{"id":259,"date":"2016-08-31T13:58:18","date_gmt":"2016-08-31T17:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/history\/?p=259"},"modified":"2016-08-31T13:58:18","modified_gmt":"2016-08-31T17:58:18","slug":"dr-shaffern-helps-commemorate-the-500th-anniversary-of-the-german-reformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/history\/2016\/08\/31\/dr-shaffern-helps-commemorate-the-500th-anniversary-of-the-german-reformation\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Shaffern Helps Commemorate the 500th Anniversary of the German Reformation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/history\/files\/2016\/08\/reformation-day-germany.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-260\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/history\/files\/2016\/08\/reformation-day-germany-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"reformation-day-germany\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/history\/files\/2016\/08\/reformation-day-germany-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/history\/files\/2016\/08\/reformation-day-germany.jpg 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From June 26 until July 6, Dr. Robert Shaffern of the History Department took part in a seminar on the Protestant Reformation at the invitation of the Studienforum Berlin, a non-for-profit scholarly institute in Berlin, Germany. This seminar was held in anticipation of the 500<sup>th<\/sup> anniversary of the initiation of the Reformation in Germany. For two weeks, participants in the seminar presented their thoughts on various aspects of the thought of Martin Luther; discussions among the participants followed these presentations. Presenters confronted such topics as Luther\u2019s reaction to the Peasants\u2019 War of 1525, his anti-Judaism, his liturgical and theological innovations, and his continuing legacy in German history. In addition to Berlin, the seminar also held\u00a0sessions in Wittenberg, Torgau, Erfurt and Eisenach.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; From June 26 until July 6, Dr. Robert Shaffern of the History Department took part in a seminar on the Protestant Reformation at the invitation of the Studienforum Berlin, a non-for-profit scholarly institute in Berlin, Germany. This seminar was &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/history\/2016\/08\/31\/dr-shaffern-helps-commemorate-the-500th-anniversary-of-the-german-reformation\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":260,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/260"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=259"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":261,"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/259\/revisions\/261"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.scranton.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}