The Work of Faith : Divine Grace and Human Agency in Martin Luther's Preaching
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Hardback or Cased Book
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1978709633
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9781978709638
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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
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GB
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GB
Publication Date
Aug 31st, 2020
Print length
186 Pages
Weight
463 grams
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23.20 x 16.40 x 2.00 cms
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Many scholars assume that Luther views Christian life as one without agency, where humans are mere instruments through which God works to serve their neighbors. However, Justin Nickel examines the rhetoric of Luther’s sermons to argue that Luther thinks Christians have real, if secondary, agency in their lives.
Many scholars assume that Luther advocates for a Christian life in which human beings are always passive recipients of God’s grace as it is delivered in preaching, and mere instruments through which God works to serve their neighbors. This book offers a different reading of Luther’s views on human agency by drawing on a fresh source: Luther’s preaching. Drawing on Luther’s sermons in the Church Postil as a primary source, Justin Nickel argues that Martin Luther preached as though Christians have real, if secondary, agency in the lives they lead before God and neighbor. As a result, Nickel presents a Luther substantively concerned with how Christians lead their lives.
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