The Essence of Faith According to Luther Author:Ludwig Feuerbach Translated with an introduction by Melvin Cherno. — This Polemic, written in 1844, is convenient as an introduction to the study of the thought of Ludwig Feuerbach. LUTHER foreshadows the later stages of Feuerbach's religious investigations, and is an excellent example of the style and method of most of his other works. — Reflecting on the thought... more » and life of Luther, the author stumbles upon the fact that Western man's sense of identity was shaped decisively by his struggle to appropriate his faith in the divine person, the so-named Son of God. Can it be that, in the historical order of evolving consciousness, the key to anthropology in the West has been theology?« less