Modern, liberal democracy provides Christians with a unique position in the history of politics: regardless of age, economic status, religion, race, or gender, many in the world today are promised a vote. Voters, in ...

In this paper Kittelson takes a close look at the high view of learning of Luther, who thought that “Learning, wisdom, and writers must rule the world… If God out of his wrath would take away from the world all the learned, ...

Luther’s attitude toward the state can be easily misunderstood from his writings. The application of his statements can be even more difficult. In order to understand Luther’s statements one needs to understand the historical ...