The Protestant Reformation of the Church and the World

From a distinguished assembly of twelve internationally acclaimed scholars comes this rich interdisciplinary study that explores the Protestant Reformation and its revolutionary impact on the church and the world. The Reformation revolutionized the church and spiritual life as well as art music literature architecture and aesthetics. It transformed economics trade banking and moreâ€transformations that shifted power away from the church to the state unleashing radical new campaigns for freedom equality democracy and constitutional order. In this authoritative but accessible study the authors analyze the kaleidoscopic impact of the Reformation over the past 500 yearsâ€for better or worse for richer or poorer for the West and increasingly for the world.