Luther's Spirituality
Paulist Press International,U.S.
Published on 1. March 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
336 pages
978-0-8091-3949-1 (ISBN)
Description
This volume in the Classics of Western Spirituality offers a unique selection of texts, some newly translated, by Martin Luther. These texts represent the varieties of ways Luther understood how one believed and behaved as a Christian.
This comprehensive collection includes both his critique of late medieval spiritualities that he inherited and his various constructive proposals. The book is designed for the reader to discover the rich complex of issues that Luther contributes to the discussion of spirituality.
The collection is divided into three sections of fresh and modified translations: Luther's Spirituality in a Late-Medieval Context, Teaching the New Spirituality, and The New Path to Prayer which also includes various songs. The volume includes Luther's spiritual classics like the German edition of the Freedom of a Christian, the Magnificat, The Sermon at Coburg on Cross and Suffering, letters of consolation, biblical prefaces and commentaries like Psalm 117 and 118, a Simple Way to Pray, and selections from the Large Catechism. There is nothing like it on the market.
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This comprehensive collection includes both his critique of late medieval spiritualities that he inherited and his various constructive proposals. The book is designed for the reader to discover the rich complex of issues that Luther contributes to the discussion of spirituality.
The collection is divided into three sections of fresh and modified translations: Luther's Spirituality in a Late-Medieval Context, Teaching the New Spirituality, and The New Path to Prayer which also includes various songs. The volume includes Luther's spiritual classics like the German edition of the Freedom of a Christian, the Magnificat, The Sermon at Coburg on Cross and Suffering, letters of consolation, biblical prefaces and commentaries like Psalm 117 and 118, a Simple Way to Pray, and selections from the Large Catechism. There is nothing like it on the market.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Mahwah
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
458 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8091-3949-1 (9780809139491)
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Persons
Philip D. W. Krey (Ph.D., University of Chicago) is president and professor of early and medieval church history at Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia (Pennsylvania). Some of the books he has published are Nicholas of Lyre: The Senses of Scripture which he co-edited with Lesley Smith; Nicholas of Lyra's Apocalypse Commentary (1329) in the Literal Postil; and For All the Saints: A Short History of the Church. Timothy J. Wengertis the emeritus Ministerium of Pennsylvania Professor of Church History at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia. He has authored and edited many books and articles on Reformation topics, including, with Robert Kolb, The Book of Concord (Augsburg Fortress, 2000) and has written over one hundred articles. In 2000, he received the Melanchthon Prize from Bretten, Germany.