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Mark P. Hutchinson, Ph.D. (1988), is University Historian and Professor of History at Western Sydney University. An intellectual historian of note, he has published widely on the history of Education, theory of history, new religious movements, and global evangelicalism/ Pentecostalism, including The Twentieth Century: Themes in a Global Context, vol. V in The Oxford History of Protestant Dissenting Traditions (OUP, 2018).

Daniela Saresella is Full Professor of Contemporary History at the Università degli Studi di Milano. She is a scholar of the Catholic world in the 20th century, focusing her research on Modernism, conciliar Catholicism, and the interaction between faith and politics: topics on which she has published many essays and books. Her most recent volumes include: Catholics and Communists in Twentieth-Century Italy. Between Conflict and Dialogue (Bloomsbury, 2020); and L'ultima DC. Il cattolicesimo democratico e la fine dell'unità politica (1974-1994) (Carocci Editore, 2024).

Paolo Zanini is Associate Professor of Contemporary History at the Università degli Studi di Milano His research, mainly in the field of religious history, concerns in particular: the Holy See's Middle East policy and Jewish-Christian relations; the question of religious freedom and Catholic anti-Protestantism; and the progressive circles of Italian Catholicism in the second half of the 20th century. He has published numerous articles and a number of monographs, including Il 'pericolo protestante'. Chiesa e cattolici italiani di fronte alla questione della libertà religiosa (1922-1955) (Mondadori Education, 2019).

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A Global History of Italian Protestantism presents the first comprehensive English account of Italian Protestantism, spanning from the 12th century to the present day. Edited by leading historians, it challenges the traditional Anglo-German perspective on Protestant history, offering a fresh interpretation through a southern European and global lens.

Volume 1 explores the pre-Reformation roots of Italian Protestantism and its influence on Calvinist and broader Protestant traditions.

Volume 2 delves into its role in major historical events and global movements from the post-Napoleonic era onwards. Key themes include theological innovation, exile, Italian liberalism, nationalism, Pentecostalism, and transatlantic revivalism.

With over 80% of its content translated from cutting-edge Italian scholarship, this landmark work makes a wealth of pioneering research accessible to English-speaking audiences for the first time.".

Contributors are: Paolo Zanini, Mark P. Hutchinson, Vittorio De Marco, Simone Maghenzani, Andrea Annese, Massimo Di Gioacchino, Daniela Luigia Caglioti, Massimo Rubboli, Ester Capuzzo, Daniele Garrone, Raffaella Perin, Cecilia Novelli, Marco Soresina, Marco Novarino, Mario Toscano, Renato Moro, Lothar Vogel, Giancarlo Rinaldi, Paul Palma, Daniela Saresella, Valentina Ciciliot, Edoardo Bressan, Mario Del Pero, Paolo Naso, Giorgio Vecchio, Marta Margotti, and Giovanni Battista Varnier.