Sin and Salvation in Reformation England
Shakespeare Institute, Stratford-upon-Avon, UK,
26-28 June, 2013
Keynote Speakers: Dr Arnold Hunt, Prof. Alec Ryrie, & Prof. Alexandra Walsham
Sin and Salvation were the two central religious preoccupations of men and women in sixteenth century England, and yet the reformation fundamentally reconfigured the theological, intellectual, social and cultural landscape in which these two conceptual landmarks were sited. The abolition of purgatory, the ending of intercessory prayer, the rejection of works of supererogation and the collapse of the medieval economy of salvation meant that it was impossible for attitudes, hopes, fears and expectations about sin and salvation to survive the reformation unchanged. This conference will explore some of the transformations and permutations which the concepts of sin and salvation underwent over the course of the Reformation in England, as well as the practical consequences of these changes as lived.
Sin and Salvation in Reformation England is a major multi-disciplinary conference, hosted by the University of Birmingham’s Centre for Reformation and Early Modern Studies (CREMS) with the generous support of the Leverhulme Trust. Contributions are invited from established scholars and postgraduate students alike and it is hoped that the conference will give rise to an edited volume of essays. Themes for papers may include (but are not limited to): visual, literary, political, theological, historical, material, musical, polemical or any other treatments of the topics of sin and salvation in the context of reformation-era England. Please send abstracts of 250 words for 20-minute papers by 31 March 2013 to Dr Jonathan Willis.
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