This landmark volume assesses the prospects and promise of Lutheran theology at the opening of a new millennium. From four continents thirty noted and respected contributors not only gauge how such classic themes as grace, the cross, and justification wear today. They also look to key issues of ecumenism, social justice, global religious life, and the impact of contemporary science on Christian belief.

Product Information

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Title: The Gift of Grace: The Future of Lutheran Theology, Vol. 1
By: Niels Henrik Gregerson, Bo Holm & Ted Peters
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 350
Vendor: Augsburg Fortress
Publication Date: 2004

Dimensions: 9 X 6 (inches)
Weight: 1 pound 6 ounces
ISBN: 0800636864
ISBN-13: 9780800636869
Stock No: WW636864

Publisher's Description

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This landmark volume, the first of two, assesses the prospects and promise of Lutheran theology at the opening of a new millennium. From four continents, the thirty noted and respected contributors not only gauge how such classic themes as grace, the cross, and justification wear today but also look to key issues of ecumenism, social justice, global religious life, and the impact of contemporary science on Christian belief.

Author Bio

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Niels Henrik Gregersen isprofessor of systematic theology, University of Copenhagen. Dr. Gregersen holds his Ph.D. from the University of Copenhagen. His two primary research fields are systematic theology and science and religion. He is author of multiple books and has edited a dozen volumes in the fields of theology and science and religion.

Bo Holm is assistant Professor of Systematic Theology at Aarhus University, and has recently published Luther und die Gabe (Walter de Gruyter, 2004).

Peter Widmann is Professor of Systematic Theology at Aarhus University, and author of Thetische Theologie (Chr. Kaiser Verlag).

Ted Peters is emeritus professors ofsystematic theology and ethics atPacific Lutheran Theological Seminary and the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. He is author ofGod-The World"s Future: Systematic Theology for a New Era (Fortress Press, 2015).He also served on the Human Genome Project and is author of The Stem Cell Debate (Fortress Press, 2007). He co-editedThe Gift of Grace: The Future of Lutheran Theology (2004).