Brad Gregory’s The Unintended Reformation is outstanding… let me also push an essay recently recommended by Patrick Deneen that gives a very different reading on the Reformation:
Brad Gregory’s The Unintended Reformation is outstanding… let me also push an essay recently recommended by Patrick Deneen that gives a very different reading on the Reformation:
Cavanaugh argues that what we call “The Wars of Religion” were primarily political wars conducted by elites looking to expand their power and not actually wars fought over conflicting Christian beliefs.,
Brad Gregory’s The Unintended Reformation is outstanding… let me also push an essay recently recommended by Patrick Deneen that gives a very different reading on the Reformation:
http://www.jesusradicals.com/uploads/2/6/3/8/26388433/wars-of-religion-and-the-rise-of-the-state.pdf
Cavanaugh argues that what we call “The Wars of Religion” were primarily political wars conducted by elites looking to expand their power and not actually wars fought over conflicting Christian beliefs.,
Yeah, that's a great essay. Cavanaugh later expanded its argument into a book, 'The Myth of Religious Violence.'
Thank you for the new book recommendation!
Thanks for these. I wrote about Deneen's book, and Gregory's, in some previous essays. I agree that they really fill in some gaps.