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Luther and liberation : a Latin American perspective / Walter Altmann ; foreword by Leonardo Boff.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Spanish Publisher: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Fortress Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Edition: Revised and expanded second editionDescription: 1 online resource (xxii, 440 pages) : illustration, chartsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781506408033
  • 1506408036
Uniform titles:
  • Confrontación y liberación. English
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Luther and liberation.DDC classification:
  • 284.1/092 22
LOC classification:
  • BR333.2 .A4913 2015eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Luther and Liberation; Luther and Liberation; ; ; Contents; Foreword; Abbreviations; Preface; Overview of Luther's Theology and Work; Luther at the Crossroads Between the Old and the New; Theology with a New Interpretive Key; The God of Life Against All Falsehood of the Idols of Death; In the Cross of Christ, Victory over All Evil; Conversion, Liberation, and Justification; Scripture-Instrument of Life; The Church-Poor People of God; Sacraments; The Reign of God in Church and State; Exercises on Luther's Ethical Positioning; The Political Calling and the Church; Education
The Economy and the CommunityWar; Resistance and Violence; Luther-Defender of the Jews or Anti-Semite?; Luther's Legacy and Liberation Theology; What Did Luther Want, in the End?; Matthew 25:31-46; The Reception of Luther's Concept of Freedom in Latin American Liberation Theology; Epilogue; ; Bibliography; Index of Biblical Passages; Index of Luther's Writings; Index of Names; Index of Subjects
Summary: Luther and Liberation recovers the liberating and revolutionary impact of Luther's theology, read afresh from the perspective of the Latin American context. The work examines with fresh vigor Luther's central theological commitments, such as his doctrine of God, Christology, justification, hermeneutics, and ecclesiology, and his forays into economics, politics, education, violence, and war. This new edition greatly expands the original text with fresh scholarship and contains several new chapters on Luther's doctrine of God, the sacraments, his controversial perspective on Judaism, and a compa.
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E-resource ULS E-Resources ULS E-resource Project Muse Phl. and Rel. 2016 BR333.2 .A4913 2015eb Available ocn946725251

Translation of: Confrontación y liberación.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-422) and indexes.

Print version record.

Luther and Liberation; Luther and Liberation; ; ; Contents; Foreword; Abbreviations; Preface; Overview of Luther's Theology and Work; Luther at the Crossroads Between the Old and the New; Theology with a New Interpretive Key; The God of Life Against All Falsehood of the Idols of Death; In the Cross of Christ, Victory over All Evil; Conversion, Liberation, and Justification; Scripture-Instrument of Life; The Church-Poor People of God; Sacraments; The Reign of God in Church and State; Exercises on Luther's Ethical Positioning; The Political Calling and the Church; Education

The Economy and the CommunityWar; Resistance and Violence; Luther-Defender of the Jews or Anti-Semite?; Luther's Legacy and Liberation Theology; What Did Luther Want, in the End?; Matthew 25:31-46; The Reception of Luther's Concept of Freedom in Latin American Liberation Theology; Epilogue; ; Bibliography; Index of Biblical Passages; Index of Luther's Writings; Index of Names; Index of Subjects

Luther and Liberation recovers the liberating and revolutionary impact of Luther's theology, read afresh from the perspective of the Latin American context. The work examines with fresh vigor Luther's central theological commitments, such as his doctrine of God, Christology, justification, hermeneutics, and ecclesiology, and his forays into economics, politics, education, violence, and war. This new edition greatly expands the original text with fresh scholarship and contains several new chapters on Luther's doctrine of God, the sacraments, his controversial perspective on Judaism, and a compa.

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