Max Scheler
In his ‘Ninety-Five Theses’ Luther called upon believers to repent. What does that mean?
By Martin E. Marty — October 30, 2017
Reformation season is a time for much accusing of ancestors, from Columbus to Thomas Jefferson, now remembered as slavers, or, to be relevant, Luther, for his call for violence against rebelling peasants or his utterly, utterly repugnant anti-Judaic latter-day outlook and writings. We historians study such features of the lives of ancestors, to learn and gain the resolve to promote a “change of heart.”
What’s ressentiment got to do with it
By Martin E. Marty — February 9, 2017
People will even vote against their own interests, or redefine their most cherished religious beliefs, because they are victims of ressentiment.
A creative approach to Georgetown’s sin of slavery
By Martin E. Marty — June 7, 2016
In a comment to one of the many blog posts about a controversy concerning Georgetown University’s past with slavery, we read: “I did not enslave anyone. I did not profit from slavery.” Such an abrupt dismissal of the moral issues is alienating, but the responder who added this comment hung around long enough to quicken […]
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