For the Glory of God
Subtitle: How Monotheism Led to Reformations, Science, Witch-Hunts, and the End of Slavery
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: March 24, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 496
ISBN-13: 9780691114361
Subjects: History of ideas, intellectual history; Nature & existence of God; Social History; Religion; Religion - World Religions; Sociology of Religion; Comparative Religion; Religion / History; Sociology; World History/Comparative History; Monotheism; History; Religion and civilization
First sentence: Every October, Lutheran churches around the world celebrate Reformation Sunday in remembrance of the religious drama played out by Martin Luther and his opponents in Germany during the sixteenth century.