New York Times Editor’s Choice!

December 28, 2017

Martin Luther is named one of “10 New Books We Recommend This Week” by the editors of the New York Times.

This article was originally published in the New York Times; to read the article on their website, click here.


This week’s list of recommendations includes several books about the world’s major faiths. This year is the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, and a new biography of Martin Luther attempts to make him attractive to a general audience…

MARTIN LUTHER: The Man Who Rediscovered God and Changed the World,  “Metaxas’ effort to make Luther attractive to a wide readership presents its subject as a titanic figure who rescued God from medievalism, invented individual freedom and ushered in modernity.”

John Williams
Daily Books Editor and Staff Writer