Psychological Analysis of Martin Luther’S Personality & its Influence on Reformist Reading of Christianity (with the Emphasis on Erikson’s Psychological Thought in Young Man Luther)

Author:
Mohammad Hossein Afshari Kermani
Level:
Master
Subject(s):
Abrahamic Religions
Language:
Farsi
Faculty:
Faculty of Religions
Year:
2015
Publisher:
URD Press
Supervisor(s):
Hamid Bakhshandeh Abkenar
Advisor(s):
Mohsen Zandi

The psychological study of social figures especially the reformers is among the necessities of the ajalysis of their movement, of which there is no escape for the researchers of history from them and if this reformation comes to ambit of religion, the need for reasearch includes religious scholars. Martin Luther as a religious reformers managed to in the practice and doctrines of the church and its structure,which reform caused to rise Protestant Lutherian branch within the church. Therefore, from the last time ago, historical analysis of the reformist Martin Luther with Psychological analysis of his character Has been of interest to psychologists, among whom can be mentioned Erik Erikson – was a Psychoanalysis in Freud’s school. Erik Erikson proceeded to Psychological analysis of Martin Luther’s personality and his movement in “young man Luther”. The present research, having explaind some key words such as: religious knowledge and character and etc, is going to deal with genetic and non-genetic factors’ effecting Martin luther ‘s reformist character and his special religious knowledge such as: type and vigor, family, learning and social environment and in the following it expressed about Erikson’s stage of psychosocial development and compared it with Martin Luther’s period of life.  One of the Research achievements In the fourth quarter are that we can’t say that his reformation and type religious Epistemology were only religious concerns or social concerns or resultant of them, but it were other psychological factors that effected on this reformist that must be attention to them.