When Martin Luther published his 95 Theses in October 1517, he h. Yet his actions would profoundly shape our world in ways he could never have imagined. Luther did not intend to start a revolution that would divide the Catholic Church and forever change Western civilization. According to Notre Dame Professor of European History, Brad Gregory, the very. In Rebel in the Ranks, Brad Gregory, renowned professor of European history at Notre Dame, recasts this long-accepted portrait. Studying its effects is not just for religious people. Ultimately, he contends, some of the major historical and cultural developments that arose in its wake-including the Enlightenment, individual self-determination and moral relativism, and a religious freedom that protects one’s right to worship or even to reject religion-would have appalled Luther: a reluctant revolutionary, a rebel in the ranks, whose goal was to make society more Christian, yet instead set the world on fire. Read 55 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. Rebel in the Ranks: A Conversation with Brad Gregory Martin Luther may very well turn over in his grave if he was able to see what happened to what he started 500 years ago. The Unintended Reformation: How a Religious Revolution Secularized Society 275 copies, 6 reviews Rebel in the Ranks: Martin Luther, the Reformation, and the. He reveals how Luther’s insistence on the Bible as the sole authority for Christian truth led to conflicting interpretations of its meaning-and to the rise of competing churches, political conflicts, and social upheavals. Gregory analyzes Luther’s inadvertent role in starting the Reformation and the epochal changes that followed.

In Rebel in the Ranks, Brad Gregory, renowned professor of European history at Notre Dame, recasts this long-accepted portrait.

On the 500th anniversary of the Reformation comes this compelling, illuminating, and expansive religious history that examines the complicated and unintended legacies of Martin Luther and the epochal movement that continues to shape the world today.įor five centuries, Martin Luther has been lionized as an outspoken and fearless icon of change who ended the Middle Ages and heralded the beginning of the modern world.

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