2018 Reviews
Reviews Published in 2018
Under the leadership of book review editors Mary Jane Haemig and Suzanne Hequet, Lutheran Quarterly published 60 book reviews and 3 extended review essays in Volume 32 (2018). The list below gives the publication information of each book reviewed. The reviewer's name appears in parentheses, followed by the Volume/number of the review.
Review Essays published in 2018 (3)
Alberto Melloni et al, eds., Martin Luther: A Christian between Reforms and Modernity (1517-2017) Three volumes (Mark Mattes) 32/3
Derek Nelson/Paul Hinlicky, eds., The Oxford Encyclopedia of Martin Luther Three volumes (Mark Mattes) 32/3
Timothy J. Wengert, ed., Dictionary of Luther and the Lutheran Traditions (H. George Anderson) 32/3
Reviews published in 2018 (60)
Joachim Bahlcke, et al., eds. The Luther Effect in Eastern Europe. History—Culture—Memory (Robert Kolb) 32/4
Stephen M. Beall, ed. And trans. Libellus Addressed to Leo X, Supreme Pontiff. By Blessed Paolo Giustiniani and Pietro Querini (Amy Nelson Burnett) 32/4
Eva-Marie Becker/Kenneth Mtata, eds., Pauline Hermeneutics: Exploring the “Power of the Gospel” (Troy Troftgruben) 32/1
Robert Benne, Keeping the Soul in Christian Higher Education: A History of Roanoke College (Mark Mattes) 32/1
Chiara Bertoglio, Reforming Music: Music and the Religious Reformations of the Sixteenth Century (Joseph Herl) 32/1
Dietrich Blaufuss/Jacob Corzine, eds., Wilhelm Löhe und Bildung/Wilhelm Loehe and Christian Formation (Mark Mattes) 32/1
Heath W. Carter/Laura Rominger Porter, eds., Turning Points in the History of American Evangelicalism. (Mark Dixon) 32/1
Jarrett A. Carty, God and Government: Martin Luther’s Political Thought (Mark Mattes) 32/2
Stephen J. Chester, Reading Paul with the Reformers: Reconciling Old and New Perspectives (R. David Nelson) 32/2
Ingolf Dalferth, Creatures of Possibility: The Theological Basis of Human Freedom (Adam Morton) 32/2
Markus Friedrich, et al., eds. Konfession, Politik, und Gelehrsamkeit. Der Jenaer Theologe Johann Gerhard (1582-1637) im Kontext seiner Zeit. (Glenn Fluegge) 32/1
Alberto L. Garcia and John A. Nunes Wittenberg Meets the World: Reimagining the Reformation at the Margins (Douglas Groll) 32/4
Elisabeth Gerle, Passionate Embrace: Luther on Love, Body, and Sensual Presence (Aaron Klink) 32/2
Markus Gerstmeier/Anton Schindling, eds. Ernst Walter Zeeden (1916-2011) als Historiker der Reformation… (Robert Kolb) 32/2
Justo L. Gonzalez, The Mestizo Augustine: A Theologian Between Two Cultures (Walter Sundberg) 32/1
Mark Granquist, Most Certainly True: Lutheran History at a Glance (Christopher Richmann) 32/2
Mark Granquist, ed. Scandinavian Pietists: Spiritual writings from 19th-Century Norway, Denmark, Sweden, and Finland. (Gracia Grindal) 32/1
N.F.S. Grundtvig, Living Wellsprings: The Hymns, Songs,and Poems of N.F.S.Grundtvig trans.and ed. by Edward Broadbridge (Paul Westermeyer) 32/2
Bridget Heal, A Magnificent Faith: Art and Identity in Lutheran Germany (Mark Mattes) 32/2
Eilert Herms, Systematische Theologie. Das Wesen des Christentums: In Wahrheit und aus Gnade leben (David Nelson) 32/1
Justin Holcomb/David Johnson, eds. Christian Theologies of the Sacraments (Gordon Jensen) 32/2
David A. Hollinger, Protestants Abroad: How Missionaries Tried to Change the World but Changed America (Mark Nygard) 32/4
Graham Hughes, Reformed Sacramentality (Gordon Jensen) 32/2
David J. Kangas, Errant Affirmations: On the Philosophical Meaning of Kierkegaard’s Religious Discourses (Ronald Marshall) 32/4
Thomas Kaufmann, A Short Life of Martin Luther (Hans Wiersma) 32/1
Teresa A.K. Kaya, Diakonie auf americanisch; Geschichte und Profil des lutherischen “social ministry” in den USA (H. George Anderson) 32/4
