Crisis and Renewal: The Era of the Reformations

This latest volume in the Westminster History of Christian Thought series introduces readers to the events and ideas that propelled the various religious reformations of sixteenth-century Europe. This splendid introduction to this momentous period examines the historical and theological developments that dramatically changed the religious landscape of Europe and continue to have important effects today. Discussion questions and other aids make this an excellent book for classroom use.

R Ward Holder is Associate Professor of Theology at Saint Anselm College in Manchester, New Hampshire. He is the author of John Calvin and the Grounding of Biblical Interpretation: Calvins First Commentaries.