Luther and the Radicals

Name: Luther and the Radicals
Brand: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
SKU: 9781554587360
Price: 34.99 EUR
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ISBN: 978-1-554-58736-0

Another Look at Some Aspects of the Struggle Between Luther and the Radical Reformers

de Harry Loewen (auteur)

Maison d'édition : Wilfrid Laurier University Press

octobre 2010

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Résumé

In their zeal to tell the true story of sixteenth-century radicalism, some sympathizers of the Anabaptist movement have portrayed the once maligned individuals and groups as innocent, pious people who suffered cruel persecution at the hands of the wicked state-churchmen. Their side of the story is thus often as one-sided as was the story of the enemies of Anabaptism.

This book, written by a Mennonite scholar, seeks to understand the reasons for the clash between Luther and the radicals, a point often neglected when one or the other side is emphasized. The study keeps Luther, however, in a central position, exploring the issues which led to the Reformer’s attitude toward the radicals and analyzing the principles that were at stake in his struggle with the dissident groups.

Auteur

Harry Loewen (auteur)

Harry Loewen was the first chair in Mennonite studies at the University of Winnipeg in Manitoba. He is the author or editor of 12 other books, including Between Worlds (2006); Shepherds, Servants and Prophets (2003); and Road to Freedom (2000). He was also the founding editor of the Journal of Mennonite Studies. A member of the Mennonite Brethren Church, Harry grew up in Soviet Ukraine and escaped in the aftermath of World War II. You can read part of his story in chapter 43 of his book No Permanent City (Herald Press, 1993). In chapter 13 of this book, he is the six-year-old boy whose father was arrested and killed by the Soviets.