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PART I. THE FORMATION OF THE YOUNG MAN 1. The Son of a Peasant 2. A Man of Sorrows 3. A Student of Theology PART II. THE GENESIS OF THE REFORMER 4. The Maturing Professor 5. The Explosion 6. The Lines Drawn 7. The Public Disputant PART III. AN OUTLAW’S WORK 8. Excommunication 9. The Exile 10. Return to the Fray PART IV. NO OTHER GOSPEL 11. False Brethren, True Love 12. Pastor, Teacher, Apologist 13. Answering to the Emperor 14. To Build the Church PART V. THE LATER YEARS 15. Toward a General Council 16. The Elder Luther 17. “We Are Beggars”

For nearly thirty years, James M. Kittelson’s Luther the Reformer has been the standard biography of Martin Luther. Like Roland Bainton’s biography of the generation before, Kittelson’s volume is the one known by thousands of students, pastors, and interested readers as the biography that gave them the details of this dramatic man and his history. The accolades were well deserved. Fair, insightful, and detailed without being overwhelming, Kittelson was able to negotiate a “middle way” between the many directions of historical research and present a more complete chronological picture of Luther than many had yet portrayed. For this revised edition, Hans H. Wiersma has made an outstanding text even better. The research is updated, and the text is revised throughout, with images, bibliographies, and timelines to enhance the experience. It’s a great volume, greatly improved.