Reformation Heritage Books

David Bebbington’s 1989 book, Evangelicalism in Modern Britain: A History from the 1730s to the 1980s, put forth the idea that evangelical religion is the result of transatlantic revival in the 1730s, and that it took a working together attitude toward the Enlightenment rather than a contradictory one. Today, Bebbington’s thesis has gained international acceptance. In this book, scholars from Europe and North America challenge Bebbington’s primary arguments and conclusions, and show that evangelicalism’s roots go back to the Reformation and Post-Reformation eras. Contributors include Joel R. Beeke, Timothy George, Crawford Gribben, Paul Helm, Thomas S. Kidd, and others.