A surprising discovery nudges us to look again at Andreas Karlstadt. Andreas Bodenstein, called Karlstadt (1486-1541), was a brilliant member of the Wittenberg Reformation. After the disagreement with Luther he fell out of favour. Unjustly, the Göttingen church historian Thomas Kaufmann argues, as highlighted by the … [Read more...]
What Karlstadt said
Burn me at the stake "So now they’re out to excommunicate me and burn me at the stake. And why? Because I speak out against the freedom of the church. Well, well, my good fellows, if you want to excommunicate me for speaking out against this all-powerful Roman freedom I’ve just got to laugh out loud. And when I … [Read more...]
Lecture of Ulrich Bubenheimer
A lecture of Prof. Dr. Ulrich Bubenheimer will take place on May 13, 2018. He will present his paper "Thesenanschläge - Karlstadts und Luthers frühe Reformationsdiplomatie" on the Ebernburg, Bad Münster am Stein, at 2:40 pm: Am Beispiel einiger unbeachteter oder unbekannter Texte, darunter jüngst entdeckte kleine … [Read more...]
Andreas Bodenstein around the world
Andreas Bodenstein von Karlstadt is becoming more internationally known. The volume „Europa reformata: European Reformation Cities and Their Reformers“ published in both German and English versions in 2016, ushered in the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. This work traces the profiles of 48 European cities such as … [Read more...]
Princeton meets Karlstadt
Alyssa Lehr Evans, PhD Candidate at Princeton Theological Seminary, spent two years as a visiting researcher in Göttingen, Germany. Her dissertation focuses on Karlstadt’s writings from 1517-1519 and understanding his role in the first years of the reform movement in Wittenberg. She describes her experiences in Germany … [Read more...]