unifying force and gave rise to many important aspects of German cultural identity.12 If we want to appropriate the German Luther in a global context, we need to figure out the relationship between the German and the transcultural aspects of his thought. This is not an easy task. We initiate this discussion by relating Luther to other cultural mentalities, beginning with the easiest point of comparison: namely, the mentality of the English-speaking culture. With which early modern figure would an
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