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Protestants: The Faith That Made the Modern World
Written by Alec Ryrie
Narrated by Tim Bruce
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In this dazzling global history that charts five centuries of innovation and change, Alec Ryrie makes the case that Protestants made the modern world. Protestants introduces us to the men and women who defined and redefined this quarrelsome faith. Some turned to their newly accessible bibles to justify bold acts of political opposition, others to support a new understanding of who they were and what they could and should do. Above all, they were willing to fight for their beliefs. If you look at any of the great confrontations of the last five centuries, you will find Protestants defining the debate on both sides. Protestants have also fought among themselves. What unites them all is a passion for God and a vital belief in the principle of self-determination.
Protestants have set out for all four corners of the globe, embarking on courageous journeys into the unknown to set up new communities and experiment with new systems of government. They are resourceful innovators and are making new converts every day in China, Africa, and Latin America. Protestants created America and defined its special brand of entrepreneurial diligence. Whether you are yourself a Protestant, or even a Christian, you live in a world, and are guided by principles and ideas, shaped by Protestants.
Protestants have set out for all four corners of the globe, embarking on courageous journeys into the unknown to set up new communities and experiment with new systems of government. They are resourceful innovators and are making new converts every day in China, Africa, and Latin America. Protestants created America and defined its special brand of entrepreneurial diligence. Whether you are yourself a Protestant, or even a Christian, you live in a world, and are guided by principles and ideas, shaped by Protestants.
Author
Alec Ryrie
Alec Ryrie is professor of the history of Christianity at the University of Durham. His most recent books are Unbelievers: An Emotional History of Doubt (2019) and (ed.) Christianity: A Historical Atlas (2020).
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5This is a very solid, broad overview. Ryrie writes very clearly, and somehow manages to be reasonably objective, but also sympathetic, but also takes his stands when he wishes to. As others have pointed out, this book is very light on theology and doctrine, which is fine--this is a history of people, not of doctrines. The book is also very light on anything about the Baptist churches, which is very strange, given how much space Ryrie gives to sects that even he doesn't believe to be Protestant. There's a slight tendency towards writing a history of what-Protestants-did-at-important-moments-of-history, rather than a history of Protestants (did we need quite so much on the Nazi churches? Quite so much on abolitionism?), but again, that goes with the size of the project. This has certainly piqued my interest in Protestantism in America, in particular; the chapters on China, Korea, South Africa and so on are decent first stabs at a more inclusive history, and certainly taught me a lot.