Unintended Reformation - How a Religious Revolution Secularized Society

In a work as much about the present as the past, Gregory identifies the unintended consequences of the Reformation for the modern condition: a hyperpluralism of beliefs, intellectual disagreements that splinter into fractals of specialized discourse, the absence of a substantive common good, and the triumph of capitalism's driver, consumerism.

About the author

Brad S. Gregory is Dorothy G. Griffin Professor of Early Modern European History at the University of Notre Dame.

Summary

In a work as much about the present as the past, Gregory identifies the unintended consequences of the Reformation for the modern condition: a hyperpluralism of beliefs, intellectual disagreements that splinter into fractals of specialized discourse, the absence of a substantive common good, and the triumph of capitalism’s driver, consumerism.

Product details

• Authors: Brad S. Gregory, Gregory Brad S.
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2015
• EAN: 9780674088054
• ISBN: 978-0-674-08805-4
• No. of pages: 592
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christianity / General, Christianity, History of Religion, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Social and cultural history, Church history, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600, C 1600 To C 1700