A new biography captures the misunderstood faith of Huldrych Zwingli. Huldrych Zwingli (1484–1531) has not usually fared well at the hands of historians. Whether cast as Martin Luther’s antagonist or ...

(RNS) — Despite all the hype during the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, the spiritual father of Baptists, Huldrych Zwingli, it turns out, is far more important to modern Christianity than Martin ...

Often the readership of a biography is limited by the name recognition of its subject, and here we find Zwingli: God’s Armed Prophet at a disadvantage. If you need to be reminded of who Ulrich Zwingli ...

Christians are currently observing the season of Lent, a time of sacrifice to prepare for the celebration of Easter. Many liturgical church members, such as Roman Catholics and Episcopalians, practice ...

The images are dreadful, the screams heart-wrenching, the torments beyond the bounds of imagination. Anna Reinhart (Sarah Sophia Meyer) is doubled over before an altar in Zurich's Grossmünster, ...

The talents of historians rarely extend to poetry. I remember reading the TLS of 4 March 1977 and cringing at the discovery that my doctoral supervisor, Geoffrey Elton, had indulged in a penchant for ...

In the early 16 th Century, the movement objecting to the flagrant greed and corruption in the Roman Catholic Church, now known as the Protestant Reformation, got under way in earnest. In 1517 in ...

A few weeks ago Martin Marty, the religious historian, argued in a Religion News Service column that Calvin deserves mention along with Luther during this “Reformation Jubilee Year” of 2017. And, sure ...