With foundations in medieval times, religious conversations became a powerful control instrument of religious and confessional politics, which was meant as a remedy to inner-Christian and inner-confessional quarrels in the aftermath of the Reformation (16/17th century). From different confessional angles this volume deals with these often transient but highly influential religious conversations at the intersections of Theology and Politics.

Prof. Dr. phil. theol. habil. Irene Dingel ist Direktorin des Leibniz-Instituts für Europäische Geschichte, Abteilung für Abendländische Religionsgeschichte, Mainz.