Protestants: A History from Wittenberg to Pennsylvania, 1517-1740 presents a comprehensive thematic history of the rise and influence of the branches of Christianity that emerged out of the Protestant Reformation.
* Represents the only English language single-volume survey of the rise of early modern Protestantism from its Lutheran beginnings in Germany to its spread to America
* Offers a thematic approach to Protestantism by tracing its development within the social, political, and cultural context of early modern Europe
* Introduces innovative argument that the central dynamic of Protestantism was not its struggle with Catholicism but its own inner dynamic
* Breaks from traditional scholarship by arguing that the rise of Reformation Protestantism lasted at least two centuries
* Unites Old World and New World Protestant histories
* Represents the only English language single-volume survey of the rise of early modern Protestantism from its Lutheran beginnings in Germany to its spread to America
* Offers a thematic approach to Protestantism by tracing its development within the social, political, and cultural context of early modern Europe
* Introduces innovative argument that the central dynamic of Protestantism was not its struggle with Catholicism but its own inner dynamic
* Breaks from traditional scholarship by arguing that the rise of Reformation Protestantism lasted at least two centuries
* Unites Old World and New World Protestant histories
Produkteigenschaften
- Artikelnummer: 9781405150842
- Medium: Buch
- ISBN: 978-1-4051-5084-2
- Verlag: Wiley
- Erscheinungstermin: 11.10.2010
- Sprache(n): Englisch
- Auflage: 1. Auflage 2010
- Produktform: Gebunden
- Gewicht: 676 g
- Seiten: 280
- Format (B x H x T): 182 x 255 x 27 mm
- Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt