In this Book
- The Theology of Martin Luther: A Critical Assessment
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: Augsburg Fortress Publishers
Does Martin Luther have anything to say to us today? Nearly five hundred years after the beginning of the Reformation, Hans-Martin Barth explores that question in this comprehensive and critical evaluation of Luther’s theology. Rich in its extent and in its many facets, Barth’s didactically well-planned work begins with clarifications about obsolete and outdated images of Luther that could obstruct access to the Reformer.
The second part covers the whole of Martin Luther's theology. Having divided Luther's theology into twelve subsections, Barth ends each one of these with an honest and frank assessment of what today can be salvaged and what's got to go. In the final section he gives his summation: an honestly critical appropriation of Luther’s theology can still be existentially inspiring and globally relevant for the twenty-first century.
Table of Contents
- Title Page, Copyright Page
- pp. 2-7
- Part I. Approach: Points of Entry and Difficulties of Access
- 2. Methodological Problems
- pp. 11-16
- 3. Entry Points
- pp. 17-28
- Part II. Perceptions: Luther's Theology as Provocation
- 7. Tension: Between Law and Gospel
- pp. 135-156
- 8. Identity: ''Both Sinner and Justified''
- pp. 157-198
- 9. Dialectics: Freedom and Limitation
- pp. 199-220
- 10. Complementarity: Word and Sacrament
- pp. 221-276
- 14. Intercalation: Time and Eternal Life
- pp. 377-398
- Part III. Consequences: With Luther beyond Luther
- 17. What Endures
- pp. 461-466
- 18. What We Should Let Go
- pp. 467-474
- 19. What Needs to Be Developed
- pp. 475-486
- Appendix: Technical Notes
- pp. 497-514