Luther and His Times: The Reformation from a New Perspective [Hardcover]

Ernest George Schwiebert (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1, 1950

Enhanced by illustrations and line drawings, Luther and His Times examines the early years and development of the great reformer of the church. The author examined available primary and secondary source materials in America and Germany to prepare this unique study of Luther. Sections address: The European scene, providing background for Luther and the Reformation Luther's early life and monastic struggles The university environment at Wittenberg Luther's posting of the theses, the early conflicts with Rome, the diet of Worms The growth of the Reformation church and the attempts to unify Christendom The last years of Luther

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 892 pages
• Publisher: Concordia Publishing House; 1st edition (May 1, 1950)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0570032466
• ISBN-13: 978-0570032465
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.8 x 2.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,377,816 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #61 in Books > Biographies & Memoirs > People, A-Z > ( L ) > Luther, Martin

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sometimes Size Matters, March 5, 2002

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Walter Snyder "xrysostom--golden_mouth" (Concordia, MO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Luther and His Times: The Reformation from a New Perspective (Hardcover)

E. G. Schwiebert's Luther and His Times is a monster of a book with historical cultural, and religious backgrounds well developed; although it's over 50 years old, the book still stands up with anything current for the serious lay scholar or professional theologian.

The heft of this single volume may scare some people off, but Schwiebert's style makes it easy to grasp his substance. The book is well-organized and, unlike many Luther biographies, not only gives background information about the Reformer but also enlightens the reader about the church, the universities, and the general society of the 1500s.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Thorough Work On Luther, April 12, 2001

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rodboomboom (Dearborn, Michigan United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Luther and His Times: The Reformation from a New Perspective (Hardcover)

Schwiebert is lengthy and technical, written for serious students of the Reformation. We used it as one of seminary texts for Reformation. Omits untranslated German and Latin, etc. which predominates much scholarly work so that laypeople can't begin to use.

Organized into five parts, beginning with cultural, theological context, then moves to various phases of Luther's life.

Useful Reformation work, especially good section on Worms.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Luther for Our Times, March 28, 2000

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Pastor Alan Hafner (Victor, Iowa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Luther and His Times: The Reformation from a New Perspective (Hardcover)

Dr. Ernest Schwiebert, who died on March 10, 2000 at the age of 104, described this book as his greatest accomplishment (Deshler, OH Flag, March 23, 2000). Researched and written on location in Germany in 1950, the book analyzes conditions surrounding the Lutheran Reformation according to history, politics, the church, and academia - a daunting task for one book. But the author organizes his material well and one of his specialties, the analysis of the Reformation as a university movement, comes through clearly and cleanly in this work. Both those familiar with Luther's life and those exploring it for the first time will appreciate how Dr. Schwiebert brought scholarly research on the topic into the reach of many people.