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Article: James M. Stayer, Martin Luther, German Saviour. German Evangelical Theological Factions and the Interpretation of Luther, 1917-1933.
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- Germano-Slavica
- Article date:
- January 1, 2000
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(Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2000). Hardcover, pp. xiv, 177, $55.00.
Reading this new book by James Stayer, well-known historian of Anabaptism, my first thought was: "Is Saul also among the prophets?" (1.Sam. 10:11). This self-proclaimed "profane historian with a liberal perspective" (Anabaptists and the Sword, 1976), is here dealing with Lutheran theological issues, thus in effect writing as a theologian himself. I hasten to add, however, that Stayer is most effective at it. It is a pleasure and most stimulating to read this Geistesgeschichte (intellectual history) dealing with a period in German history that led to the emergence of ...