the Reformation
noun
: the 16th-century religious movement that led to the establishment of the Protestant churches
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Like any cultural transformation, the causes are complex, multifactorial—in the same way there's no short answer to the question, why did the Reformation happen?
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Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
How utterly unfortunate to live so far north, to be constantly suffering drafts, to be given such jowls, to have to go along with the Reformation.
—Nicole Krauss, The Atlantic, 6 July 2025
Luther’s message of freedom In 1517, eight years before the German Peasants’ War, Luther launched the Reformation with his 95 Theses.
—Michael Bruening, The Conversation, 25 Feb. 2025
Aditya said that Indonesian artists have become more open to talking about the country’s history in their work since the Reformation in 1998, when the authoritarian President Suharto resigned from his role.
—Sara Merican, Deadline, 10 Feb. 2025
The printing press led to the Reformation but also a lot of bloody sectarian warfare.
—Stuart Miller, Orange County Register, 3 Feb. 2025
Like the Reformation, the current crisis unfolds against a backdrop of pervasive institutional corruption.
—Massimo Faggioli, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2018
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Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 July 2025
How utterly unfortunate to live so far north, to be constantly suffering drafts, to be given such jowls, to have to go along with the Reformation.
—Nicole Krauss, The Atlantic, 6 July 2025
Luther’s message of freedom In 1517, eight years before the German Peasants’ War, Luther launched the Reformation with his 95 Theses.
—Michael Bruening, The Conversation, 25 Feb. 2025
Aditya said that Indonesian artists have become more open to talking about the country’s history in their work since the Reformation in 1998, when the authoritarian President Suharto resigned from his role.
—Sara Merican, Deadline, 10 Feb. 2025
The printing press led to the Reformation but also a lot of bloody sectarian warfare.
—Stuart Miller, Orange County Register, 3 Feb. 2025
Like the Reformation, the current crisis unfolds against a backdrop of pervasive institutional corruption.
—Massimo Faggioli, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2018
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