Genius of Luther's Theology A Wittenberg Way of Thinking for the Contemporary Church

Name: Genius of Luther's Theology A Wittenberg Way of Thinking for the Contemporary Church
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ISBN: 9780801031809

ISBN-10: 080103180X

ISBN-13: 9780801031809

Edition: 2007

Authors: Robert Kolb, Charles P. Arand

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This volume offers a unique approach to the study of the great German reformer, Martin Luther. Robert Kolb and Charles Arand offer an introduction to two significant themes that form the heart of Luther??'s theology. The first theme concerns what it means to be truly human. For Luther, ???passive righteousness??? described the believer??'s response to God??'s grace. But there was also an ???active righteousness??? that defined the relationship of the believer to the world. The second theme involves God??'s relation to his creation through his Word, first creating and then redeeming the world. Clergy and general readers will find here a helpful introduction to Luther??'s theology and its…

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List price: $26.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Baker Academic
Publication date: 2/1/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 240
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Charles P. Arand (ThD, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis) holds the Waldemar and June Schuette Chair in Systematic Theology at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri. He is the author of That I May Be His Own: An Overview of Luther's Catechisms and Testing the Boundaries: Windows to Lutheran Identity.



Abbreviations


Introduction: The Genius of Luther's Thought



"Our Theology": Luther's Definition of the Human Creature through "Two Kinds of Righteousness"



Luther's Anthropological Matrix



The Core of Human Identity



The Shape of Human Performance



The Subversion of Our Human Identity



The Dynamic of Faith



When the Word Is Spoken, All Things Are Possible: Luther and the Word of God



The Functions of the Word



The Enfleshed and Written Forms of God's Word



The "Means of Grace" as Forms of God's Word



God's Word Takes Form as His People Convey It to One Another


Conclusion: Thinking with Luther in the Twenty-first Century


Bibliography


Index