Luther, Conflict, and Christendom
Reformation Europe and Christianity in the West
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- Author: Christopher Ocker, Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley
- Date Published: February 2020
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- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781316647844
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Martin Luther - monk, priest, intellectual, or revolutionary - has been a controversial figure since the sixteenth century. Most studies of Luther stress his personality, his ideas, and his ambitions as a church reformer. In this book, Christopher Ocker brings a new perspective to this topic, arguing that the different ways people thought about Luther mattered far more than who he really was. Providing an accessible, highly contextual, and non-partisan introduction, Ocker says that religious conflict itself served as the engine of religious change. He shows that the Luther affair had a complex political anatomy which extended far beyond the borders of Germany, making the debate an international one from the very start. His study links the Reformation to pluralism within western religion and to the coexistence of religions and secularism in today's world. Luther, Conflict, and Christendom includes a detailed chronological chart.
Read more- Poses an alternative to biographies that stress Luther's personal qualities and effects
- Treats Germany in depth but also probes the long-term effects of the Reformation
- Links the Reformation to religious pluralism and the coexistence of religions with various forms of secularism in today's world
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'This is no partisan book. Readers will find themselves surprised by, and disabused of, common assumptions about the Reformation being primarily theological or populist.' P. E. Blosser, Choice
See more reviews'The grand total of events, persons, writings, places, and ideas that Ocker surveys is astounding. And yet, amidst the copious details and the range of materials, the book does not leave one bewildered. Ocker manages to narrate a compelling and readable account of the controversy about Luther from Wittenberg in the early 16th century to South America in the 21st.' Jarrett A. Carty, Reading Religion
'Martin Luther is one of history's most extensively debated and studied figures. Ocker's focus is not only Luther's biography or theology. Rather, this work explores factors that contributed to the reception of Luther's teaching in both Europe and America from the era of the Reformation until the present. This book's clarity about the reception history of Luther's teaching on various levels of political contexts from nations to individuals make it important reading for both historians and theologians.' Aaron Klink, Religious Studies Review
'The book itself, in its paperback incarnation, is handsomely produced … Christopher Ocker's elegant and richly documented study also inspires a sense of déjà-vu, echoing the debates of the 1970s and '80s which pitted social historians of the Reformation against church historians …' David Bagchi, The Journal of Ecclesiastical History
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- Date Published: February 2020
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781316647844
- length: 538 pages
- dimensions: 150 x 230 x 30 mm
- weight: 0.81kg
- contains: 13 b/w illus.
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Introduction
1. The birth of an unconcluded controversy
2. Calming the rebel masses
3. The political anatomy of the Luther affair
4. Rebel princes and religious wars
5. Discriminations
6. Three orthodoxies
7. Many Martins
Epilogue. The global-historical Luther
Appendix: a table chronicling four processes that mark the parameters of the religious controversy over Luther to 1564.
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