Martin Luther: Selections From His Writing (Anchor Library of Religion)

The development of Martin Luther's thought was both a symptom and moving force in the transformation of the Middle Ages into the modern world. Geographical discovery, an emerging scientific tradition, and a climate of social change had splintered the unity of medieval Christian culture, and these changes provided the background for Luther's theological challenge. His new apprehension of Scripture and fresh understanding of man's relation to God demanded a break with the Church as then constituted and released the powerful impulses that carried the Reformation. Luther's vigorous, colorful language still retains the excitement it had for thousands of his contemporaries. In this volume, Dr. Dillenberger has made a representative selection from Luther's extensive writings, and has also provided the reader with a lucid introduction to his thought.

• A Reformation Debate: John Calvin & Jacopo Sadoleto
• Praise of Folly [with Biographical Introduction]
• Reformation Thought: An Introduction
• The Age of Reform 1250-1550: An Intellectual and Religious History of Late Mediaeval and Reformation Europe
• Introducing Catholic Social Thought
• Lifesigns: Intimacy, Fecundity, and Ecstasy in Christian Perspective
• Evangelicals and Catholics Together at Twenty: Vital Statements on Contested Topics
• Roots of the Reformation
• We Drink from Our Own Wells: The Spiritual Journey of a People 20th Anniversary Edition
• Where God Meets Man: Luther's Down-to-earth Approach to the Gospel