Liberating Lutheran Theology

Liberating Lutheran Theology
Author: Paul S. Chung
Publisher: Studies in Lutheran History an
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780800697785

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Spanning the continents, three internationally respected theologians demonstrate how the thought and legacy of Martin Luther can serve in an ecumenical and interfaith context as a resource for a radical critique of global economics and culture. Lutheran Christianity originated in its own era of economic and cultural crisis. One of the great misinterpretations of Martin Luther has considered his heritage as fundamentally reactionary, seeking to preserve the political status quo. Instead, set free by the biblical message of liberation, this book wields Luther's theology to engage the reality of poverty, hunger, oppression, and ecological degradation caused by an imperial capitalism as the most urgent theological issues in the contemporary world. The volume demonstrates the liberating possibilities of theology done out of a biblical and Lutheran perspective for the economic and cultural crises facing the church in the present century.

Liberating Luther

Liberating Luther
Author: Vitor Westhelle
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Total Pages: 253
Release: 2021
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1506469620

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Until his untimely death, Vitor Westhelle's incisive scholarship shaped a generation. As a continuation of that legacy, presented here for the first time in English is a collection of Westhelle's Portuguese-language essays. In this collection, he addresses the most important issues of our day, including the cross and death, the ecological crisis, the ecumenical movement, the church's misuse of power, Luther's law-gospel dialectic, and the role of European theology in the conquest of the Americas.

Luther and Liberation

Luther and Liberation
Author: Walter Altmann
Publisher: Fortress Press
Total Pages: 462
Release: 2016-02-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1506408036

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With the approach of the 500th anniversary of Martin Luther’s inauguration of the Protestant Reformation and the burgeoning dialogue between Catholics and Lutherans opened under Pope Francis, this new edition of Walter Altmann’s Luther and Liberation is timely and relevant. Luther and Liberation recovers the liberating and revolutionary impact of Luther’s theology, read afresh from the perspective of the Latin American context. Altmann provides a much-needed reassessment of Luther’s significance today through a direct engagement of Luther’s historical situation with an eye keenly situated on the deeply contextual situation of the contemporary reader, giving a localized reading from the author’s own experience in Latin America. The work examines with fresh vigor Luther’s central theological commitments, such as his doctrine of God, Christology, justification, hermeneutics, and ecclesiology, and his forays into economics, politics, education, violence, and war. This new edition greatly expands the original text with fresh scholarship and updated sources, footnotes, and bibliography, and contains several additional new chapters on Luther’s doctrine of God, theology of the sacraments, his controversial perspective on the Jews, and a new comparative account with the Latin American liberation theology tradition.

Lutheran Identity and Political Theology

Lutheran Identity and Political Theology
Author: Carl-Henric Grenholm
Publisher: James Clarke & Company
Total Pages: 250
Release: 2015-03-26
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0227904486

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Lutheran tradition has in various ways influenced attitudes to work, the economy, the state, education, and health care. One reason that Lutheran theology has been interpreted in various ways is that it is always influenced by surrounding social andcultural contexts. In a society where the church has lost a great deal of its cultural impact and authority, and where there is a plurality of religious convictions, the question of Lutheran identity has never been more urgent. However, this question is also raised in the Global South where Lutheran churches need to find their identity in a relationship with several other religions. Here this relationship is developed from a minority perspective. Is it possible to develop a Lutheran political theology that gives adequate contributions to issues concerning social and economic justice? What is the role of women in church and society around the world? Is it possible to interpret Lutheran theology in such a way that it includes liberating perspectives? These are some of the questions and issues discussed in this book.

Liberation Theology for Armchair Theologians

Liberation Theology for Armchair Theologians
Author: Miguel A. De La Torre
Publisher: Presbyterian Publishing Corp
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2013-09-18
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1611643503

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In this helpful addition to the Armchair Theologians series, Miguel A. De La Torre provides a concise overview of the global religious movement known as liberation theology that focuses on defining the major themes of this movement, as well as dispelling some common misconceptions. Liberation theology attempts to reflect upon the divine as understood from the poor, the marginalized, and the disenfranchised. The key figures, historical developments, and interfaith manifestations are all explored in this thorough introduction. Expertly written by De La Torre and accompanied by Ron Hill's illustrations, this book will serve as a primary text for those who may have little knowledge of or have never heard of liberation theology.

Liberation Theology after the End of History

Liberation Theology after the End of History
Author: Daniel Bell
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2006-09-07
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1134545835

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Daniel Bell assesses the impact of Christian resistance to capitalism in Latin America, and the implications of theological debates that have emerged from this. He uses postmodern critical theory to investigate capitalism, its effect upon human desire and the Church's response to it, in a thorough account of the rise, failure and future prospects of Latin American liberation theology.

Principles of Lutheran Theology

Principles of Lutheran Theology
Author: Carl E. Braaten
Publisher: Fortress Press
Total Pages: 164
Release: 1985
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781451404845

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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.

Liberating Exegesis

Liberating Exegesis
Author: Christopher Rowland
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
Total Pages: 228
Release: 1989-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780664250843

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This important book provides a sampling of liberation theology's use of biblical texts, relating it to the "standard" methods of interpretation in Europe and America. Divided into four sections, the book sets out contemporary readings of the parable of Jesus influenced by a liberationist perspective; identifies the biblical and theoretical foundations of liberation theology, comparing them with the dominant exegetical paradigm in the first world; explores the way in which liberation exegesis affects reading the canonical accounts of Jesus; and argues that liberation theology cannot be seen solely as a third-world phenomenon.

Lutheran Theology

Lutheran Theology
Author: Steven D. Paulson
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 302
Release: 2011-04-14
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 0567550001

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The Alternative Luther

The Alternative Luther
Author: Else Marie Wiberg Pedersen
Publisher: Fortress Academic
Total Pages: 368
Release: 2019-09-15
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9781978703810

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This book analyzes Martin Luther and Lutheran theology from the perspective of the subaltern, particularly in the areas of gender and sexuality, economics, and social justice.