Harter Kern und longue durée. Überlegungen zum Begriff der (lutherischen) Konfessionskultur

This contribution investigates the contours of a Lutheran confessional culture. First, it briefly describes the most important confessional-cultural characteristics of Lutheranism by a survey of the literature; and second, it uses these findings to form a systematic understanding of the concept of ‘confessional culture’. The question of the unity and plurality of confessional cultures as well as the ambiguity of the underlying concept of culture are identified as the major historiographical problems. Frühneuzeitliche Konfessionskultur ARG_109_Inhalt_DD.indd 401 10.09.2018 12:50:18