Luther! : 95 treasures - 95 people : book to accompany the national special exhibition : Augusteum, Lutherstadt Wittenberg, 13 May - 5 November 2017 / published by the Stiftung Luthergedenkstätten in Sachsen-Anhalt.

Martin Luther changed the world. He inspired and provoked people, and he moved them and repulsed them--but he left no one cold. The volume invites the reader to study Luther at close quarters, to accompany him in his existential search and to enquire into his lasting importance for the present and t...

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Corporate Authors: Martin-Gropius-Bau (Berlin, Germany) (Host institution)
Stiftung Luthergedenkstätten in Sachsen-Anhalt (Issuing body)
Other Authors: Gutjahr, Mirko (Writer of introduction)
Hasselhorn, Benjamin (Writer of introduction)
Nichols, Catherine, 1974- (Writer of introduction)
Schneider, Katja (Writer of introduction)
Language:English
Published: Munich : Hirmer, [2017]
Edition:English trade edition.
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Physical Description:623 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles (some color), portraits (some color) ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Discovering life as an individual : introductory essay / Dietrich Korsch ; Martin Luther - an existential approach : curatorial introduction / Mirko Gutjahr, Benjamin Hasselhorn, Catherine Nichols and Katja Schneider
  • Luther's inner transformation ; Fear : 'My fears increased till sheer despair' / Thorsten Dietz ; Quest : Luther's encounters with the practice of indulgences before 1517 / Hartmut Kühne ; Epiphany : from Luder to Luther / Anna Vind ; Liberation : I am taking the liberty / Athina Lexutt
  • Luther's way in the world. Formation : how does a man become what he is? / Dietrich Korsch ; Corporeality : 'Yet in my flesh I shall see God' : on Luther's corporeality / Catherine Nichols ; Worldly knowledge : Luther's education / Andreas Stegmann ; Love : reciprocal giving / Bo Kristian Holm ; Rebellion : Luther the rebel? / Charlotte Methuen ; Collaboration : 'Greetings from all the friendly sodality' : Luther's Wittenberg network / Stefan Rhein ; Mission : the spread of the Reformation / Herfried Münkler
  • Coexistence. Community : on Luther, in trepidation / Martin Mosebach ; Evangelism : the power of the Word / Kathrin Oxen ; Service : ever Lord and servant Luther, duty and service / Christopher Dieckmann ; Charity : from Wittenberg to the welcome mat / Barbara Beuys ; Transformation : semper reformanda / Volker Leppin
  • Being in the world. World : Luther and worldliness / Christine Helmer ; Commitment : from a standing start / Dietrich Sagert ; Labour : the gospel of work / Thea Dorn ; Law : the legal turn of the Reformation / John Witte, Jr. ; Passion : Korbinian / Uwe Tellkamp
  • Inner being. Interiority : the primacy of conviction / Christian Geyer ; Language : wrangling over paradise: the awkward reality of salvation in language / Alf Christophersen ; Conscience : science and conscience / Michael Grossheim ; Faith : Luther's vision of faith / Eberhard Straub ; Grace : have mercy on me / Dirk Pilz.