Part I: Childhood, education, and first years as a monk, 1483-1511 :

1483, New Departures for Christendom

Childhood and youth

Crisis and flight to the monastery.

Part II: Wittenberg and the beginnings of the Reformation, 1511-1525 :

Wittenberg-'On the Edge of Civilization'

Eleutherios-The Birth of a Free Man

The Reformer-Standing His Ground before Church, Emperor, and Empire

Beginning to labor for the cause

Contesting interpretation within the Evangelical camp

Arrived in the world: marriage, family, and a large household.

Part III: Prophetic confidence, but temporal failure, 1525-1546 :

Evangelical renewal of church and society

But we Christians are part of a different struggle, facing the demands of the world

Conflicted emotions: God-given joy and apocalyptic fear

Dying in Christ: We are all beggars, that is true

Epilogue: Failure and success: Luther and the modern world