GRAHAM TOMLIN

Martín Lutero ha sido uno de los personajes más influyentes del pasado milenio. Desempeñó un papel fundamental en el surgimiento de una nueva Iglesia y de una nueva forma de vida para millones de personas, el protestantismo. El impacto de sus actos y creencias en los ultimos 500 años ha sido incalculable. En este atractivo libro, el autor pinta un vivo retrato de la vida de Lutero, desde sus primeras controversias con la fe hasta su aparicion como lider del dramatico cambio y de la division engendrada por la Reforma. La persona que se presenta aqui es a veces obstinada, sensible, franca y resuelta, un hombre de fe dispuesto a arriesgarlo todo por su s convicciones. Incluye fotografias e ilustraciones a color. Contenido: Introduccion. El fraile. El teologo. El descubrimiento. La lucha. El climax. El lider. La brecha. El patriarca. El legado. Cronologia. Bibliografia adicional recomendada.

Readable and expert - a brilliant guide to the life and thought of 17th century Europes supreme polymathTom HollandA richly detailed account of Pascals life and times, which displays an energetic sympathy for Pascals startling combination of intellectual precocity and humble faith.Rory StewartA beautiful, accessible account of one of the eras most remarkable livesKatherine Rundell He lived for just 39 years, yet Blaise Pascal was one of the most remarkable and creative figures of the seventeenth century. He is known for his famous (though often misunderstood) argument the Wager, but theres so much more to him than that. Pascal can lay claim to have built an early version of the modern computer, done ground-breaking work in mathematics and geometry, invented urban bus transport and virtually invented probability theory. He also produced one of the most haunting and effective works of Christian apologetics ever written. He is a major intellectual figure at the beginning of the modern age who blends together in his own person and thinking issues that are critical to our age. Blaise Pascal is therefore a crucial figure: not just in the history of European thought, but for how he can shed light on our many contemporary debates.From science to scepticism; mystical experience to distraction; religion to politics, self-love and death, Pascals thinking was far-reaching. In this captivating biography, Graham Tomlin explores Pascals short but extraordinary life, and the sweeping impact and relevance of his ideas to the modern world.