Read the Spirit Editor, David Crumm, offers tips toward understanding an important milestone.
“On October 31, 2016, the world begins a year-long series of events, exhibitions and inter-religious dialogues on the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation,” says veteran religion writer David Crumm. He adds, “Millions of men and women around the globe will be touched by this anniversary in some way.”
Along with María-Paz López, Crumm provides context and perspective on Martin Luther’s actions in 1517 and their impact over five centuries. López is founding board member of the International Association of Religion Journalists and is the Berlin correspondent for La Vanguardia, based in Barcelona.
They quote Yale historian Carlos Eire: To say that Luther changed his world single-handedly or that 1517 was the absolute beginning of a new epoch would be wrong, but to say that nothing was ever the same after Luther’s act of defiance is to settle for understatement. What he set in motion in 1517 not only changed the world as it was then; it still continues to shape our world today and to define who we are in the West.
By the way, they also report that Luther did not nail his theses to the door.
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Last Updated on October 31, 2016