Reformation at 500
RNS Best of 2017: Women bloggers spawn an evangelical ‘crisis of authority’
By Emily McFarlan Miller — December 28, 2017
(RNS) Christian women online have found new platforms to teach, preach and connect. "God isn't trademarked," says Sarah Bessey.
‘Trumpvangelicals’ top religion journalists’ poll
By Kimberly Winston — December 15, 2017
(RNS) — And the president himself tops the list of religion newsmakers of the year — despite his lack of church attendance and biblical literacy.
Luther, Luther, Luther: He didn’t reform Christianity as much as this guy did
By Jim West — November 22, 2017
(RNS) — Despite all the hype during the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, the spiritual father of Baptists, Huldrych Zwingli, it turns out, is far more important to modern Christianity than Martin Luther or John Calvin.
When Americans tried – and failed – to reunite Christianity
By David Mislin — November 8, 2017
(The Conversation) — In the early 1900s, ambitious Protestants in the U.S. attempted the unthinkable.
On Reformation anniversary, Lutherans bridge divides with other faiths
By Adelle M. Banks — October 31, 2017
WASHINGTON (RNS) — The co-chairs of the U.S. Lutheran-Catholic Dialogue celebrated their accomplishments even as they acknowledged remaining differences.
Why the ecumenical movement is a historical event on par with the Reformation
By Thomas Reese — October 31, 2017
(RNS) — Ecumenism did so much during the last century to heal the divisions among Christians. (COMMENTARY)
Germany marks 500th anniversary of church’s Reformation
By Emily McFarlan Miller — October 31, 2017
BERLIN (AP) — In remembrance of the 500th anniversary, Reformation Day is a public holiday in Germany this year.
In his ‘Ninety-Five Theses’ Luther called upon believers to repent. What does that mean?
By Martin E. Marty — October 30, 2017
Reformation season is a time for much accusing of ancestors, from Columbus to Thomas Jefferson, now remembered as slavers, or, to be relevant, Luther, for his call for violence against rebelling peasants or his utterly, utterly repugnant anti-Judaic latter-day outlook and writings. We historians study such features of the lives of ancestors, to learn and gain the resolve to promote a “change of heart.”
Reconciliation among Christians might be closer than we think
By Mitchell T. Rozanski — October 30, 2017
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (RNS) — Working to bring Christians back together has taught me about our shared faith and how it can still light the world.
Is the Reformation over?
By Chris Castaldo — October 30, 2017
(RNS) — Family spats are unpleasant, especially when they persist for five centuries. At some point, most families wonder if reconciliation is possible. Among Christians, now is such a moment.
What came after: The Counter-Reformation art of Carlo Dolci
By Yonat Shimron — October 30, 2017
DURHAM, N.C. (RNS) — His meticulous paintings of Christian themes, saturated with emotion and glistening with color, were everything the iconoclast reformers railed against.
Martin Luther’s ‘dream’ church? It wasn’t in Europe
By guest — October 28, 2017
(RNS) — The revelation that Ethiopian Christianity possibly had links to the Protestant Reformation is a game-changer for what is generally thought to be an exclusively European phenomenon. (COMMENTARY)
Mazel tov to my Protestant friends!
By Jeffrey Salkin — October 25, 2017
(RNS) — Should Jews mark the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation? Yes. But.....
Was the Reformation a mistake? A Catholic and a Protestant debate
By Matthew Levering — October 24, 2017
(RNS) — Two theology professors — one Catholic, one Protestant — get to the heart of what divides them: how they reason from the Bible.
Berlin exhibit highlights how the Nazis exploited Martin Luther’s legacy
By Emily McFarlan Miller — October 19, 2017
BERLIN (RNS) — Most visitors to events in Germany marking this year’s 500th anniversary of the Reformation probably didn’t expect to find an exhibition setting out just how extensively the Nazis used Luther to justify their anti-Semitism and nationalism.
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