For a hatchet job on Luther, see “Luther: 500 Years After,” by Russell Shaw, former information director of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops. Shaw praises the republication of Paul Hacker’s 1966 book, The Ego in Faith. Martin Luther and the Origin of Anthropocentric Religion. The new 2017 edition of Hacker comes with “an informative … Continue reading Catholics throw Hacker’s hatchet at Luther