Liberating Luther: A Lutheran Theology from Latin America
Ebook
Until his untimely death in 2018, Vitor Westhelle's incisive and probing thought on the church, Luther, and theology shaped a generation. As a continuation of that rich legacy, presented here for the first time in English, is a collection of Westhelle's finest Portuguese-language essays.
As a dedicated theologian of the cross, he was committed to saying things as they are, and that meant fearlessly cutting to the heart of complex matters. In this collection, Westhelle addresses important issues such as the cross of Jesus and its relation to death today; the difficulty (even impossibility) of human communication; the ecological crisis as a fundamentally religious problem; the ecumenical movement and its complicity with class interests; the church's misuse of mission and power; Lutheranism's misunderstanding of LutherÂs law-gospel dialectic; and the role of European theology in making the conquest of the Americas such a disaster.
- Title: Liberating Luther: A Lutheran Theology from Latin America
- Authors: Robert A. Butterfield, Vitor Westhelle
- Publisher: Fortress Press
- Print Publication Date: 2021
- Logos Release Date: 2020
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781506469638, 1506469639
- Resource ID: LLS:9781506469638
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2024-08-29T03:53:07Z
Until his untimely death in 2018, Vitor Westhelle was professor of systematic theology at Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. A prolific writer and teacher, he was author of several books, including The Scandalous God: The Use and Abuse of the Cross (Fortress, 2006), and co-editor of several others.
Robert A. Butterfield's vibrant and varied career includes serving congregations in Illinois and Iowa, teaching in an ecumenical institute in Brazil, and spending many years teaching, preaching, and writing in Portugal for the Presbyterian Church (USA).