Protestantism by Dunstan, J. Leslie

Great Religions of Modern Man #3

by J. Leslie Dunstan

Protestantism

Genres: Religion, Christianity, Nonfiction, American

Hardcover

First published June 1, 1961

Reviews

[Lesung vor Acht · Rating 4 out of 5]

Eine ausführliche Darstellung der philosophischen und theologischen Grundlagen des Protestantismus - Dunstan widmet sich im gleichen Maße der Geschichte und der heutigen Probleme und Merkmale. Im letzten Teil fließt sehr viel persönliche Meinung ein, aber das Buch eignet sich nichtsdestotrotz hervorragend für alle Menschen, die eine adäquate Einführung schätzen.

[Berry Muhl · Rating 4 out of 5]

Moderately useful. I keep hoping that the books in this series will make clear to me the lifestyles and ritual life of their respective practitioners, but, six books in, I still haven't really caught on to the fact that these are primarily philosophical treatises. In order to get a sense of how people translate these beliefs into action, one must have additional source material to work with.

There is a good deal of information here about how Protestantism originated, and why, and what distinguishes it from the contemporary Catholic mainstream. If you truly want to get a sense of what believers believe, I could regard this collection as indispensable, but only in combination with other books on the same subjects (or firsthand experience with the religions). Just be prepared for some somewhat dry reads.

[Patrick · Rating 3 out of 5]

About 75% of it can just be flipped through. That said, it makes an effort to cover an aspect of the Christian religion that so many forget about today. It succeeds in being an airplane overview of the Protestant tradition. Three stars for that alone.

[Luke Smith · Rating 3 out of 5]

I grew up thinking of protestanitism as the enemy but this does a great job of setting out the stall for the faith and the role the church must embrace in a world where progress has surmounted many of the changes they fought for

[Belle Meade School]

280.4

[James Violand · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ehh... Not too good. Perhaps it was too big a bite in so short a volume, but it inadvertantly admits to a fracturing of Christianity by the founders and reformers of the movement. Though I'm sure it was purely unintentional on the editor's part, I'm convinced of my Catholicism.

[Nenad Knezevic · Rating 4 out of 5]

A well written introduction to Protestantism, its history and theology. The chapter on 20th century is sadly among the shortest ones, which was a missed opportunity to present developments relevant to understanding contemporary denominational landscape.