Luther Digest, Volume 8 (2000)

I. Sacra Scriptura

  Ulrich Asendorf. Lectura in Biblia: Luther’s Genesis Lecture (1535-1545).

  _____. “Martin Luther’s Theology of Whole Biblical Renewal: An Overview of the Significance of His Genesis Lectures (1535-1545).”

  Dennis Bielfeldt. “Deification as a Motif in Luther’s Dictata super psalterium.”

  Leif Grane. “Christus finis omnium: A Study of Luther’s First Psalm Lectures.”

  Kenneth Hagen. “The Discovery of Luther’s Bible.”

  David C. Steinmetz. “Divided by a Common Past: The Reshaping of the Christian Exegetical Tradition in the Sixteenth Century.”

  John L. Thompson. “Hagar, Victim or Villain? Three Sixteenth-Century Views.”

II. The Pastoral Luther

  Martin Brecht. “Baptismal Life according to Martin Luther.”

  Peter James Cousins. “Luther’s Poor Reform and Christian Liberty.”

  Eero Huovinen. “Martin Luther’s Teaching Concerning the Faith of Children. The Faith of Children as a Real Gift of God and a Real Participation in God.”

  Rudolf Keller. “Luther as Pastor.”

  Robin A. Leaver. “Luther’s Catechism Hymns: ‘Lord Keep Us Steadfast in Your Word’”.

  _____. “Luther’s Catechism Hymns: Ten Commandments.”

  Norman Nagel. “Luther and the Priesthood of All Believers.”

  Simo Peura. “The Church as Spiritual Community according to Luther.”

 Franz Posset. “The Threefold Pastoral Care according to Bernard of Clairvaux and Its Impact on Martin Luther.”

 Timothy Wengert. “Forming the Faith Today through Luther’s Catechisms.”

  David S. Yeago. “‘A Christian, Holy People.’ Martin Luther on Salvation and the Church.”

III. The Man Luther

 Karl Dienst. “Religious and Secular: Martin Luther as Reflected in His Table Talk.”

  Angelika Dörfler-Dierken. “Luther and Saint Anna. On the Vow of Stotternheim.”

  Marilyn J. Harran. Martin Luther: Learning for Life.

  Johannes Jürgen Siegmund. “The Influence of Monasticism in Luther’s Life.”

IV. Luther in Historical Context

 T.M.M.A.C. Bell. “The Fall of Lucifer according to Luther and Bernard of Clairvaux.”

 Berndt Hamm. “From the Love for God of the Middle Ages to Luther’s Faith: A Contribution to the History of Penance.”

 Eero Huovinen. “The Concept of Infusio as Problem for Luther Research.”

 Paul Lehninger. “On the Cross and in the Cradle: The Mystical Theology of Martin Luther.”

 Marc Lienhard. “Sainthood and the Saints.”

 Franz Posset. “Saint Bernard of Clairvaux in the Devotion, Theology, and Art of the Sixteenth Century.”

 Paul Rorem. “Martin Luther’s Christocentric Critique of Pseudo-Dionysian Spirituality.”

 Manfred Schulze. “Martin Luther and the Church Fathers.”

  David S. Yeago. “The Catholic Luther.”

V. Luther and Special Issues

  Dennis Bielfeldt. “The Ontology of Deification.”

  James M. Childs, Jr. “Lutheran Perspectives on Ethical Business in an Age of Downsizing.”

  Kenneth Hagen. “Luther on Atonement—Reconfigured.”

  Kurt K. Hendel. “Theology of the Cross.”

  Igor Kišš. “Luther’s Ethic Face to Face with the Social Challenges of Today.”

  Marc Lienhard. “The Boundaries of Tolerance. Martin Luther and the Dissidents of His Time.”

  Tuomo Mannermaa. “Participation and Love in the Theology of Martin Luther.”

  Daniel Olivier. “Martin Luther: The Hymn to Faith.”

  Otto Hermann Pesch. “What is Luther’s Meaning for Catholics—a Kind of ‘in Memoriam.’”

  Klaas Zwanepol. “Memories of Heidelberg. An Impression of the Last Luther Congress.”

  Index, Scripture Citations, and Announcements.