Twentieth-Century Lutheran Theologians

Contributions by David P. Scaer Contributions by Torleiv Austad Contributions by Matthew L. Becker Contributions by Hans Schwarz Contributions by Mark D. Menacher Contributions by Gregory A. Walter Contributions by Michael J. Albrecht Contributions by John T. Pless Contributions by Richard H. Bliese Contributions by Roy A. Harrisville Contributions by Mary Elizabeth Anderson Edited by Mark C. Mattes

Book cover: Twentieth-Century Lutheran Theologians

Extent: 339 pages

Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht

Subjects: Religious Studies

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(August 2013)

ISBN: 9783525550458

6.3 x 9.33 inches

Price: $200.00

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This collection of essays examines important twentieth-century Lutheran theologians, including European and North American voices. Each essay provides an overview of the life and thought of important confessional Lutherans who shaped theology with an ecumenical, world-wide impact


English Summary:This collection of essays examines important twentieth-century Lutheran theologians, including European and North American voices. Each essay provides an overview of the life and thought of important confessional Lutherans who shaped theology with an ecumenical, world-wide impact. The focus here is not on later twentieth-century figures but earlier ones, selected similar to the spirit manifest in Karl Barth’s contention lest we forget where contemporary theology came from (Protestant Theology From Rousseau to Ritschl). The essays composed over the last five years were initiated by Lutheran Quarterly in order to assess our recent past as we move into a new millennium. The goal of each author, each a leading theologian, has been to describe each thinker’s life and vocation and how each thinker’s work continues to impact theology today. German Description:This collection of essays examines important twentieth-century Lutheran theologians, including European and North American voices. Each essay provides an overview of the life and thought of important confessional Lutherans who shaped theology with an ecumenical, world-wide impact. The focus here is not on later twentieth-century figures but earlier ones, selected similar to the spirit manifest in Karl Barth’s contention lest we forget where contemporary theology came from (Protestant Theology From Rousseau to Ritschl). The essays composed over the last five years were initiated by Lutheran Quarterly in order to assess our recent past as we move into a new millennium. The goal of each author, each a leading theologian, has been to describe each thinker’s life and vocation and how each thinker’s work continues to impact theology today.

  • Contributions by David P. Scaer
  • Contributions by Torleiv Austad
  • Contributions by Matthew L. Becker
  • Contributions by Hans Schwarz
  • Contributions by Mark D. Menacher
  • Contributions by Gregory A. Walter
  • Contributions by Michael J. Albrecht
  • Contributions by John T. Pless
  • Contributions by Richard H. Bliese
  • Contributions by Roy A. Harrisville
  • Contributions by Mary Elizabeth Anderson
  • Edited by Mark C. Mattes

"This volume cannot be evaluated too highly and students of theology cannot be urged too forcefully to read it. It must be taken in hand. It must be read. It must of necessity be digested." -- Jim West, Quartz Hill School of Theology