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Martin Luther the man who rediscovered God and changed the world

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...

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Main Author: Metaxas, Eric (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York, New York : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2017]
Subjects:
Luther, Martin, > 1483-1546.
Luther, Martin, > 1483-1546 > Influence.
Reformation > Germany > Biography.
Lutheran Church > Germany > Clergy > Biography.
Biographies.
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 startling portrait of the wild figure whose adamantine faith cracked the edifice of Western Christendom and dragged medieval Europe into the future. Luther's monumental faith and courage gave birth to the ideals of liberty, equality, and individualism that today lie at the heart of western life.
Physical Description: xiii, 480 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 453-464) and index.
ISBN: 9781101980019
110198001X
Author Notes: Eric Metaxas is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of If You Can Keep It , Bonhoeffer , Amazing Grace , and Miracles . His books have been translated into more than twenty-five languages. His writing has appeared in The Wall Street Journal , The New York Times , and The New Yorker , and Metaxas has appeared as a cultural commentator on CNN, the Fox News Channel, and MSNBC. He is the host of The Eric Metaxas Show , a nationally syndicated daily radio show. Metaxas is also the founder and host of Socrates in the City , the acclaimed series of conversations on "life, God, and other small topics," featuring Malcolm Gladwell, Dick Cavett, and Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, among many others. He is a senior fellow and lecturer at large at the King's College in New York City, where he lives with his wife and daughter.

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