Table of Contents

Abbreviations xiii

Introduction xv

1 Catholic Encounters with Martin Luther Jared Wicke 1

2 Spirituality, Ontology, and the Church: A Response to Jared Wicks Piott J. Malysz 21

3 "The" vs. "All": Baptist Appropriations and Distortions of Martin Luther's Universal Priesthood Brian C. Brewer 45

4 Angels of Light: Luther's Liturgical Attack on Christendom Matthew Myer Boulton 77

5 Exocentric Ministry and Worship: A Response to Brian Brewer and Matthew Boulton Derek R. Nelson 93

6 Martin Luther's Dens Theologicus David Tracy 105

7 Much Ado about Nothing: The Necessary Non-Sufficiency of Faith Matt Jensen 141

8 Is Faith Really a Gift? A Response to David Tracy and Matt Jenson Ted Peters 169

9 "Return to Your Baptism Daily": Baptism and Christian Life Susan K. Wood 193

10 "Every one must fight his own battle with death by himself, alone": What this Episcopalian Learned from Martin Luther Randall C. Zachman 215

11 The Threat of Death, the Promise of Baptism, and the Vocational Form of Justification: A Response to Susan Wood and Randall Zachman Ian A. McFarland 237

12 Luther's Principle of sola serif turn in Recent Ecumenical Discussion Johannes Zachhuber 249

13 Learning from Luther: Reformed Appropriations and Differentiations Anna Case-Winters 275

14 Scripture as Matrix, Christ as Content: A Response to Johannes Zachhuber and Anna Case-Winters Paul R. Hinlicky 299

Contributors 319

Index of Names 325

Index of Subjects 331