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18 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
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This book shows how Luther inspires resistance to tyranny.,
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This review is from: The Fabricated Luther: The Rise and Fall of the Shirer Myth (Concordia Scholarship Today) (Paperback)
Dr. Uwe Siemon-Netto's readable work is at once a well-documented scholarly monograph in German cultural history and an accessible, yet sophisticated introduction to the spiritual vitality of the Lutheran tradition as a source of ethical strength and Christian inspiration for Germans challenged by the savage tyranny of Hitler and the cynical dictatorship of the East German Communists. -- Donald S. Detwiler (detwiler@midwest.net), Carbondale, Illinois
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Corrects some popular myths,
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This review is from: The Fabricated Luther: The Rise and Fall of the Shirer Myth (Concordia Scholarship Today) (Paperback)
A popular myth is that the church assisted Hitler. This book shows how Luther's understanding of the two kingdoms (government and church) assisted individual Christians to resist Hitler. The author was born in Leipzig, was trained as a journalist and is also a seminary graduate. His discussion of how Christians struggled against the Communists in the former East Germany relates some very interesting stories. In view of the National Holocaust Museum in Washington, DC devoting a room to Martin Luther as cause for the holocaust, this is a book that needs to be read widely to set the story straight.
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The Fabricated Luther: The Rise and Fall of the Shirer Myth (Concordia Scholarship Today) by Uwe Siemon-Netto (Paperback - Feb. 1995)
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