2014 Reviews
Reviews Published in 2014
Book reviews continue to be a strength of Lutheran Quarterly. Below is a list of every book reviewed in Lutheran Quarterly Volume 28 (2014), alphabetized by author of the book under review.
Adkins, Brent and Paul R. Hinlicky. Rethinking Philosophy and Theology with Deleuze: A New Cartography. Bloomsbury, 2013. Reviewed by Mark Mattes, Vol. 28 (4), 462-64.
Andersen, Svend. Macht aus Liebe: Zur rekonstruktion einer lutherischen politischen Ethik. Berlin: de Gruyter, 2010. Reviewed by Gregory Walter, Vol. 28 (2), 218-20.
Anttila, Miika E. Luther’s Theology of Music: Spiritual Beauty and Pleasure. de Gruyter, 2013. Reviewed by Mark Mattes, Vol. 28 (4), 464-66.
Aubet, Annette G. The German Roots of Nineteenth-Century American Theology. Oxford University Press, 2013. Reviewed by Mark Mattes, Vol. 28 (3), 333-34.
Baumann, Richard B. Colonial Lutheran Churches & Historic Sites in Eastern Pennsylvania 1638-1775. Lutheran Historical Society of Eastern Pennsylvania/Lutheran Archives Center at Philadelphia, 2009. Reviewed by Stephen R. Herr, Vol. 28 (3), 317-19.
Ben-Tov, Asaph. Lutheran Humanists and Greek Antiquity: Melanchthonian Scholarship beween Universal History and Pedagogy. Leiden: Brill, 2009. Reviewed by Carl P.E. Springer, Vol. 28 (1), 86-88.
Bennett, Robert H. I Am Not Afraid: Demon Possession and Spiritual Warfare. Concordia Publishing House, 2013. Reviewed by Duane A. Olson, Vol. 28 (3), 367-69.
Bergler, Thomas E. The Juvenilization of American Christianity. Eerdmans, 2012. Reviewed by Andrew Root, Vol 28 (1), 88-90.
Braaten, Carl E., editor. Preaching and Teaching the Law and Gospel of God. American Lutheran Publicity Bureau Books, 2013. Reviewed by Mark Mattes, Vol. 28 (3), 334-36.
Bratt, James D., editor. By the Vision of Another World: Worship in American History. Calvin Institute of Christian Worship Liturgical Studies Series. Eerdmans, 2012. Reviewed by Victor E. Gebauer, Vol. 28 (2), 220-22.
Brennan, Sean. The Politics of Religion in Soviet-Occupied Germany: The Case of Berlin-Brandenburg 1945-1949. Lexington Books, 2011. Reviewed by H. David Baer, Vol. 28 (1), 93-94.
Broadbridge, Edward, editor. The School for Life: N.F.S. Grundtvig on Education for the People. Aarhus: Aarhus University Press, 2011. Reviewed by Mark Mattes, Vol. 28 (2), 212-14.
Buck, Lawrence P. The Roman Monster: An Icon of the Papal Antichrist in Reformation Polemics. Truman State University Press, 2014. Reviewed by Richard J. Serina, Jr., Vol. 28 (4), 491-93.
Carty, Jarrett A., editor. Divine Kingdom, Holy Order: The Political Writings of Martin Luther. Concordia, 2012. Reviewed by Mark Mattes, Vol. 28 (1), 95-96.
Carver, Matthew, translator and editor. Walther’s Hymnal: Church Hymnbook for Evangelical Lutheran Congregations of the Unaltered Augsburg Confession. From the Kirchen-Gesangbuch für Evangelisch-Lutherische Gemeinden ungeänderter Augsburger Confession (1892). Concordia Publishing House, 2012. Reviewed by David L. Mennicke, Vol. 28 (2), 244-46.
Cooper, Jordan. The Righteousness of One: an Evaluation of Early Patristic Soteriology in Light of the New Perspective on Paul. Wipf & Stock, 2013. Reviewed by Mark Mattes, Vol. 28 (3), 359.
Corzine, Jacob and Bryan Wolfmueller, editors. Theology is Eminently Practical: Essays in Honor of John T. Pless. Fort Wayne: Lutheran Legacy, 2013. Reviewed by Kevin Hall, Vol. 28 (4), 468-69.
