The substance of the faith : Luther's doctrinal theology for today /

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Author / Creator:Bielfeldt, Dennis D.
Imprint:Minneapolis, MN : Fortress Press, c2008.
Description:vii, 214 p. ; 22 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6833131
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Other authors / contributors:Mattox, Mickey L., 1956-
Hinlicky, Paul R.
ISBN:9780800662530 (alk. paper)
0800662539 (alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Chapter 1. Luther's Interpretation of Scripture: Biblical Understanding in Trinitarian Shape
  • 1. Luther as an Interpreter of the Bible
  • 2. The Substance of Scripture: Teaching the Traditions of Trinitarian Faith
  • 3. Taking the Fathers' Exegesis a Step Further: Sarah, Abraham, and the Holy Trinity
  • 4. The Substance of Scripture: Old Man Luther's Parting Exegetical Advice
  • 5. Conclusion: The Substance of Faith, the Substance of Holy Scripture
  • Chapter 2. Luther's Late Trinitarian Disputations: Semantic Realism and the Trinity
  • 1. Luther, Theological Semantics, and Ontological Questions
  • 2. Luther's Trinitarian Thinking
  • 3. Four Semantic Models
  • 4. The Trinitarian Problem in Context
  • 5. Theology, Philosophy, and the Nova Lingua
  • 6. Luther's Contribution to Catholic Trinitarianism
  • 7. Conclusion
  • Appendix to Chapter 2
  • Chapter 3. Luther's New Language of the Spirit: Trinitarian Theology as Critical Dogmatics
  • 1. The Problem of Theology in Luther's Tradition Today
  • 2. What Is the New Language of the Spirit?
  • 3. Idealist and Existentialist Misinterpretation of Luther's New Language
  • 4. Demonology
  • Appendix. Three Disputations of the Late Luther with Explanatory Notes
  • Index of Names