1st Edition
Modernising Protestantism A Cultural History of the Dutch Reformed, 1650-1750
By Jo Spaans
Copyright 2025
664 Pages
by
Routledge
This book provides a thorough revision of the image of the public church under the Dutch Republic after the Peace of Westphalia and before the onset of the 'high Enlightenment'. Traditional church history considers the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries a period of decline. Yet this was the high tide of Dutch expansion when Dutch society was extremely rich. In its five universities and its... Read more
Introduction, Chapter 1. Setting the scene, Chapter 2. Controversies, Chapter 3. Rethinking the Reformation, Chapter 4. Church, State and society, Chapter 5. Ministers, Chapter 6. Laity, Chapter 7. Minor clergy, Chapter 8. Comparative religion, Chapter 9. Theology, Epilogue, Bibliography
Biography
Dr Joke Spaans, until 2021 associate professor for the history of Christianity at Utrecht University. Her main interest is the interface between religion and early modern society.
