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  • Here I Stand

  • A Life of Martin Luther
  • By: Roland H. Bainton
  • Narrated by: Tom Weiner
  • Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (8 ratings)

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Here I Stand

By: Roland H. Bainton
Narrated by: Tom Weiner
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“I cannot and will not recant!…Here I stand.” This authoritative and inspiring story paints a vivid portrait of the crusader who spearheaded the Reformation. Considered one of the most readable biographies of Martin Luther, this volume looks at the German religious reformer and his influence on Western civilization.

Martin Luther entered a monastery as a youth and as a man shattered the structure of the medieval church, speaking out against the corrupt religious practices of the time. His demand that the authority for doctrine and practice be scriptures, rather than popes or councils, echoed around the world and ignited the great Reformation. Accused of heresy and threatened with excommunication and death, Luther maintained his bold stand and refused to recant. In his crusade to eliminate religious abuses, he did more than any other man to establish the Protestant faith.

With sound historical scholarship and penetrating insight, Roland Bainton examines Luther’s widespread influence. He re-creates the spiritual setting of the sixteenth century, showing Luther’s place within it and influence upon it. Here I Stand dramatically brings to life Martin Luther, the great reformer.

Roland H. Bainton (1894–1984), a specialist in Reformation history, was for forty-two years Titus Street Professor of Ecclesiastical History at Yale, and he continued writing well into his twenty years of retirement. He wore his scholarship lightly and had a lively, readable style. His most popular book, Here I Stand, sold more than a million copies.

©1950, 1977 Roland H. Bainton (P)2011 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

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“Easily the most readable Luther biography in English.” ( Time)

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A masterful intellectual biography

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A powerful interpretation of Luther's life and thought. Bainton gives a vivid and attractive depiction of Luther's personality. His account of Luther's theology is brilliant. All in all, one of the best religious biographies I've read. It would also make a perfect introduction for anyone interested in exploring Protestant thought.

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