In this episode of History 102, 'WhatIfAltHist' creator Rudyard Lynch and co-host Austin Padgett analyze Protestantism’s global evolution, exploring how sectarian dogmas, economic shifts, and historical transitions from the 1600s shaped modern Western identity.

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TIMESTAMPS:

(00:16 ) The Historical Impact of Protestantism
(01:32 ) Protestantism as the Spear Tip of Innovation
(03:51 ) The Shifting Religious and Ethnic Landscape
(05:29 ) Modernity and the Erasure of History
(11:20 ) Nietzsche and the Death of God
(16:57 ) The Theological Origins of Science
(21:33 ) The Map of Protestant Europe in 1600
(27:00 ) Rationality vs Modern Anti-Intellectualism
(35:08 ) The Social Conservatism of the Reformation
(38:05 ) John Calvin and the Power of Sincerity
(40:51 ) Max Weber and the Calvinist Work Ethic
(42:53 ) Psychological Drives: Busyness vs Sovereignty
(44:02 ) The Rise of Therapy and Wellness Culture
(56:01 ) Germanic Cultures and the Protestant Map
(1:03:08 ) Lutheranism and the Individual Reader
(1:06:50 ) Jante’s Law and Scandinavian Conformity
(1:14:33 ) Pietism and the Wellspring of Philosophy
(1:18:17 ) Calvinism: Totalitarianism and Capitalist Freedom
(1:35:47 )) The Quakers and Social Radicalism
(1:39:24 ) The Baptists and Adult Baptism
(1:43:32 ) Methodism and the Great Awakenings
(1:49:39 ) Anglicanism and the English Establishment
(2:01:39 ) Mormonism and the Faustian Will
(2:05:42 ) Pentecostalism and Growth in the Third World
(2:14:00 ) Darwinism and the 21st-Century Religious Collapse

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