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Luther lesen: Die zentralen Texte

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Luthers Schriften liegen in nur für Fachleute geeigneten modernen Editionen vor. Ferner gibt es für jeden lesbare modernisierte Luthertexte in verschiedenen Bänden und Sammelbänden. Nicht auf dem Markt ist momentan eine Sammlung wichtiger und interessanter Luthertexte in einem Band, der einen Eindruck vom „ganzen Luther“ vermittelt. So gesehen schließt dieser Band eine seit langem vorhandene Lücke. Das Buch bietet nahezu alle wichtigen Luthertexte in Auszügen. Die Textfassungen beruhen auf Kurt Alands „Luther deutsch“, wurden aber durchweg anhand der Originaltexte überprüft, überarbeitet und korrigiert und noch einmal der heutigen deutschen Sprache und Rechtschreibung angepasst. Ergebnis ist ein sowohl authentischer als auch leicht lesbarer und gut verständlicher Luther. Dem Leser begegnen allseits bekannte Texte wie die Thesen, die Adels- und die Freiheitsschrift, aber auch dogmatische und erbauliche Texte, ferner problematische und schwierige Texte wie Luthers Polemiken gegen Juden, Türken und den Papst. Das Buch kennt keine Tabus! Kurze Einleitungen ordnen die Texte ein und helfen beim Verstehen. Gerahmt wird der Band von Melanchthons Bericht über Luthers Herkunft sowie dem Bericht von Augenzeugen über Luthers Tod. So gesehen bietet „Luther lesen“ eine andere, neuartige, aber komplette Luther-Biografie, bei der im Kern Luther selbst zu Worte kommt.

213 pages, Hardcover

First published April 18, 2016

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Martin Luther (1483-1546) was a German monk, theologian, university professor and church reformer whose ideas inspired the Protestant Reformation and changed the course of Western civilization.

Luther's theology challenged the authority of the papacy by holding that the Bible is the only infallible source of religious authority and that all baptized Christians under Jesus are a spiritual priesthood. According to Luther, salvation was a free gift of God, received only by true repentance and faith in Jesus as the Messiah, a faith given by God and unmediated by the church.

Luther's confrontation with Charles V at the Diet of Worms over freedom of conscience in 1521 and his refusal to submit to the authority of the Emperor resulted in his being declared an outlaw of the state as he had been excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church. Because of the perceived unity of the medieval Church with the secular rulers of western Europe, the widespread acceptance of Luther's doctrines and popular vindication of his thinking on individual liberties were both phenomenal and unprecedented.

His translation of the Bible into the vernacular, making it more accessible to ordinary people, had a tremendous political impact on the church and on German culture. It furthered the development of a standard version of the German language, added several principles to the art of translation, and influenced the translation of the English King James Bible. His hymns inspired the development of congregational singing within Christianity. His marriage to Katharina von Bora set a model for the practice of clerical marriage within Protestantism.

Much scholarly debate has concentrated on Luther's writings about the Jews. His statements that Jews' homes should be destroyed, their synagogues burned, money confiscated and liberty curtailed were revived and used in propaganda by the Nazis in 1933–45. As a result of this and his revolutionary theological views, his legacy remains controversial.

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