The Reformers believed they were simply purifying a corrupt and decaying institution. But little did they realize what forces would be unleashed: a splintered church, the rise of the modern nation-state, the triumph of capitalism, rampant secularization, the autonomy of the individual, and so much more.
In a work as much about the present as the past, Brad Gregory identifies the unintended consequences of the Protestant Reformation in The Unintended Reformation.
