| Protestants: The Birth of a Revolution Contributor(s): Ozment, Steven E. (Author) |
|
 |
ISBN: 0385471017 ISBN-13: 9780385471015 Publisher: Random House Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $18.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 1993 Annotation: Rather than viewing the Protestant Revolution as a progenitor of German absolutism, like so many of his colleagues do, Ozment finds in Protestantism the assertion of key Western values--individual religious conviction, hard work, and the rejection of hypocrisy and empty ritual. 15 illustrations. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christianity - History - Religion | Christianity - Protestant - History | Europe - Great Britain - General |
| Dewey: 270.6 |
| LCCN: 93016872 |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.18" W x 9.12" (0.96 lbs) 284 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Who were the first men and women who abandoned the Church of Rome and became the world's first Protestants? Harvard historian Steven Ozment does not present us with the remote, dusty figures of history, but rather with the shoemakers and housewives, students and politicians who were among the first followers of Martin Luther. Using pamphlets, diaries, letters, and other primary soruces, Ozment examines the origins of the Reformation and the nature of Protestantism. Rather than seeing the Reformation as the progenitor of German absolutism, as do many scholars of the period, Ozment sees in Protestantism the historic assertion of key Western values--social reform, individual religious conviction, hard work, and the rejection of corruption, hypocrisy, and empty ritual. |