Recently the world marked the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation. In the U.S. and Europe, churches dedicated entire services and sermon series to the subject, tracing their theological ...

The 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation, a signal event in the history of Western civilization, will be marked on Oct. 31, 2017. A year-long commemoration began on Oct. 31, 2016, spawning ...

On October 31 in Lund, Sweden, Pope Francis will take part in a commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the Protestant Reformation—a year before the official anniversary in 2017. That a pope would ...

Christianity broke into two after Martin Luther pegged his 95 theses to the door of Wittenberg's Castle Church. St, Mary's church, where Luther preached, is seen above. Michael Bader On Oct. 31, 1517, ...

Peter Marshall receives funding from The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. The story we tell of the beginning of the Protestant Reformation 500 years ago is a window on how ...

On Sunday, about 70 million Lutherans around the world, joined by Christians of many Protestant denominations, will commemorate the Reformation. This liturgical festival, marking Martin Luther’s 16th ...

Five hundred years ago, Martin Luther composed his “95 Theses,” setting into motion what is now known as the Protestant Reformation, but the impact continues today, even in the Ozarks. That is the ...

In August 1948, I nearly got into a fight. It was at the corner of Eighth Avenue and 10th Street in Marion, Iowa. The conversation started pleasantly enough. But Jimmy brought up the topic about who ...