Augsburg Fortress

Martin Luther's Christmas Book

Martin Luther's conception of the Nativity found expression in sermon, song, and art. This beautiful new gift edition of a classic collection combines all three....

Listen! God Is Calling!: Luther Speaks of Vocation, Faith, and Work

The Christian faith has implications for all of life. Yet, many Christians do not make the connection between the resources of their faith and the challenges...

My Conversations with Martin Luther

What could a 16th-century German possibly have to say to us modern folk as we enter the 21st century? If that man is Martin Luther, a lot! In this richly...

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The Annotated Luther, Volume 3: Church and Sacraments

Volume 3 of The Annotated Luther series presents five key writings that focus on Martin Luther's understanding of the gospel as it relates to church, sacraments, and worship. Included in the volume are: The Babylonian Captivity of the Church (1520); The German Mass and Order of the Liturgy (1526); That These Words of Christ, "This is my Body," etc., Still Stand Firm Against the Fanatics (1527); Concerning Rebaptism (1528), and On the Councils and the Church (1539).

The Book of Concord: The Confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church

Confessional writings of the Lutheran Church and other information essential to understanding the confessions.

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Signs of Belonging: Luther's Marks of the Church and the Christian Life

Signs of Belonging: Luther's Marks of the Church and the Christian Life explores Luther's teaching on the seven marks of the church: possession of the Word,...

The Annotated Luther, Volume 2: Word and Faith

Volume 2 of The Annotated Luther series contains a number of the writings categorized under the theme word and faith. Luther was particularly focused on what the word "does" in order to create and sustain faith.

Reclaiming the ''C'' Word: Daring to Be Church Again

God is up to something! God is on a mission to save and bless the world, and God calls the church to be part of this mission. That means getting focused,...

Where God Meets Man: Luther's Down-to-Earth Approach to the Gospel

This book about Luther's theology is written out of a two-fold conviction. First, that many of our problems have arisen because we have not really understood...

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Confirmation: Engaging Lutheran Foundations and Practices

In this volume, nine leading Lutheran scholars examine the theological, historical and educational foundations of confirmation ministry in the ELCA....

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Luther Refracted: The Reformer's Ecumenical Legacy

Luther Refracted speaks to the currency that Luther’s life and thought continue to enjoy in today’s Christian reflection. The contributors, representing a variety of Christian denominations, demonstrate Luther’s impact on their own traditions and, together with the Lutheran respondents, encourage a fresh understanding of the Reformer.

Luther: Out of the Storm

The first major biography of Martin Luther in English in many years, Luther: Out of the Storm responds to recent Reformation scholarship to assess Luther's...

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The Promise of Lutheran Ethics

Is there a distinctive Lutheran ethical stance? What does this deep and robust religious tradition have to say to today's dilemmas in personal and social...

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The Babylonian Captivity of the Church, 1520: The Annotated Luther Study Edition

In his The Babylonian Captivity of the Church, Martin Luther set forth a reconsideration of the sacramental Christian life that centered on the word. His thesis is that the papacy had distorted the sacraments with its own traditions and regulations, transforming them into a system of control and coercion.

The Bondage of the Will, 1525 (abridged): The Annotated Luther Study Edition

In autumn 1525, Luther wrote The Bondage of the Will as a response to humanist and theologian Erasmus of Rotterdam, who had criticized Luther's teachings in the diatribe On Free Will. Luther's argument on the matter of the bound and free will poses a challenge and an invitation for constructive contemporary theology.

The Lutheran Confessions: History and Theology of The Book of Concord

From their formulation in the sixteenth century through the present day, every generation of Lutheran leadership has grappled with the centrality and importance...

Lutherans in America: A New History

In this lively and engaging new history, Granquist brings to light not only the institutions that Lutherans founded and sustained but the people that lived within them. This shows the complete story?not only the policies and the politics, but the piety and the practical experiences of the Lutheran men and women who lived and worked in the American context.

The Theology of Martin Luther: A Critical Assessment

Does Martin Luther have anything to say to us today? Nearly five-hundred years after the beginning of the Reformation, Hans-Martin Barth explores that question

A History of Lutheranism: Second Edition

Eric Gritsch's unique and ambitious work, the first-ever attempt at a history of global Lutheranism, is now in a new edition. In a clear, nontechnical way,...

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Documents from the History of Lutheranism, 1517-1750

A unique resource: from the Reformation to Pietism. This unique collection of excerpts from Lutheran historical and theological documents - many...

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