Martin Bucer: A Reformer and His Times

From: Anglican Theological Review | Date: January 1, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

Martin Bucer: A Reformer and His Times. By Martin Greschat. Translated by Stephen E. Buckwalter. Louisville, Ky: Westminster John Knox Press, 2004. xii + 340 pp. $34.95 (paper).

Published originally in German in 1990, this excellent translation and update of Greschat s important work has finally been made available in English. This translation includes an additional chapter that summarizes Bucer research since the German edition was published. Involved in the preparation of a critical edition of Bucer s work, Greschat ably places Bucer s work in its historical and political context. Greschat ...

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