Martin Luther

Name: Martin Luther
Brand: Penguin Random House
Availability: InStock
Author: Martin E. Marty
ISBN: 9781415912720

Author: Martin E. Marty

Narrator: Paul Michael

Unabridged: 5 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Random House Audio

Published: 01/05/2004

Categories: Nonfiction, Religion, Christian Church, Biography & Autobiography, Religious Nonfiction, History, European History

Synopsis

A superb work of intellectual history, this slim volume by one of today's foremost theologians takes you through the mind and times of Europe's firebrand, Martin Luther. Deeply convinced that man and God could have a spiritual relationship unmediated by the pomp, offices, money and power of the Catholic Church, he strove ceaselessly to gain an understanding of how to obtain God's love in a perilous, desperate, and rapidly changing world. With the posting of his famous "95 Theses" on the church door in Wittenburg, he laid down a challenge to the official Church which would end in the vast split known as the Reformation, from which most modern Protestant denominations spring. The questions Luther raised with his characteristic obstinacy still bedevil us in our own time.

About The Author

Martin E. Marty, one of today’s most respected theologians, is professor emeritus at the University of Chicago, where the Martin Marty Center has been founded to promote public religion endeavors. His more than 50 books include Modern American Religion. He is a winner of the National Book Award and was the first religion scholar to receive the National Humanities Medal.Paul Michael is a stage, screen, and television actor of international status. His TV credits include leading roles in a number of British sitcoms. He has acted onstage in plays ranging from Macbeth to The Wizard of Oz.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Erik

A few things I learned from this book: 1. Luther suffered from severe constipation and hemorrhoids. 2. Luther got a friend to draw obscene pictures of the Pope, and Rome responded by commissioning obscene pictures of Luther. 3. Upon his death, there was an attempt to revive Luther by means of an enema......more

Goodreads review by Mike

Since then your serene majesty and your lordships seek a simple answer, I will give it in this manner, neither horned nor toothed. Unless I am convinced by the testimony of the Scriptures or by clear reason (for I do not trust either in the Pope or in the councils alone, since it is well known that......more

Goodreads review by James

Great short biography of a complicated man. There is so much about Luther I love and so much that is utterly repugnant (i.e. patriarchy, politics, antisemitism, etc). Marty does a good job of giving the reformer his due without resorting to hagiography. Well worth the read.......more

Goodreads review by Gashbin

(مارتن لوتەر، ڕابەری بزووتنەوەی ڕیفۆرمی ئایینی لە ئەوڕوپا) کتێبی د.هاشم ساڵح. جانتاکەم تۆزێ قورس ببوو، نازانم بەهۆی زۆری ژمارەی کتێبەکان بوو یاخود سەنگی زانیارییەکانی ناویان! شەش دانە کتێبی تێدابوون، بە یەکجار کڕیبوومن، کە چووم بۆ ئەوەی بیانخەمە لای کتێبەکانی ترمەوە، یەکێکیان خێرا سەرنجم کەوتە سەری (......more