Luther's Treatise On Christian Freedom and Its Legacy
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2019
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic (Verlag)
978-1-9787-1065-8 (ISBN)
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic (Verlag)
978-1-9787-1065-8 (ISBN)
This book analyzes Luther’s treatise On Christian Freedom and its revolutionary re-definition of what it means to be Christian as one freed by Christ from sin, the accusation of God’s law, and death in order to be bound or bonded to the neighbor. Placing the treatise in its historical context, Robert Kolb examines its impact to the present day.
This book analyzes Luther’s treatise On Christian Freedom and its revolutionary re-definition of what it means to be Christian as one freed by Christ from sin, the accusation of God’s law, and death in order to be bound or bonded to the neighbor. Robert Kolb puts the treatise in its historical context, tracing its key ideas as they developed out of his medieval background, and as they continued to mature throughout his life. A contextual analysis of the text accompanies an overview of how this treatise was used or ignored throughout subsequent centuries, including the more extensive impact it has had in the last half century.
This book analyzes Luther’s treatise On Christian Freedom and its revolutionary re-definition of what it means to be Christian as one freed by Christ from sin, the accusation of God’s law, and death in order to be bound or bonded to the neighbor. Robert Kolb puts the treatise in its historical context, tracing its key ideas as they developed out of his medieval background, and as they continued to mature throughout his life. A contextual analysis of the text accompanies an overview of how this treatise was used or ignored throughout subsequent centuries, including the more extensive impact it has had in the last half century.
Robert Kolb is professor of systematic theology emeritus at Concordia Seminary, Saint Louis.
1. Luther: A Life Lived Freely
2. Martin Luther’s On the Freedom of a Christian or On Christian Freedom
3. Luther’s Most Beloved Writing? The Unfolding History of On Christian Freedom
Erscheinungsdatum | 24.11.2019 |
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Reihe/Serie | Mapping the Tradition |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 160 x 232 mm |
Gewicht | 435 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte |
Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Religionsgeschichte | |
Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte | |
ISBN-10 | 1-9787-1065-8 / 1978710658 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-9787-1065-8 / 9781978710658 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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