Luther (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Heiko A. Oberman
- First Published: 1982
- Type of Work: Historical biography
- Time of Work: 1483-1546
- Setting: Saxony and the surrounding regions of the Holy Roman Empire
- Principal Characters: Martin Luther, Catherine (of Bora) Luther, Hans Luder, Margaret (Kunheim) Luder, Charles V, Johannes Eck, Desiderius Erasmus, Leo X (Giovanni de Medici), Philipi’ Melanchthon, Johannes von Staupitz
- Genres: Nonfiction, Essays, History, Biography
- Subjects: Values, God, Spiritual life or spirituality, Faith, Devils or demons, Theology, Reformation
- Locales: Roman Empire, Saxony
One of the most incisive and readable of the many books triggered by the five hundredth anniversary of the birth of German Reformation leader Martin Luther is Heiko A. Oberman’s Luther: Man Between God and the Devil. Unusual in both organization and approach, this book provides new insight into both Luther the man and the Reformation that he sparked.
More of a series of connected essays than a typical biography, Oberman’s study focuses on the origins of the German Reformation and the shaping of young Luther’s thought. Yet Oberman covers in considerable detail the...
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