"This book - by the greatest living authority on Martin Luther - provides a new history for our times. In gripping prose, Kaufmann explains how the Reformation spread throughout Europe and then globally, and what its legacy is today. Always he keeps an eye on the Ottoman Empire, central to the story. Kaufmann is a sure guide and knows the world of Reformation popular print inside out. This freshly written book brings sixteenth-century religious ideas to life, so that the reader grasps just why salvation and damnation mattered so much, and what the Reformation means in a united Germany now. The book is packed with unforgettable detail and original insight." -- Lyndal Roper, Regius Professor of History, University of Oxford"This is among the finest brief introductions to the Reformation in the current literature. Essential.

Lower-division undergraduates through faculty; professionals; general readers." -- Choice"Although this book was obviously aimed at a German audience, its translation into English is highly valuable, for it provides Anglophone readers with a succinct summation of the era of the Reformations by one of Germany's most eminent historians." -- Carlos M. N. Eire, Journal of Jesuit Studies"The Saved and the Damned is the product of deep and profound reflection, whose results are deployed with amazing facility." -- Lucian Staiano-Daniels, German Studies Review"It serves as a valuable overview text for undergraduates and even graduates new to the field, while also being useful for specialists wishing to come up for air and examine the big picture of the Reformation movement again before diving back down to explore its captivating depths." -- Rachel Ciano, Journal of Religious History.