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At the end of the ‘Calvin-Year’, in which Christians all over the world celebrate Calvin’s 500th birthday, this books emphasizes Calvin’s role for establishing a Protestant mission theology which later led to a worldwide expansion of Protestant Christianity. The book presents major articles on the topic through 125 years of history and from different viewpoints from 1882 to 2002.
My ancestors were Reformed Hugenots, who came from Salzburg to Prussia and finally settled in Danzig and Königsberg. My great grandfather Friedrich Schirrmacher (1790-1827), who was the director of the Petrischule (Petri School) in Danzig, left behind […]
ARTICLE A short introduction in the life of the reformer Martin Bucer.
Lecture of the year 2005
Thomas Schirrmacher. Legends about the Galileo-Affair. And other Creationist Essays. Reformatorischer Verlag Beese (RVB), 2001. ISBN: 978-3928936217. 122 S.
William Carey’s famous ‘Enquiry’ (1792) changed mission history, and he is considered the “Father of Protestant missions”. Even though his life and work has been the topic of many books and articles, a study on his theology is the missing link of mission research.
Advocate of Love – Martin Bucer as Theologian and Pastor: Achieving Unity Through Listening to the Scriptures and to Each Other