Nearly 500 years ago Martin Luther posted his 95 theses in Wittenberg, Germany — a move that set off a shakeup in the Christian Church that became known as the Protestant Reformation. Now there’s ...
(RNS) — A friend recently asked me, “Is Reformed theology for black people?” As president of the Reformed African American Network, I have frequently pondered this question, and it’s one that eludes ...
Calvin history professor Eric Washington has made a specialty of studying African Americans thought within the Reformed tradition of Christianity, specifically Calvinism. His interest in the topic ...
Today marks the 500th anniversary of the day that, as the story goes, a young Catholic priest named Martin Luther nailed his “95 Theses” to the door of Wittenberg Castle. To say the series of events ...
As the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation ap­proaches, we can expect the publication of many books to herald and accompany it. Some may be wearisome, but others will provide genuine ...
A half century millenium ago today, Martin Luther irrevocably changed the Western world. From a column by Archbishop Charles Chaput comes this passage from Catholic historian Brad Gregory’s recent ...
How Protestants regarded Martin Luther has evolved as the Reformation he engendered has likewise evolved, according to German Catholic theologian Father Peter Neuner. "To us Luther is not only a ...
Labor of love brings the Reformation’s seminal work into the Middle East. Most of the theological writings that shaped Western society over the last 500 years cannot be found on Middle Eastern ...