Nineteenth-Century Lutheran Theologians

Contributions by Christine Helmer Contributions by Christoph Barnbrock Contributions by Carl E. Braaten Contributions by Christoffer H. Grundmann Contributions by Roy A. Harrisville Contributions by Anders Holm Contributions by Darrel Jodock Contributions by Dietz Lange Contributions by Mark C. Mattes Contributions by Lutz Mohaupt Contributions by Mark W. Oldenburg Contributions by David Ratke Contributions by Hans Schwarz Contributions by Mark A. Seifrid Contributions by Carl S. Hughes Edited by Matthew L. Becker Associate editor Günter Frank Associate editor Ute Lotz-Heumann Associate editor Barbara Mahlmann-Bauer Associate editor Johannes Schilling Associate editor Günther Wassilowsky Associate editor Siegrid Westphal Associate editor Tarald Rasmussen Associate editor Mathijs Lamberigts Associate editor Bruce Gordon Associate editor David M. Whitford

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Extent: 359 pages

Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

Subjects: Religious Studies

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(December 2015)

ISBN: 9783525551301

6.3 x 9.33 inches

Price: $188.00

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This collection of essays examines important nineteenth-century figures from the perspective of contemporary European and North-American scholars. Each essay provides an overview of the life and central ideas of a key Lutheran/Protestant theologian who has had a significant impact on theological reflection down to the present. The focus here is on those thinkers who were active between 1799 (the year when Schleiermacher’s Speeches appeared) and the First World War.


This collection of essays, a companion volume to the book, Twentieth-Century Lutheran Theologians (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2013), examines important nineteenth-century figures from the perspective of contemporary European and North-American scholars. Each essay provides an overview of the life and central ideas of a key Lutheran/Protestant theologian who has had a significant impact on theological reflection down to the present. The focus here is on those thinkers who were active between 1799 (the year when Schleiermacher’s Speeches appeared) and the First World War. These are individuals who deserve repeated examination, whose insights are still worth pondering today, and whose theological positions help us to understand better “where contemporary theology has come from” (Karl Barth). All of the essays were initiated by the journal Lutheran Quarterly in order to assess our theological heritage as we move further into a new millennium. The goal of the authors, each a leading theologian, has been to describe a given thinker’s life and vocation and how that person’s work continues to impact theology today.

  • Contributions by Christine Helmer
  • Contributions by Christoph Barnbrock
  • Contributions by Carl E. Braaten
  • Contributions by Christoffer H. Grundmann
  • Contributions by Roy A. Harrisville
  • Contributions by Anders Holm
  • Contributions by Darrel Jodock
  • Contributions by Dietz Lange
  • Contributions by Mark C. Mattes
  • Contributions by Lutz Mohaupt
  • Contributions by Mark W. Oldenburg
  • Contributions by David Ratke
  • Contributions by Hans Schwarz
  • Contributions by Mark A. Seifrid
  • Contributions by Carl S. Hughes
  • Edited by Matthew L. Becker
  • Associate editor Günter Frank
  • Associate editor Ute Lotz-Heumann
  • Associate editor Barbara Mahlmann-Bauer
  • Associate editor Johannes Schilling
  • Associate editor Günther Wassilowsky
  • Associate editor Siegrid Westphal
  • Associate editor Tarald Rasmussen
  • Associate editor Mathijs Lamberigts
  • Associate editor Bruce Gordon
  • Associate editor David M. Whitford