 322-300
  • Page Count: 8
  • Language: German