If you're a Protestant, the anniversary of the revolution Martin Luther set in motion 500 years ago this Tuesday is a big deal. But even if you're not, it should be. The Reformation was one of the ...

The concept of the Reformation as a discrete event, with a beginning and an end, is a relatively belated development. For ...

The Protestant Reformation wasn’t just about religion it was sparked by deep frustration with Church corruption, indulgences, and a growing demand for reform across Europe. This video unpacks the ...

THAT ardent Protestant before Protestantism, Saint Francis of Assisi, standing humbly before the great Pope Innocent, defended his wandering brothers, preaching without license, bringing souls to God ...

In his 1905 book The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, Max Weber famously argued that Protestant ideas had inadvertently paved the way for the rational, market-oriented ethos that ...

Is Reformation Protestantism really relevant to the social crisis of contemporary America? One writer suggests that by 1900 “Protestantism … had ceased to protest.” Similarly, historian Henry Steele ...

(The Conversation) — The German peasants were among the first to try to unlock the revolutionary potential of Reformation teachings to fight social and economic injustice. (The Conversation) — Five ...

The Protestant Reformation in the 16th century is considered a pivotal event in world history. Leaders such as Martin Luther, a German Augustinian monk whose 95 theses were nailed on the door of a ...

What was the matter with the Protestant Reformation? It might seem like a strange question. Some might say that there was nothing the matter with the Reformation, that it was the acme of spiritual ...

Much has been said about the present position of American Protestantism. Widely-circulated magazines are now dealing with this subject. “Can Protestantism Hold Its Own in Modern America?” is the ...

A bit of historical research was making the rounds on social media recently, a monograph that compares the 21st century emergence of Bitcoin, encryption, the internet and millennials with the ...