Creasman, Allyson F. Censorship and Civic Order in Reformation Germany, 1517-1648: ‘Printed Poison & Evil Talk’. Ashgate, 2012. Reviewed by Jason L. Strandquist, Vol. 28 (2), 222-24.
Dehmlow Dreier, Mary Sue, editor. Created and led by the Spirit: Planting Missional Congregations. Eerdmans, 2013. Reviewed by Terri Martinson Elton, Vol. 28 (3), 363-64.
DeJonge, Michael P. Bonhoeffer’s Theological Formation: Berlin, Barth, and Protestant Theology. Oxford University Press, 2012. Reviewed by John Matthews, Vol. 28 (3), 336-38.
Engelbrecht, Edward A. Friends of the Law: Luther’s Use of the Law for the Christian Life. Concordia, 2011. Reviewed by Timothy Maschke, Vol. 28 (2), 224-26.
Erasmus, Desiderius and Martin Luther. Discourse on Free Will. Edited and translated by Ernst F. Winter. London: Bloomsbury, 2013. Reviewed by Ken Sundet Jones, Vol. 28 (3), 369-70.
Eriksson, Anne-Louise, Gören Gunner, and Niclas Blåder, editors. Exploring a Heritage: Evangelical Lutheran Churches in the North. Church of Sweden Research Series, Vol. 5. Pickwick Publications, 2012. Reviewed by Mark Granquist, Vol. 28 (3), 366-67.
Gerhard, Johann. Postille: Exegesis and Explanation of Sunday and Main Festival Gospels. Part Three: Apostle and Other Festival Days; Part Four: Appendage of Passages for Midweek Sermons. Translated by Elmer M. Hohle. Edited by Heidi D. Sias. Lutheran Legacy, 2012. Reviewed by Mark Mattes, Vol. 28 (3), 338-39.
Gerhard, Johann. Theological Commonplaces: On Creation and Angels; On Providence; On Election and Reprobation; and On the Image of God in Man Before the Fall. Translated by Richard Dinda. Edited by Benjamin T.G. Mayes and Joshua J. Hayes. Concordia Publishing House, 2013. Reviewed by Mark Mattes, Vol. 28 (3), 340-41.
Green, Clifford J. and Guy C. Carter, editors. Interpreting Bonhoeffer: Historical Perspectives, Emerging Issues. Fortress Press, 2013. Reviewed by Mark S. Brocker, Vol. 28 (4), 456-58.
Grindal, Gracia. Thea Rønning: Young Woman on a Mission. Lutheran University Press, 2012. Reviewed by Gaylan Mathiesen, Vol. 28 (1), 98-99.
Hamm, Berndt. Religiosität im späten Mittelalter. Spannungspole, Neuaufbruüche, Normierungen. Edited by Reinhold Friedrich and Wolfgang Simon. Spuatmittelalter, Humanismus, Reformation 54. Tübingen, Mohr Siebeck, 2011. Reviewed by Robert Kolb, Vol. 28 (1), 99-101.
Hampson, Daphne. Kierkegaard: Exposition & Critique. Oxford University, 2013. Reviewed by Mark Mattes, Vol. 28 (2), 226-28.
Hassing, Arne. Church Resistance to Nazism in Norway, 1940-1945. University of Washington Press, 2014. Reviewed by Torleiv Austad, Vol. 28 (4), 451-52.
Hempton, David. The Church in the Long Eighteenth Century. I.B. Tauris and Co., Ltd, 2011. Reviewed by Mark Granquist, Vol. 28 (1), 101-04.
Hinlicky, Paul R. Before Auschwitz: What Christian Theology Must Learn from the Rise of Nazism. Cascade Books, 2013. Reviewed by Darrell Jodock, Vol. 28 (3), 360-62.
Humphrey, Karen A. Grace, Faith, and the Power of Singing: The Alma Christina Lind Swensson Story. Lutheran University Press, 2012. Reviewed by Gracia Grindal, Vol. 28 (1), 104-05.
Jasper, Gotthard. Paul Althaus (1888-1966). Professor, Prediger und Patriot. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2013. Reviewed by Michael Rogness, Vol. 28 (1), 82-84.
