Sun of Righteousness, Arise! The Freedom of a Christian—Then and Now—for the Perpetrators and for the Victims of Sin

The following is a lecture, which Prof. Dr. Jürgen Moltmann gave for the Reformation Day Celebration at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia. It has an ecumenical direction, beginning with Martin Luther and ending with Charles Wesley’s verse “Sun of Righteousness, Arise!” The lecture moves from Martin...

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Authors: Moltmann, Jürgen 1926-2024 (Author) ; Kohl, Margaret (Author) ; Lösel, Steffen (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publ. 2012
In: Theology today
Year: 2012, Volume: 69, Issue: 1, Pages: 7-17
Further subjects:B Death Penalty
B Righteousness
B Victims
B Freedom
B Perpetrators
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Summary:The following is a lecture, which Prof. Dr. Jürgen Moltmann gave for the Reformation Day Celebration at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia. It has an ecumenical direction, beginning with Martin Luther and ending with Charles Wesley’s verse “Sun of Righteousness, Arise!” The lecture moves from Martin Luther in the sixteenth century and his treatise on “The Freedom of a Christian” to Martin Luther King Jr. in the twentieth century, and the inscription on his grave: “Free at last. At last free!”
ISSN:2044-2556
Contains:Enthalten in: Theology today
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/0040573611434585