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Add this book to your favorite list ». Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Dec 02, Ethan McCarter rated it liked it. Useful for wetting one's appetite for the Reformation era period.

The author pulls from Catholic, Lutheran, Reformed, and Anabaptist writers of the period. Janz's commentary does reflect a typical mainline Protestant of the 20th century; as a confessional Reformed believer, it's a little hard to stomach at times. If you read it, go and read the sources in their full context later and refer to this to build a library or get excerpts.

Nov 23, Zack rated it liked it. A useful compendium of primary sources from a liberal mainline Protestant perspective, with expected commentary from the same viewpoint.

Jan 22, Cathy Wilcox rated it really liked it. I read selections for a Reformation class in seminary. Excellent resource. Nov 29, William rated it it was amazing Shelves: studies. Excellent overview and collection of works during and after the Reformation period and exploration of America.

Nov 21, Jonathan Bartlett rated it liked it. Useful compendium of primary source documents. I will refer to it in the future. Nov 15, Bob Hayton rated it liked it Shelves: reformed-theology-and-calvinism. The Christianity that shapes our world today, was profoundly influenced by the Reformation -- Roman Catholicism as much as evangelical Protestantism.

For conservative evangelicals who prize the notion of sola Scriptura Scripture alone , the Reformation represents a great restoration of the importance of Scripture and a revival of the true and saving doctrine of justification by faith on the basis of the merits of Christ alone, and by God's free grace.

Any study of the Reformation does well to fo The Christianity that shapes our world today, was profoundly influenced by the Reformation -- Roman Catholicism as much as evangelical Protestantism. Any study of the Reformation does well to focus on the many documents and books written in that era. Some of the truly great Christian writings hail from that era. Luther's commentary on Galations, and Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion deserve the attention of Christians of our own era as much as they shaped those in the midst of the Reformation.

But there are scores of additional writings by other lesser known figures of that time, which do much to open our understanding of what actually was happening in that time, now nearly years ago. A Reformation Reader , edited by Denis Janz, brings these lesser known documents, and figures, to light. Zwingli's Swiss Reformation work and writings; the Anabaptist movement and their writings — most notably the the Schleitheim Confession; and the English reformers Cranmer and Cromwell all are illuminated through Janz's inclusion of key documents and insights into their role in the Reformation era.

The context of the Reformation is made more vivid and clear by his inclusion of pre-Reformation Catholic authors and sentiments, and a discussion of the counter Reformation and the Catholic Council of Trent. Janz introduces each section with a brief introduction to that segment of the Reformation. Janz brings up various scholarly disputes in how to interpret the Reformation. He does a good job staying neutral and explaining what the questions are. Fortress Press uses cookies to enhance your experience on our website and to make shopping for our products and services easier and more convenient for you.

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