Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Why Balthasar Münter? -- Textual Sources and Theoretical Perspectives -- Chapter One Balthasar Münter-His Life and Work in Copenhagen -- Who Was Balthasar Münter? -- Münter's Writings -- Saint-Petri Church -- Chapter Two Münter during the Høegh-Guldberg Government, 1772-84.Texts and Contexts -- The Context of Church Policy: Høegh-Guldberg's Understanding of the Bible as a Normative Text -- The Theological Context -- The Context of Eighteenth Century Church Service -- Sermon Ideals in Denmark-Norway -- Balthasar Münter's Texts -- Geistliche Lieder 1772-74 -- Predigten über die gewöhnliche Sonntagsevangelien, 1778-84 -- Anleitung zur Erkenntniss und Ausübung des christlichen Glaubens -- Chapter Three Analysis: Balthasar Münter and Contemporary Theological and Cultural Movements, 1772-84 -- Münter's Goal: Devotion -- Münter's Neological Inheritance -- The Legacy of Copenhagen's Circle of Poets: The Function of Hymns in the Church Service -- Münter Versus Bastholm: The Sermon as Rhetoric -- Summary: Balthasar Münter's Preaching from 1772-84 -- Chapter Four Münter during the Bernstorf Government, 1785-93: Texts and Contexts -- The Political and Societal Frame: A New Government-A New Society -- The Frame of Church Policy: Changes in the Relationship between the State and the Church -- The Social Context: German Elite Culture in Copenhagen-The Salons of the German Aristocracy and their Esoteric Interests -- Balthasar Münter's Τexts -- Oeffentliche Vorträge, 1785-93 -- Chapter Five Analysis: Balthasar Münter and Contemporary Theological and Cultural Movements, 1785-93 -- Comparative Perspectives on Münter's Development: 1772-84 and 1785-93 -- Münter during the Bernstorff Era: Four Aspects of Theology, Social Life, and Literature -- Chapter Six Enlightened Preaching-Balthasar Münter 1772-93.

Münter's Intention in Writing -- Contributing to the Enlightenment -- Appendix 1 Pericopes in Predigten über die gewöhnlichen Sonntagsevangelien in Verbindung mit anderen Schriften -- Appendix 2 Pericopes in Oeffentliche Vorträge über die Reden und Begebenheiten Jesu -- Bibliography -- Index.