Jenson, Robert. Lutheran Slogans: Use and Abuse. American Lutheran Publicity Bureau, 2011. Reviewed by Michael Rogness, Vol. 28 (1), 77-79.
Jonson, Jonas. Wounded Visions: Unity, Justice, and Peace in the World Church after 1968. Translated by Norman A. Hjelm. Eerdmanns, 2013. Reviewed by Rhoda Schuler, Vol. 28 (3), 328-30.
Kääriäinen, Jukka. Mission Shaped by Promise: Lutheran Missiology Confronts Religious Pluralism. American Society of Missiology Monograph Series. Pickwick Publications, 2012. Reviewed by Gaylan Mathiesen, Vol. 28 (3), 326-27.
Kaplan, Leonard V., and Rudy Koshar, editors. The Weimar Moment, Liberalism, Political Theology, and Law. Lexington Books, 2012. Reviewed by Roy A. Harrisville, Vol. 28 (2), 228-30.
Kaufmann, Thomas. Der Anfang der Reformation: Studien zur Kontextualität der Theologie, Publizistik und Inszenierung Luthers und der reformatorischen Bewegung. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2012. Reviewed by John A. Maxfield, Vol. 28 (2), 233-35.
Kilcrease, Jack D. The Self-Donation of God: A Contemporary Lutheran Approach to Christ and His Benefits. Wipf & Stock, 2013. Reviewed by Anna Mercedes, Vol. 28 (4), 489-91.
Klän, Werner and Gilberto da Silva, editors. Lutherisch und selbstständig. Einführung in die Geschichte selbstständiger evangelisch-lutherischer Kirchen in Deutschland. Göttingen: Edition Ruprecht, 2012. Reviewed by Thomas H. Trapp, Vol. 28 (3), 321-23.
Klomp, Mirella. The Sound of Worship: Liturgical Performance by Surinamese Lutherans and Ghanaian Methodists in Amsterdam. Peeters, 2011. Reviewed by Paul Westermeyer, Vol. 28 (4), 460-62.
Koch, Traugott. Die ‘Passion-Betrachtungen’ der Catharina Regina von Greiffenberg im Rahmen ihres Lebenslaufes und ihrer Frömmigkeit. Forschungen zur systematischen und ökumenischen Theologie 137. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2013. Reviewed by Robert Kolb, Vol. 28 (3), 370-72.
Kolb, Robert and Theodore J. Hopkins, editors. Inviting Community. Concordia Seminary Press, 2013. Reviewed by Trevor Sutton, Vol. 28 (4), 493-94.
Kommer, Dorothee. Reformatorische Flugschriften von Frauen. Flugschriftenautorinnen der frühen REformationszeit und ihre Sicht von Geistlichkeit. In Arbeiten zur Kirchen- und Theologiegeschichte, vol. 40. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, 2013. Reviewed by Kirsi Stjerna, Vol. 28 (4), 470-71.
Landry, Stan M. Ecumenism, Memory, & German Nationalism, 1817-1917. Syracuse University Press, 2014. Reviewed by Mary Jane Haemig, Vol. 28 (4), 471-73.
Liebenberg, Roland et al., editors. Diakonissen für Amerika: Sozialer Protestantismus in internationaler Perspektive im 19. Jahrhundert. Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, 2013. Reviewed by Craig L. Nessan, Vol. 28 (2), 206-08.
Löblein, Friedrich. Prediger der Barmherzigkeit im 16. Jahrhundert. Vol. 1: Predigt und Diakonie in südwestdeutschen Reichsstädten. Vol 2: Biografien reichstuadtischer Prediger und ausgewählte diakonishe Predigten. Veröffentlichungen des Diakoniewissenschaftlichen Instituts 19-20. Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter, 2013. Reviewed by Carter Lindberg, Vol. 28 (2), 231-33.
Lorbeer, Lukas. Die Sterbe- und Ewigkeitslieder in deutschen lutherischen Gesangbüchern des 17. Jahrhunderts. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2012. Reviewed by Robert Kolb, Vol. 28 (2), 235-38.
