Protestantism after 500 Years

ISBN-13: 9780190264789 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 382 str.

Thomas Albert Howard; Mark A. Noll

Opis

The world stands before a landmark date: October 31, 2017, the quincentennial of the Protestant Reformation. Countries, social movements, churches, universities, seminaries, and other institutions shaped by Protestantism face a daunting question: how should the Reformation be commemorated 500 years after the fact? In this volume, leading historians and theologians, Protestant and Catholic, come together to grapple with this question and examine the historical significance of the Reformation.

Protestantism has been credited for restoring essential Christian truth, blamed for disastrous church divisions, and invoked as the cause of modern liberalism, capitalism, democracy, individualism, modern science, secularism, and so much else. This book examines the historical significance of the Reformation and considers how we might expand and enrich the ongoing conversation about Protestantism's impact. The contributors conclude that we must remember the Reformation not only because of the enduring, sometimes painful religious divisions that emerged from this era, but also because a historical understanding of the Reformation is necessary for promoting ecumenical understanding and thinking wisely about the future of Christianity.

Recenzje

Protestantism after 500 Years (edited by Thomas Albert Howard, and Mark A. Noll) constitutes an interesting and valuable way to celebrate the 5th century of Reformation, but also to speak about its rich legacy, history and possible developments in the near future.

O autorze

Thomas Albert Howard is Professor of History and the Humanities and Phyllis and Richard Duesenberg Chair in Christian Ethics at Valparaiso University. Mark A. Noll is Francis A. McAnaney Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame.