Ebook: Protestantism: A Very Short Introduction
Author: Mark A. Noll
- Tags: History, Methodism and Pentecostalism, Protestantism, Religion
- Series: Very short introductions
- Year: 2011
- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- City: Oxford
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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Mark A. Noll presents a fresh and accessible history of Protestantism from the era of Martin Luther to the present day. Beginning with the founding of Lutheran, Reformed, Anglican, and Anabaptist churches in the sixteenth-century Reformation, he also considers the rise of other important Christian movements like Methodism and Pentecostalism. Focussing on worldwide developments, rather than just the familiar European Read more...
Abstract: Mark A. Noll presents a fresh and accessible history of Protestantism from the era of Martin Luther to the present day. Beginning with the founding of Lutheran, Reformed, Anglican, and Anabaptist churches in the sixteenth-century Reformation, he also considers the rise of other important Christian movements like Methodism and Pentecostalism. Focussing on worldwide developments, rather than just the familiar European and American histories, he considers the recent expansion ofProtestant movements in Africa, China, India, and Latin America, emphasising the on-going and rapidly expanding story of