The year 2017 marks 500 years since a stubborn monk and towering thinker, Martin Luther, published his 95 theses or complaints against the Catholic Church and launched the Protestant Reformation, a momentous religious revolution whose consequences we still live with today. The Reformation divided the Western church and transformed millions of people’s understanding of their relationship with God. Correspondent Kim Lawton traveled to Germany to report on how the anniversary is being commemorated there and how its legacy is understood by scholars and theologians, both Catholic and Protestant.
Newberry Library's Religious Change and Print, 1450-1700 Digital Exhibition
In Chicago, the Newberry Library has mounted a large-scale exhibition and will be holding special presentations, typically free to the public all fall.
Economist Magazine article, How Luther Went Viral
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