The Protestant Reformation of the church and the world / edited by John Witte, Jr. and Amy Wheeler, Center for the Study of Law and Religion, Emory University.

Contributor Witte, John, Jr., 1959- editor.

Edition Statement:First edition.

ImprintLouisville, Kentucky : WJK, Westminster John Knox Press, [2018]

Descriptionxxi, 278 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Note:Introduction: The Protestant (Re-)Reformations of the church and the world / Martin E. Marty -- 1. The gift of Sola Scriptura to the world / Mark A. Noll -- 2. Luther and the Gospel of John: a wisdom of surprise for our time / David F. Ford -- 3. An awkward witness in a worded world: music and the Reformation / Jeremy Begbie -- 4. The European Reformation: advocacy of education and liberation / Michael Welker -- 5. Faith in law: the legal and political legacy of the Protestant Reformations / John Witte Jr. -- 6. "There will be no poor among you": the Reformation of charity and social welfare / Carter Lindberg -- 7. Worldly worship: the Reformation and economic ethics / Wolfgang Huber -- 8. The Protestant ethic and the spirit of consumerism / Jonathan L. Walton -- 9. The Reformation and the future of Europe / Graham Tomlin -- 10. The challenges of sixteenth-century Europe and our global challenges today / Margot Kässmann -- Postscript: The need for "reformed repentance" / Wesley Granberg-Michaelson.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-248) and index.

Note: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 more--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 years--for better or worse, for richer or poorer, for the West and increasingly for the world.

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