Justification and Sanctification
OSWALD BAYER
Translated by
Geoffrey W. Bromiley
Fortress Press
Minneapolis
Justification and Sanctification
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Paperback ISBN: 978-1-5064-2713-3
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Preface to the First German Edition (1984)
Preface to the English Edition
1. In the Dispute of “Justifications”
World History as a Battle for Mutual Recognition
History of Nature: Chain of Guilt or Causality?
God in the Dispute of the “Justifications”
2. The Lawsuit about God before the Court of Human Reason
Through Work to Play: Return to Paradise
3. The Passive Righteousness of Faith
Death of the Old Adam; Life of the New Human
The Gift of Self-Forgetfulness
Renaissance: New Relation to the World
“In the Dawn of the Future’s Life”
Faith and Action: The New Obedience
“Doing Whatever Your Hand Finds to Do”
Word and Authority of the Bible
Sanctified by the Divine Word of Institution
The “Three Estates” as Basic Forms of Life
6. Faith within the Lawsuit about God—Before God
Assurance of Salvation Is Not Knowledge
Advent and Creation: “All Out of Pure Goodness”
To begin this new Eerdmans series of Lutheran Quarterly Books with Oswald Bayer’s strong word on justification by faith is not only fitting but also a pleasure. Living by Faith: Justification and Sanctification precisely fits the longstanding aims of Lutheran Quarterly, and it is always a pleasure to work with Oswald Bayer.
Lutheran Quarterly Books will advance the same aims as Lutheran Quarterly itself, aims repeated by Theodore G. Tappert when he was editor fifty years ago and renewed by Oliver K. Olson when he revived the publication in 1987. The original four aims continue to grace the front matter and to guide the contents of every issue, and can now also indicate the goals of Lutheran Quarterly Books: “to provide a forum (1) for the discussion ...
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About Living by Faith: Justification and Sanctification“Living by faith” is much more than a general Christian precept; it is the fundamental posture of believers in a world rife with suffering and injustice. In this penetrating reflection on the meaning of “justification,” Oswald Bayer shows how this key religious term provides a comprehensive horizon for discussing every aspect of Christian theology, from creation to the end times. Inspired by and interacting with Martin Luther, the great Christian thinker who grappled most intensely with the concept of justification, Bayer explores anew the full range of traditional dogmatics (sin, redemption, eschatology, and others), placing otherwise complex theological terms squarely within their proper milieu—everyday life. In the course of his discussion, Bayer touches on such deep questions as the hidden nature of God, the hope for universal justice, the problem of evil, and—one of the book’s most engaging motifs—Job’s daring lawsuit with God. |
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