{"product_id":"martin-luther-peter-stanford-9781473621671","title":"Martin Luther","description":"\u003cp\u003e'A compelling biography of one of the greatest men of the modern age. Stanford is particularly brilliant on the tensions inside Luther's private and spiritual life. This is a very fine book, written with a flourish.' Melvyn Bragg\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe 31st of October 2017 marks the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther pinning his 95 'Theses' - or reform proposals - to the door of his local university church in Wittenberg. Most scholars now agree that the details of this eye-catching gesture are more legend than hammer and nails, but what is certainly true is that on this day (probably in a letter to his local Archbishop in Mainz), the Augustinian Friar and theologian issued an outspokenly blunt challenge to his own Catholic Church to reform itself from within - especially over the sale of 'indulgences' - which ultimately precipitated a huge religious and political upheaval right across Europe and divided mainstream Christianity ever after.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA new, popular biography from journalist Peter Stanford, looking at Martin Luther from within his Catholic context, examining his actual aims for Catholicism as well as his enduring legacy - and where he might fit within the church today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e 'Peter Stanford makes the life of Luther into a thrilling narrative, told from a modern Catholic perspective' Antonia Fraser\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Peter Stanford","offers":[{"title":"As New","offer_id":46144318210291,"sku":"2770002388113","price":11.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/files\/9781473621671.jpg?v=1725012051","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/martin-luther-peter-stanford-9781473621671","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}