Broken Bonds, with Amy Mantravadi

Amy Mantravadi joins Matt and Alastair to discuss her new novel, the writing of historical fiction, and the Reformation.

Amy Mantravadi, Mere Fi’s snarkiest online critic has written a novel—a historical novel—about the heroes of the Reformation. Matt and Alastair bring her on the show to talk about it, what historical fiction can do that theology can’t, what the central issue of the Reformation was, and what it’s like inside the heads of Luther, Erasmus, and Melanchthon. Plus, Matt gets it exactly right at least once. Stick around to the end for a big announcement about the future of Mere Fidelity.

Links Mentioned: 

Lexham Press Book of the Month 

Merrie Band 

Brad East on Mere Fi 

Amy Mantravadi 

Broken Bonds: A Novel of the Reformation (1), by Amy Mantravadi 

Timestamps

0:00
A Big Tease
1:48
Delighted and Terrified
4:55
Psychologically Intense
10:56
Historical Fiction
15:49
Hazards
23:05
Those Particular Years
29:10
Melanchthon FTW
34:45
The Peasants Are Revolting
45:13
Ambivalence
50:17
Mythological Force

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