What can i do in germany to help me learn about martin luther?

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shollstein

There are two small cities in Germany you shouldn't miss if you are interested in Martin Luther.
First there is Eisenach, where Luther was born and went to school. On the Wartburg castle just outside of Eisenach he also translated the bible into German.
The other place is Lutherstadt Wittenberg. Even the name of the city implies the importance of Luther for it. It was the door of the Wittenberger Schlosskirche church where he nailed his 95 theses to start the Reformation.
Apart from historic places and museums dealing with Luther both cities are beautiful and well worth a visit.
The University in Wittenberg has an institute for USA-studies so you're very likely to meet people there who speak good English. Wittenberg also sees quite a few US-tourists who are coming to Wittenberg because of Luther.

Mimarspre

Try the official web (also available in english):

http://www.luther.de/en/index.html

I am afraid that sometimes you would have to try a couple of times before you can see the site in english, but the info is very complete.

In the following web, you find also info about Luther's house and other museums:

http://www.martinluther.de/cgi-bin/vm/luther

Becci

Go into the church and ask to the ministers for Martin Luther.

And....

You can visit this page: "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Lut...

t_maia2000

If I was you I would read a biography (or at least this article http://www.sachsen-anhalt-tourismus.de/home/index.html/_lang/en/_area/331158/_subArea/331216/_articleId/628639 ) and from there visit the places he lived at. Luther spent most of his life in small towns in a fairly small area in Southern Sachsen-Anhalt and Nothern Thuringia which can easily be covered by public transport within a week and staying at youth hostels.

Sites where you can inquire for help:
http://www.thuringia-tourism.com/
http://www.sachsen-anhalt-tourismus.de/home/index.html/_lang/en/_area/331158/_subArea/331216

m....n...

I am reading this book right now:
Martin Luther
The christian Between god and death
By Richard Marius
published by BELKNAP HARVARD

cashelmara

The two errors of Luther, it can be seen, contain within them two seeds of truth; salvation is indeed the work of God, and not the work of Man, and Scripture is indeed the very Word of God, which should be accorded the highest authority; but Luther goes wrong when he takes these very true principles and elevates them to the point that they exclude the other truths involved. If salvation is God's work, it is also true that part of God's work is drawing Man up to the status of sonship, so that Man now becomes privileged to share in the work of God - a co-worker with God, as St. Paul put it; if Scripture should be given the highest authority, the next highest authority in the hierarchy is not the individual believer, but the "God-breathed" Magisterium of the Church (cf. Jn. 20:21-23). There can be no eliminating this Divinely appointed "middle man," and substituting the authority of the individual for the authority of the Church.

In sum, we can take these two foundational pillars of the Reformation, and demonstrate how they contain necessary truths in their essence; but we must also show how they unnecessarily truncate the truth, and thus become enemies of the very principles they wish to promote. The Protestant truths here are hampered because they are left incomplete; sola scriptura needs to be understood as prima scriptura, so that the truth concerning the Church can be admitted into the discussion; sola fide needs to be understood as sola gratia, so that the truth about Divine sonship can be allowed to flourish.

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