Warrick grier biography of martin luther

A BIOGRAPHY OF MARTIN LUTHER: WITH BRIEF REFERENCES TO HIS CONTEMPORARIES JAN A. SCHLEBUSCH M.A.

Philosophy (UFS); B.A. (Hons) Latin (UFS); B.A. Theology (UFS). Ph.D. Candidate at the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Groningen, the Netherlands; Farmer and Rancher. INTRODUCTION Writing a short biographical article on a figure like Martin Luther in the contemporary context of celebrating 500 years of the Reformation this year, is a particularly daunting challenge.

Warrick grier biography of martin luther

It provides a particularly tricky task to produce something valuable for a Protestant audience obviously familiar with the great reformer, a man ranked by Time Magazine in 2013 as the 17th most influential human being in history.59 Luther is renowned as the great church reformer, the theologian, the hymnist and Christian philosopher.

However, his personal life, i.e. his existence as a man and his self-reflection upon his existe