Reformation in the Western World

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By Paul Silas Peterson
Imprint: BAYLOR UNIVERSITY PRESS
Release Date: February 28, 2021
Format: HARDBACK
Dimensions: 228 x 152 mm
Weight: 550 g
Pages: 288

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The Reformation was the single most important event of the early modern period of Western civilization. What started out as a pastoral conflict about the sale of grace for money ultimately became a catalyst for the transformation of Western culture. In Reformation in the Western World, Paul Silas Peterson shows how the retrieval of the ancient Christian teachings about God's grace and the authority of Scripture influenced culture, society, and the political order. The emphasis on an egalitarian church-the "priesthood of all believers"-led to a more egalitarian society. In the long run, the Reformation encouraged the emergence of modern freedoms, religious tolerance, capitalism, democracy, the natural sciences, and the disenchantment of the papacy and worldly means of grace. Yet the egalitarian fruit of the Reformation was not uniform, as is seen in the persecution of detractors and Jews, and in the marginalization of women. In all its triumphs and innovations, evils and errors, the Reformation left a lasting double legacy-a divided church in need of unity and the possibilities of a liberated world.

Paul Silas Peterson, Privatdozent Dr. Theol. (Tuebingen), teaches theology and church history at the University of Tuebingen and at the University of Heidelberg.

Introduction: The Good and the Bad of the Reformation Chapter 1. The Western World and the Reformation Chapter 2. The Evils and Errors of the Reformers Chapter 3. Prehistory, Division, and Authority Chapter 4. Political Power and Tolerance Chapter 5. Modernity, Democracy, Capitalism, and Secularism Chapter 6. The Western World Today Chapter 7. The Reformation and Ecumenism Conclusion: The Future of Reformation

Reformation in the Western World is a learned and laudably ambitious attempt to weigh up the impact of the Reformation, for good and ill, on western culture and modernity. --Richard Rex "Scottish Journal of Theology" Peterson's work is invaluable for those in the fields of Reformation studies or church history and is highly recommended for those interested in the interaction between theology, politics, and society in the Western world. --Brian L. Hanson "Reading Religion" This book is a useful introduction not only to current Reformation research but also to debates among contemporary theologians and cultural critics about the impact of Protestantism on western culture and Christianity's role in contemporary society more generally. --Amy Nelson Burnett "Lutheran Quarterly"

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