Top 5 Books in 60 seconds... on the Reformation

Book recommendations- to help you get to grips with a seminal time in Church history, when the gospel was recovered.
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Jonathan Pryke is the Senior Minister of Jesmond Parish Church, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.
Here are 5 top books On The Reformation:
1. The Essence of the Reformation by Kirsten Birkett. A great place to start reading about the Reformation - a brief and lucid summary.
2. The Freedom of a Christian by Martin Luther. You can’t beat reading the original works that sparked the Reformation. This is short but potent.
3. The Book of Common Prayer by Thomas Cranmer. The work that shaped Reformed Church life in England for hundreds of years, and should again. A great way to get a grasp of the gospel that drove the Reformers.
4. The Reformation by Owen Chadwick. A classic history of the Reformation. Comprehensive and readable.
And 5. Reformation: Europe’s House Divided. A brilliant sweeping history of the entire Reformation era, from the perspective of an ex liberal Christian Atheist.
So 5 top books on the Reformation. A seminal time when the gospel was recovered- so get to grips with it!