Johann Major (1564–1654)
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Johann Major (1564–1654)

Professor der Theologie, Superintendent in Jena und Kirchenpolitiker im Dreißigjährigen Krieg

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Johann Major (1564–1654)

Professor der Theologie, Superintendent in Jena und Kirchenpolitiker im Dreißigjährigen Krieg

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Johann Major (1564–1654) war Pfarrer, Professor der Theologie und Superintendent in Jena. Er entfaltete in ereignisreichen und leidvollen Zeiten, die von der Konsolidierung der lutherischen Theologie nach der Reformation, vom Dreißigjährigen Krieg und von mehreren Pestjahren geprägt waren, großen Einfluss für die Theologische Fakultät Jena, die Gesamtuniversität und die Stadt Jena.Der Band erhellt die Persönlichkeit Johann Majors in ihren verschiedenen Aspekten: seine Biographie, seine (wissenschafts-)politische Stellung, sein kirchliches Amt und seine Theologie. Die interdisziplinären Beiträge bieten einen außergewöhnlich vielfältigen exemplarischen Einblick in die Kirchen-, Kunst- und Profangeschichte der lutherischen Orthodoxie und des Barock.Mit Beiträgen von Katharina Bracht, Tommy Drexel, Babett Forster, Andreas Lesser, Karen Schaelow-Weber und Marcus Stiebing.[Johann Major. Professor of Theology, Superintendent in Jena and Church Politician During the Thirty Year's War]Johann Major (1564–1654) was pastor, professor of theology and superintendent in Jena. In eventful and painful times that saw the consolidation of Lutheran theology after the Reformation, the Thirty Year's War and several plague years, he exerted great influence for the benefit of the theological faculty, the entire university and the city of Jena as a whole.The volume presents the personality of Johann Major in its different aspects: his biography, his academic and political position, his church position and his theology. The interdisciplinary contributions provide extraordinarily varied and exemplary insights into the church history, the history of art and the secular history of the Lutheran Orthodoxy and of the Baroque.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Titel
  3. Impressum
  4. Vorwort zur Reihe
  5. Vorwort zum Band
  6. Inhalt
  7. Abkürzungen
  8. Katharina Bracht: Einleitung
  9. Andreas Lesser: Johann Major. Biographie und Familie
  10. Marcus Stiebing: Johann Major als Politikberater?
  11. Tommy Drexel: Johann Major als Prediger. Dargestellt am Beispiel der Wetterpredigt vom 2. Juni 1613
  12. Katharina Bracht: Johann Major und die Kirchenväter-Rezeption in seinen Leichenpredigten
  13. Babett Forster: Johann Major im Bildnis an der Universität Jena. »Ein besseres Gesicht«
  14. Karen Schaelow-Weber: Johann Major im Kreise seiner Amtskollegen. Die Jenaer Superintendentenbildnisse
  15. Personenregister
  16. Sachregister
  17. Verzeichnis der Abbildungen
  18. Verzeichnis der Autoren