Throughout History, The Marxist Historians Of East Germany Have Condemned Martin Luther As A Reactionary And Counter-revolutionary, A Lackey Of The Aristocracy Who Sold Out The Peasants And Helped Pave The Way For Bourgeois Capitalism. In This New Intellectual Biography, Brendler Challenges The Earlier Interpretation, Arguing That Luther's Reformation Of Theology Was Essential To The Subsequent Social Revolution. His Appraisal Signifies A Fundamental Shift In Marxist Historiography, Not Merely Because It Rehabilitates Luther, But Because It Assigns A Positive Role In The Development Of Constructive Social Change To The Christian Faith And Theology. A New Translation Of A 1983 East German Book, Martin Luther Represents An Important Change In The Official Attitude Towards Religion In General. Child, Youth, Student, Monk, And Priest 1483-1512 -- Teacher Of Holy Scriptures : The Quest For The Foundations Of Faith 1513-1516 -- Faith Versus Scholasticism 1516-1517 -- From A Pure Love For Truth : With Faith Against The Deceivers Of The People October 1517-march 1518 -- I Will Be Branded A Heretic : Faith Versus Hierarchical Authority April 1518-january 1519 -- Each City Should Have Its Own Bishop : The Leipzig Debate And The New Concept Of The Nature Of The Church 1519 -- With The Nobility Against Rome : The Reformation Program Of 1520 -- Here I Stand : Luther Before The Emperor And Empire, Worms 1521 -- At The Wartburg May 1521-march 1522 -- Bible, Congregation, And Civil Authority : Reformation Without Riot And Rebellion March 1522-february 1523 -- With Word And Faith Against The Rebellious Spirit : There Must Of Necessity Be Sects And Factions...but Avoid Violence March 1523-august 1524 -- With The Civil Authority Against Riot : The Victory Of Class Instinct Over The Good Intentions Of Faith Fall 1524-spring 1525 -- The Word Abides : Marriage And The Eucharist Controversy Summer 1525-fall 1529 -- The Preaching Of Law : For Law And Order In Society And Church 1526-1537 -- I Will Be Sustained; They Will Perish 1537-1546. Gerhard Brendler ; Translated By Claude R. Foster, Jr. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.

Brendler, Gerhard

Oxford Institute for Energy Studies

German Historical Institute London

New York: Oxford University Press

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

New York, Oxford, England, 1991

New York, New York State, 1991

Includes bibliographical references (p. [377-378]) and index.

Originally published: as Martin Luther : Theologie und Revolution. Berlin : Deutscher Verlag der Wissenschaften, 1983.

383 pages : 24 cm
Throughout history, the Marxist historians of East Germany have condemned Martin Luther as a reactionary and counter-revolutionary, a lackey of the aristocracy who sold out the peasants and helped pave the way for bourgeois capitalism. In this new intellectual biography, Brendler challenges the earlier interpretation, arguing that Luther's reformation of theology was essential to the subsequent social revolution. His appraisal signifies a fundamental shift in Marxist historiography, not merely because it rehabilitates Luther, but because it assigns a positive role in the development of constructive social change to the Christian faith and theology. A new translation of a 1983 East German book, Martin Luther represents an important change in the official attitude towards religion in general
Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-378) and index
Child, youth, student, monk, and priest 1483-1512 -- Teacher of Holy Scriptures : the quest for the foundations of faith 1513-1516 -- Faith versus scholasticism 1516-1517 -- "From a Pure Love for Truth" : with faith against the deceivers of the people October 1517-March 1518 -- "I Will be Branded a Heretic" : faith versus hierarchical authority April 1518-January 1519 -- "Each City Should Have Its Own Bishop" : the Leipzig debate and the new concept of the nature of the church 1519 -- With the nobility against Rome : the Reformation program of 1520 -- "Here I Stand" : Luther before the emperor and empire, worms 1521 -- At the Wartburg May 1521-March 1522 -- Bible, congregation, and civil authority : Reformation without riot and rebellion March 1522-February 1523 -- With word and faith against the rebellious spirit : "There Must of Necessity Be Sects and Factions ... but Avoid Violence" March 1523-August 1524 -- With the civil authority against riot : the victory of class instinct over the good intentions of faith Fall 1524-Spring 1525 -- "The Word Abides" : marriage and the eucharist controversy Summer 1525-Fall 1529 -- The preaching of law : for law and order in society and church 1526-1537 -- "I Will Be Sustained; They Will Perish" 1537-1546

2023-06-28