A More Radical Gospel: Essays on Eschatology, Authority, Atonement, and Ecumenism

by Gerhard O. Forde

Publisher:

Fortress Press

, 2017

Overview

Gerhard O. Forde has stood at the forefront of Lutheran thought for most of his career. This new collection of essays and sermons—many previously unpublished—makes Forde’s powerful theological vision more widely available. The book aptly captures Forde’s deep Lutheran commitment. Here he argues that the most important task of theology is to serve the proclamation of the gospel as discerned on the basis of the doctrine of justification by grace alone through faith alone. For Forde, the doctrine of justification is not one topic among other theological topics; rather, it is the criterion that guides all theology and ministry. Throughout the book Forde applies this truth to issues of eschatology, authority, atonement, and ecumenism. Also included are seven insightful sermons that model the Lutheran approach to proclamation.

Contents

Top Highlights

“The anthropology was borrowed largely from humanism” (Page 11)

Product Details

• Title: A More Radical Gospel: Essays on Eschatology, Authority, Atonement, and Ecumenism
• Author: Gerhard O. Forde
• Series: Lutheran Quarterly Books
• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Print Publication Date: 2017
• Logos Release Date: 2015
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Lutheran Church › Doctrines; Theology; Bible
• ISBNs: 9781506427058, 9780802826886, 9781506427065, 1506427057, 0802826881, 1506427065
• Resource ID: LLS:MRRDCLGSPL
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T01:36:53Z

About Gerhard O. Forde

Gerhard O. Forde was professor of theology at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. He also taught at Luther College in Iowa and St. Olaf College in Minnesota. His many publications include The Law-Gospel Debate, Justification by Faith: A Matter of Life and Death and Where God Meets Man: Luther's Down-to-Earth Approach to the Gospel.