![]() 2017) is a short history of the Reformation that introduces key people and ideas.Ĭalvinism: A Very Short Introduction by Jon Balserak (Oxford Univ., Feb. Includes Luther’s 95 Theses.Ī Brief Introduction to the Reformation by Glenn S. Marty (Paraclete, Apr.), foreword by James Martin, offers the renowned historian’s take on the impact and implications of the Reformation. 2017) is an intimate portrait of the then-scandalous marriage between Martin and Katharina Luther. Katharina and Martin Luther by Michelle DeRusha (Baker Books, Jan. 2017), by Volker Leppin, a German historian, is a short, accessible biography that portrays Luther as a man of his time. Martin Luther: A Late Medieval Life (Baker Academic, Oct. 2017) plumbs Luther’s inner life and reveals a deeply flawed man, whose personality had a seismic effect, for good and ill. Martin Luther: Renegade and Prophet by Lyndal Roper (Random House, Mar. 2017) is a doorstop-size biography of Luther that shows him to be a complex man who changed the world. Martin Luther by Heinz Schilling (Oxford Univ., Mar. Wiersma (Fortress, out now) is a new edition of a classic biography.Ī Short Life of Martin Luther by Thomas Kaufmann (Eerdmans, out now) introduces the life and thought of the reformer. 2017) is an annotated collection of Martin Luther’s writings. ![]() Martin Luther in His Own Words by Jack D. Russell, is a wide-ranging collection, including Luther’s letters, sermons, and more. 2017), translated, edited, and with an introduction and commentary by William R. ![]() The Ninety-Five Theses and Other Writings by Martin Luther (Penguin Classics, Sept. Volumes one through four are currently available volume five publishes March 2017 and volume six later that year. The best place to start reading is with Luther’s own writings, and Fortress Press, the denominational publisher of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, is publishing the Annotated Luther series (general editor Timothy Wengert), six volumes comprising 75 of Luther’s essential writings in updated translations, with new introductions, extensive annotations, maps, illustrations, and photographs. 31, 2016, spawning more than 40 new and forthcoming books on Martin Luther and the Reformation. The 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, a signal event in the history of Western civilization, will be marked on Oct.
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