Liberation Theology
Emerging at the end of the 1960s, in Catholic circles in Latin America, Liberation theologies developed widely. They denounced the oppression of which the poor were victims. These injustices had...
Feminist Theologies
Feminist theologies are grounded in the great movement for women’s rights born around 50 years ago in the USA, in order to reassess their place both in society and in...
Catechism in the Reformed Church
Catechism refers to religious education given to teenagers or adults by the Church to teach them the fundamental elements of faith.
Jacques Ellul (1912-1994)
Jacques Ellul was a protestant academic from Bordeaux with a deep faith who sought to destroy conformity in all its aspects. He achieved notoriety through the many articles he had...
Mémoire et patrimoine en Normandie
Cette région comprend les départements de la Seine-Maritime (76), de l’Eure (27), du Calvados (14), de l’Orne (61) et de la Manche (50). Tant en Basse-Normandie qu’en Haute-Normandie, les vestiges...
Charles Munch (1891-1968)
Charles Munch was a great French conductor.
Protestantism in Germany
The Lutheran Reformation movement was a crucial event in German history. This theological and religious revolution had a major effect on German politics, language and culture. Today Germany has several...
Protestantism in Belgium
Although the Low Countries and Belgium (which was in fact part of the latter for several centuries) had shared a common history in the past, the consequences of the events...
Protestantism in Italy and Spain
There was fierce opposition to the Reform Movement, so it never really took a permanent hold in these two countries. The Jesuits in Italy, and especially the Spanish Inquisition, were...
The Thirty Year War (1618-1648)
The Thirty Year War, fought over both religious and political issues, devastated Germany in the XVIIth century. At the beginning it was a religious conflict between the Protestant princes and...
Protestantism in the Scandinavian countries
At the beginning of the XVIth century, Scandinavia consisted of two kingdoms : one was made up of Norway and Denmark and the other Sweden and Finland. They both loosely belonged...
Protestantism in the Low Countries
The history of Dutch protestantism basically consists of a long-drawn out battle against Spain, who held sway over the country in the second part of the XVIth century and at...
Protestantism in Switzerland
Reformed protestantism is deeply rooted in Switzerland because of Calvin, who lived in Geneva and Zwingli, who lived in Zurich. The Swiss Confederation goes back to the XIIth century ; it...
Mémoire et patrimoine en Ille-et-Vilaine
Au XVIe siècle, deux villes abritent des communautés protestantes importantes : Vitré et Rennes.
Mémoire et patrimoine en Loire-Atlantique
Le département de Loire-Atlantique fait partie aujourd’hui de la région Pays de la Loire mais, au XVIe siècle, Nantes était la capitale de la Bretagne et la résidence des ducs...
Mémoire et patrimoine en Morbihan
Le département du Morbihan possède deux châteaux ayant appartenu à la famille des Rohan qui s’illustrèrent dans la défense du protestantisme au XVIe siècle et début du XVIIe siècle.
The Seventh Day Adventist Church
The Seventh day adventist Church has its roots in the Reformation movement of the XVIth century and the Revival movement of the XIXth century ; the latter being the stronger influence....
French Reformed Church
The French Reformed Church (Eglise Réformée de France) was founded in 1938 ; its origins go back to the XVIth century to the reformed Churches which were set up by Jean...
The Mennonite Churches
The Mennonite Churches go back to the radical Reform movement of the XVIth century ; they were persecuted in Switzerland, then settled along the Rhine valley. In the XVIIth century there was a...