Twentieth Century Lutheran Theologians

Author : Mark C. Mattes
Publisher : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2013-08-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783647550459

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This collection of essays examines important twentieth-century Lutheran theologians, including European and North American voices. Each essay provides an overview of the life and thought of important confessional Lutherans who shaped theology with an ecumenical, world-wide impact. The focus here is not on later twentieth-century figures but earlier ones, selected similar to the spirit manifest in Karl Barth's contention »lest we forget where contemporary theology came from« (Protestant Theology From Rousseau to Ritschl). The essays composed over the last five years were initiated by Lutheran Quarterly in order to assess our recent past as we move into a new millennium. The goal of each author, each a leading theologian, has been to describe each thinker's life and vocation and how each thinker's work continues to impact theology today.

Author : Mark Mattes
Publisher : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2013-08-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 3525550456

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Twentieth-Century Lutheran Theologians by Mark Mattes Pdf

This collection of essays examines important twentieth-century Lutheran theologians, including European and North American voices. Each essay provides an overview of the life and thought of important confessional Lutherans who shaped theology with an ecumenical, world-wide impact. The focus here is not on later twentieth-century figures but earlier ones, selected similar to the spirit manifest in Karl Barth’s contention »lest we forget where contemporary theology came from« (Protestant Theology From Rousseau to Ritschl). The essays composed over the last five years were initiated by Lutheran Quarterly in order to assess our recent past as we move into a new millennium. The goal of each author, each a leading theologian, has been to describe each thinker’s life and vocation and how each thinker’s work continues to impact theology today.

Author : Matthew L. Becker,Günter Frank,Ute Lotz-Heumann,Barbara Mahlmann-Bauer,Johannes Schilling,Günther Wassilowsky,Siegrid Westphal,Tarald Rasmussen,Mathijs Lamberigts,Bruce Gordon,David M. Whitford
Publisher : Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2015-12-09
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783647551302

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Nineteenth-Century Lutheran Theologians by Matthew L. Becker,Günter Frank,Ute Lotz-Heumann,Barbara Mahlmann-Bauer,Johannes Schilling,Günther Wassilowsky,Siegrid Westphal,Tarald Rasmussen,Mathijs Lamberigts,Bruce Gordon,David M. Whitford Pdf

This collection of essays, a companion volume to the book, Twentieth-Century Lutheran Theologians (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2013), examines important nineteenth-century figures from the perspective of contemporary European and North-American scholars. Each essay provides an overview of the life and central ideas of a key Lutheran/Protestant theologian who has had a significant impact on theological reflection down to the present. The focus here is on those thinkers who were active between 1799 (the year when Schleiermacher's Speeches appeared) and the First World War. These are individuals who deserve repeated examination, whose insights are still worth pondering today, and whose theological positions help us to understand better "where contemporary theology has come from" (Karl Barth). All of the essays were initiated by the journal Lutheran Quarterly in order to assess our theological heritage as we move further into a new millennium. The goal of the authors, each a leading theologian, has been to describe a given thinker's life and vocation and how that person's work continues to impact theology today.

Author : Carl E. Braaten,Robert W. Jenson
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1451404816

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A Map of Twentieth-Century Theology by Carl E. Braaten,Robert W. Jenson Pdf

The only one-volume anthology of twentieth- century theology. Indispensable to understanding the advent and import of today's radically pluralistic scene, this unique historical anthology presents thirty- seven signal readings from key theologians of this century. Outstanding interpreters of these figures and their generative ideas, Braaten and Jenson offer solid and sympathetic introductions and a clear scheme, a roadmap that makes sense of the fundamental and formative questions, concerns, "schools," and movements that have animated the theological enterprise in this explosive century from 1900 right up to the threshold of contemporary currents.

Author : Carl E. Braaten
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725240704

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Because of Christ by Carl E. Braaten Pdf

Carl Braaten’s memoirs tell the story of his life as a theologian, from his early years as a missionary kid in Madagascar to his years of study at the universities of Paris, Harvard, Heidelberg, and Oxford to his decades of teaching. Throughout the book, he delves into the many theological movements, controversies, and personalities that shaped his thinking and writing. Braaten’s fight for the faith is reflected in his theological work―spoken and written―that tangles with the “isms” of the surrounding culture of American religion. Because of Christ is more than simply a biography; it is a chronicle of the chief theological conflicts of the twentieth century that put the integrity of the gospel to the test.

