Book Review of James R. Payton’s Getting the Reformation Wrong
I’ve just posted my (longish) review of James Payton’s new book, Getting the Reformation Wrong: Correcting Some Misunderstandings. You can find it here. This is my concluding paragraph:
“There are many more things in this volume on which I could comment, both good and bad. I wish that I could recommend it; after all, we need more solid and accessible Reformation literature. As noted above, there are some good chapters and some excellent insights scattered throughout. On the whole, however, the book is evidence that old ways of writing Reformation and post-Reformation history die hard. Using this volume as a guide, many will continue to get the Reformation wrong on some key points.”
