A short life of Martin Luther /

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Author / Creator:Kaufmann, Thomas, author.
Uniform title:Martin Luther. English
Imprint:Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, [2016]
Description:1 online resource (xii, 146 pages).
Language:English
Series:Reformation resources, 1517-2017
Reformation resources, 1517-2017.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11910736
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ISBN:9781467446143
1467446149
9780802871534
0802871534
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-144) and index.
In English; translated from the original German.
Translated from the German.
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Summary:Martin Luther, the Augustinian friar who set the Protestant Reformation in motion with his famous Ninety-Five Theses, was a man of extremes on many fronts. He was both hated and honored, both reviled as a heretic and lauded as a kind of second Christ. He was both a quiet, solitary reader and interpreter of the Bible and the first media-star of history, using the printing press to reach many of his contemporaries and become the most-read theologian of the sixteenth century. Thomas Kaufmann's concise biography highlights the two conflicting "natures" of Martin Luther, depicting Luther's earthiness as well as his soaring theological contributions, his flaws as well as his greatness. Exploring the close correlation between Luther's Reformation theology and his historical context, A Short Life of Martin Luther serves as an ideal introduction to the life and thought of the most important figure in the Protestant Reformation.
Other form:Print version: Kaufmann, Thomas. Martin Luther. English. Short life of Martin Luther. Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, [2016] 9780802871534