Burning pyres, nuns on the run, stirring courage, comic relief: the story of the Protestant Reformation is a gripping tale, packed with drama. But what motivated the Reformers? And what were they really like? In this lively, accessible and informative introduction, Michael Reeves brings to life the colourful characters of the Reformation, unpacks their ideas, and shows the profound and personal relevance of Reformation thinking for today.

Michael Reeves

The Unquenchable Flame

Prologue: Here I stand

1 Going medieval on religion: the background to the Reformation

Popes, priests and purgatory

Dynamic or diseased?

Omens of apocalypse

Morning stars of the Reformation

Books, dangerous books

2 God’s volcano: Luther

The Holy Roman Empire

From son of Rome to heretic

Entering paradise through open gates

'The rays of the sun drive out the night'

Kidnapped

How to reform a church

Katie

What is this Reformation?

Handing on the Reformation

3 Soldiers, sausages and revolution: Ulrich Zwingli and the Radical Reformers

A strange new world

The gentle soldier

Zurich recruited

A sword for the Lord

Getting radical

The twin tornadoes: Müntzer and Münster

Sausagegate

Which to trust: Bible? Spirit? Reason?

4 After darkness, light: John Calvin

Renaissance

France on fire

'They went about...persecuted and ill-treated'

Finding hope (and Mrs C)

Back into the fray

The tide turns

'To this day no-one knows where his grave is'

5 Burning passion: the Reformation in Britain

'One little word shall fell him'

Dynasty: a soap opera

England's King Josiah

Bloody Mary: a repellent cocktail

'This is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes'

North of the border

Politics and theology

6 Reforming the Reformation: the Puritans

Who were the Puritans?

Right but repulsive?

Weeding out 'popery'

The wisest fool in Christendom

Pushed to breaking-point

'Some new and great period'

The merry monarch

7 Is the Reformation over?

'The first and keenest subject of controversy between us'

Four hundred years later...

'Thou hast conquered, O pale Erasmus; the world has grown grey from thy breath'

Having a Bible, but no gospel

Back to the future

Reformation timeline

The background to the Reformation

Martin Luther

Ulrich Zwingli and the Radical Reformers

John Calvin

The Reformation in Britain

The Puritans

Is the Reformation over?

A lively, accessible, and informative introduction to key people, events, and themes in the Protestant Reformation, suitable for university students and general readers alike.

Burning pyres, nuns on the run, stirring courage, and comic relief: the Protestant Reformation is a gripping tale, packed with drama. But what motivated the Reformers? And what were they really like? "The Unquenchable Flame," a lively, accessible, and fully informative introduction to the Reformation by Michael Reeves, brings to life the movement's most colorful characters (Martin Luther, Ulrich Zwingli, John Calvin, The Puritans, etc.), examines their ideas, and shows the profound and personal relevance of Reformation thinking for today. Also included are a lengthy Reformation timeline, a map of key places in the Reformation, further reading suggestions, and, in this U.S. edition, a new foreword by 9 Marks Ministries president Mark Dever.

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