Lutheranism

by Robert W. Jenson and Eric W. Gritsch

Book Overview

This useful guide offers a critical appraisal of a theological movement within the church catholic. The authors, a church historian and a systematic theologian, describe Lutheranism as centered in the fundamental principle of the Reformation, "justification by faith apart from works of law."The book focuses on the emergence of this chief article of faith as a proposal of dogma to the church ecumenical, its theological formulation, and its significance...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0800612469
• ISBN13: 9780800612467
• Release Date: October 1976
• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.78 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 8.9"