You will meet an inspiring religious thinker who presented the Christian Gospel as a message of comfort, joy, and freedom; as great good news for sinners and God’s loving promise of salvation. And you will encounter a leader whose unswerving certainty about his doctrines led him to launch vicious attacks against those with whom he disagreed, most infamously and malevolently against the Jews.
What makes this course so involving for students is that it is not intended to leave you with a neutral impression of Luther. Professor Cary wants you to use his lectures—supplemented by your own research and reading—to make your own judgments about Luther, the man and his teachings.
In addition, he encourages you to ponder some larger implications of Luther and the Reformation. How should we view argument and disagreement* Are they opportunities to prove we are right or ways to find the truth* Can we find ways to disagree that could improve relations between religions—between Catholics and Protestants, and between Christians, Jews, and Muslims—and strengthen the quest for faith in a post-modern world?
Course Lecture Titles:
01. Luther’s Gospel
02. The Medieval Church—Abuses and Reform
03. The Augustinian Paradigm of Spirituality
04. Young Luther Against Himself
05. Hearing the Gospel
06. Faith and Works
07. The Meaning of the Sacraments
08. The Indulgence Controversy
09. The Reformation Goes Public
10. The Captivity of the Sacraments
11. Reformation in Wittenberg
12. The Work of the Reformer
13. Against the Spirit of Rebellion
14. Controversy Over the Lord’s Supper
15. Controversy Over Infant Baptism
16. Grace and Justification
17. Luther and the Bible
18. Luther and Erasmus
19. Luther and Predestination
20. Luther and Protestantism
21. Luther and Politics
22. Luther and His Enemies
23. Luther and the Jews
24. Luther and Modernity




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