This third volume of the Edition Mare Balticum is a collection of articles which address many
aspects of material and ceremonial church practices that were re-considered during the process
of the Lutheran Reformation - the status of indifferent things in the historical context of the
Reformation as adiaphora Mitteldinge - as well as to inquire more generally into the existence
and meaning of material objects in the evangelical sacral space. Of course the problems
concerning the adiaphora had their own dynamic in the Lutheran theological discussion so the
book describes how the process was reflected in different congregational practices i.e. in
lived religion. The questions fit in with key ideas about the relationships of objects and
people in a culture that had arisen after the performative turn and material turn: a wave that
had lasted for some time in the humanities. Hence this book focuses on the relationships and
networks of relationships through which the meanings and effects of indifferent things are
expressed most clearly.
