ALEX PINELLI, Ph.D. is originally from New Jersey. Prior to completing his B.S. and Ph.D. from Liberty University, he was an iron worker. His dissertation centers around American conservatism and film criticism in the latter half of the 20th century. His graduate studies also focused on American political and presidential history as well as an emphasis on Early Modern Europe and Catholicism. He is currently the Dean of Students and teaches U.S. history, world history, and Christian Worldview at a small Christian school in Charlottesville, VA.
Whether called the Counter-Reformation, Catholic Reformation, Confessional Catholicism, Tridentine Age, or any other designation, Catholicism in Europe from 1517-1577 has been analyzed, debated, and subjectively branded throughout history. For many...
