The Alternative Luther
Lutheran Theology from the Subaltern
Lexington Books/Fortress Academic (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 18. September 2019
368 pages
978-1-9787-8396-6 (ISBN)
Description
Contributors to this book analyze areas of Martin Luther's and Lutheran theology that have otherwise been neglected or underrepresented in the five hundred years since the Reformation. They constructively widen the scope of Luther and Lutheran theology by viewing both from the perspectives of the "subaltern," those whose voices are barely or rarely heard. The book formulates an inclusive Lutheran theology that reaches out but does not close out.
The book's sections address "Precarious Life," from Luther's own precarious existence as an outlaw under a death sentence to other precarious life situations seen from various Lutheran perspectives; "Body and Gender," addressing different aspects of gender and sexuality from new angles; "Women and Sexual Abuse," focusing on present-day problems of abuse in an encounter with Luther's exegesis of biblical "texts of terror"; and "Economy, Equality, and Equity," addressing Lutheran views on economy and equality that break new ground regarding common goods and the Anthropocene.
The book's sections address "Precarious Life," from Luther's own precarious existence as an outlaw under a death sentence to other precarious life situations seen from various Lutheran perspectives; "Body and Gender," addressing different aspects of gender and sexuality from new angles; "Women and Sexual Abuse," focusing on present-day problems of abuse in an encounter with Luther's exegesis of biblical "texts of terror"; and "Economy, Equality, and Equity," addressing Lutheran views on economy and equality that break new ground regarding common goods and the Anthropocene.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-9787-8396-6 (9781978783966)
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Persons
Else Marie Wiberg Pedersen is professor of systematic theology at Aarhus University (Denmark).
Content
Foreword Musimbi Kanyoro
List of Abbreviations
Introduction Else Marie Wiberg Pedersen
Section 1: Precarious Life
1. Luther as the Subaltern Precarious: The Banned, Excluded, and Outlawed Eleutherius Else Marie Wiberg Pedersen
2. Luther against Luther: Freedom Theology and anti-Jewish exegesis
Kirsi Stjerna
3. Eschata, the Kin-dom of God in a Time of Presentism, Patriarchy, and Neo-Nationalism: Writing back to Luther through Hannah Arendt and Judith Butler
Elisabeth Gerle
4. Theology Behind the Wall
Peter Lodberg
5. The Heterotopic Creation: A Short Contribution to a Subaltern Ecclesiology
Trygve Wyller
Section 2: Body and Gender
6. A Word of the Word for Our Hearts: Embracing Multiple-Gendered God-Language with Luther
Mary Streufert
7. The Queer Body-Mind in Luther's Theology: From Subaltern Sodomite to Embodied Imago Dei
Mary Elise Lowe
8. Manly Women, Feminine Men: Mere Exceptions or Signs of Inclusive Thinking? Alternative Readings of Martin Luther's Anthropology
Sini Mikkola
9. Wi
List of Abbreviations
Introduction Else Marie Wiberg Pedersen
Section 1: Precarious Life
1. Luther as the Subaltern Precarious: The Banned, Excluded, and Outlawed Eleutherius Else Marie Wiberg Pedersen
2. Luther against Luther: Freedom Theology and anti-Jewish exegesis
Kirsi Stjerna
3. Eschata, the Kin-dom of God in a Time of Presentism, Patriarchy, and Neo-Nationalism: Writing back to Luther through Hannah Arendt and Judith Butler
Elisabeth Gerle
4. Theology Behind the Wall
Peter Lodberg
5. The Heterotopic Creation: A Short Contribution to a Subaltern Ecclesiology
Trygve Wyller
Section 2: Body and Gender
6. A Word of the Word for Our Hearts: Embracing Multiple-Gendered God-Language with Luther
Mary Streufert
7. The Queer Body-Mind in Luther's Theology: From Subaltern Sodomite to Embodied Imago Dei
Mary Elise Lowe
8. Manly Women, Feminine Men: Mere Exceptions or Signs of Inclusive Thinking? Alternative Readings of Martin Luther's Anthropology
Sini Mikkola
9. Wi
