Personality In German Literature Before Luther Classic Reprint

Author : Heinrich Böehmer
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780365274520
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (745 download)

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Download or read book Luther in Light of Recent Research (Classic Reprint) written by Heinrich Böehmer and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-22 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Luther in Light of Recent Research T is a great pleasure to introduce this book to the intelligent American reader. Everyone who has even a modicum of historical interest finds his curiosity aroused by Luther, and welcomes more information in regard to this German national hero whose influ ence has spread so far beyond the bounds of his own land. We may be attracted or repelled by what we know of his teachings and personality, but he can hardly leave anyone indifferent and neutral. The volume of which this is a translation appears in one of those excellent series designed for the cultivated Ger man public, similar to our Home University Library. The author seems to me particularly well qualified by knowledge, temperament and style to give us a fresh and stimulating conception of Luther. He is broadly sympathetic but no hero worshiper. There is no trace of religious partisanship in him. He feels that he can afford to tell all the varied truth without suppression or distortion. He is well aware of the widely divergent judgments that have been passed upon Luther by Protestant, Catholic and so called rationalistic writers during the four cen turies which have elapsed since Luther began to eriticize the existing order, and no small part of the in terest of his book lies in the dexterous manner in Which he gives the reader an idea of the conflicting interpre tations which have been placed upon the Reformer's deeds and sayings. His consistent aim is to place himself in the milieu in which Luther lived and worked. He judges him not from the standpoint of today but from that Of the first half Of the sixteenth century. He is critical Without any tendency to lapse into mere negativity. To him and his readers Luther is always the livest man possible. His style is clear and cogent, With a certain familiar homeliness, sug gesting that of Luther himself. No matter how Wide or how narrow has been one's reading in regard to Luther, Professor Bohmer will give the reader new facts, new judgments and new points of view. He is able to take the beginner in hand and at the same time to instruct the historical student who may think that he already knows as much about Luther as he cares to. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.