Twentieth-century Lutheran theologians / / edited by Mark Mattes.

• TeilnehmendeR: Mattes, Mark C.
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Refo500 Academic Studies (R5AS)
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (341 p.)
• Notes: Includes index.

This collection of essays examines important twentieth-century Lutheran theologians, including European and North American voices. Each essay provides an overview of the life and thought of important confessional Lutherans who shaped theology with an ecumenical, world-wide impact. The focus here is not on later twentieth-century figures but earlier ones, selected similar to the spirit manifest in Karl Barth's contention »lest we forget where contemporary theology came from« (Protestant Theology From Rousseau to Ritschl). The essays composed over the last five years were initiated by Lutheran Quarterly in order to assess our recent past as we move into a new millennium. The goal of each author, each a leading theologian, has been to describe each thinker's life and vocation and how each thinker's work continues to impact theology today.

Table of Contents

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Table of Contents; Body; Mark Mattes: Editor's Preface Twentieth-Century Lutheran Theologians; David P. Scaer: Francis Pieper (1852- 1931); Michael J. Albrecht: John Philipp Koehler (1859-1951); Gregory A. Walter: Karl Holl (1866-1926); Torleiv Austad: Ole Hallesby (1879- 1961); Matthew Becker: Werner Elert (1885- 1954); Hans Schwarz: Paul Althaus (1888- 1966); John T. Pless: Hermann Sasse (1895- 1976); Gregory A. Walter: Hans Joachim Iwand (1899- 1960); Matthew Becker: Edmund Schlink (1903- 1984); Richard H. Bliese: Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945)

Roy A. Harrisville: Ernst Käsemann (1906- 1998)John T. Pless: Helmut Thielicke (1908- 1986); Mary Elizabeth Anderson: Gustaf Wingren (1910- 2000); Mark D. Menacher: Gerhard Ebeling (1912-2001); Index of Names; List of Contributors ; Back Cover