Book Summary
This study examines the life and world of Conrad Brske (1660-1713), Court Preacher in Offenbach/Mayn. His claim to fame lies in a ten year period between 1694 and 1704 in which this Marburg-trained pastor became a prolific author, polemicist and promoter of chiliastic writings, thanks to a meeting with Thomas Beverley in 1693 and the baptism of a Muslim convert in 1694. Brske lived a complex existence between Sardis and Philadelphia, as a Reformed court preacher and Philadelphian chiliast. His two-sided experience was actually the norm among the Pietists, including so-called radicals. Life between paradigms was the German way of being radical in early modern times due to a lack of religious toleration compared to England and the Netherlands. Brskes story belongs to the rise of Early Evangelicalism that W.R. Ward has recently discussed.
Book Details
| Book Name | Between Sardis And Philadelphia: The Life And World Of Pietist Court Preacher Conrad Broske |
| Author | Douglas H. Shantz |
| Publisher | Brill Academic Publishers (Sep 2008) |
| ISBN | 9789004169685 |
| Pages | 317 |
| Language | English |
| Price | 5888 |