David M. Whitford

The Making of a Reformation Man

Martin Luther and the Construction of Masculinity

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume explores how Martin Luther's life and teachings reshaped and redefined masculinity during the Reformation, offering a more nuanced portrayal of him as a man grappling with the complexities of fatherhood, marriage, and the battlegrounds of religious controversy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 292
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Juni 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• Gewicht: 453g
• ISBN-13: 9781032879024
• ISBN-10: 1032879025
• Artikelnr.: 73142604

Autorenporträt

David M. Whitford is Professor of Reformation Studies at Baylor University, USA, and is a cultural historian of Early Modern Christianity. In 2023, he served as President of the Sixteenth Century Society. He co-edited Embodiment, Identity, and Gender in the Early Modern Age in 2021.

Inhaltsangabe

1. I, Luther, still live! Luther as Virile Monk and Godly Hero Part 1: The
Unmaking of the Monastic Man 2. Cockfights and Feathers Flying: Slander and
the Academic Man 3. Brother Martin Is Dead: Lust, Sex, & Celibacy from the
Wartburg to Wittenberg Part 2: The Making of a New Reformation Man 4. Son
and Husband of Strong and Ambitious Women: Margarethe Luder and Katharina
von Bora 5. From Whore-Bride to Shared Suffering: Finding Empathy in
Marriage and Fatherhood 6. A Grieving, Womanish Heart: Luther on Grief
Part 3: The Old Man and the New: Living in Both Worlds 7. The Limits of
Empathy: Examining Sexual Violence among the Reformers 8. Sexualized
Slander: Sodomy and the Defense of the Reformation 9. Finding the Godly
Man: Reforming Masculinity