George focuses primarily upon the theological self-understanding of the four major reformers: Luther, Calvin, Zwingli and Simons. He attempts to understand the mind-set of each reformer and the age in which the Reformation occurred, thus avoiding the tendency to critique the thought and motives of the reformers by the measure of modern questions and concerns. George demonstrates that the reformers were successful precisely because they tapped the profound reservoir of spiritual yearning prevelent in their time. In each case George is concerned to point to the relevance of the theology of the reformers for our own time.