Author : Steven D. Paulson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2011-02-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780567646651

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Lutheran Theology by Steven D. Paulson Pdf

This title offers an introduction for students and lay readers to doing theology in the Lutheran tradition. Lutheran theology found its source, and so its name in Martin Luther in the 16th century. The theology that emerged identified two essential matters for the relationship between humans and God, the law and the gospel. It made a simple but extremely unusual and controversial claim - that it was not the law that made a person right before God's final judgment, but the gospel of Christ's death on the cross for sinners. This book will lay out the implications of having all theology, and so all that can be said of God, humans and creation confessed and delivered in two parts: I, the sinner; and God, the justifier. Doing Theology introduces the major Christian traditions and their way of theological reflection. These volumes focus on the origins of a particular theological tradition, its foundations, key concepts, eminent thinkers and historical development. The series is aimed readers who want to learn more about their own theological heritage and identity: theology undergraduates, students in ministerial training and church study groups.

Author : Carl E. Braaten
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2021-10-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1892921405

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A Harvest of Lutheran Dogmatics and Ethics by Carl E. Braaten Pdf

This book is an invaluable survey and memoir of 20th century coming-of-age American Lutheran theology and the fractious company of theologians who made it happen. Written as a "participant observer" in the story he tells, it not only offers crisp summaries of theological ideas but also unique insight into the persons and events from which the ideas came.

Author : George Harinck,Dirk van Keulen
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-01-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789004389168

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Vicissitudes of Reformed Theology in the Twentieth Century by George Harinck,Dirk van Keulen Pdf

Preliminary Material /George Harinck and Dirk van Keulen --Introduction /George Harinck and Dirk van Keulen --Swiss Reformed Theology in the Twentieth Century /Christian Zangger --Reformed Theology in Germany in the Twentieth Century /Georg Plasger --A Christianized Society according to Reformed Principles: Theological Developments in The Netherlands in the Twentieth Century /Abraham van de Beek --The Theological Course of the Reformed Churches in The Netherlands /Dirk van Keulen --From Common Grace to Secularization /Barend Kamphuis --Reformed Theology in Britain in the Twentieth Century: A Bibliographical Survey /Allan Sell --The Theological Reflection of the Transylvanian Reformed Church in the Twentieth Century /Botond Gudor and Foka van de Beek --From Princeton to Wheaton: /John Bolt --Reconciling Two Kingdoms and One Lord: Conservative Presbyterians and Political Liberalism in the United States /Darryl Hart --On Adventures and Misfortunes: More Stories about Reformed Theology in South Africa /Dirkie Smit --'Our own Point of View ... ': /Dolf Britz --A Reformed-Theological Perspective on the Gereformeerde Kerke in Suid-Afrika and Apartheid /Dries le Roux du Plooy --An Historical Survey of the Church and Theology of the Reformed Tradition in Korea /Yung-Jae Kim --List of Contributors /George Harinck and Dirk van Keulen --Index of Names /George Harinck and Dirk van Keulen.

Author : Fred Perry Hall
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2024-01-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781498282215

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The Lutheran Theology of the Holy Spirit by Fred Perry Hall Pdf

Questions about Lutherans and the Holy Spirit? This book probes Lutheranism from Luther to the Formula of Concord (1517–1577) and presents a striking consistency regarding the Holy Spirit among Lutheran Reformers. The Holy Spirit dominated Luther’s writing, not only in theology, but in all aspects of living out God’s will. Six of the theologians researched in this book were also pastors dealing with enormous challenges from government interference, war, religious disputes, and, as Luther declared, “The rage of the devil.” The solution was not brilliant arguments or “best practices.” The solution to a Christian’s guilty conscience or lukewarm faith was not trying harder or doing good works. Rather, it was to confess failure, to eliminate self-dependence, and to cry out to the Holy Spirit, who alone is totally sufficient in every situation. Theologians, pastors, missionaries, Sunday-school teachers, workers and retirees, moms and dads, students and kids—everyone—is powerless to accomplish anything in the kingdom of God. Only the Holy Spirit is able to change hearts and meet needs. He graciously responds to all who call. Yes, the work of the Holy Spirit and his power is Lutheran, for Luther in the sixteenth century and for Lutherans today.

