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Protestantism : a very short introduction / [Mark A. Noll].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Noll, Mark A., 1946- author.
- Series:
- Very short introductions ; 277.
- Very short introductions ; 277
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Protestantism.
- Religion.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (161 pages) : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011.
- Summary:
- 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 16th-century Reformation, he also considers the rise of other important Christian movements like Methodism.
- Contents:
- Introduction; 1. Reformation beginnings; 2. Protestant christendom; 3. Pietists, the American colonies, evangelicals, and the Enlightenment; 4. Flourishing, flailing, fragmenting; 5. Missionary transformations; 6. Pentecostals, revival, independents; 7. Whither the West?; 8. From everywhere to everywhere; Glossary; Further reading; Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-161766-0
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