Protestants - A History From Wittenberg To Pennsylvania, 1517-1740

Protestants: A History from Wittenberg to Pennsylvania, 1517-1740 presents a comprehensive thematic history of the rise and influence of the branches of Christianity that emerged out of the Protestant Reformation.
Represents the only English language single-volume survey of the rise of early modern Protestantism from its Lutheran beginnings in Germany to its spread to America
Offers a thematic approach to Protestantism by tracing its development within the social, political, and cultural context of early modern Europe
Introduces innovative argument that the central dynamic of Protestantism was not its struggle with Catholicism but its own inner dynamic
Breaks from traditional scholarship by arguing that the rise of Reformation Protestantism lasted at least two centuries
Unites Old World and New World Protestant histories

C. Scott Dixon is Senior Lecturer at Queen’s University of Belfast, UK. He is the author of numerous books and articles on early modern religious history, including The Reformation and Rural Society (1996) and The Reformation in Germany (2002). Dixon has been the recipient of Alexander von Humboldt research fellowships in association with the Herzog August Bibliothek, Wolfenbüttel and the Freie Universität Berlin.

“This is a remarkable work, for its striking originality, its powerful and independent-minded synthesis, its sensitivity to the primary and secondary material, its deployment of really gripping examples and case studies, and its conjoining of the European and North American Protestant experience….”—Mark Greengrass, University of Sheffield

Acknowledgments.
Introduction: Law and Gospel.
1. Foundations.
Wittenberg and Rome.
Swiss Protestants.
Reformations.
Geneva and Europe.
2. Kingdoms.
Kings, Priests, and Prophets.
Civic Protestantism.
The Politics of Faith.
3. Communities.
Biblical Utopias.
The Pursuit of Purity.
New World Protestants.
4. Dominions.
Bonds of Communion.
Christian Subjects.
Protestant Environments.
The Missionary Turn.
5. Revivals.
Signs of the Times.
True Christianity.
The End of Reformation.
Epilogue: Modern Protestants.
Endnotes.
Index.