Author : James Ambrose Lee II
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2022-01-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110761245

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Confessional Lutheranism and German Theological Wissenschaft by James Ambrose Lee II Pdf

This book investigates the relationship between nineteenth-century German theological Wissenschaft and the emergence of confessional Lutheranism. It argues that the first generation of confessional Lutherans contributed to the discourse over the nature of theological Wissenschaft. Part I examines the intellectual context of nineteenth-century theological Wissenschaft. Chapter 2 presents Kant’s and Schelling’s conceptions of Wissenschaft in relationship to theology. Chapter 3 analyzes Schleiermacher’s contribution to the debate about the integrity of theology as a Wissenschaft, and concludes by considering the developments represented by F.C. Baur and Albrecht Ritschl. Part II investigates the different Lutheran approaches to theological Wissenschaft represented by Adolf Harleß, August Vilmar, and Johannes von Hofmann. Chapter 4 examines Harleߒs Theologische Encyklopädie as the first expression towards a confessional Lutheran Wissenschaft. Chapter 5 highlights Vilmar’s antagonistic posture towards modern German theology, while attending to his construction of an alternative approach to modern theology. Chapters 6 and 7 contextualize Hofmann against the landscape of German theology, while situating his theological Wissenschaft within his contentious work Der Schriftbeweis. Chapter 8 reflects upon these efforts at establishing a theological Wissenschaft in service to the church and the university.

Author : Carl E. Braaten
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1451404840

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Principles of Lutheran Theology by Carl E. Braaten Pdf

First published in 1983, Principles of Lutheran Theology has guided students into theological reflection on the landmarks of Christian faith as understood in the Lutheran confessional heritage for a generation. The book sets forth the main principles of classical Lutheran theology but with an eschatological accent. Canon, confession, ecumenicity, Christ-centeredness, sacrament, law/ gospel, and two kingdoms are all examined not only in terms of their original meaning and historical development but also in light of current reflections. In this new edition, Braaten takes stock of the research and reflection of the last twenty-five years and also adds a chapter on the distinctive, Archimedean Lutheran insight into the hiddenness of God as a fount or ground of all theologizing. This new edition, cross-referenced to key readings in Luther's Works and The Book of Concord, will both equip and facilitate the search for a contemporary articulation of Christian identity in light of the church's historic commitments.

Author : Mark Granquist,Eric Lund
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 815 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2017-11-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781506416656

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A Documentary History of Lutheranism, Volumes 1 and 2 by Mark Granquist,Eric Lund Pdf

This unique collection of excerpts from Lutheran historical documents--many translated here for the first time--presents readers with a full picture of how the Lutheran movement developed in its thought and practice. Covering not only theology but also church life, popular piety, and influential historical events, the primary documents include theological treatises, confessional statements, liturgical texts, devotional writings, hymns, letters and diaries, satirical polemics, political documents, woodcuts, and pamphlet literature. This first volume covers the chronological period from Luther‘s first calls for reform to the development of Lutheran Orthodoxy and Pietism during the seventeenth century. The judiciously selected and carefully translated texts as well as the contextualizing information provided in each chapter‘s introductory essay acquaint readers with the turbulence and fervor of this revolutionary Christian movement, its struggles for survival and consolidation, and its further evolution up to the dawn of the Enlightenment.

Author : Günther Gassmann,Mark W. Oldenburg
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 561 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2011-10-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780810874824

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Historical Dictionary of Lutheranism by Günther Gassmann,Mark W. Oldenburg Pdf

The Reformation of the 16th century was a complex and multifaceted political, social, cultural, and religious process. Most historians agree, however, that in the framework of this process it was the religious and theological efforts to reform and renew the late medieval church—decadent and irrelevant in many ways—that were the initiating forces that set a broad historical movement in motion. Among these reforming religious and theological forces, the Lutheran reform movement was the most important and influential one. It was the historical impact of the theological genius of the Wittenberg professor Martin Luther (1483-1546) that profoundly changed and shaped the face of Europe and beyond. Today, Lutheranism has become a worldwide communion of churches that stretches from Germany to Siberia, Papua New Guinea, Madagascar, and Surinam. The second edition of the Historical Dictionary of Lutheranism presents information on major theological issues, historical developments of Lutheranism worldwide, Lutheran ecumenical and missionary involvement and activities, worship and liturgy, spirituality, social ethics, inter-religious and Jewish relations, Lutheranism and the arts, theology, and important representatives of Lutheranism. This is done through a detailed chronology, an introductory essay, an appendix of Lutheran Churches, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Lutheranism.

Author : Joseph Sittler
Publisher : Augsburg Books
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2004-11-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1451411812

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Gravity and Grace by Joseph Sittler Pdf

This newly revised edition provides insights from one of the leading Lutheran theologians of the twentieth century. The essays and reflections gathered in this volume provoke readers to think about and discuss topics such as risk and faith, nature and grace, the Word of God and genuine theology, real education, the beauty and meaning of language, necessary personal choices, aging, and social issues. Study questions are provided to encourage group discussion.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1043856145

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Nineteenth-Century Lutheran Theologians by Anonim Pdf