Rebel in the Ranks: Martin Luther, the Reformation, and the Conflicts That Continue to Shape Our World

When Martin Luther published his 95 Theses in October 1517, he had no intention of starting a revolution. But very quickly his criticism of indulgences became a rejection of the papacy and the Catholic Church emphasizing the Bible as the sole authority for Christian faith, radicalizing a continent, fracturing the Holy Roman Empire, and dividing Western civilization in ways Luther—a deeply devout professor and spiritually—anxious Augustinian friar—could have never foreseen, nor would he have...