In a work that is as much about the present as the past, Brad Gregory identifies the unintended consequences of the Protestant Reformation and traces the way it shaped the modern condition over the course of the following five centuries. “ The Unintended Reformation: How a Religious Revolution Secularized Society” covers ideas I’ve kicked around since returning to Rome: “The Unintended Reformation,” by Brad Gregory, a history professor at Notre Dame, is noted as an example of work that posits a “road not taken,” one in which medieval Christianity could have produced a modern world much like our own, only better: less consumerist, free from relativism, more humanly fulfilling.Ī chapter of the book reviewed here - Roads Not Taken: Mark Lilla on Political Reaction.
