On Becoming a Theologian of the Cross
Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht (Verlag)
9783525502570 (ISBN)
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Martin Luther’s theology of the cross is often (mis)used to support social gospels and liberation theology. Yet Luther’s intent was not to make a god more sympathetic to us or a god more like us, but that – through the recovery of the gospel (that had been lost and tainted by the fallen wisdom of man) – in the cross we might find the only sympathetic God who really liberates us from our sin. In his theology of the cross, Luther points out that the cross requires an understanding of revelation and redemption which leads us to despair of all our own righteousness, ability and wisdom, and encourages us to trust in the only one who can save us and was crucified in our place.
In this work Nathan Runham indentifies Luther’s real intent behind the theologian of the cross. His intent was to recover a biblical understanding of revelation which, in turn, enables us to understand the biblical gospel of redemption. But Runham also demonstrates that Luther had understood the gospel prior to the Heidelberg Disputation (HD) meaning that those who dismiss the HD as pre-reformational will need to reckon with the fact that Luther evidently had had his ‘evangelical conversion’ prior to engaging in debate with his Augustinian colleagues in 1518.
Nathan Runham is a former Air Force Officer with qualifications and experience in military nursing and chaplaincy. Ordained in the Presbyterian Church of Australia, he earned his PhD in theology through the Presbyterian Theological College (Melbourne) studying Martin Luther’s theology of the cross.
Herman J. Selderhuis ist Professor für Kirchengeschichte an der Theologischen Universität Apeldoorn, Direktor von Refo500, Wissenschaftlicher Kurator der Johannes a Lasco Bibliothek sowie Präsident des Internationalen Calvinkongresses.
Dr. Christopher B. Brown is Associate Professor of Church History at Boston University.
Dr. Günter Frank ist Direktor der Europäischen Melanchthon-Akademie Bretten und außerplanmäßiger Professor am Karlsruher Institut für Technologie.
Barbara Mahlmann-Bauer ist Professorin em. für „Neuere deutsche Literatur“ an der Universität Bern.
Tarald Rasmussen ist Professor für Kirchengeschichte an der Universität Oslo.
Dr. Violet Soen is Associate Professor for Early Modern History at the Faculty of Arts at the University of Leuven.
Dr. Zsombor Tóth is Senior Research Fellow at the Institute for Literary Studies at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.
Dr. Günther Wassilowsky ist Professor für Kirchengeschichte an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
Prof. Dr. Siegrid Westphal ist Inhaberin des Lehrstuhls für Geschichte der Frühen Neuzeit an der Universität Osnabrück sowie Direktorin des Forschungszentrums Institut für Kulturgeschichte der Frühen Neuzeit.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 9.3.2026 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Refo500 Academic Studies (R5AS) ; Band 112 |
| Mitarbeit |
Herausgeber (Serie): Herman J. Selderhuis Stellvertretende Herausgeber: Christopher B. Brown, Günter Frank, Barbara Mahlmann-Bauer, Tarald Rasmussen, Violet Soen, Zsombor Tóth, Günther Wassilowsky, Siegrid Westphal |
| Verlagsort | Göttingen |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Christentum |
| Schlagworte | Heidelberg Disputation • Justification by faith • Kirchengeschichte • SCHOLASTICISM • theology of glory |
| ISBN-13 | 9783525502570 / 9783525502570 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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