reformational
Promoting systematic change
Reformational describes something relating to or characterized by reform—systematic change intended to improve an institution, practice, or condition.
The word most often appears in religious contexts, referring to the Protestant Reformation of the sixteenth century: reformational theology, reformational principles.
It can also describe any movement aimed at fundamental restructuring rather than minor adjustment.
Reformation-era Christian movement
- LutheranismProtestant tradition emphasizing grace
- CalvinismPredestinarian Protestant theology
- AnglicanismEnglish Protestant denomination
- PresbyterianismProtestant tradition with elder councils
Puritanism · Huguenots · Martin Luther · John Calvin · Ninety-Five Theses · indulgences · iconoclasm · theocracy
Organized resistance to power
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
- overthrowForcible removal from power
dissent · protest · resistance · activism · movement · secession · insurgency · mutiny
Rearranging an existing framework
- overhaulComplete systematic repair
- revisionAltering to improve
- amendmentChange to official text
- modificationAct of altering something
correction · improvement · adjustment · conversion · transition · alteration · shift · evolution
Making current again
- revitalizationRestoring vigor or vitality
- regenerationBiological self-repair process
- rebirthSpiritual or physical regeneration
- restorationReturning something to condition
reawakening · reinvigoration · modernization · rejuvenation · redevelopment · resurgence · renaissance
Protestantism
Reformation-era Christian movement
- LutheranismProtestant tradition emphasizing grace
- CalvinismPredestinarian Protestant theology
- AnglicanismEnglish Protestant denomination
Presbyterianism · Puritanism · Huguenots · Martin Luther · John Calvin · Ninety-Five Theses · indulgences · iconoclasm · theocracy · schism
uprising
Organized resistance to power
- rebellionDefiance of established power
- insurrectionViolent uprising against authority
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
overthrow · dissent · protest · resistance · activism · movement · secession · insurgency · mutiny · subversion
restructuring
Rearranging an existing framework
modification · correction · improvement · adjustment · conversion · transition · alteration · shift · evolution · redesign
renewal
Making current again
- revitalizationRestoring vigor or vitality
- regenerationBiological self-repair process
- rebirthSpiritual or physical regeneration
restoration · reawakening · reinvigoration · modernization · rejuvenation · redevelopment · resurgence · renaissance
reformationalanti-reform
Opposed to change
conservative · preservationist · traditionalist · regressive · retrogressive
reformationalrevolutionary
Seeking fundamental systemic change
radical · destructive · abolishing · subversive · insurrectionary
- radical reformationSweeping foundational change
- Protestant ReformationReligious movement splitting Christianity
- Counter ReformationRome's response to Protestantism
- English ReformationEngland's break from Catholicism
- religious reformationTransformative change in faith traditions