Reformation Reader

A Reformation Reader

Primary Texts with Introductions

Second Edition

Denis R. Janz, ed.
Fortress Press, 2008
ISNB 9780800663100

Softcover, 472 pp.
6.75 x 1 x 9 inches | 11.2 ounces

Although deeply political, economic, and social, the European Reformations of the sixteenth century were at heart religious disputes over core Christian theological issues. Denis Janz's A Reformation Reader is unabashed in its generous selection of key theological and related texts from five distinct Reformation sites. Along with plenty on the late-medieval background, the Lutheran, Calvinist, Radical, English, and Catholic Reformations are all well-represented here.

Janz's selection of more than 100 carefully edited primary documents captures the energy and moment of that tumultuous time. The new edition incorporates a dozen readings by and about women in the Reformation, adds a new chapter on Thomas Mntzer and the Peasants' War, and adds illuminating graphics.