Encounters with Luther
Subtitle: new directions for critical studies
By: edited by Kirsi I. Stjerna and Brooks Schramm
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Published: 2016
Place of publication: Louisville, Kentucky
Language: eng
Number of pages: 281
ISBN-13: 9780664262167
Subjects: Doctrinal Theology; Theology
Description: "The book examines Luther and Lutheran theological traditions along with their historical foundations and with a focus on relevant contemporary issues and ecumenical collegiality. Topics range from sacraments and marriage to violence and gender and sexuality to spiritual care, politics, and suffering. Chapters are based on the annual Luther Colloquy proceedings at Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg. The articles represent a diverse range of authors and methodologies that reward readers with relevant and genuinely contemporary and practical applications of Luthers thought."--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Searching for the common ground. A common teacher, doctor communis?: the ecumenical significance of Martin Luther / Eero Huovinen; title: Wrestling with demons and violence. To hell (and back) with Luther: the dialectic of Anfechtung and faith / Denis R. Janz; title: Luther on the devil / Volker Leppin; title: Warrior saints: warfare and violence in Martin Luther's readings of some Old Testament texts / Mickey L. Mattox; title: Why war is a moral necessity for America, or, how realistic is realism? / Stanley Hauerwas; title: Reimagining theologies of the cross. The theology of the cross: a usable past / Douglas John Hall; title: Usus crucis: the use and abuse of the cross and the practice of resurrection / Vitor Westhelle; title: Becoming a feminist theologian of the cross / Deanna A. Thompson; title: Sex and marriage matters. "The mother of all earthly laws": the Lutheran Reformation of marriage / John Witte Jr.; title: Luther on marriage, for gay and straight / Kirsi I. Stjerna; title: Sharing the sacraments. Luther and the Reformed eucharist: what Luther said, or might have said, about Calvin / B.A. Gerrish; title: Finitum est capax infiniti: Luther's radical incarnational perspective / Kurt K. Hendel; title: Spiritual care. Praying amid life's perils: how Luther used biblical examples to teach prayer / Mary Jane Haemig; title: Luther's in-depth theology and theological therapy: using self psychology and a little Jung / Peter D.S. Krey; title: The word transforming the world. "Christ has nothing to do with politics": Martin Luther and the societal order / Hans J. Hillerbrand; title: Luther on government responsibility for the poor / Carter Lindberg; title: Martin Luther's concept of sola scriptura and its impact on the masses: a Dalit model for praxis-nexus / Surekha Nelavala; title: Critical issues to embrace. Suffering and the theology of the cross from a feminist perspective / Anna Madsen; title: "Like a sow entering a synagogue" / Brooks Schramm.