{"product_id":"9781473621671-martin-luther-catholic-dissident","title":"Martin Luther: Catholic Dissident","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor: Peter Stanford\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nFormat: Paperback \/ softback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\nNumber of Pages: 224\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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    The 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.    A 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.     'Peter Stanford makes the life of Luther into a thrilling narrative, told from a modern Catholic perspective' Antonia Fraser","brand":"Book Grocer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39801489031322,"sku":"9781473621671","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0558\/1625\/7690\/products\/1473621674_22ba0980-d55b-449c-842e-9aad8a2814d9.jpg?v=1634547166","url":"https:\/\/castlebooks.com.au\/products\/9781473621671-martin-luther-catholic-dissident","provider":"Castlebooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}