Philipp Melanchthon: Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft

Nicole Kuropka studies the humanist and Reformer Philipp Melanchthon's conception of the relationship between science and society. For Melanchthon, scientific methodology, genuine theological knowledge, political discourse and the preservation of peace and order were inseparable. As a scholar, churchman and politician Philipp Melanchthon forged an indissoluble connection between theory and practice. He continually adapted his scholarly work to political realities such as church visitations, Imperial Diets, and the planning of alliances, thus striving to make the insights obtained by his scientific methodology serviceable to society as well as to the church.