Protestants: The Faith That Made the Modern World
Written by Alec Ryrie
Narrated by Tim Bruce
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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.
Alec Ryrie
Alec Ryrie FBA is Professor of History in the Department of Theology and Religion, Durham University, Professor of Divinity at Gresham College, London, and co-editor of the Journal of Ecclesiastical History. His recent publications include Unbelievers: An Emotional History of Doubt (William Collins, 2019), Protestants: The Radicals Who Made the Modern World (William Collins, 2017), and the prize-winning Being Protestant in Reformation Britain (OUP, 2013).
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Reviews for Protestants
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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.