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Martin--God's court jester : Luther in retrospect / Eric W. Gritsch.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Philadelphia : Fortress Press, c1983.Description: xiv, 289 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 0800617533 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 284.1/092/4 B 19
Contents:
Contents:
Part I: Historical profile -- 1. The power o vocation -- Educational and spiritual formation -- Anfechtungen and breakthroughs -- Commitments -- 2. Mandate to witness -- Defiant defendant -- Reformation blueprints -- Condemned and concealed -- 3. Shepherding a renewal -- Nothing is real unless it local -- Dividing lines -- The territorial imperative -- 4. Beggars cannot be choosers -- Enduring issues -- Frusterating polemics -- The final Anfechtung -- Part II: Neuralgic heritage -- 5. Scripture and tradition -- The primacy of the Word of God -- Bible and history -- Protestant principle and Catholic substance -- 6. Christ and Caesar -- Life in two realms -- The role of secular government -- Resistance -- 7. The Gospel and Israel -- Struggle with hardened hearts -- Sharp mercy -- Aftershocks -- 8. Religion and psyche -- Psycho-historical pitfalls -- Faith and health -- Sex and marriage -- Part III: Ecumenical legacy -- 9. A Christocentric theology -- The orthodoxy of conflict -- Justification by faith -- A proposal of dogma -- 10. A cruciform church -- Christian formation -- Suffering servanthood -- The cost of unity -- 11. A holistic life -- In tune with creation -- The sanctity of work -- Wit and witness -- 12. God's jester before the court of history -- Hero and villain -- The scrutiny of scholarship -- Posthumous rehabilitation -- Time chart --
Item type: Books
Holdings
Current library Collection Call number Vol info Status Date due Barcode
Judith Thomas Library General Stacks Books BR 332.5 .G74 1983 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) AUA015638 Available AUA015638

Includes indexes.

Bibliography: p. 263-280.

Contents:

Part I: Historical profile --
1. The power o vocation --
Educational and spiritual formation --
Anfechtungen and breakthroughs --
Commitments --
2. Mandate to witness --
Defiant defendant --
Reformation blueprints --
Condemned and concealed --
3. Shepherding a renewal --
Nothing is real unless it local --
Dividing lines --
The territorial imperative --
4. Beggars cannot be choosers --
Enduring issues --
Frusterating polemics --
The final Anfechtung --
Part II: Neuralgic heritage --
5. Scripture and tradition --
The primacy of the Word of God --
Bible and history --
Protestant principle and Catholic substance --
6. Christ and Caesar --
Life in two realms --
The role of secular government --
Resistance --
7. The Gospel and Israel --
Struggle with hardened hearts --
Sharp mercy --
Aftershocks --
8. Religion and psyche --
Psycho-historical pitfalls --
Faith and health --
Sex and marriage --
Part III: Ecumenical legacy --
9. A Christocentric theology --
The orthodoxy of conflict --
Justification by faith --
A proposal of dogma --
10. A cruciform church --
Christian formation --
Suffering servanthood --
The cost of unity --
11. A holistic life --
In tune with creation --
The sanctity of work --
Wit and witness --
12. God's jester before the court of history --
Hero and villain --
The scrutiny of scholarship --
Posthumous rehabilitation --
Time chart --