The Luther Myth : The Image of Martin Luther from Religious Reformer to Völkisch Icon.
- 1st ed.
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2025. 2025.
- 1 online resource (283 pages)
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Cover -- The Luther Myth: The Image of Martin Luther from Religious Reformer to Völkisch Icon -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1: Luther, the "Most German of All Germans" -- 2: Luther Goes to War -- 3: The Reborn Luther -- 4: Luther's "German Hour" -- 5: Luther, the National Socialist -- 6: Luther [and] der Führer -- 7: Luther the Anti-Semite (?) -- 8: Luther the Heathen -- 9: Luther the Perpetrator? -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Primary Sources -- Secondary Literature -- Index for The Luther Myth.
This book traces the development of the image of Martin Luther in Germany from a religious reformer and advocate of freedom to a symbol of völkisch nationalist identity in the period from the close of the Napoleonic Wars up through the immediate post-World-War II era.