DaleDe: Of course he meant liberation. And of course there was anti-semitism in Europe before Luther. But arguably Luther endowed it with a new force and even a new meaning. In any event, I was annoyed by his smug and complacent comments. The future of the world will probably not be determined by the West or by Protestants (or by people who can't bring themselves to try a new technology like Kindle/epaper).
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