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Protestant Reformers were theologians whose careers, works and actions brought about the Protestant Reformation of the 16th century.. In the context of the Reformation, Martin Luther was the first reformer, sharing his views publicly in 1517, followed by Andreas Karlstadt and Philip Melanchthon at Wittenberg, who promptly joined the new movement.
A category listing pages on American theologians who are/were members of any of the various (Christian) Reformed denominations, such as the Evangelical and Reformed Church, the Reformed Church in America, etc., as well as other traditionally Reformed movements, such as Calvinists and Presbyterians.
Reformation Day; Lutheran; Anglican; Protestantism: This is an alphabetical list of Protestant Reformers. A. Johannes Aepinus; Johann Agricola Eisleben; Ludwig ...
Sixteenth-century portrait of John Calvin by an unknown artist. From the collection of the Bibliothèque de Genève (Library of Geneva). John Calvin is the most well-known Reformed theologian of the generation following Zwingli's death, but recent scholarship has argued that several previously overlooked individuals had at least as much influence on the development of Reformed Christianity and ...
The Urban Impact on American Protestantism, 1865-1900 (1943). Ahlstrom, Sydney E. A Religious History of the American People (1972, 2nd wed. 2004) the standard history excerpt and text search; Allitt, Patrick. Religion in America Since 1945: A History (2004), very good overview
The Puritans were originally members of a group of English Protestants seeking "purity", further reforms or even separation from the established church, during the Reformation. The group is also extended to include some early colonial American ministers and important lay-leaders. The majority of people in this list were mainstream Puritans ...
The Methodist Church used circuit riders to reach people in frontier locations. The Second Great Awakening led to a period of antebellum social reform and an emphasis on salvation by institutions. The outpouring of religious fervor and revival began in Kentucky and Tennessee in the 1790s and early 1800s among the Presbyterians , Methodists ...
The family tree of American Presbyterianism, 1706–1983. Courtesy of the Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA, and updated. Presbyterianism has had a presence in the United States since colonial times and has exerted an important influence over broader American religion and culture.