Getting the Reformation wrong : correcting some misunderstandings
Title:
Getting the Reformation wrong : correcting some misunderstandings
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Summary:
Most students of history know that Martin Luther nailed his ninety-five theses to the Wittenberg Church door and that John Calvin penned the Institutes of the Christian Religion. However, the Reformation did not unfold in the straightforward, monolithic fashion some may think. It was, in fact, quite a messy affair. Using the most current Reformation scholarship, James R. Payton exposes, challenges and corrects some common misrepresentations of the Reformation: places the Reformation in the context of medieval and Renaissance reform efforts; analyzes conflicts among the Reformers; corrects common misunderstandings of what the Reformers meant by sola fide and sola Scriptura; examines how the Anabaptist movement fits in with the magisterial Reformation; critiques the post-Reformational move to Protestant Scholasticism; and explores how the fresh perspective on the Reformation could make a difference in today's churches.
Year Published:
2010
Physical Description:
272 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents:
The medieval call for reform -- The Renaissance : friend or foe? -- Carried along by misunderstandings -- Conflict among the reformers -- What the reformers meant by sola fide -- What the reformers meant by sola Scriptura -- How the Anabaptists fit in -- Reformation in Rome -- Changing direction : from the Reformation to Protestant scholasticism -- Was the Reformation a success? -- Is the Reformation a norm? -- The Reformation as triumph and tragedy.
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ISBN:
9780830838806
Publisher:
Downers Grove, Ill. : IVP Academic, c2010.
