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The Lutheran doctrine of the orders of creation specifies
fundamental forms of human community. Grounded in God's structuring
of the universe, these institutions acquire their expression in
human history. Although they are fallen and distorted under sin,
they remain God's good creation. Illumined by the witness of
Scripture, their ontology exists independently of ideological
conceit. The tradition is a specifically Lutheran consideration of
natural law theory and plays an important role in two-kingdoms
theology and the law/gospel dialectic. Historically, the doctrine
has suffered significant abuse, specifically with the
extra-scriptural elevation of Volk and race as inviolable
institutions in support of Nazi ideology. Consequently, many have
dismissed the doctrine as a static worldview that disallows
critique of the status quo. In its orthodox biblical formulation,
however, the doctrine remains a powerful safeguard against what
Walter Kunneth calls "the ideological alienation of the gospel"
that invokes the name of Christ to justify sinful desire. Nathan
Howard Yoder evaluates the variant orders of creation models of the
Erlangen theologians of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
Concentrating specifically on the work of Paul Althaus, Werner
Elert, and Walter Kunneth, he lifts up Kunneth's
christological/trinitarian focus and appeal to sola scriptura as
essential correctives to the tradition. He makes the case that the
doctrine remains imperative to moral theology, specifically in the
Church's efforts against the rampant antinomianism of the
postmodern era. This book will serve well as a reference for
graduate and post-graduate level courses in systematic theology,
Christian ethics/moral theology, and the Lutheran Confessions.
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