Good books?

[diychristian]

I've been wanting to find a book that defends Lutheran theology. Is there any authors writing on this today or do I just go to Luther's writings? Something on a Lutheran perspective on current social issues would be great too.

 

[Luther073082]

Don't know about the current social issues, but the Book of Concord is a great book in terms of defending Lutheran theology.

 

[filosofer]

Depends on what level you want. For the serious reader these may benefit you; the first is the best overall.

Kolb, Robert and Arand, Charles P. The Genius of Luther’s Theology: A Wittenberg Way of Thinking for the Contemporary Church. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Academic, 2008.

Paulson, Steven D. Lutheran Theology (Doing Theology)). T&T Clark Int’l, 2011.

Forde, Gerhard O. On Being a Theologian of the Cross: Reflections on Luther’s Heidelberg Disputation, 1518 [On Being a Theologian]. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1997.

Garcia, Alberto L., and A. R. Victor Raj. The Theology of the Cross for the 21st Century: Signposts for a Multicultural Witness. Concordia Publishing House, 2001.

 

[Resha Caner]

For the serious reader ...

I noticed you didn't include John Warwick Montgomery. Is that because you don't think he's current enough, too heavy for most people, not Lutheran enough, or something else?

[edit] I guess the same question would also go for Sasse.

 

[filosofer]

I noticed you didn't include John Warwick Montgomery. Is that because you don't think he's current enough, too heavy for most people, not Lutheran enough, or something else?

[edit] I guess the same question would also go for Sasse.

I would include Sasse and Montgomery and Piepkorn and ... In the same category. All excellent authors, insightful, etc. Just needed to draw the line somewhere.

But I put recent works that are both scholarly and accessible.

Here is Sasse’s essay from 1938 in response to Nazism and the “Uniting Church” and Barmen Confession.

Sasse, Hermann, and Theodore G. Tappert. Here We Stand; Nature and Character of the Lutheran Faith. New York, London: Harper & brothers, 1938.

Here is his three volume set:

Sasse, Hermann. We Confess. St. Louis, MO: Concordia Pub. House, 1984. (Vol. 1 Jesus Christ, Vol. 2 Church, Vol. 3 Sacraments)

Much can be learned from his letters:

Sasse, Hermann, and Ronald R. Feuerhahn. The Lonely Way : Selected Essays and Letters. St. Louis, MO: Concordia Pub. House, 2001. (two volumes)

Others:

Arand, Charles P. Testing the Boundaries: Windows to Lutheran Identity (Concordia Scholarship Today). Concordia Publishing House, 1995.

Piepkorn, Arthur Carl. The Church: Selected Writings of Arthur Carl Piepkorn. Amer Lutheran Publicity Bureau, 1993. (There are three more volumes in this series if you want to look).

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Do you want more?

 

[Resha Caner]

Do you want more?

No, it's just that those are 2 of my favorites so I wondered if there was a reason for excluding them.

 

[diychristian]

Thank you all so much. I'm excited to get my hands on some of those books. Filosopher thanks for such detail it will make them much easier to find.

 

[Studeclunker]

I'm surprised no one suggested A Summary Of Christian Doctrine by Edward W.A. Koehler. Not so easy to get, but very readable and conscise. It's one of my favourites.

 

[filosofer]

I'm surprised no one suggested A Summary Of Christian Doctrine by Edward W.A. Koehler. Not so easy to get, but very readable and conscise. It's one of my favourites.

Be sure to get the 3rd edition (2006), edited by Rev. Kevin Vogts. It uses the NKJV translation, has contemporary font setting... and he is a classmate of mine from Seminary.

 

[Studeclunker]

Be sure to get the 3rd edition (2006), edited by Rev. Kevin Vogts. It uses the NKJV translation, has contemporary font setting... and he is a classmate of mine from Seminary.

Uh huh... Promoting our Friends, are we? LOL, just kidding, just kidding (runs and hides).

 

[joyfulthanks]

I'm surprised no one suggested A Summary Of Christian Doctrine by Edward W.A. Koehler. Not so easy to get, but very readable and conscise. It's one of my favourites.

Love, love, LOVE that book! It lays things out really nicely.