Craig Nessan

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  Liberating Lutheran Theology

  $39.00

  Foreword Karen L. Bloomquist
  Introduction

  Part One. Latin America/North America/Europe
  1. Liberation Theology And Latin American History
  2. Liberation Theology’s Critique Of Luther’s Two-Kingdoms Doctrine
  3. Christian Political Responsibility: Reappropriating Luther’s Two Kingdoms
  4. Orthopraxis And Martyrdom: The Influence Of Latin American Liberation Theology On Systematic Theology In Europe And North America

  Part Two. Asia/Europe/North America
  5. God’s Mission And Emancipation: A Lutheran Theology Of Justification And Economic Justice
  6. Dietrich Bonhoeffer And The Confessing Church: An Asian Minjung Theological Perspective
  7. Emancipation And Inculturation In A Multicultural World: A Lutheran Contribution
  8. Communio Sanctorum And Filial Piety: Ecclesiology For Inculturation

  Part Three. Europe/North America/Asia
  9. Property-Money Economies And Empires As Contexts For Biblical, Reformation, And Contemporary Ecumenical Theology
  10. Ghandi: Overcoming Western Violence In Conversation With Martin Luther
  11. Solidarity And Cooperation As Theological, Psychological, And Socioeconomic Response To Neoliberal Destruction

  Part Four. Conclusion
  12. Expanding The Conversation: Facing The Challenge Of African And Asian Perspectives

  Appendix A.
  Transforming Theology And Life-Giving Civilization: The Changseong Consultation

  Appendix B.
  Linking Poverty, Wealth And Ecology In Africa: The Dar Es Salaam Statement

  Abbreviations
  Notes
  Bibliography
  Index

  Additional Info
  Spanning the continents, three internationally respected theologians demonstrate how the thought and legacy of Martin Luther can serve in an ecumenical and interfaith context as a resource for a radical critique of global economics and culture.

  Lutheran Christianity originated in its own era of economic and cultural crisis. One of the great misinterpretations of Martin Luther has considered his heritage as fundamentally reactionary, seeking to preserve the political status quo. Instead, set free by the biblical message of liberation, this book wields Luther’s theology to engage the reality of poverty, hunger, oppression, and ecological degradation caused by an imperial capitalism as the most urgent theological issues in the contemporary world. The volume demonstrates the liberating possibilities of theology done out of a biblical and Lutheran perspective for the economic and cultural crises facing the church in the present century.

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  Beyond Maintenance To Mission (Revised)

  $27.00

  Here, in a newly revised edition, is a powerful and pertinent guide for congregations wanting to move away from “maintenance thinking” to powerful, creative engagement with the world.

  Visionary yet practical, Nessan’s influential book makes a persuasive case for the centrality of mission in the life of the church. Nessan’s model of mission-driven leadership is strongly centered on the community of faith’s worship and draws unique connections between the worship life of a congregation and every aspect of the church’s ministry. Around the twin foci of congregational identity and mission, the chapters in this dynamic book provide solid theological and radical direction on the themes of worship, education, fellowship, stewardship, evangelism, global connections, and social ministry.

  Equally pertinent to seminary classroom and parish life, the new edition highlights worship’s centrality, adds a new chapter on prayer and spiritual practices in this framework, significantly revises the treatments of fellowship and evangelism, and adds a full set of materials designed for congregational visioning and planning.

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  Who Is Christ For Us

  $11.99

  In the summer of 1933, Dietrich Bonhoeffer delivered powerful lectures that insisted Christians encounter Jesus Christ as a living person today, as well as in history and church life. Formulated in the face of the new Nazi regime, a decisive moment in Bonhoeffer’s own commitment to the Confessing Church, his words drew attention to the living Christ as always the humiliated “man for others,” the lodestar of Christian commitment and service. This volume, well introduced and contextualized by Nessan and Wind, consists in excerpts from the 1933 lectures–strikingly relevant today–along with other, contemporary writings from him and about him.

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