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The Work of Faith

Divine Grace and Human Agency in Martin Luther's Preaching
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 2020

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Many scholars assume that Luther advocates for a Christian life in which human beings are always passive recipients of God’s grace as it is delivered in preaching, and mere instruments through which God works to serve their neighbors. The Work of Faith: Divine Grace and Human Agency in Martin Luther's Preaching offers a different reading of Luther’s views on human agency by drawing on a fresh source: Luther’s preaching. Using Luther’s sermons in the Church Postil as a primary source, Justin Nickel argues that Martin Luther preached as though Christians have real, if secondary, agency in the lives they lead before God and neighbor. As a result, Nickel presents a Luther substantively concerned with how Christians lead their lives.

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Edition
1/2020
Copyright Year
2020
ISBN-Print
978-1-9787-0963-8
ISBN-Online
978-1-9787-0964-5
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
173
Product Type
Monograph

Table of contents

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    1. Contents No access
    2. Acknowledgments No access
  1. Introduction No access Pages 1 - 12
  2. Chapter One: Ethos unto Death No access Pages 13 - 44
  3. Chapter Two: These Divine Words No access Pages 45 - 66
  4. Chapter Three: A Believer’s Agency No access Pages 67 - 96
  5. Chapter Four: Of Prisons and Palaces No access Pages 97 - 130
  6. Chapter Five: Ethos unto Life No access Pages 131 - 154
  7. Epilogue No access Pages 155 - 160
  8. Bibliography No access Pages 161 - 168
  9. Index No access Pages 169 - 172
  10. About the Author No access Pages 173 - 173

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