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Editor and podcast host at Aspects of History, Classics Teacher at the 'Eton of Africa', long-distance host of Frome Town FC's podcast. Documenting my tour of duty in Malawi and my African adventures, both actual and literary!

# Aspects of History Podcast: The World's Reformation with Alec Ryrie

### From Lapland to the Caribbean and across Asia and Africa, a discussion on how a now global religion attempted to convert the nations, sometimes falteringly, some successfully.

[Aspects of History](https://substack.com/@aspectsofhistory) and [A Load of B-S](https://substack.com/@zebbakersmith)

May 25, 2026

This week on the podcast, [Professor Alec Ryrie](https://www.durham.ac.uk/staff/alec-ryrie/) joins me to discuss his new book, _[The World’s Reformation: How Protestantism Became a Global Religion](https://amzn.to/4u8wOJd)_, published by [Yale University Press](https://aspectsofhistory.com/publishers/yale-university-press/).

That word, _mission_, might make you think of Robert De Niro or Jeremy Irons in Jesuit robes clambering up the Iguazu Falls in deepest South America, but, lagging as they might have been and forgotten as their efforts may be, there was a Protestant expansion too, a clear will to propagate the Gospel to the world, that challenges those preconceptions.

Listen above or find us and subscribe for more episodes of the _[Aspects of History](https://aspectsofhistory.com/)_ podcast via [Apple Podcasts](https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/aspects-of-history/id1852809156) or [Spotify](https://open.spotify.com/show/6mLH5mHMlgyB2jDVKqzDO9?si=1a01492c6e194489)!

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_Alec Ryrie is a professor at Durham University and the author of_ [The World’s Reformation: How Protestantism Became a Global Religion](https://amzn.to/4u8wOJd) _, published by [Yale University Press](https://aspectsofhistory.com/publishers/yale-university-press/)._

_Zeb Baker-Smith is a Classics teacher based in Malawi, a freelance journalist and Editor at_ [Aspects of History](https://aspectsofhistory.com/)._

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_Another year, another stint abroad. The intention behind this Substack is to keep my eye in on the writing front and document what promises to be quite the tour of duty, both in Africa and in the world of books (historical, postcolonial or otherwise)._  
_So do come along for the ride and please subscribe (or gift me a coffee!) as I document my travels and reads._