Published to coincide with the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, a portrait of the influential religious figure shares insight into the purpose and influence of Martin Luther's famous 95 Theses while exploring his specific role in inspiring modern ideas about faith, virtue and freedom. By the best-selling author of If You Can Keep It. / / Explores the life of Martin Luther, delving into his life and works, as well as how his ideas had a profound impact on later conceptions of faith, virtue, and freedom. / / From
AUS DEM INHALT:1 New York Times bestselling author Eric Metaxas comes a brilliant and inspiring biography of the most influential man in modern history, Martin Luther, in time for the 500th anniversary of the Reformation / / / / On All Hallow's Eve in 1517, a young monk named Martin Luther posted a document he hoped would spark an academic debate, but that instead ignited a conflagration that would forever destroy the world he knew. Five hundred years after Luther's now famous Ninety-five Theses appeared, Eric Metaxas, acclaimed biographer of the bestselling Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy and Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery, paints a startling portrait of the wild figure whose adamantine faith cracked the edifice of Western Christendom and dragged medieval Europe into the future. Written in riveting prose and impeccably researched, Martin Luther tells the searing tale of a humble man who, by bringing ugly truths to the highest seats of power, caused the explosion whose sound is still ringing in our ears. Luther's monumental faith and courage gave birth to the ideals of liberty, equality, and individualism that today lie at the heart of all modern life. / /
TABLE OF CONTENTS: /
Map
xi
Chronology xiii
Introduction 1 (6)
Pastor
Rebel
Prophet
Monk
Chapter One Beyond the Myths
7 (24)
Chapter Two Lightning Strikes
31 (19)
Chapter Three The Great Change
50 (17)
Chapter Four A Monk at Wittenberg
67 (26)
Chapter Five The "Cloaca" Experience
93 (14)
Chapter Six The Theses Are Posted
107 (33)
Chapter Seven The Diet at Augsburg
140 (24)
Chapter Eight The Leipzig Debate
164 (29)
Chapter Nine The Bull Against Luther
193 (9)
Chapter Ten The Diet of Worms
202 (16)
Chapter Eleven An Enemy of the Empire
218 (19)
Chapter Twelve The Wartburg
237 (24)
Chapter Thirteen The Revolution Is Near
261 (15)
Chapter Fourteen Luther Returns
276 (21)
Chapter Fifteen Monsters, Nuns, and Martyrs
297 (14)
Chapter Sixteen Fanaticism and Violence
311 (27)
Chapter Seventeen Love and Marriage
338 (18)
Chapter Eighteen Erasmus, Controversy, Music
356 (22)
Chapter Nineteen The Plague and Anfechtungen Return
378 (12)
Chapter Twenty The Reformation Comes of Age
390 (20)
Chapter Twenty-One Confronting Death
410 (11)
Chapter Twenty-Two "We Are Beggars. This Is True."
421 (12)
Epilogue
The Man Who Created the Future
433 (14)
Acknowledgments 447 (2)
Appendix: Frederick's dream 449 (4)
Notes 453 (10)
Bibliography 463 (2)
Index 465
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Eric Metaxas
Jahr:
2017
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Cambridge [u.a.], Cambridge Univ. Pr.
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Sprache:
Englisch
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Includes bibliographical references and index. Text eng
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