Description
Book SynopsisAn entertaining and enlightening expose of over-inflated claims about the Reformation and what it has done for us
Trade ReviewRodney Stark takes aim at one "myth" after another. . . He is like a man carefully setting up skittles before firing down bowling balls of fact and argument to send them scattering. * Catholic Herald *
so much helpful historical reflection -- Michael Haykin * Evangelicals Now *
Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Mythical 'Protestant' Chapter 1. The Myths of Full Pews, Pious Kings, and Limited Monarchies Chapter 2. The Misfortune of State Churches, Forced Piety, and Bigotry Chapter 3. The Misfortune of Nationalistic States Chapter 4. The Myth of the Protestant Ethic Chapter 5. The Myth of the Protestant Scientific 'Revolution' Chapter 6. The Myth of Protestant Individualism and Suicide Chapter 7. The Myth of Protestant Secularization Chapter 8. The Myth of Harmful Protestant Effects on the Catholic Church
