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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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 |
Index | 358 |
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
Popular passages
Page 335 - Philosophy is written in this grand book, the universe, which stands continually open to our gaze. But the book cannot be understood unless one first learns to comprehend the language and read the letters in which it is composed. It is written in the language of mathematics, and its characters are triangles, circles, and other geometric figures without which it is humanly impossible to understand a single word of it; without these, one wanders about in a dark labyrinth.
Page 93 - whether Paul or Apollos or Cephas or the world or life or death or the present or the future, all are yours; "and you are Christ's; and Christ is God's.
Page 91 - Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law by becoming a curse for us, for it is written, "Cursed is everyone who is hung on a tree.
Page 77 - O the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!
Page 136 - To obtain such faith God instituted the office of the ministry, that is, provided the Gospel and the sacraments. Through these, as through means, he gives the Holy Spirit, who works faith, when and where he pleases, in those who hear the Gospel.
Page 157 - If he refuses to listen to them, tell it to the church; and if he refuses to listen even to the church, let him be to you as a Gentile and a tax collector.
Page 156 - If another member of the church sins against you, go and point out the fault when the two of you are alone. If the member listens to you, you have regained that one.
Page 318 - EPICURUS'S old questions are yet unanswered. Is he willing to prevent evil, but not able? then is he impotent. Is he able, but not willing? then is he malevolent. Is he both able and willing? whence then is evil?
References to this book
Meeting Jesus at University: Rites of Passage and Student Evangelicals Edward Dutton Limited preview - 2008 |