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Reformation in the Western World: An Introduction

by Paul Silas Peterson

  • Hardback
  • Publisher: Baylor University Press
  • 15.3 x 22.9 x 2.1 cm

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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.
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  • Author

    Paul Silas Peterson

  • Book Format

    Hardcover

  • Publisher

    Baylor University Press

  • Published

    December 2020

  • Weight

    595g

  • Dimensions

    15.3 x 22.9 x 2.1 cm

  • ISBN

    9781481315074

  • ISBN-10

    1481315072

  • Eden Code

    5310982

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