Protestants: The Radicals Who Made the Modern World. Alec Ryrie
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Название: Protestants: The Radicals Who Made the Modern World
Автор: Alec Ryrie
Издательство: HarperCollins
Жанр: Историческая литература
isbn: 9780008182137
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Praise for Protestants:
‘Ryrie offers an admirably “long view” of the development of the Protestant faith’
Literary Review
‘A treat. Ryrie has a gift for showing how the history of religion is the history of the people … This book’s scholarship showcases one of the leading historians of Protestantism writing today, but the delight of it is the crisp prose, cool wit, wise judgements and sheer scope from the gates of Wittenberg to the streets of Seoul’ DIARMAID MACCULLOCH
‘Informative and stimulating’
Financial Times
‘This is a book of breathtaking range and penetrating insight. It will shape our perception of the Reformation and its long shadow for years to come’
ANDREW PETTEGREE, author of Brand Luther
‘Remarkably open-minded and delightfully light-hearted’
The Times
‘To cover the history of Protestantism in just 514 pages might seem a reckless task [but] Ryrie … has succeeded magnificently … A learned, humane and entertaining book’
Sunday Times
‘Ryrie guides us sure-footedly along the broad paths of Protestant history without neglecting its many fascinating by-ways. He writes with empathy but without illusions; his trademark combination of wit and erudition makes the journey as enjoyable as it is enlightening’
PROFESSOR PETER MARSHALL, University of Warwick
‘Ryrie’s agile mind, pithy style and energetic narrative bring 500 years of Protestant history to life and into the present global era. Profound and capacious, Protestants is scintillating, shrewd, incisive and proceeds at an astonishing pace. If you wish to buy one book to understand the impact Martin Luther has had on the modern world, this is it’
THE RIGHT REVEREND DR GRAHAM KINGS,
Mission Theologian in the Anglican Communion
‘A learned, lively look at the various faiths lumped together as Protestant, from Martin Luther in the sixteenth century to today’
Kirkus Reviews
In memory of Bill Ryrie (1928–2012)
Contents
Copyright
Dedication
Introduction
PART I: THE REFORMATION AGE
Chapter 1. Luther and the Fanatics
The Call of Reform • An Accidental Revolutionary • “Captive to the Word of God” • The Fanatics’ Reformation
Chapter 2. Protectors and Tyrants
Taming the Reformation • The Two Kingdoms • Chaos and Order • Revolutionary Saints
Chapter 3. The Failure of Calvinism
Parallel Reformations • Calvin’s Contribution • Lutheranism in Search of Concord • Dreams of Union • The Unravelling of Calvinism
Chapter 4. Heretics, Martyrs and Witches
Martyrdom and Heresy • Turning the Tide • The Luxury of Intolerance • The Devil’s Minions
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