Dhruv sawhney biography of martin luther

125 scholarly articles

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Martin Luther is a collaboration of the leading scholars in the field of Reformation research and the thought, life, and legacy of influence – for good and for ill – of Martin Luther.

In 2017 the world marks 500 years since the beginning of the public work of Luther, whose protest against corrupt practices and the way theology was taught captured Europe’s attention from 1517 onward.

Comprising 125 extensive articles, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Martin Luther examines:

• the contexts that shaped his social and intellectual world, such as previous theological and institutional developments

• the genres in which he worked, including some he essentially created

• the theological and ethical writings that make up the lion’s share of his massive intellectual output

• the complicated and contested history of his reception across the globe and across a span of disci