SAINTS OF PAST AGES: BEFORE MARTIN LUTHER, THERE WAS ERASMUS – A DUTCH THEOLOGIAN WHO PAVED THE WAY FOR THE PROTESTANT REFORMATION
KATHERINE LITTLE, scholar of medieval Christianity at the University of Colorado Boulder, looks – in an article first published on The Conversation, at the life and legacy of Erasmus…
GERMANY: CAMPAIGN POSTERS IN “LUTHER COUNTRY” RAISE SPECTRE OF ANTI-SEMITISM
KEN CHITWOOD, writing for Religion News Service, reports from Germany…
BOOKS: THE STORY OF A REFORMATION TRAGEDY
DAVID ADAMS reads Paul Ham’s account of the incredible and tragic tale of Melchiorites, ‘New Jerusalem’…
450th anniversary of publication of the ‘Bear Bible’ marked in Mexico
The 450th anniversary of the publication of the ‘Bear Bible’ – the first complete translation of the Bible into Spanish – is being marked with an exhibition in Mexico, reports Evangelical Focus. PICTURE: Via Wikipedia The exhibition at the Benmerite Autonomous University of Puebla consists of 49 items including one of the 32 surviving copies of the […]
Christian rock band retells story of Reformation in ‘Luther: The Rock Opera’
Matteson, Illinois, USRNS The Protestant Reformation was a little bit like social media, featuring charismatic influencers, cutting-edge technology and viral content, according to Michael Bridges. It started when a man decided to stay up late and update his status, posting 95 things on his wall. He hoped his friends would like, comment on or share them. Michael […]
Rare medieval Bible returned to Canterbury Cathedral 500 years after it disappeared
A rare medieval Bible has been returned to Canterbury Cathedral in England, 500 years since it went missing during the Reformation. The Lyghfield Bible. PICTURE: National Memorial Heritage Fund. Now known as the Lyghfield Bible after the 16th century monk from Canterbury who once owned it, the cathedral purchased the Bible for £100,000 from a […]
ESSAY: LUTHER, LUTHER, LUTHER – HE DIDN’T REFORM CHRISTIANITY AS MUCH AS THIS GUY DID
US based pastor and lecturer JIM WEST argues, in an article first published by Religion News Service, that the role played by Huldrych Zwingli should also be recalled in Reformation anniversary commemorations…
APPS: A GUIDE TO THE REFORMATION – IN SWITZERLAND
As the world marks 500 years since the start of the Reformation in Germany, DAVID ADAMS finds an app that explores how those events affected neighbouring Switzerland…
ESSAY: WHEN AMERICANS TRIED – AND FAILED – TO REUNITE CHRISTIANITY
US academic DAVID MISLIN, in an article first published on The Conversation, looks back at a failed attempt in the US to heal divisions between Protestants and Catholics…
CASTING THE NET: MONERGISM
DAVID ADAMS finds the world’s largest online directory of Reformed theology…