From Wittenberg to the World: Essays on the Reformation and its Legacy in Honor of Robert Kolb

by Charles Arand (Contribution by), Lubomir Batka (Contribution by), Amy Nelson Burnett (Contribution by), Irene Dingel (Contribution by), Scott H. Hendrix (Contribution by)

Overview

The book honours the Rev. Dr. Robert A Kolb, retired Director of the Institute for Mission Studies and Missions Professor in systematic theology at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, and perhaps the leading authority on the development of 'Wittenberg Theology' in the English-speaking world. At the same time, his teaching and writing, which continues without flagging, has emphasized the importance of translating and retranslating the historic Lutheran faith in terms that address contemporary issues and contemporary people. In this volume, colleagues and co-workers address and push forward Kolb insights into the history of the Reformation era and on the impact of those Reformation issues (and quarrels) on the life of the church in the world today. With contributions by Charles Arand, L'ubomir Batka, Amy Nelson Burnett, Irene Dingel, Mary Jane Haemig, Scott Hendrix, Erik Herrmann, Werner Klan, David Lumpp, Mark Mattes, Daniel Mattson, Richard Muller, Paul Robinson, Robert Rosin, and Timothy Wengert.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783525531266
Publisher:	V&R Academic
Publication date:	05/14/2018
Series:	Refo500 Academic Studies (R5AS) , #50
Edition description:	Aufl.
Pages:	358
Product dimensions:	6.06(w) x 9.09(h) x (d)

About the Author

Rev. Charles P. Arand, PhD., is the Eugene E. and Neil S. Fincke Graduate Professor of Theology and Systematic Theology at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO, USA.

Rev. Erik H. Herrmann, PhD. is Associate Professor of Historical Theology and Director of the Center for Reformation Research at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO, USA.

Rev. Daniel L. Mattson, PhD., is retired from International Mission of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod, and serves in the Academic Staff at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, MO, USA.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations 9

Introduction - The Editors 11

From Wittenberg

Luther's Exposition of Psalms 1-25 at Coburg (1530) L'ubomír Batka 21

"Instructed with the Greatest Diligence Concerning the Holy Sacrament" Communion Preparation in the Early Years of the Reformation Amy Nelson Burnett 47

Living in the Light of the End: Reformation Sermons on Advent 2 Mary Jane Haemig 67

Martin Luther's Bauernkrieg Scott Hendrix 81

Conflicts on Righteousness and Imputation in Early Lutheranism. The Case of Georg Karg (1512-1576) Erik H. Herrmann 93

Exploring Luther's "For Me" Kind of Creed Guntis Kalme 109

Promise, Liberty, and Persecution: Exploring Philip Melanchthon's Contextual Theology David Lumpp 123

What Did Luther Know about Islam, and Why Did He Want to Know It? Daniel L. Mattson 143

Lutheran Natural Theology in the Early Modern Era. A Preliminary Glance Richard A. Muller 173

"One Foot Already Out of the Grave": Luther Preaches the Resurrection Paul Robinson 193

Justifying the Variata: Observations on Melanchthon's 1540 Edition of the Augsburg Confession Timothy Wengert 207

To the World

"I Am God's Creature!" Luther's Confession of the First Article of the Creed Charles P. Arand 229

Reformation and Confessional Identity As a Two-Phase Model? The Process of Differentiation in the Development of Lutheranism Irene Dingel 249

God's Word Is the Place Where God Dwells. Impetuses for a Confessional-Lutheran Conversation about Ways to Read Holy Scripture Werner Klän 263

Luther's Theological Aesthetics Mark Mattes 291

Looking Around with New Eyes: A Certain Modesty As a Way to See Robert Rosin 309

Robert Kolb Bibliography. 2017-1968 Ruth A. Mattson Compiler 327

The Editors and Authors 357