The Theology of Martin Luther : a Critical Assessment.
Does Martin Luther have anything to say to us today? Nearly five-hundred years after the beginning of the Reformation, Hans-Martin Barth explores that question in this comprehensive and critical evaluation of Luther's theology. Rich in its extent and in its many facets, Barth's didacticall...
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Fortress Press,
2012.
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Table of Contents:
- Preface; Part I. Approach: Points of Entry and Difficulties of Access; 1 Luther: Objectively and/or Subjectively; 2 Methodological Problems; 3 Entry Points; 4 Difficulties in Approaching Luther; Part II. Perceptions: Luther's Theology as Provocation; 5 Alternatives: Between Cross and Self-Determination; 6 Breakthrough: From the Hidden to the Revealed God; 7 Tension: Between Law and Gospel; 8 Identity: ̀̀Both Sinner and Justified''; 9 Dialectics: Freedom and Limitation; 10 Complementarity: Word and Sacrament; 11 Struggle: Between the ̀̀True'' and the ̀̀False'' Church.
- 12 Division of Labor: God's Left and Right Hands13 Christian Existence: Secular and Spiritual; 14 Intercalation: Time and Eternal Life; 15 Conflict: Between Theology and Philosophy; 16 Rivalry: Between Sacred Scripture and Human Tradition; Part III. Consequences: With Luther beyond Luther; 17 What Endures; 18 What We Should Let Go; 19 What Needs to Be Developed; 20 Martin Luther's Theology: Existentially Inspiring and Open for Global Integration; Appendix: Technical Notes; Abbreviations; Selected Bibliography; Indexes; Biblical citations; Index of Names; Index of Subjects.