Becoming Lutheran: The Community of Brunswick from Evangelical Reform to Lutheran Culture

What did the Lutheran Reformation look like in a specific locality? Rev. Dr. John A. Maxfield reveals this by detailing the intellectual, personal, social, and political influences and events that shaped the Lower-Saxon town of Brunswick on its journey from evangelical reform to Lutheran culture. Lay historians, students, and clergy alike will see with great clarity how the spark of Luther’s evangelical teaching ignited in one particular community amidst ecclesiastical and political challenges.