From: Renaissance Quarterly | Date: June 22, 1996| Author: | COPYRIGHT 1996 Renaissance Society of America. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Burnett traces the development of one of the facets of theology and practice closest to Martin Bucer's heart, the effort to shape nominal Christians into a living, self-disciplined Christian society. The importance of this topic for Bucer has long been recognized, but it has not before been examined as a whole, in the context of its historical development. Burnett's success in this project earned her book the 1991 Frank S. and Elizabeth D. Brewer Prize of the American Society of Church History.

The book is divided into nine chapters, plus introduction and conclusion, bibliography ...