Martin Luther’s Two Ways of Viewing Life and the Educational Foundation of a Lutheran Ethos
Overview
This essay asserts that Luther’s “at-the-same-time,” simul, or paradoxical way of viewing life, does not capture Luther’s thought as a whole, or his way of viewing life based on the power of the word and the spirit of God. Smith argues that the best way to capture Luther’s “second” basic way of thinking and of viewing life is through the connected prepositions “in, with, and under.” This second basic way was based primarily on the gospel of John and its prologue, which shows how God is acting, creating, and redeeming, and how Jesus is “the Word become flesh.” Smith argues that understanding both of Luther’s ways of viewing life is helpful for understanding Lutheran education and “a Lutheran ethos” since the sixteenth century. This short text can easily be used as a supplementary reading for a class, seminary, or group discussion.
- Title: Martin Luther’s Two Ways of Viewing Life and the Educational Foundation of a Lutheran Ethos
- Author: Leonard S. Smith
- Publisher: Pickwick Publications
- Print Publication Date: 2011
- Logos Release Date: 2014
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Luther, Martin, 1483-1546; Melanchthon, Philipp, 1497-1560; Lutheran Church › Doctrines; Lutheran Church › Education
- ISBNs: 9781556359927, 1556359926
- Resource ID: LLS:MRTNLTHRSLTHTHS
- Resource Type: Monograph
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