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Book SynopsisAs celebrations of the five-hundredth anniversary of Martin Luther''s initiation of the most dramatic reform movement in the history of Christianity approach, 47 essays by historians and theologians from 15 countries provide insight into the background and context, the content, and the impact of his way of thought. Nineteenth-century Chinese educational reformers, twentieth-century African and Indian social reformers, German philosophers and Christians of many traditions on every continent have found in Luther''s writings stimulation and provocation for addressing modern problems. This volume offers studies of the late medieval intellectual milieus in which his thought was formed, the hermeneutical principles that guided his reading and application of the Bible, the content of his formulations of Christian teaching on specific topics, his social and ethic thought, the ways in which his contemporaries, both supporters and opponents, helped shape his ideas, the role of specific genre in
Trade ReviewThis book is well-organized, well-researched, and comprehensive in scope ... This comprehensive collection of essays is a useful aid in helping historians and contemporary theologians to ground theological reflection in an informed historical theology. It has much to offer to Lutherans, Reformed theologians, and beyond. * Ryan M. McGraw, Puritan Reformed Journal *
Table of ContentsI. LUTHER S LIFE; II. THE MEDIEVAL BACKGROUND AND ORIGINS OF LUTHER S THOUGHT; III. THE HERMENEUTICAL PRINCIPLES THAT GUIDED LUTHER S TEACHING AND PREACHING; IV. LUTHER S TREATMENT OF THE TRADITIONAL TOPICS OF WESTERN CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY; V. LUTHER S VIEW OF SANCTIFIED LIVING; VI. THE GENRE IN WHICH LUTHER SHAPED HIS THEOLOGY; VI. THE IMPACT AND RECEPTION OF LUTHER'S THOUGHT IN HISTORY AND IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY
