Sammy stein mart biography of martin luther

  • For him the Devil was not just a figure of speech but a very real and physical presence.
  • Lyndal Roper—professor of history at Oxford—has written a new biography of Martin Luther titled Martin Luther: Renegade and Prophet.
  • This biography offers as many glimpses of that life as possible while following Luther's unconventional public career as a university professor, heretic.

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          Martin Luther: Visionary Reformer 9780300166958

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          M A RT I N LU T H E R

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          MARTIN

          LUTHER

          

          V I S I O N A RY R E F O R M E R

          SCOTT H. HENDRIX

          YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS NEW HAVEN AND LONDON iii

          Published with assistance from the foundation established in memory of Oliver Baty Cunningham of the Class of 1917, Yale College. Copyright © 2015 Yale University All rights reserved. This book may not be reproduced in whole or in part, in any form (beyond that copying permitted by Sections 107 and 108 of the U.S. Copyright Law and except by reviewers for the public press) without written permission from the publishers. For information about this and other Yale University Press publications, please contact: U.S. Office: [email protected] www.yalebooks.com Europe Office: [email protected] www.yalebooks.co.uk Typeset in Minion Pro by IDSUK (DataConnection) Ltd Printed in Great Britain by Gomer Press Ltd, Llandysul, Ceredigion, Wales Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Hendrix, Scott H. Martin Luther: the man and his vision/c Scott H. Hendrix. pages cm ISBN 978-0-300-16669-9 (cl: alk. paper) 1.  Luther, Martin, 1483–1546. 2.  Reformation—Germany—Biography. I.  Title. BR325.H37 2015 284.1092—dc23 [B]                               

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          Lyndal Roper—professor of history at Oxford—has written a new biography of Martin Luther titled Martin Luther: Renegade and Prophet.

          Her goal is neither to “idolize” nor “denigrate” Luther, nor does she “wish to make him consistent.” She aims instead to understand him and the “convulsions” both he and Protestantism in general unleashed (xxx). Roper examines Luther’s relationships with family, mentors, and students; his theological and pastoral concerns; and his sociological context to give readers a fuller picture of the man and his time.

          Luther’s Relationships

          Roper situates Luther in the complex of personal relationships of the Reformation. Especially prominent in her story are those she deems “father figures” for Luther—including his own father; his Augustinian superior, Johannes von Staupitz; and his colleague, Andreas Bodenstein von Karlstadt. After analyzing these relationships, Roper writes that Luther was unable to “transmit a sense of God’s fatherly care for the believer” (195). She concludes that “it is the distance, rather than the personal closeness, of God that lies at the center of Luther’s theology” (195). Yet this conclusion ignores the Reformer’s concept of the immediate, effective presence of God in his Word in all its forms, and his providential care fo

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