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Is Christian belief tenable today? Is it possible to be a creedal
Christian? With the help of Martin Luther, Paul Hinlicky here
explores classical Christian beliefs regarding the person and work
of Christ and human nature and destiny. He also counters
contemporary objections to creedal faith, from the so-called new
perspective on Paul to Pope Benedicts rejection of the Augsburg
Confession to the continuing challenge of Marx.
Luther and the Beloved Community does not present Luthers medieval
thought as a possibility for today, but does make him available for
the future as a teacher of the faith and a help for tackling
contemporary questions of Christian belief. According to Hinlicky,
Luther is misused and misunderstood by those of his own tradition
and needs to be understood not as hero of the faith but rather as
the proponent of a beloved community that does not yet fully exist.
In performing this makeover, Hinlicky reveals genuine new insights
concealed within Luthers rhetoric.
This useful and insightful volume aims to illustrate, espouse, and
renew the discipline of doctrinal theology, particularly as
exemplified historically by Martin Luther and his theological
reflection on the Trinity. The authors, steeped both in Luther's
works and in the doctrinal tradition, show how dogmatics in the
Lutheran tradition entails a delicate juxtaposition of credal
commitment, scriptural interpretation, and doctrinal elaboration.
Their respective chapters retrieve surprising historical insights
about Luther's own practice of doctrinal theology, the interaction
of the credal and doctrinal dimensions with a nuanced hermeneutic
of scripture, and the future shape of a doctrinal theology
genuinely responsive to the Gospel and the present age.
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