Protestants

On the 500th anniversary of Luther's rebellion, this spectacular global history traces the revolutionary faith that shaped the modern world.

Informationen zum Autor Alec Ryrie was born in London. He studied History and Theology at the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford and is now Professor of the History of Christianity at Durham University. A specialist on the Reformation, he is the author of 'The Sorcerer's Tale: Faith and Fraud in Tudor England', the prize-winning 'Being Protestant in Reformation Britain', and is the co-editor of the Journal of Ecclesiastical History. Klappentext Tracing Martin Luther's upheavals forward over the course of one of the most creative and destructive movements in human history, "Protestants" is an in-depth account of the conflicting characters and ideas that have defined the denomination, marking the 500th anniversary of Luther's theses with a comprehensive picture of protestantism's past and future. Zusammenfassung On the 500th anniversary of Luther's rebellion, this spectacular global history traces the revolutionary faith that shaped the modern world.

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Tracing Martin Luther's upheavals forward over the course of one of the most creative and destructive movements in human history, "Protestants" is an in-depth account of the conflicting characters and ideas that have defined the denomination, marking the 500th anniversary of Luther's theses with a comprehensive picture of protestantism's past and future.

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On the 500th anniversary of Luther's rebellion, this spectacular global history traces the revolutionary faith that shaped the modern world.