RT Article
T1 Challenges and Gifts of Teaching Luther in a Lutheran College1
JF Dialog
VO 56
IS 2
SP 187
OP 196
A1 Jodock, Darrell 1941-
LA English
PB Wiley-Blackwell
YR 2017
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1565620453
AB This article examines what can be learned from teaching Luther to American college students. It reviews several ways in which college students benefit from studying Luther. The article suggests that identifying the “operating principles” in Luther's thought can help students more carefully discern the contemporary significance of his thought. After discussing some challenges encountered when teaching Luther to college students, the article ends with reflections on the theological significance of the college context. While Luther's discovery of a gracious God remains central, the college setting promotes a retrieval of several broader themes in Luther's thinking that have often been neglected by Lutherans: ongoing creation, wisdom, the Bible as “torah,” the suffering of God, and societal reform.
K1 Luther and ongoing creation
K1 Luther and the Jews
K1 Luther on law and gospel
K1 Martin Luther
DO 10.1111/dial.12322