Reformation of the Senses Ros Fisher Designed around a practical

Designed around a practical

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Reformation of the Senses Ros Fisher Designed around a practicalThe triumph of sensual worship after the Protestant Reformation We see the Protestant Reformation as the dawn of an austere, intellectual Christianity that uprooted a ritualized religion steeped in stimulating the senses and by extension the faith of its flock. Historians continue to use the idea as a potent framing device in presenting not just the history of Christianity but the origins of European modernity. Jacob M. Baum plumbs a wealth of primary