On Oct. 31, 1517, the German priest and professor of theology Martin Luther nailed his 95 Theses to the door of a Wittenberg church, protesting all that he saw wrong with the late-Renaissance Roman Catholic power structure. Outraged by the church’s...
Ahead of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, Professor Michelle Sanchez writes that if Martin Luther's reform was triggered by a critique of indulgences, John Calvin's was triggered by a critique of idolatry.
Michelle Sanchez has been named Assistant Professor of Theology at Harvard Divinity School, effective July 1, 2014. Sanchez is currently a doctoral candidate in the study of religion in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Harvard. She graduates...