Luther's Last Battles: Politics and Polemics 1531-46
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Luther's Last Battles: Politics and Polemics 1531-46  -     By: Mark U. Edwards Jr.

Luther's Last Battles: Politics and Polemics 1531-46

Fortress Press / 2004 / Paperback

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Title: Luther's Last Battles: Politics and Polemics 1531-46
By: Mark U. Edwards Jr.
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 272
Vendor: Fortress Press
Publication Date: 2004
Dimensions: 1 X 1 (inches)
Weight: 2 pounds
ISBN: 0800637356
ISBN-13: 9780800637354
Stock No: WW637354

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"Edwards has...illuminat[ed] the reformer's thought and personality in a way that could never be achieved by studying the man's words alone. Future historians will identify Edwards's book as one of several that marked a turning point in Luther research. No one interested in the Reformation can afford to ignore it."
American Historical Review

"Edwards turns his attention to...understanding Luther's often vitriolic campaigns against opposing princes, Jews, the papacy, and others.... This work is one of solid scholarship and long gestation that seeks to understand without condemning.... More important, Edwards has raised a number of questions about the relationship across time of Luther's deeds, his words, and his world. Such is the mark of good history and of those who write it."
Journal of Religion

"Edwards has a lucid style and makes his points clearly.... His assessment of Luther's later years...should prove an invaluable guide to further creative pre-occupation with Luther right down to his darkest moods and most scathing attacks."
Journal of the Canadian Church Historical Society

"With this book Edwards moves into the front rank of American Luther scholars.... He wisely counsels moderns to understand the context of flailing words in the sixteenth century. Luther thought the world was ending. He came to see his movement in pessimistic terms. He struck out calculatingly and inexcusably, but sometimes understandably. This a cool, calm treatment of a frantic, hot subject."
The Christian Century

Author Bio

Mark U. Edwards Jr. is Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Harvard Divinity School and former President of St. Olaf College, Minnesota. Among his other works are Printing, Propaganda, and Martin Luther (1994) and Luther and the False Brethren (1975).

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