Eric Leland Saak (Indianapoli Indiana University-Purdue University

Luther and the Reformation of the Later Middle Ages

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Produktbeschreibung

This book is intended for scholars and students of the Reformation and later Middle Ages, and for all those interested in Luther and his historical context, including historians, church historians, theologians, pastors, and the general public.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 412
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. September 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 732g
• ISBN-13: 9781107187221
• ISBN-10: 1107187222
• Artikelnr.: 48137322

Autorenporträt

Eric Leland Saak is Professor of History at Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis. He has previously served as Head of the Department of Theology, Philosophy, and Religious Studies at Liverpool Hope University (2010-12), and worked for the Netherlands Research School for Medieval Studies (1994-2000). Trained by the late Heiko A. Oberman, and a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Tübingen, Saak's numerous publications include High Way to Heaven: The Augustinian Platform between Reform and Reformation, 1292-1524 (2002) and Creating Augustine: Interpreting Augustine and Augustinianism in the Later Middle Ages (2012). He also co-edited and contributed to The Oxford Guide to the Historical Reception of Augustine (2013).

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. The Reformation of the later Middle Ages
2. Seeking God's mercy: living the Augustinian life
3. Discoveries and breakthroughs
4. Luther's ways of thought
5. Brother Martin, Augustinian
6. Mother Church and the Pope
7. The woe of the world: Luther from Friar to Reformer
8. The failure of the Reformation.