Here I Stand

Here I Stand
Author: Roland Herbert Bainton
Publisher: Hendrickson Publishers
Total Pages: 467
Release: 2009
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1598563335

"A vivid portrait of Martin Luther, the man of unshakable faith in God who helped bring about the Protestant Reformation. The Reformation of the sixteenth century was a vast and complicated movement. It involved kings and peasants, cardinals and country priests, monks and merchants. It spread from one end of Europe to the other, and manifested itself in widely differing forms. Yet in spite of its diverse and complex character, to start to understand the Reformation you need know only one name: Martin Luther. Roland Bainton's Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther remains the definitive introduction to the great Reformer and is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand this towering historical figure." --

The Reformation of the Sixteenth Century

The Reformation of the Sixteenth Century
Author: Roland Bainton
Publisher: Beacon Press
Total Pages: 302
Release: 1985-09-30
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780807013014

Bainton presents the many strands that made up the Reformation in a single, brilliantly coherent account. He discusses the background for Luther's irreparable breach with the Church and its ramifications for 16th Century Europe, giving thorough accounts of the Diet of Worms, the institution of the Holy Commonwealth of Geneva, Henry VIII's break with Rome, and William the Silent's struggle for Dutch independence.

Martin Luther's Christmas Book

Martin Luther's Christmas Book
Author: Martin Luther
Publisher: Augsburg Books
Total Pages: 84
Release:
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781451414257

Martin Luther's conception of the Nativity found expression in sermon, song, and art. This beautiful gift edition of a classic collection combines all three.

Luther

Luther
Author: Heiko Augustinus Oberman
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 404
Release: 2006-01-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780300103137

Written by one of the world's greatest authorities on Martin Luther, this is the definitive biography of the central figure of the Protestant Reformation. “A brilliant account of Luther’s evolution as a man, a thinker, and a Christian. . . . Every person interested in Christianity should put this on his or her reading list.”—Lawrence Cunningham, Commonweal “This is the biography of Luther for our time by the world’s foremost authority.”—Steven Ozment, Harvard University “If the world is to gain from Luther it must turn to the real Luther—furious, violent, foul-mouthed, passionately concerned. Him it will find in Oberman’s book, a labour of love.”—G. R. Elton, Journal of Ecclesiastical History

Martin Luther: His road to Reformation, 1483-1521

Martin Luther: His road to Reformation, 1483-1521
Author: Martin Brecht
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishing
Total Pages: 600
Release: 1985
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

This first volume in Martin Brecht's three-volume biography recounts Luther's youth and young adulthood up to the period of the Diet of Worms. Brecht, in a clear, eloquent translation by James Schaaf, discusses Luther's education at the University of Erfurt, his monastic life, his canonical trial in 1519, the Leipzig debate, and his earliest contributions to the beginning of the Reformation. Illustrations enrich the text.

Lectures on Romans

Lectures on Romans
Author: Martin Luther
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Total Pages: 514
Release: 1961-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780664241513

Wilhelm Pauck enhances his fresh translation of Luther's Lectures on Romans with a body of notes which, along with his lucid introduction, greatly enhances the usefulness of Luther's work. Long recognized for the quality of its translations, introductions, explanatory notes, and indexes, the Library of Christian Classics provides scholars and students with modern English translations of some of the most significant Christian theological texts in history. Through these works--each written prior to the end of the sixteenth century--contemporary readers are able to engage the ideas that have shaped Christian theology and the church through the centuries.

Here I Stand

Here I Stand
Author: Paul Robeson
Publisher: Beacon Press
Total Pages: 162
Release: 1998-01-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780807064450

Robeson's international achievements as a singer and actor in starring roles on stage and screen made him the most celebrated black American of his day, but his outspoken criticism of racism in the United States, his strong support of African independence, and his fascination with the Soviet Union placed him under the debilitating scrutiny of McCarthyism. Blacklisted, his famed voice silenced, Here I Stand offered a bold answer to his accusers. It remains today a defiant challenge to the prevailing fear and racism that continues to characterize American society.

Here We Stand

Here We Stand
Author: James Montgomery Boice
Publisher: P & R Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780875526706

Boice, Duggan, Ferguson, Godfrey, Horton, Mohler, Veith, and Wells call for a renewed commitment to the central truths of the Reformation and historic evangelicalism.

I Can Do No Other

I Can Do No Other
Author: Anna M. Madsen
Publisher: Fortress Press
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2019-10
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781506427379

Author Anna M. Madsen's book is a fresh and challenging look at the legacy of Martin Luther and the new reformation that is calling people of faith to action today.This book is born out of the conviction that at least two gods are currently competing for our collective trust: nationalism (and its many sub-manifestations) and quietism. Both make a case for and a claim on our allegiance, each by way of different motivations of self and institutional protection. Madsen looks at today's modern context and asks: Where will the church stand in a day that is marked by globalization, polarization, racism, bigotry, and debates about justice for humanity and for the earth itself. While the Reformation church was built on the foundation of justification by grace, Madsen calls people of faith to a new reformation that will focus on standing for justice in the world. Madsen delves into who Jesus was, and how our claim that he died and was raised establishes our faith and impacts the way we live it out. She pays attention to Luther's theology and juxtaposes it with our present context. She explores recent examples of Nazi resistance, liberation theology, black and womanist theology, and feminist theology, each of which come at social justice in their unique ways, with a common conviction that justice work is central to the Christian life. She speaks of how our faith grounding and our faith history weave together and entwine themselves into our present moment, offering both warnings and encouragement. And last, a case is made that justice, anchored in justification, is our new Reformation moment, one not inconsistent with Luther's theology, but weighted differently to address the different weighty concerns of our day. A study guide is included to encourage group conversation and action.

Martin Luther

Martin Luther
Author: Martin E. Marty
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780786263653

A man of unswerving faith, rooted in his own Lutheran tradition yet deeply committed to helping enrich a pluralist society, Martin Marty brings to powerful life the devout Reformation figure whose despair for a perilous world, felt anew in our own times, drove him to a ceaseless search for assurance of God's love.