 The majority of Hegel’s references to Luther occur in the lectures on the philosophy of religion, and on philosophy of history, and on the history of philosophy, where in the case of the last two, these are largely in the sections on the Reformation more generally. The context therefore means that in these explicit discussions, Hegel is considering Luther’s place in subsequent historical developments. In general, Hegel presents Luther as ushering in a new era of internality and individuality, as religion becomes less a matter of unthinkingly following established authorities and rituals that are external and alien, and more a matter of grasping the truth for oneself and feeling at one with it, thus ushering in a distinctive form of “Christian freedom”: 