The Protestant Reformation and Modern Culture Wars

A Distinguished Seminar featuring Molly Worthen 

Five hundred years ago, the disgruntled monk Martin Luther wrote his 95 complaints against the Roman Catholic Church, launching new theological and political conflicts that still resonate across America and the Western world. Distinguished historian of religion Molly Worthen examines how the Protestant Reformation opened new debates about God’s relationship with humanity and Christianity’s role in power politics—debates that have had profound consequences for American Christianity. Join Professor Worthen as she explores the most prominent people, ideas, and events of the Protestant Reformation and discusses the legacy of that 16th-century upheaval among American evangelicals in our own polarized political landscape.

TOPICS

Martin Luther’s Big Idea

The Reformed Tradition

The Anabaptist Radicals

Reformation Legacies in 21st-century Culture Wars

Molly Worthen is an associate professor of history, a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times, and the author of Apostles of Reason: The Crisis of Authority in American Evangelicalism.

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