Luther the Reformer : The Story of the Man and His Career

by Kittleson, James M.

• ISBN13: 9780800635978
• ISBN10: 0800635973
• Additional ISBN(s): 9781451488883
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: AUGSBURG FORTRESS PUB
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Summary

Engaging and authoritative, Kittleson's important and popular biography is here represented with a new cover and new preface by the author. His single-volume biography has become a standard resource for those who wish to delve into the depths of the Reformer without drowning in a sea of scholarly concerns.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	9	(13)
Preface	13	(6)
Acknowledgments	19	(2)
Chronological Table	21	(10)
Part One: The Formation of the Young Man
The Son of a Peasant	31	(18)
A Man of Sorrows	49	(15)
A Student of Theology	64	(19)
Part Two: The Genesis of the Reformer
The Maturing Professor	83	(18)
The Explosion	101	(14)
The Lines Drawn	115	(16)
The Public Disputant	131	(14)
Part Three: An Outlaw's Work
The Outlaw	145	(17)
The Exile	162	(17)
Return to the Fray	179	(16)
Part Four: The True Church
``False Brethren''	195	(18)
Pastor and Teacher	213	(15)
Damnable Rome	228	(12)
To Build the Church	240	(15)
Part Five: The Mature Luther
Negotiator for the Faith	255	(14)
Defender of the Faith	269	(12)
The Last Years	281	(11)
``We Are All Beggars''	292	(9)
Notes	301	(12)
Introductory Bibliography	313	(14)
Index of Names	327	(2)
Index of Subjects	329	(2)
Index of Luther's Principal Works Cited	331	(2)
Maps	333