Free in Deed: The Heart of Lutheran Ethics


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Free in Deed serves as a primer in Lutheran ethics for faith and the church as the body of Christ. It captures the fruit of Craig L. Nessans teaching of ethics and his research and reflection on Christian ethical existence over his entire career. The heart of Lutheran ethics Nessan claims involves serving neighbors. When Christ sets us free indeed (John 8:36) we are set free to serve others in deed.Ethics involves intentional and disciplined reflection together in community on the choices we must make in living out our lives in the world. While the focus on loving the neighbor is not unique to Lutheran ethics the author contends in this book that it is the most distinctive feature of ethics in the Lutheran perspective. To that end Nessan explores biblical authority and Lutheran hermeneutics alongside the authority of the traditional elements of tradition reason and experience. He moves on to explore what gospel freedom looks like in the current American context.Nessan acknowledges the misinterpretation of Luthers two-kingdoms teaching opting to describe Luthers two kingdoms as Gods two strategies to bring forth the kingdom (shalom) of God. Also addressed are the themes of justification and sanctification the vocation of the universal priesthood the ethics of the cross Lutheran ethics and political advocacy and the ethics of forgiveness.The book is accessibly written with theology students pastors and interested lay readers in mind.
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