On Becoming a Theologian of the Cross
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On Becoming a Theologian of the Cross

Revisiting Luther's theologus crucis from the Heidelberg Disputation to the Genesis Lectures

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eBook - PDF

On Becoming a Theologian of the Cross

Revisiting Luther's theologus crucis from the Heidelberg Disputation to the Genesis Lectures

About this book

Martin Luther's theology of the cross is often (mis)used to support social gospels and liberation theology. Yet Luther's intent was not to make a god more sympathetic to us or a god more like us, but that – through the recovery of the gospel (that had been lost and tainted by the fallen wisdom of man) – in the cross we might find the only sympathetic God who really liberates us from our sin. In his theology of the cross, Luther points out that the cross requires an understanding of revelation and redemption which leads us to despair of all our own righteousness, ability and wisdom, and encourages us to trust in the only one who can save us and was crucified in our place. In this work Nathan Runham indentifies Luther's real intent behind the theologian of the cross. His intent was to recover a biblical understanding of revelation which, in turn, enables us to understand the biblical gospel of redemption. But Runham also demonstrates that Luther had understood the gospel prior to the Heidelberg Disputation (HD) meaning that those who dismiss the HD as pre-reformational will need to reckon with the fact that Luther evidently had had his 'evangelical conversion' prior to engaging in debate with his Augustinian colleagues in 1518.

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Information

Publisher
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Year
2026
Edition
1
eBook ISBN
9783647502571
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Christian Theology

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Copyright
  3. Contents
  4. Abbreviations
  5. Preface
  6. Introduction
  7. Chapter 1 The Literature
  8. Chapter 2 The Background and Introduction
  9. Chapter 3 The Futility of Works
  10. Chapter 4 The Bondage of the Will
  11. Chapter 5 The Wisdom of a True Theologian
  12. Chapter 6 The Gospel of a True Theologian
  13. Chapter 7 Heidelberg Disputation Summary
  14. Chapter 8 Introduction to the Genesis Lectures
  15. Chapter 9 Humanity and the Theologian of the Cross
  16. Chapter 10 God and the Theologian of the Cross
  17. Chapter 11 The Gospel and the Theologian of the Cross
  18. Chapter 12 Review and Discussion
  19. Chapter 13 Application For Today
  20. Conclusion
  21. Bibliography
  22. Index

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