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In Church as Fullness in All Things, contributors from a variety of Christian faiths address the topic of the church and its place within Lutheranism from a confessional perspective. The essays suggest that standard accounts of Lutheran ecclesiology can benefit from a self-critical interaction with new sources, ideas, and interlocutors.
List of contents
The Individual and the Communal
1. Under Authority: The Freedom of the Church Under Christ-Jeremiah Johnson
2. Community and Closure: The Church in the Individual Complaint Psalms-Paul M. C. Elliott
3. The Reception of Luther's Ecclesiology in Contemporary German Dogmatic Theology-Alexander Kupsch
The Personal and the Institutional
4. Hermeneutical Considerations in Applying Acts to Ecclesiological Concerns-Mark W. Birkholz
5. The Ministry of the Saints and the Office of the Ministry: Translation and Theology in Ephesians 4:12-James B. Prothro
6. Rightly Called . . . More or Less: A Primer on Medieval Church and Ministry for the Modern Lutheran-Richard J. Serina, Jr.
The Particular and the Universal
7. Et Placet Nobis Vetus Partitio Potestatis: The Power of Order and the Power of Jurisdiction in Aquinas and the Augustana-Roy Axel Coats
8. Realizing the Potential of a Confessional Lutheran Ecclesiology: Ernst Kinder on the Church-Jonathan Mumme
9. Are the Marks of the Church Enough to Authenticate Confessional Lutheranism Then and Now?-John J. Bombaro
The Ecumenical to the Lutheran
10. The Church: A Body under Law and Gospel-Jakob Rinderknecht
11. Unity and Diversity in Anglican and Lutheran Ecclesiology-Thomas L. Holtzen
12. From an American Geneva: How Confessional Lutherans and Reformed can Mutually Sharpen 'Evangelical' Today-Robbie Crouse
Epilogue
13. Confessional Lutheranism in a Post-Constantinian, Postmodern, and Postlocal Context-Jari Kekäle
About the Contributors
About the author
Jonathan Mumme is assistant professor of theology at Concordia University Wisconsin.
Richard J. Serina, Jr. is adjunct professor of theology at Concordia College New York.
Mark W. Birkholz is adjunct professor of theology at Concordia University Chicago.
Summary
In Church as Fullness in All Things, contributors from a variety of Christian faiths address the topic of the church and its place within Lutheranism from a confessional perspective. The essays suggest that standard accounts of Lutheran ecclesiology can benefit from a self-critical interaction with new sources, ideas, and interlocutors.
