Lutheran Reading Suggestions (2)

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As the title indicates, this is a second offering of reading suggestions in Lutheranism. Last time I tried to string together some of the bigger splashes from the history of Lutheran theology (here). This time my aims are more modest. I just thought I’d shine a light on a few recent titles that aim to give the reader a sense for where the tradition has been over the course of its history. And I close with a gesture to what you can find Lutheran theologians turning out as nearest the present moment as I can get (though of course there’s plenty more where these came from). So, for those so inclined, consider the following:

History

  • Eric W. Gritsch. A History of Lutheranism. 2nd Ed. (Fortress, 2010).
  • R. Kolb, Dingel, and Batka, Eds. The Oxford Handbook of Martin Luther’s Theology. (OUP, 2014.)
  • Robert Kolb, Bound Choice, Election, and Wittenberg Theological Method: From Martin Luther to the Formula of Concord, (Eerdmans, 2005).
  • Arand, Kolb and Nestingen, Eds. The Lutheran Confessions: History and Theology of The Book of Concord (Fortress, 2012).
  • Mark Granquist. Lutherans in America: A New History. (Fortress, 2015).
  • Mark C. Mattes, Ed. Twentieth-Century Lutheran Theologians. (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2013).
  • Matthew Becker, Ed. Nineteenth-Century Lutheran Theologians, (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2016)

Theology and Ethics

  • Joel Biermann, A Case for Character: Towards a Lutheran Virtue Ethics. (Fortress, 2014).
  • Carl Braaten, Ed. Preaching and Teaching the Law and Gospel of God. (ALPB, 2012).
  • Jennifer H. Dragseth, Ed. The Devil’s Whore: Reason and Philosophy in the Lutheran Tradition. (Fortress, 2011).
  • Paul R. Hinlicky, Beloved Community: Critical Dogmatics After Christendom. (Eerdmans, 2015).
  • Ian A. McFarland, From Nothing: A Theology of Creation. (WJNP, 2014).
  • Joshua Miller, Hanging by a Promise: The Hidden God in the Theology of Oswald Bayer, (Pickwick, 2015)

Readings on Robert Jenson

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A Bibliography Bound to Grow

As the dissertations on Robert Jenson continue to roll-out (a happy circumstance!), I thought it might be worthwhile to start tracking the secondary literature already available on his work. Though there are numerous book chapters and journal articles engaging parts of Jenson’s theology, scattered throughout various sources, here I’m only interested in recording monographs. Here, then, in chronological order, is what I’m aware of at present (feel encouraged to point out omissions):

  • Colin Gunton, Ed. Trinity, Time, and Church: a Response to the Theology of Robert W. Jenson. (Eerdmans, 2000).
  • Russell D. Rook, Rhyming Hope and History: Theology and Culture in the Work of Robert Jenson. (Pickwick, 2012).
  • Scott R. Swain, The God of the Gospel: Robert Jenson’s Trinitarian Theology. (IVP Academic, 2013).
  • Stephen J. Wright, Dogmatic Aesthetics: A Theology of Beauty in Dialogue with Robert W. Jenson. (Fortress, 2014).
  • Andrew Nicol, Exodus and Resurrection: The God of Israel in the Theology of Robert W. Jenson. (Fortress, 2016).
  • Eds. Wright and Green, The Promise of Robert W Jenson’s Theology: Constructive Engagements, (Fortress, 2017)
  • Chris E. W. Green, The End is Music: A Companion to Robert W. Jenson’s Theology (Cascade, 2018).
  • Lincoln Harvey, Jesus in the Trinity: A Beginner’s Guide to the Theology of Robert Jenson (SCM, 2020).