Martin Luther : the man who rediscovered God and changed the world
by Metaxas, Eric (Author)
Summary
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 Ninety-five Theses appeared, Eric Metaxas paints a startli... Full description
- Introduction : 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"
- Epilogue : the man who created the future
- Appendix : Frederick's dream.