Encounters with Luther: New Directions for Critical Studies

Encounters with Luther offers in one volume original primary research from an international and ecumenical pool of scholars. It examines Luther and Lutheran theological traditions along with their historical foundations and with a focus on relevant contemporary issues and ecumenical collegiality. Topics range from sacraments and marriage to violence and gender and sexuality to spiritual care politics and suffering. Chapters are based on the annual Luther Colloquy proceedings at Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg. The articles represent a diverse range of authors and methodologies that reward readers with relevant and genuinely contemporary and practical applications of Luthers thought.Contributors: B. A. Gerrish Mary Jane Haemig Douglass John Hall Stanley Hauerwas Kurt K. Hendel Hans J. Hillerbrand Eero Huovinen Denis R. Janz Peter D. S. Krey Volker Leppin Carter Lindberg Anna Madsen Mickey L. Mattox Surekha Nelavala Brooks Schramm Kirsi I. Stjerna Deanna A. Thompson Vitor Westhelle and John Witte Jr.