A shelf full of shelf. Is we piece its sad to go somewhere every day and see more and more proficient time in the scene gives me everything blames the wind have to give Something Back i feel obliged to. Point waves surfers fighting against unseen pollution the sea starting in january seventh on t. W. Revolutionary divider of the church great communicator im talking about Martin Luther with Johan English clausen from the Lutheran Church in germany the ek de welcome to the g. W. Interview and. Thanks for inviting me. Exactly five hundred years ago luther nailed his ninety five theses to the door of the Castle Church invited him back an
innovative way of communicating a message was luther the first blogger. Yes. He might not really have used to hammer a nail but he didnt just use the Printing Press to convey his message. He created publicity and before that there hadnt been a public arena for debating and spreading ideas. You favor a traditional means of communication the book your latest
innovative way of communicating a message was luther the first blogger. yes. he might not really have used to hammer a nail but he didn t just use the printing press to convey his message. he created publicity and before that there hadn t been a public arena for debating and spreading ideas. you favor a traditional means of communication the book your latest one is called ninety five questions about the reformation it includes unusual questions such as who invented the most popular luther quote. so who was it. you know it s a nice quote that goes even if i knew the world were ending tomorrow i would plant an apple tree today and we don t know who came up with it and a lot of luther quotes were made up and that one dates to after the second world war. it was a message of hope and tribute doing it to luther gave it added impact. and
what does your book tell us about its author how does luther matter to you. i love luther is existential religious intensity. the fact that faith was so pivotal to him i think his passion is amazing and. on the subject of books what would have become of luther if the printing press hadn t been invented just a footnote in history. he most probably would have been put to death during the persecution of heretics in the middle ages and his ideas would have been forgotten. hunted book was his salvation. it was not just an instrument for spreading his message it gave him a public platform where he and design ideas could survive. would prove to be so influential this happened five hundred years ago how much of luther is thinking is
often i mean you see the media focused on the church thanks to the luther year and gave it a lot of coverage i ve read that you didn t like one media description of luther as the first example of a so-called angry citizen why not. that was what it was a series in the magazine dish be good. but the media tends to over simplify. calling loser the first angry citizen associated him with the wave of right wing populism we re seeing in germany and i didn t like that association it luther was passionate he was extremely polemical he could be very hurtful but he was also willing to compromise he had a gentle side he wasn t a right wing populist but what is the main thing you would like germany to take away from the luther year. an awareness of that time in history that has marked germany profoundly. even in terms of the german language. and the question we should all ask ourselves how do freedom and faith go together. as the
that we go beyond the church walls and i think that has happened even if it did not . i mean you see the media focused on the church thanks to the luther year and gave it a lot of coverage i ve read that you didn t like one media description of luther as the first example of a so-called angry citizen why not. that s look at that was what it was a series in the magazine dish be good. but the media tends to over simplify. calling luther the first angry citizen associated him with the wave of right wing populism we re seeing in germany and i didn t like that association it luther was passionate he was extremely polemical he could be very hurtful but he was also willing to compromise he had a gentle side he wasn t a right wing populist but what is the main thing you would like germany to take away from the luther year. i don t know an awareness of that time in history that