James M. Kittelson and Hans H. Wiersma, Luther the Reformer: The Story of the Man and His Career 2nd ed. (Ken Schurb) 32/1
Susanne Kofler, Prophetie als Partizipation am Heilsplan? Lutherische Prophetie im Konfessionellen Zeitalter (1550-1650) (Jason Lane) 32/4
Robert Kolb, Martin Luther and the Enduring Word of God: The Wittenberg School and Its Scripture-Centered Proclamation (Jeffrey Silcock) 32/2
Robert Kolb and Carl R. Trueman, Between Wittenberg and Geneva: Lutheran and Reformed Theology in Conversation (Meg Madson) 32/2
U.V. Koren, U. V. Koren’s Works. Volume 4: Memoirs, Poems, Miscellaneous Ed. Mark DeGarmeaux (Mark Mattes) 32/1
Mark A. Lamport, ed., Encyclopedia of Martin Luther and the Reformation (2 vols.) (Martin Lohrmann) 32/4
Jason Lane, Luther’s Epistle of Straw: The Voice of St. James in Reformation Preaching (Aaron Klink) 32/2
Robin A. Leaver, The Whole Church Sings: Congregational Singing in Luther’s Wittenberg (Steven Wente) 32/1
Volker Leppin, Martin Luther: A Late Medieval Life (Sherry Jordon) 32/4
Eric Lund, ed. A Documentary History of Lutheranism. Volume One: From the Reformation to Pietism. Eric Lund and Mark Granquist, eds. A Documentary History of Lutheranism. Volume Two: From the Enlightenment to the Present (Matthew Becker) 32/4
Godrick Lyimo, Empowerment and Autonomy of Women: Ushirika Wa Neema Deaconess Centre In the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Tanzania, Northern Diocese (Anna Mercedes) 32/1
Larry Mansch and Curtis Peters, Martin Luther: The Life and Lessons (Hans Pohlsander) 32/1
Peter Marshall, Heretics and Believers: A History of the English Reformation (Korey Maas) 32/4
Mark Mattes, Martin Luther’s Theology of Beauty: A Reappraisal (Carl Springer) 32/2
Jennifer Powell McNutt/David Lauber, eds., The People’s Book: The Reformation and the Bible (Martin Lohrmann) 32/1
Jonathan Mumme, Die Präsenz Christi im Amt (Timothy Dost) 32/2
Samuel H. Nafzger, et al., eds., Confessing the Gospel: A Lutheran Approach to Systematic Theology (Mark Mattes) 32/1
Robert H. Nelson, Lutheranism and the Nordic Spirit of Social Democracy: A Different Protestant Ethic (Mark Mattes) 32/2
Elizabeth Palmer, Faith in a Hidden God: Luther, Kierkegaard, and the Binding of Isaac (Ronald Marshall) 32/4
Paul Silas Peterson, Reformation in the Western World: an introduction (Amy Nelson Burnett) 32/1
Stefan Rhein/Martin Treu, eds. Philipp Melanchthon: Zur populaeren Rezeption des Reformators (Timothy Wengert) 32/1
Risto Saarinen, Recognition and Religion: A Historical and Systematic Study (David Nelson) 32/2
Joy Schroeder, The Bible in Medieval Tradition:The Book of Jeremiah (John Hoyum) 32/2
Hans Schwarz, The Trinity: the Central Mystery of Christianity (Craig Nessan) 32/2
Hans Schwarz, True Faith in the True God: An Introduction to Luther’s Life and Thought Revised and expanded edition (Mark Mattes) 32/1
Peter Marshall, Heretics and Believers: A History of the English Reformation (Korey Maas) 32/4
Richard Rex, The Making of Martin Luther (Mark Tranvik) 32/4
Herman Selderhuis, Martin Luther: A Spiritual Biography (Hans Wiersma) 32/4
Frank C. Senn, Eucharistic Body (Gordon Jensen) 32/2
Olli-Pekka Vainio, Disagreeing Virtuously: Religious Conflict in Interdisciplinary Perspective (Robert Benne) 32/2
Kelly Joan Whitmer, The Halle Orphanage as Scientific Community: Observation, Eclecticism, and Pietism in the Early Enlightenment (Gracia Grindal) 32/4
Chris Wickham, Medieval Europe (Jennifer Awes-Freeman) 32/4
Christian Volkmar Witt, Martin Luthers Reformation der Ehe (Jane Strohl) 32/1
Sabine Zinsmeyer, Frauenkloester in der Reformationszeit: Lebensformen von Nonnen in Sachsen zwischen Reform und landesherrlicher Aufhebung (Beth Plummer) 32/1