Contents

Contents

Introduction

PART I   Origination

1  

The Gathering Storm

2  

The Accidental Revolutionary

Martin Luther

3  

Alternatives to Luther

The Diversification of the Reformation

4  

The Shift in Power

Calvin and Geneva

5  

England

The Emergence of Anglicanism

6  

War, Peace, and Disinterest

European Protestantism in Crisis, 1560–1800

7  

Protestantism in America

8  

The Nineteenth Century

The Global Expansion of Protestantism

PART II  Manifestation

9  

The Bible and Protestantism

10  

Believing and Belonging

Some Distinctive Protestant Beliefs

11  

The Structures of Faith

Organization, Worship, and Preaching

12  

Protestantism and the Shaping of Western Culture

13  

Protestantism, the Arts, and the Natural Sciences

PART III  Transformation

14  

The Changing Shape of American Protestantism

15  

Tongues of Fire

The Pentecostal Revolution in Protestantism

16  

The New Frontiers of Protestantism

The Global South

17  

Protestantism

The Next Generation

Notes

Searchable Terms

About the Author

Cover

Copyright

About the Publisher

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