Martin Luther : the man who rediscovered God and changed the world / Eric Metaxas.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York, New York : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2017]Copyright date: ©2017Description: xiii, 480 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781101980019
- 110198001X
- 9780525558224
- 0525558225
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
"Metaxas is a scrupulous chronicler and has an eye for a good story. . . . full, instructive, and pacey." -The Washington Post
From #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.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 453-464) and index.
Pastor, rebel, prophet, monk -- Beyond the myths -- Lightning strikes -- The great change -- A monk at Wittenberg -- The "cloaca" experience -- The theses are posted -- The Diet at Augsburg -- The Leipzig debate -- The Bull against Luther -- The Diet of Worms -- An enemy of the Empire -- The Wartburg -- The revolution is near -- Luther returns -- Monsters, nuns, and martyrs -- Fanaticism and violence -- Love and marriage -- Erasmus, controversy, music -- The plague and Anfechtungen return -- The Reformation comes of age -- Confronting death -- "We are beggars. This is true." -- The man who created the future.