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Protestants: The Radicals Who Made the Modern World

"The phrase "Protestants: the radicals who made the modern world" encapsulates the transformative historical thesis that the 16th-century Reformation was not merely a theological dispute, but a radical social, political, and economic upheaval. This movement reshaped literacy, governance, individualism, and labor ethics, laying the foundational pillars of contemporary Western civilization. Introduction: Re-Examining the Reformation When historical evaluations examine the trajectory of Western civilization over the past five centuries, the prevailing narratives often focus on the Enlightenment, the Industrial Revolution, or the rise of democrati..."

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