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