
Luther, Ruth & the Protestant Work Ethic
The following article by 500 Reformations director, Iona Hine, was first published in The Conversation. Join the discussion there, and find information about how to […]
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The following article by 500 Reformations director, Iona Hine, was first published in The Conversation. Join the discussion there, and find information about how to […]
Continue reading »The Worldwide Anglican and Reformed Churches both chose to mark the 500th anniversary of Luther’s theses by endorsing an agreement written by Lutheran and Roman Catholic theologians: […]
Continue reading »October 1517 is remembered in the popular imagination as the moment Luther posted his objections about church practice. Writing soon after Luther’s death, Philipp Melanchthon […]
Continue reading »Angels in the cathedral roof are thought to pre-date the Reformation, though their wings are a more recent addition. (Detail from a photograph taken by Mark […]
Continue reading »Talk about “Reformation” often reflects the speaker’s view. A 1617 cartoon shows Luther as powerful hero, using his pen to upset the powers-that-be. It supports […]
Continue reading »EVENT REPORT: On Thursday 12 October, Mark Greengrass, emeritus Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Sheffield (presently Associate Fellow at the University […]
Continue reading »LUTHER WHO? In 2017, the average household may know more about Idris Elba than the sixteenth-century reformer: MARTIN LUTHER. Born in 1483, Martin Luther has […]
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