Professor Alec Ryrie's Outputs (5)

Puritanism and Emotion in the Early Modern World (2016)
Book
Ryrie, A., & Schwanda, T. (Eds.). (2016). Puritanism and Emotion in the Early Modern World. Palgrave

'Protestantism' as a historical category (2016)
Journal Article
Ryrie, A. (2016). 'Protestantism' as a historical category. Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, 26, 59-77. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0080440116000050

The term ‘Protestant’ itself is a historical accident, but the category of western Christians who have separated from Rome since 1517 remains a useful one. The confessionalisation thesis, which has dominated recent Reformation historiography, instead... Read More about 'Protestantism' as a historical category.

Religion and religious change (2016)
Book Chapter
Ryrie, A. (2016). Religion and religious change. In L. Sangha, & J. Willis (Eds.), Understanding early modern primary sources (170-186). Routledge

The Nature of Spiritual Experience (2016)
Book Chapter
Ryrie, A. (2016). The Nature of Spiritual Experience. In U. Rublack (Ed.), The Oxford handbook of the Protestant Reformations (47-63). Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199646920.013.3

This article surveys the question of how early Protestantism was experienced by its practitioners, using the perspective of the history of emotions. It argues that justification by faith derived its power from its emotional impact, and that the Calvi... Read More about The Nature of Spiritual Experience.

Introduction (2016)
Book Chapter
Ryrie, A., & Schwanda, T. (2016). Introduction. In A. Ryrie, & T. Schwanda (Eds.), Puritanism and emotion in the early modern world (1-12). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137490988_1