The Other Lutherans : Voices from the Global South.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Deressa, Samuel Yonas, editor.

Sanchez M., Leopoldo A., editor.

Steuernagel, Marcell Silva, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lutheran Church--Developing countries.

Lutheran Church.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (441 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2025.

Place of Publication:

Minneapolis, Minnesota : Fortress Academic, 2026.

System Details:

text file rdaft

Summary:

Introduces western readers to Global South voices writing on Lutheran identity, theological themes, worship and the arts, and missions and society.

Contents:

Acknowledgments Abbreviations Introduction Part One: Lutheran Identity 1. The Global South Meets North America: Confessional Lutheran Identity in Light of Changing Christian Demographics Leopoldo A. Sánchez M., Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, US 2. Translating the Faith and Confessional Commitment: A Case Study of the Quest for Identity in the Global South Roberto E. Bustamante, Seminario El Reformador, Dominican Republic Part Two: Theological Themes 3. Justification in the Borderlands Toward an Evangelical Catholic Witness of Justification in Light of the Hybrid Experience of the Diaspora Alberto L. García, Concordia University Wisconsin, US 4. Christian Engagement in the Context of Religio-cultural Nationalism: An Interaction with Luther's Two Realm Theology from a Hinduised Public Square in India Sam Thompson, Concordia Seminary Edmonton, Canada 5. Mi Casa Es Su Casa: A Lutheran Proposal on Being the Church Catholic in an Age of Migration in Dialogue with Roman Catholic Insights on Catholicity Leopoldo A. Sánchez M., Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, US 6. Getting Beyond Lament: Recasting Contemporary Lutheran Eschatology Ibrahim S. Bitrus, Taraba State College of Education Zing, Nigeria Part Three: Worship and the Arts 7. What Has Ephraim the Syrian to Do with Martin Luther?: Retrieving Syriac Christianity for a Sola Scriptura Church Abjar Bahkou, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, US 8. Musical (Re)Localization as Contextual Theologization Marcell Silva Steuernagel, Southern Methodist University, US 9. Human Rights and Divine Rites: African American Sacramental Justice John Arthur Nunes, California Lutheran University, US 10. Between Tradition and Renewal: The Case of Lutheran Liturgy in Brazil Fabiane B. Luckow, Arts Center of the Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil 11. The Dancing African Church: Music in the Worship of African Christianity William O. Obaga, Confessional Lutheran University, Congo Part Four: Missions and Society 12. The Shifting Landscape of Lutheranism: Exploring the Rise of African Lutheranism and Its Implications Samuel Y. Deressa, Concordia University St. Paul, US 13. The Christian Witness in a Pluralist Context: The Case for a Pedagogical Enterprise Based on the Giftive Paradigm Maximiliano Wolfgramm Silva, Lutheran University of Brazil, Brazil 14. For a Church "Close to Home": Lutheran Ecclesiology and Missions in the Margins of Urban Brazil Samuel R. Fuhrmann, Seminário Concórdia, Brazil 15. What Are We Called To Do? Theological Reflection on the Trafficking of Ethiopian Immigrant Domestic Workers from a Vocational Approach Ebise Dibisa Ayana, Concordia Seminary, US Conclusion Index About the Editors and Contributors

ISBN:

979-82-16-20000-0

979-82-16-25809-4

OCLC:

1557706381