Encyclopedia of Martin Luther and the Reformation ed. by Mark A. Lamport (original) (raw)

The Search for Luther's Place in the Reformation

The Journal of Ecclesiastical History, 1994

La Foi des e'glises luthe'riennes. Confessions et cale'chismes. Edited by Andre Birmele and Marc Lienhard. Pp. 605. Paris: Editions du Cerf/Geneva: Labor et Fides, 1991. Fr. 249. 2 204 04066 5 (Cerf); 2 8309 0611 X (Labor et Fides) Martin Luther und die Reformation in Ostdeutschland und Siidosteuropa. Wirkungen und Wechselwirkungen. Edited by Ulrich Hutter with Hans-Giinther Parplies.

Luther and Lutheranism: The P. O. Box Martin Luther

European Scientific Journal, 2013

This article explores the idea that social communication performs coupled with the consciousness of human beings -but it is not generated by it-, and gives the example of the German reformer Martin Luther. An overlap in the operations of consciousness and of communication -interpenetrationis made possible with the person/actor distinction, which actualizes in communication through schemata (the person-schema and the actor-schema), the so called P. O. Box Martin Luther. Luther's positioning in relation to the polemical controversies in which he participated -the Peasants' War (radical Anabaptism), the free will and the sacramental debates-, determined the future course of his Reform, and were decisively oriented by the person-schema. The person/actor schemata also allow the distinction between Luther the person and Lutheranism the doctrine.

Luther and the Reformation of the Later Middle Ages. Eric Leland Saak. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2017. xii + 400 pp. $120

Renaissance Quarterly, 2019

Rublack is kinder to Calvin than many writers. One passage, introducing a section titled "A Religion of the Word," seems to sum up Rublack's underlying contention: "An everyday Protestantism evolved for which the biblical word was central, but which did not equate to a religion principally shaped by cognitive engagements of logocentric or individualized minds. Faith continued to be experienced through the body, the emotions, in relation to others and the material world" (175). In short, Protestant faiths tapped the same feelings, the same indispensable communal identities, and the same rootedness in the world as their Catholic predecessor. Ordinary lay people could have their religion no other way. They were not as radically changed as theologians hoped. In this assertion, Rublack affirms the position of the late Bob Scribner, to whom she pays tribute in the acknowledgments. The brief bibliographic recommendations that conclude this book bear witness to Rublack's recognition of-and I would add her participation in-the innovative scholarship of the last decade. The suggestions for further reading contained in the first edition are staid by comparison.

Perspectives on the missiological legacy of Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation

Missiology: An International Review, 45(4), (2017): 374-395. , 2017

Upon the occasion of the 500th anniversary Martin Luther's publication of his 95 theses, this composite article brings together five perspectives on the missiological legacy of the reformer and the subsequent Protestant Reformation. The blend of voices makes clear that Luther and the subsequent Protestant Reformation do not have a simple missiological legacy but rather various legacies: theological, ecclesiological, political, and practical; some of which co-exist, and even collide, in the