Publication: Reformation - Legacy and Future

The approaching 500th anniversary of the beginning of the European Reformation occasions this feast of historical, theological and even pastoral insights.

In the 16th century, successive waves of reform rocked the Christian world, radically reshaping European Christianity and Western civilization. Now, 500 years later, an international and ecumenical gathering of historians, theologians, church leaders and pastors here celebrates and also critically assesses that legacy.

The contributions in this volume revisit the Reformation—its seering visions, its classic themes, its abiding convictions, as well as its conflicts and recriminations. They offer new insights into the social and political context of the reforms and the reformers. They evaluate the received theologies of the Reformation against its originating impulses. And they gauge its contemporary relevance, probing the pertinence of the one gospel and the one church of Jesus Christ to the altered and imperilled world today.

Contents:
Part 1: Introducing the Reformation Jubilee
Part 2: Biblical Reflections
Part 3: Theological Legacy of the Reformation
Part 4: Themes and Impact of the Reformation (Church History, Social History, Dogmatics, Ecumenism)
Part 5: The Churches and the Reformation Jubilee
Part 6: Evaluating the Jubilee Conference

Reformation: Legacy and Future. A Jubilee Volume.
Edited by Petra Bosse-Huber, Serge Fornerod, Thies Gundlach, and Gottfried Wilhelm Locher

Specs: 352 pp; 6 x 9“; paper; perfect;  4-colour cover
Topic: Christian History/Theology
ISBN: 978-2-8254-1660-0
Price: $29.00 / £20.00 /29 CHF/€20.00, August 2015

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This book translates the original German version „500 Jahre Reformation: Bedeutung und Herausforderungen“, which is also available in French: „Célébrer Luther ou la Réforme?“.