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Now who could that be? One of the most revolutionary agents in history whose actions 5oo years ago changed the Western world, an unknown theologian from a backwater province: Martin Luther<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

I am actually reading Lyndal Roper’s\u00a0Martin Luther\u00a0<\/em>right now, and it is a fascinating read, if a slog. \u00a0She is interested in the inner life of the man, who was an anti-Semit, a hateful misogynist, glory-hungry in some way, all around not a particularly nice person. And yet he was someone who saw institutionalized greed, injustice and power grabbing by the church as something that needed change in accordance with the true meaning of the bible and who fought relentlessly for that change regardless the consequences. He was courageous beyond belief, heroic in the risks he took, risk that could have resulted\u00a0in being burnt on the stake. His protestations against the catholic church founded the protestant church.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI want to understand Luther himself,\u201d Roper\u00a0writes. \u201cI want to explore his inner landscapes so as to better understand his ideas about flesh and spirit, formed in a time before our modern separation of mind and body.\u201d \u00a0Along the way, at least so far in my reading, she does a terrific job to lay out some of the interrelations between religion and politics of the time.<\/p>\n

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Luther’s anti-Semitism, it turns out, was anything but incidental. He was virulently intolerant of Jews and called for their cultural annihilation, an adjective that we all know was subsequently dropped in Germany.<\/p>\n

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Some reviewers have argued that Roper\u00a0gives short shrift to both the role of Katharina von Bora, Luther’s wife (the marriage between this ex-nun and him, an ex-monk, alone was a major act of defiance) and an early feminist, and to any explanations why the ground was so ready for his revolutionary seed. I cannot judge that, given that I have not finished the book.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2016\/sep\/07\/martin-luther-lyndal-roper-review<\/a><\/p>\n

Here is a quote from a recent review in the Washington Post which is the link to current affairs (in bold by me), in case the semi-millennial celebration of Luther Year doesn’t suffice.<\/p>\n

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“Let me stress that \u201cMartin Luther: Renegade and Prophet\u201d isn\u2019t written by an atheistical Christopher Hitchens wannabe, but by a highly respected historian. Roper\u2019s tone throughout is one of evenhanded scholarly inquiry. Along the way, though, she drives home a harsh truth: People who are reasonable, empathetic and civilized make ideal neighbors but it\u2019s usually the zealots and extremists who, for good or ill, change the world.”<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Photographs\u00a0were taken in Erfurt, where Luther enrolled at one of Europe’s best universities to study law at his father’s behest,\u00a0only to drop out and join a religious order 2 weeks later. He was ordained as a priest at the Mariendom, Erfurt’s cathedral in 1502. To the right of it is the St. Severi church.<\/p>\n

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