Hans Joachim Iwand on Church and Society

Ben Haupt is Associate Provost and Associate Professor of Practical Theology at Concordia Seminary in St Louis, Missouri, USA.Christian Neddens is Professor for Systematic Theology at Lutherische Theologische Hochschule in Oberursel, Germany.Michael Basse is Professor in Protestant Theology at TU Dortmund, Germany.Christian Einertson is in the PhD program at Concordia Seminary in St Louis, Missouri, USA.Gerard den Hertog is Emeritus Professor of Systematic Theology at the Theological University in Apeldoorn, Netherlands.

This volume brings Iwand's reflections on justification to bear on questions of the intersection of church and society. Iwand critiques the typical Lutheran understanding of the two kingdoms and charts a new way forward for understanding Luther's theology, as well as the way it addresses Christian life within society. Most importantly, Iwand discusses church and society, which have so often been closed to one another, and how they have been and continue to be opened up to each other by the kingdom of God.

Forewords by Robert Kolb (North American Context) and Gerard den Hertog (Continental European Context)Chapter 1Introduction, Benjamin Haupt (Concordia Seminary, USA)Chapter 2The Preaching of the Law (Die Predigt des Gesetzes)Chapter 3The Relevancy of Theological Work (Die Sachlichkeit der theologischen Arbeit)Chapter 4"Sed originale per hominem unum" A Contribution to the Doctrine of Man ("Sed originale per hominem unum" Ein Beitrag zur Lehre vom Menschen)Chapter 5Love as Foundation and Boundary of Freedom (Die Liebe als Grund und Grenze der Freiheit)Chapter 6Schleiermacher as Ethicist (Schleiermacher als Ethiker)Chapter 7The Bible and the Social Question (Die Bibel und die soziale Frage)Chapter 8Church and Society (Kirche und Gesellschaft)Chapter 9Toward a Theological Rationale for Protest against the Government (Zur theologischen Begründung des Widerstandes gegen die Staatsgewalt)Chapter 10Against the Misuse of the pro me as Methodological Principle in Theology (Wider den Mißbrauch des "pro me" als methodisches Prinzip in der Theologie)Chapter 11Estate and Sacrament (Stand und Sakrament)Chapter 12Toward the Development of Luther's Ecclesiology: A Rejoinder to the Essay of the Same Name by Karl Holl (Zur Entstehung von Luthers Kirchenbegriff. Ein kritischer Beitrag zu dem gleichnamigen Aufsatz von Karl Holl)Chapter 13Theology of the Cross (Theologia crucis)Chapter 14The Freedom of the Christian and the Bondage of the Will (Die Freiheit des Christen und die Unfreiheit des Willens)BibliographyIndex