Are we living through another "Reformation Era"?

If you've studied (as I have) Church history, you know that the era of the Reformation, which spanned the 16th Century, was not exactly a peaceful or happy time, though it did bring with it many opportunities.

Historian Niall Ferguson shows that the disruption of the public square caused by the advent of the internet has a close analogue in the disruption that was caused by the printing press, and we are now living with similar consequences.

Of course, one of the consequences of that disruption in the 16th Century was long, massive, and continent-wide warfare.  Let us learn the lessons of history and work and pray for peace.