Protestantism

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Introduction
Origins of Protestantism
The context of the late medieval church
The continental Reformation: Germany, Switzerland, and France
- The role of Luther
  - The indulgence system
  - Ninety-five Theses
  - Luther’s manifesto
  - Diet of Worms
- Radical reformers related to Luther’s reform
- Zwingli and his influence
  - The Anabaptists
  - Other groups
- The role of Calvin
- Calvinism in France
The Reformation in England and Scotland
- Henry VIII and the separation from Rome
- The role of John Knox
- The rise of Puritanism
  - Origins
  - Puritanism under the Stuarts (1603–49)
    - Events under James I
    - Events under Charles I
    - Civil war
  - The age of Cromwell (1649–60)
  - The Restoration (1660–85)
  - Puritanism in the English colonies
    - Virginia
    - Massachusetts Bay
    - Other colonies
The expansion of the Reformation in Europe
Protestant renewal and the rise of the denominations
- The setting for renewal
  - Survival of a mystical tradition
  - Catholic recovery of Protestant territories
  - Protestant scholasticism
- The rise of Pietism
  - Pietism in the 17th century
  - 18th-century Pietism in central Europe and England
  - 18th-century Pietism in Scandinavia and America
    - Denmark-Norway
    - North America
- Rationalism
- Evangelicalism in England and the Colonies
  - Methodism
  - The Great Awakening
- Legacies of the American Revolution and French Revolution
- The revival of Pietism
  - Germany
  - North America
- The era of Protestant expansion
  - Toleration
  - The rise of American Protestant influence
  - The spread of missions
- Revivalism in the 19th century
- New issues facing Protestantism in the 19th century
  - Churches and social change
  - Biblical criticism
Protestantism since the early 20th century
- Mainstream Protestantism
- Conservative and Evangelical forms of Protestantism
  - Pentecostalism
  - Fundamentalism
  - Evangelicalism
- Theological movements within Protestantism
- The ecumenical movement

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