Timely Reformation Scholarship and Theology versus the Grand Historical Narratives: A Review Essay

This article reviews Michael Laffin's fresh presentation of Luther's political theology, which draws on contemporary Lutheran theological scholarship and interpretation to counter the assaults on Luther's thought by such representative modernity critics as Milbank and Herdt.

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Published in:Studies in Christian ethics
Main Author: O'Donovan, Joan Lockwood 1950- (Author)
Contributors: Laffin, Michael Richard (Bibliographic antecedent)
Format: Electronic Review
Language:English
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Published: Sage [2018]
In: Studies in Christian ethics
Review of:The promise of Martin Luther's political theology (London : Bloomsbury, 2016) (O'Donovan, Joan Lockwood)
IxTheo Classification:CG Christianity and Politics
KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance
KDD Protestant Church
NAA Systematic theology
Further subjects:B two-kingdoms
B Ethics
B Book review
B Soteriology
B Political Theology
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Summary:This article reviews Michael Laffin's fresh presentation of Luther's political theology, which draws on contemporary Lutheran theological scholarship and interpretation to counter the assaults on Luther's thought by such representative modernity critics as Milbank and Herdt.
ISSN:0953-9468
Contains:Enthalten in: Studies in Christian ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0953946818793072