Here I Stand, Roland H. Bainton
Here I Stand, Roland H. Bainton
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Here I Stand
A Life of Martin Luther

Author: Roland H. Bainton

Narrator: Tom Weiner

Unabridged: 11 hr 16 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/13/2011


Synopsis

I cannot and will not recant!Here I stand. This authoritative and inspiring story paints a vivid portrait of the crusader who spearheaded the Reformation. Considered one of the most readable biographies of Martin Luther, this volume looks at the German religious reformer and his influence on Western civilization. Martin Luther entered a monastery as a youth and as a man shattered the structure of the medieval church, speaking out against the corrupt religious practices of the time. His demand that the authority for doctrine and practice be scriptures, rather than popes or councils, echoed around the world and ignited the great Reformation. Accused of heresy and threatened with excommunication and death, Luther maintained his bold stand and refused to recant. In his crusade to eliminate religious abuses, he did more than any other man to establish the Protestant faith. With sound historical scholarship and penetrating insight, Roland Bainton examines Luthers widespread influence. He recreates the spiritual setting of the sixteenth century, showing Luthers place within it and influence upon it. Here I Stand dramatically brings to life Martin Luther, the great reformer.

About Roland H. Bainton

Roland H. Bainton (1894–1984), a specialist in Reformation history, was for forty-two years Titus Street Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Yale, and he continued writing well into his twenty years of retirement. He wore his scholarship lightly and had a lively, readable style. His most popular book, Here I Stand, sold more than a million copies.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Wayne

As a young Catholic monk, I and several other students were sent off to Adelaide University.I chose English and History. And the first unit of History was the Reformation. When I came to read about Martin Luther, (I can recall the book, the library, the sunlight AND the dawning that I totally agreed w......more

Goodreads review by Werner

Note, Feb. 16, 2022: I just made two slight edits here, to correct a typo and clarify a sentence. 16th-century German theologian Martin Luther, instigator of the Protestant Reformation, is a pivotal figure in Christian church history, in subsequent German history and culture, and in the history of th......more

Goodreads review by Jack

As a staunch and long-standing RC, I, of course, knew absolutely nothing about Martin Luther beyond the notion that he messed up everything for us back in the 1500's and made way for all those churches where you could still believe in Jesus and not have to get up for Mass on Sunday. I experienced Ba......more