GLOBAL REFORMATIONS : TRANSFORMING EARLY MODERN RELIGIONS, SOCIETIES, AND CULTURES, 1ST EDITION

Book Details

• Publisher: Routledge

• Author: Nicholas Terpstra

• Language: English

• Edition: 1

• ISBN: 9780367025137

• Pages: 274

• Cover: Paperback

About the Book

Global Reformations by Nicholas Terpstra offers a compelling and interdisciplinary exploration of religious transformations in the early modern world. This volume provides a sustained, comparative analysis of how Reformation movements not only shaped relations among Christians but also influenced interactions with Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, and indigenous groups across the Americas.

The essays within this book track the complex negotiations, tensions, and interactions that arose across social, gender, and religious boundaries, revealing the multifaceted impact of religious reform movements on social action and cross-confessional encounters. The contributors examine the convergence of religious reform, global expansion, and political consolidation in the early modern period, offering fresh perspectives on how the Reformation should be understood as a global phenomenon.

By placing the Reformation within a global framework, Global Reformations challenges traditional interpretations and broadens the scope of our understanding. This volume combines new research with innovative approaches to the study of cross-cultural contacts during the early modern period, offering a unique and up-to-date examination of the Reformation’s far-reaching influence.

Ideal for advanced undergraduates and graduate students of early modern history, religious history, women's and gender studies, and global history, this book provides invaluable insights into the interconnections between religious reform and global historical processes.