Stories from Global Lutheranism

A Historical Timeline

Martin J. Lohrmann

• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Year: 2021
• Print ISBN: 9781506464572
• eBook ISBN: 9781506464589
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Christian Denominations

In an engaging and accessible style, Martin J. Lohrmann introduces readers to fascinating glimpses of faith, courage, and love in action within the global Lutheran community that now numbers over 70 million members in churches worldwide. He shows how Lutheranism is a much more diverse and global expression of the Christian tradition than most realize. This matches the expansive view of the church universal that the Reformers held when they presented the Augsburg Confession in 1530. As Philipp Melanchthon put it, the church "consists of people scattered throughout the entire world who agree on the gospel and have the same Christ, the same Holy Spirit, and the same sacraments, whether or not they have the same human traditions."

Although Lutheranism first grew and spread in central and northern Europe, some of the most vibrant Lutheran communities are now in Africa and Asia. There are more Lutherans in Tanzania than in Sweden, and more Lutherans in Indonesia than in Norway. The single largest Lutheran church body in the world is the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus, with over 8 million members and a focus on caring for the whole person. Outside of Europe, Namibia is the only country with a majority Lutheran population. Lutheran members of the global body of Christ have much to learn from and share with one another.

The book largely follows the subjects listed in the Timeline of Global Lutheranism that Lohrmann created for Lutheran Quarterly Journal to commemorate the 500-year anniversary of the Protestant Reformation.

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Index

39 Articles, 89

95 Theses, 16–19, 80, 107, 134, 207, 220

Abelard, Peter, 13

abolitionism, 150, 152, 154

Aborigines, 163, 164

Abyssinian Baptist Church, 177

accompaniment, 109, 209

Act of Toleration, 90, 91

adiaphora, 48, 53, 85, 148, 209

Afghanistan, 189

Africa, 7, 10, 132, 138, 143, 144, 145, 167, 168, 175, 189, 190, 195–97, 206. See also individual country names

African American Christianity, 78, 137, 138, 150, 177

Afrikaners, 195

Agricola, Johann, 30, 78

Agricola, Mikael, 45

Alabama, 149

Albert the Great, 13

Albrecht of Brandenburg-Ansbach, 32

Albrecht of Mainz, 19

Albrecht of Prussia, 45

Alexandria, 143, 174, 213

Alpha Synod, 155

Altmann, Walter, 239

Ambrose of Milan, 53

American Civil War, 149, 152

American Lutheran Church, 154, 171, 180, 184

American Revolutionary War, 122, 129

Amhara, 157

Amma Syncletica, 143

Andersen, Johann Hermansen, 184

Andreae, Jakob, 49

Andriananrijaona, Rakoto, 157

Angola, 144

Anne of England, 90

Anselm of Canterbury, 13

Anthony of the Desert, 143

anti-Semitism, 77–79, 176, 182

Anti-Slavery Society, 95, 106

antichrist, 73

Antwerp, 44

apartheid, 145, 146, 190, 194–97, 203

Apocrypha, 34

Apology of the Augsburg Confession, 32, 51

Apostles’ Creed, 51, 173, 212

apostolic succession, 45, 89

Appold, Kenneth, 74, 79, 225

Aquinas, Thomas, 13, 15

Arborelius, Anders, 201

Argentina, 185, 186, 188, 189

Arndt, Johann, 62, 71, 80, 126

Asia, 7, 8, 10, 59, 86, 102, 104, 107, 132, 167–69, 189, 191, 192, 193. See also individual country names

Athanasian Creed, 51, 212, 213

Augsburg Confession, 61, 72, 88, 89, 98, 111, 113, 147, 159, 209, 210, 212, 213, 217, 219, 220

Augsburg Interim, 41, 42, 44, 210

Augusta Victoria Hospital, 193

Augustana Synod, 170, 187

Augustine of Hippo, 15, 143

Augustinians, 15, 16, 19, 21, 23, 38, 43

Aurifaber, Johannes, 37

Aurogallus, Matthäus, 33

Australia, 164, 165

Austria, 29, 40, 43, 45, 66, 69, 104, 131, 200

Bach, Carl Philipp Emanuel, 86

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 55, 57, 95–97, 230, 242, 246, 252

Bach, Veit, 96

Bachman, John, 137–39, 152, 153

Bamberg, 61, 65

Baptist Church, 89, 90, 139, 149, 184

Barmen Declaration, 176, 180, 212

Barnes, Robert, 43, 89

Baroque Period, 69–72, 74, 98

Barth, Karl, 176, 212

Batak Christian Protestant Church, 158–60, 210

Battle of Gettysburg, 153, 154

Bavaria, 61, 66, 141, 161, 176

Bugenhagen, Johannes, 23, 225, 251

Bellarmine, Robert, 74

Benedictines, 15

Berggrav, Eivind, 180

Berkenmeyer, William, 111, 150

Berlin Wall, 198, 199, 200

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Table of contents

• Cover
• Lutheran Quarterly Books
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Table Of Contents
• Abbreviations
• Introduction: Living Stones and Faith Rocks
• 1517–1617
• 1617–1717
• 1717–1817
• 1817–1917
• 1917–2017
• Afterword: Introduction to Lutheranism in Its Sixth Century
• Glossary
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index
• Lutheran Quarterly Books