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.