Rebel in the Ranks

A portrait of the renowned theologian and a detailed examination of the Reformation's impact on modern faith and society. When Martin Luther published his ninety-five Theses in October 1517, 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