Nicholas R. Needham

As expected, as clear and interesting as the previous volumes, full of insights and primary source extracts. Probably the best introduction to church history, preparing the reader for [a:Jean-Marc Berthoud|4388250|Jean-Marc Berthoud|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1405037243p2/4388250.jpg]’s [b:Histoire alliancelle de l’église dans le monde|20500696|Le temps des pères et l’âge de la foi (L’histoire alliancelle de l’Église dans le monde, #1)|Jean-Marc Berthoud|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1519281452l/20500696._SY75_.jpg|34310622].… (more)

This volume deals with the period of Church history that was dominated by the Reformation. Here we encounter the Lutheran Reformation, spearheaded by figures like Martin Luther and Philip Melanchthon, and the Reformed Reformation, where Ulrich Zwingli, Martin Bucer, and John Calvin led the way. We meet the Radical Reformers, in all their diversity, including Menno Simons and the Mennonites. We also examine the Catholic Counter-Reformation, and explore the very different world of Eastern Othodoxy. In all this we see how theology, spirituality, worship and culture were affected by the events of the sixteenth century.… (more)