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Impact of the Reformation

Impact of the Reformation. What were the short and long term impacts of the Reformation? Brainstorm!. Your ideas. Allows for relig plurality Cause of relig unrest Allow wm larger role in their homes Ch becomes a more pervasive personal force (Jesuits, confession, etc) Widespread educ

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Impact of the Reformation

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  1. Impact of the Reformation What were the short and long term impacts of the Reformation? Brainstorm!

  2. Your ideas... • Allows for relig plurality • Cause of relig unrest • Allow wm larger role in their homes • Ch becomes a more pervasive personal force (Jesuits, confession, etc) • Widespread educ • Family becomes more cohesive unit • Relig persecution - for ppl of all different faiths • Paved the way for other Christ denominations to be formed

  3. The List: • Result in persecution of various sects by both Catholics & Protestants • People are given more religious choice • Provides the basis for war in the name of God (ushers in the Age of Religious Wars) • Family becomes more important (reading Bible, prayers @home) • Education becomes more widespread esp. For the middle class (humanist goals are furthered)

  4. Also: • New literature emerges • Church $ is now locally spent • Political rulers now want the church to support them - this is a POWER SHIFT! • Last time in the West, people identify themselves with religion rather than the nation-state • No religious unity in the West • Greater equality...well, some! • Individualism becomes stronger

  5. And: • Religion and the state are now tied together (not just the Church holding all of the power) • Calvin’s stress on the Protestant work ethic contributes to the development of the capitalist spirit • Growth of political liberty: if you can overthrow the Church because of tyrannical rule, why not rulers too?

  6. Criteria • How would you organize the impact of the Reformation? With a partner decide how to organize this information. • What is the most important impact of the Reformation? Why?

  7. The Dust Settles:

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