In this series we are exploring William Tyndale’s life, Bible translation and legacy, including interviews experts in the sixteenth century. In this episode, we discuss Tyndale’s legacy and ask how William Tyndale impacted theology, Bible translation and our understanding of the Reformation over the last 500 years.

 

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We’re very grateful for contributions from:

  • Bruce Gordon, the Titus Street Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Yale Divinity School, and author of The Bible a Global History (Basic Books, 2024)
  • Alec Ryrie, Professor of the History of Christianity at the University of Durham, and the author of The World’s Reformation: How Protestantism Became a Global Religion (Yale University Press, to be published in 2026)
  • Simon Burton, John Laing Senior Lecturer in Reformation History at the School of Divinity at the University of Edinburgh, and author of ‌ Participation & Covenant in Puritan Theology (Davenant Press, 2025)
  • Karl Gunther, historian of the Reformation from the Hamilton School for Classical and Civic Education in the University of Florida, and author of ‌ Participation & Covenant in Puritan Theology Reformation Unbound: Protestant Visions of Reform in England, 1525–1590 (Cambridge University Press, 2014)
  • Harry Spillane, Bye-Fellow in History at Downing College, Cambridge. He is currently completing his Munby Fellowship research project entitled ‘Collecting and Correcting: Histories of the English Bible and the Bible Society Collections’

March 12, 2026

Alec Ryrie

Professor of the History of Christianity

Karl Gunther

historian of the Reformation from the Hamilton School for Classical and Civic Education

Bruce Gordon

Titus Street Professor of Ecclesiastical History

Simon Burton

John Laing Senior Lecturer in Reformation History