Reformation Day is celebrated on October 31, on the eve of All Hallow's Day. According to Philip Melanchthon, 31 October 1517 was the day the German monk, Martin Luther, nailed his 95 theses on the door of All Saints' Church in Wittenberg in Saxony, in the Holy Roman Empire. There was a lot of reflection throughout churches in 2017 on the meaning of the Reformation and on the person and work of Luther.
I read a number of articles in 2017, throwing some light on the legacy of Luther. The most memorable is linked here:
http://bostonreview.net/philosophy-religion/georg-diez-martin-luther-and-me
George Diez in the Boston Review, 28 December 2017
Martin Luther and me - Reckoning with Germany’s Dangerous Legacy
"I am a son of Martin Luther. As was my father. As was his father. But as a German man living through today’s German and European politics, what does it mean to be a son of Martin Luther?.."
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'Hamilton turned the sources of Altizer’s thinking into instruments of social criticism, arguing that the true mission of the Reformation was finally being understood. The Reformation was not about the righteousness of God or the primacy of Scripture, but the movement of Christians from the cloister into the world. Secularism was therefore a new spiritual epoch to be welcomed. As he explained in his 1961 book The New Essence of Christianity, it marked the end of human adolescence and the beginning of our moral maturity.'
Retrieved from https://www.firstthings.com/article/2016/08/death-of-god-fifty-years-on
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Weber's thesis - that the Reformation was a catalyst a process of 'disenchantment' as well as 'desacralization' and 'secularization' - is here challenged by research showing that its role was not as central to this process as many have thought (Alexandra Walsham).
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Ten articles on the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, in Christianity Today, October, 2017
10. Germans Are Welcoming Refugees as a Way to Honor Luther’s Legacy
Asylum seekers and immigrants are big part of the Reformation’s 500th anniversary in Germany.
9. What Feminism Owes to the Protestant Reformation
Listening to marginalized voices isn’t a liberal or a conservative idea—it’s a fundamentally Christian one.
8. Catholic but Not Roman
To celebrate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, the ‘Reforming Catholic Confession’ calls Protestants to unity.
7. Marriage Lessons from the Luthers
Katharina and Martin Luther lived 500 years ago, but they can teach us much about how to live well in our own modern-day marriages.
6. Reading the Reformation in 2017
Historians are still finding new things to say about Martin Luther and his movement.
5. ‘Grace Alone’ 500 Years Later
A Catholic perspective.
4. Protestants: The Most ‘Catholic’ of Christians
New confession by high-profile theologians gives post-Reformation unity a URL.
3. The Most Dangerous Thing Luther Did
And other facts about Bible translation that transformed the world.
2. 500 Years After the Reformation, Many Protestants Closer to Catholics than Martin Luther
Pew finds less than half of Protestants in many countries believe both sola fide and sola scriptura.
1. 500 Years After Luther, We Still Feel the Pressure to Be Justified
Luther's law/gospel insight is as brilliant as ever—especially in 21st century America.