The Gift of Grace: The Future of Lutheran TheologyNiels Henrik Gregersen This landmark volume, the first of two, assesses the prospects and promise of Lutheran theology at the opening of a new millennium. From four continents, the thirty noted and respected contributors not only gauge how such classic themes as grace, the cross, and justification wear today but also look to key issues of ecumenism, social justice, global religious life, and the impact of contemporary science on Christian belief. |
Contents
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The Grace of God and the Equality of Human Persons | 43 |
Grace Transcendence and Patience A Response to Monica Melanchthon | 60 |
Communicating the Grace of God in a Pluralistic Society | 67 |
Luthers Theology of the Gift | 78 |
CROSS | 87 |
The Power of the Cross Interchange in Paul and Luther | 89 |
Grundtvig and Luther How Was Grundtvig Influenced by Luther? | 194 |
Kierkegaards One Thesis | 205 |
ECUMENICS | 213 |
Lutheran Missiology Struggling to Move from Reactive Reform | 215 |
Holy Scripture Holy Tradition? Ecumenical Prospects for the Lutheran Churches | 229 |
Reformation as an Assertion of the Common Christian Faith | 243 |
WORLD | 251 |
Creation as History | 253 |
The Theology of the Cross Does It Make Sense to Africans? | 101 |
JUSTIFICATION | 115 |
Baptism Justification and the Joint Declaration | 117 |
The Lutheran Confessional Writings and the Future of Lutheran Theology | 131 |
JUSTICE | 145 |
Reconciliation and Forgiveness in an Unjust Society | 147 |
Reconciliation and Forgiveness A Response to Ambrose Moyo | 158 |
The Word and the Mask Revisiting the TwoKingdoms Doctrine | 167 |
COMPARISONS | 179 |
Aquinas Luther and Calvin Toward a Chalcedonian Resolution of the Eucharistic Controversies | 181 |
Lutheran Theology and Everyday Life | 264 |
Pluralism and Identity The TiroKingdoms Doctrine Challenged by Secularization and Privatization | 277 |
An Ecumenical Legacy of Martin Luther and Asian Spiritually | 291 |
SCIENCE | 305 |
Grace Doubt and Evil The Constructive Task of Reformation Theology | 307 |
Grace Doubt and Evil A Response to Ted Peters | 326 |
Science and Scriptural Interpretation | 332 |
The Power of Genes and Molecules On the Relevance of Science for the Liturgical Language of the Church | 344 |
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Common terms and phrases
African Aquinas Baptism become believe biblical BSLK called Calvin Catechism Christian faith church communion concept confession confessional context created creation creatures cross cultural Dalits death dialogue distinction divine divine grace doctrine of justification ecumenical emphasized ethics Eucharist evangelism evil existence favor forgiveness Fortress Press gift giving God's grace Grundtvig hermeneutical Holy Spirit human Ibid identity interpretation issue Jenson Jesus Christ Kierkegaard kingdom language law and gospel liberation liturgy living Lutheran theology Lutheran World Federation means Melanchthon missio Dei missiology mission modern nature oppressed Paul person perspective Peters pluralism present problem question real presence reality reconciliation reflection Reformation relation relationship religion religious righteousness Roman Catholic sacrament salvation Scripture self-giving sense sinner social society sola sola fide sola gratia sola scriptura Søren Kierkegaard speak suffering teaching theodicy theologians things tion tradition Trinitarian Triune truth two-kingdoms doctrine understanding Word
References to this book
Meeting Jesus at University: Rites of Passage and Student Evangelicals Edward Dutton Limited preview - 2008 |