Reading the Reformation: How Theologians, Printers, and Scribes Fueled the Growth of Protestantism by Purvis, Zachary

Reading the Reformation: How Theologians, Printers, and Scribes Fueled the Growth of Protestantism (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781540968517)

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Reading the Reformation: How Theologians, Printers, and Scribes Fueled the Growth of Protestantism by Purvis, Zachary

Reading the Reformation: How Theologians, Printers, and Scribes Fueled the Growth of Protestantism

$27.99
Reading the Reformation: How Theologians, Printers, and Scribes Fueled the Growth of Protestantism by Purvis, Zachary

Reading the Reformation: How Theologians, Printers, and Scribes Fueled the Growth of Protestantism

$27.99
Format: Paperback
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During the Reformation, theologians wrote, colleagues annotated, scribes recorded, and printers toiled, bringing Protestant doctrine and practice to life and transforming European society. Demonstrating the benefit of integrating histories of culture and scholarship with historical theology, this book invites readers to view the Reformation and its writings with fresh eyes.

Instead of focusing solely on the printing press as an agent of change, Reading the Reformation recalls the forgotten methods of writing, annotating, publishing, and preserving texts by key Protestant reformers. Zachary Purvis covers a broad range of topics, meticulously illuminating the physical and mental labors that fostered the Reformation. He draws new connections between theological traditions and intellectual innovations, textual learning and craft knowledge, manuscript and print.

Featuring case studies that demonstrate the Reformation's profound impact on reading and writing, this book is an indispensable resource for students, scholars, history enthusiasts, and anyone interested in the transformative power of the written word during one of the most pivotal eras of European history.

Author: Zachary Purvis
ISBN-10: 1540968510
ISBN-13: 9781540968517
Publisher: Baker Academic
Language: English
Published: 07/29/2026
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
By Zachary Purvis
By Zachary Purvis
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Zachary Purvis (DPhil, University of Oxford) is lecturer in theology and church history at Edinburgh Theological Seminary in Edinburgh, United Kingdom. He previously held postdoctoral positions at the University of Göttingen, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the University of Edinburgh. He has also been a US Fulbright Fellow in Switzerland, a fellow of the Royal Historical Society, and a fellow of the Leibniz Institute for European History. Purvis is the author of the prize-winning Theology and the University in Nineteenth-Century Germany.

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