Luther''s Treatise on Christian Freedom and Its Legacy

This book analyzes Luther's treatise On Christian Freedom and its revolutionary re-definition of what it means to be Christian as one freed by Christ from sin, the accusation of God's law, and death in order to be bound or bonded to the neighbor. Placing the treatise in its historical context, Robert Kolb examines its impact to the present day.

List of contents

1. Luther: A Life Lived Freely
2. Martin Luther's On the Freedom of a Christian or On Christian Freedom
3. Luther's Most Beloved Writing? The Unfolding History of On Christian Freedom

About the author

Robert Kolb is professor of systematic theology emeritus at Concordia Seminary, Saint Louis. He is the coeditor of the translation of the Book of Concord (2000) and of the Oxford Handbook of Martin Luther's Theology (2014). He has authored Luther's Wittenberg World (2018), Martin Luther and the Enduring Word of God (2016), Luther and the Stories of God (2012), and Martin Luther: Confessor of the Faith (2009).

Summary

This book analyzes Luther’s treatise On Christian Freedom and its revolutionary re-definition of what it means to be Christian as one freed by Christ from sin, the accusation of God’s law, and death in order to be bound or bonded to the neighbor. Placing the treatise in its historical context, Robert Kolb examines its impact to the present day.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Kolb, Kolb Robert
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781978710658
• ISBN: 978-1-978710-65-8
• No. of pages: 170
• Series: Mapping the Tradition
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; RELIGION / Christian Theology / Systematic, RELIGION / Christianity / History, HISTORY / Modern / 16th Century, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, General & world history, History of Religion, 16th century, c 1500 to c 1599, c 1500 to c 1600