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Re:Luther's World: Understanding the man who was the powerho... by mafribe on Monday May 08, 2017 @02:29PM (#14294250)
I would argue that Islam is currently undergoing it's reformation: to Wahabism.

Its printing press is the internet.

And it's the best funded reformation imaginable, all that oil money goes towards spreading a variant of Islam that does not threaten the House of Saud.

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Re:Luther's World: Understanding the man who was the powerho... by Animats on Monday May 08, 2017 @03:27PM (#14294766)
Good point. Wahhabism is Islam's stricter branch, of course. It's in the opposite direction from Luther.
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Re:Luther's World: Understanding the man who was the powerho... by ralfd on Tuesday May 09, 2017 @02:11AM (#14298058)
Protestantism was not Luther alone (think Calvin). Taking the bible literally (sola scriptura) and preaching outside of established church channels, led to a blooming of different sects, to pietism, Beeldenstorm, puritanism and religious fervor.
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Re:Luther's World: Understanding the man who was the powerho... by dragonwriter on Tuesday May 09, 2017 @02:25AM (#14298101)
> Taking the bible literally (sola scriptura)

Sola scriptura is the doctrine that the Bible alone is infallible foundation of faith. It necessarily includes the doctrine of Biblical infallibility (the belief that the Bible, understood correctly, contains no morally erroneous teachings), but is orthogonal to the doctrine of Biblical literalism (the belief that the correct reading every part of the Bible is a literal one.)

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