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Essays on issues of identity faced by the Lutheran tradition and its need to develop a coherent political theology to meet the challenges of cultural pluralism.
Lutheran tradition has in various ways influenced attitudes to work, the economy, the state, education, and health care. One reason that Lutheran theology has been interpreted in various ways is that it is always influenced by surrounding social and cultural contexts.
In a society where the church has lost a great deal of its cultural impact and authority, and where there is a plurality of religious convictions, the question of Lutheran identity has never been more urgent. However, this question is also raised in the Global South where Lutheran churches need to find their identity in a relationship with several other religions. Here this relationship is developed from a minority perspective.
Is it possible to develop a Lutheran political theology that gives adequate contributions to issues concerning social and economic justice? What is the role of women in church and society around the world? Is it possible to interpret Lutheran theology in such a way that it includes liberating perspectives? These are some of the questions and issues discussed in this book.
Lutheran tradition has in various ways influenced attitudes to work, the economy, the state, education, and health care. One reason that Lutheran theology has been interpreted in various ways is that it is always influenced by surrounding social and cultural contexts.
In a society where the church has lost a great deal of its cultural impact and authority, and where there is a plurality of religious convictions, the question of Lutheran identity has never been more urgent. However, this question is also raised in the Global South where Lutheran churches need to find their identity in a relationship with several other religions. Here this relationship is developed from a minority perspective.
Is it possible to develop a Lutheran political theology that gives adequate contributions to issues concerning social and economic justice? What is the role of women in church and society around the world? Is it possible to interpret Lutheran theology in such a way that it includes liberating perspectives? These are some of the questions and issues discussed in this book.
Price: $29.99
Pages: 254
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Inc.
Imprint: James Clarke
Publication Date:
26 March 2015
Trim Size: 9.02 X 6.02 in
ISBN: 9780227175248
Format: Paperback
BISACs:
RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, Christianity, RELIGION / Christianity / Lutheran, Theology, Lutheran Churches
Overall, the collection demonstrates that Lutheran scholarship is alive and aware of the same challenges of the twenty-first century that other denominational bodies are beginning to address. Those who are looking for glimpses of how these questions are being addressed will find a diverse set of answers between the covers, unified in their optimism.
— Claire Hein Blanton
Committed to the political ideals of finding ways to give voice to the oppressed, these essayists raise important questions for the relevance of Lutheranism in increasingly complex, global societies. They address questions posed not only to academic theologians but also to parish pastors, and so merit from attention from both.
— Mark Mattes
— Claire Hein Blanton
Committed to the political ideals of finding ways to give voice to the oppressed, these essayists raise important questions for the relevance of Lutheranism in increasingly complex, global societies. They address questions posed not only to academic theologians but also to parish pastors, and so merit from attention from both.
— Mark Mattes
Contributors
Abbreviations
1 Introduction: Lutheran Tradition in Transition -Carl-Henric Grenholm and Göran Gunner
PART ONE: Lutheran Identity in a Global World
2 Planet Luther: Challenges and Promises for a Lutheran Global Identity -Vítor Westhelle
3 Burning Issues -Göran Gunner
4 Lutheran Perspectives on the Right to Health in a Global World -Ville Päivänsalo
5 "There's an App for That!": A Post-Christian Lutheran Response -Michael R. Trice
PART TWO: Lutheran Tradition and Gender
6 For the Sake of the Future: Rekindling Lutheran Theology on Spirituality, Equality, and Inclusivity -Kirsi Stjerna
7 Liberating Aspects in Lutheran Theology for a Post-Gender Politics -Else Marie Wiberg Pedersen
8 Re-Embracing the Body of Jesus Christ: A Queer, Lutheran Theology of the Body of Christ -Mary Elise Lowe
9 Idolatry-Critical Justification and the Foreclosed Gendered Life -Mary J. Streufert
PART THREE: Lutheran Theology and Politics
10 Luther, Wittgenstein, and Political Theology -Tage Kurtén
11 The "Communitarian" Critique of Luther's Ethics -Leif Svensson
12 Reconfiguring Church-State Relations: Toward a Rwandan Political Theology -Victor Thasiah
13 Transforming Domination Then and Now -Karen L. Bloomquist
14 Eros, Ethics, and Politics: Nuptial Imagery in Luther Read as a Challenge to Traditional Power Structures -Elisabeth Gerle
Abbreviations
1 Introduction: Lutheran Tradition in Transition -Carl-Henric Grenholm and Göran Gunner
PART ONE: Lutheran Identity in a Global World
2 Planet Luther: Challenges and Promises for a Lutheran Global Identity -Vítor Westhelle
3 Burning Issues -Göran Gunner
4 Lutheran Perspectives on the Right to Health in a Global World -Ville Päivänsalo
5 "There's an App for That!": A Post-Christian Lutheran Response -Michael R. Trice
PART TWO: Lutheran Tradition and Gender
6 For the Sake of the Future: Rekindling Lutheran Theology on Spirituality, Equality, and Inclusivity -Kirsi Stjerna
7 Liberating Aspects in Lutheran Theology for a Post-Gender Politics -Else Marie Wiberg Pedersen
8 Re-Embracing the Body of Jesus Christ: A Queer, Lutheran Theology of the Body of Christ -Mary Elise Lowe
9 Idolatry-Critical Justification and the Foreclosed Gendered Life -Mary J. Streufert
PART THREE: Lutheran Theology and Politics
10 Luther, Wittgenstein, and Political Theology -Tage Kurtén
11 The "Communitarian" Critique of Luther's Ethics -Leif Svensson
12 Reconfiguring Church-State Relations: Toward a Rwandan Political Theology -Victor Thasiah
13 Transforming Domination Then and Now -Karen L. Bloomquist
14 Eros, Ethics, and Politics: Nuptial Imagery in Luther Read as a Challenge to Traditional Power Structures -Elisabeth Gerle