Martin Luther as Prophet, Teacher, and Hero (Texts and Studies in Reformation and Post-Reformation Thought): Images of the Reformer, 1520-1620

by Robert Kolb

Overview

"Character-driven and suspenseful, this outstanding YA speculative fiction launch does a great job of world building." --Library Journal [Starred Review]

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781441237200
Publisher:	Baker Publishing Group
Publication date:	12/01/1999
Series:	Texts and Studies in Reformation and Post-Reformation Thought
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	280
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Robert Kolb (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison) is Missions Professor of Systematic Theology at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis. He is the author of numerous books and essays and served as the co-editor of The Sixteenth Century Journal from 1994 to 1997.
Robert Kolb (PhD, University of Wisconsin) is Mission Professor of Systematic Theology Emeritus at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri. He is the author or coauthor of numerous books, including The Genius of Luther's Theology, Luther and the Stories of God, Martin Luther: Confessor of the Faith, and The Christian Faith: A Lutheran Exposition. Kolb is also coeditor of The Book of Concord (2000 translation). He has lectured at more than forty educational institutions on five continents and at many ecclesiastical gatherings. Since 1996 he has been Gastdozent at the Lutherische Theologische Hochschule in Oberursel, Germany.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Theander Lutherus: The Man of God as Prophet, Teacher, and Hero
1. The Living Prophet: Luther as Experienced by His Contemporaries
2. The Prophet of God: Luther as the Authoritative Interpreter of God's Word
3. The German Prophet: Against the Baalites of Rome--Luther as Hero of the People and the Nation
4. The Teaching Prophet: In Conflict with the Sacramentarians--Luther as Instructor of Pure Teaching
5. The Hero of the Reformation: Seventeenth-Century Popular Presentations of Luther in Maturing Lutheranism
Part 2: Opera Omnia Reverendi Domini Martini Lutheri: The Reprinting of Luther's Works in the Half Century after His Death
6. The Complete Luther: The Initial Editions of Luther's Published Teaching
7. Bouquets and Blossoms from Luther's Thought: Topical Collections and Individual Reprints of Luther's Publications
8. The Loci Communes Lutheri: Luther Systematized for Teaching the Faith