Luther, Martin. Luther’s Works. Volume 75 Church Postil I. Edited by Benjamin T.G. Mayes and James L. Langebartels. Concordia Publishing House, 2013. Reviewed by Mary Jane Haemig, Vol. 28 (3), 365.
Luther, Martin. Luther’s Works: Sermons on the Gospel of St. John, Chapters 17-20. Volume 69. Edited by Christopher Boyd Brown. Translated by Erwin Koehlinger, et al. Concordia, 2009. Reviewed by Mark Mattes, Vol. 28 (1), 106-07.
Luther, Martin. Luther’s Works: Prefaces I and II. Volumes 59, 60. Edited by Christopher Boyd Brown. Concordia, 2012. Reviewed by Mark Mattes, Vol. 28 (1), 107-10.
Malysz, Piotr J. Trinity, Freedom, and Love: An Engagement with the Theology of Eberhard Jüngel. London: T&T Clark, 2012. Reviewed by R. David Nelson, Vol. 28 (2), 209-10.
Marty, Martin E. and Jerald C. Brauer, editors. The Unrelieved Paradox: Studies in the Theology of Franz Bibfeldt. Eerdmans, 2013. Reviewed by Paul Rorem, Vol. 28 (2), 214-16.
Mayer, Thomas F., editor. Reforming Reformation (Catholic Christendom, 1300-1700). Ashgate, 2012. Reviewed by Sherry Jordon, Vol. 28 (3), 347-48.
McDermott, Gerald R. and Harold A. Netland. A Trinitarian Theology of Religions: An Evangelical Proposal. Oxford University Press, 2014. Reviewed by Mark Mattes, Vol. 28 (4), 473-75.
McDonald, William P., editor. Christian Catechetical Texts, 3 Vols. Edwin Mellen Press, 2011. Reviewed by Mary Jane Haemig, Vol. 28 (1), 96-97.
Meilander, Gilbert. Should We Live Forever: The Ethical Ambiguities of Aging. Eerdmans, 2013. Reviewed by Janet Ramsey, Vol. 28 (4), 458-60.
Melanchthon, Philip. Commonplaces: Loci communes, 1521. Translated by Christian Preus. Concordia Publishing House, 2014. Reviewed by Timothy Wengert, Vol. 28 (4), 453-56.
Michener, Ronald T. Postliberal Theology: A Guide for the Perplexed. T&T Clark, 2013. Reviewed by Mark Mattes, Vol. 28 (3), 344-45.
Moorhead, James H. Princeton Seminary in American Religion and Culture. Eerdmans, 2012. Reviewed by Walter Sundberg, Vol. 28 (1), 110-12.
Muhlhan, Brett. Being Shaped by Freedom. An Examination of Luther’s Development of Christian Liberty. Pickwick Publications, 2012. Reviewed by Mark Tranvik, Vol. 28 (2), 211-12.
Nafzger, Peter H. “These Are Written”: Toward a Cruciform Theology of Scripture. Pickwick Publications, 2013. Reviewed by David A. Lumpp, Vol. 28 (4), 475-77.
Nelson, R. David. The Interruptive Word: Eberhard Jüngel on the Sacramental Structure of God’s Relation to the World. T&T Clark Studies in Systematic Theology, Vol. 24. Bloomsbury, T&T Clark, 2013. Reviewed by Mark Mattes, Vol. 28 (3), 345-47.
Nichol, Todd, editor. Norwegian-American Studies, Volume 36. Northfield: Norwegian-American Historical Association, 2011. Reviewed by Thomas Jacobson, Vol. 28 (1), 112-13.
Norheim, Bård Eirik Hallesby. Practicing Baptism. Pickwick Publications, 2014. Reviewed by Mark Mattes, Vol. 28 (4), 477-78.
Olson, Duane. Issues in Contemporary Christian Thought: A Fortress Introduction. Fortress Press, 2011. Reviewed by Kathryn A. Kleinhans, Vol. 28 (2), 240-42.
O’Malley, John W. Trent: What Happened at the Council. Harvard/Belknap, 2013. Reviewed by Mark L. Mattox, Vol. 28 (4), 479-81.
Ozment, Steven. The Serpent and the Lamb: Cranach, Luther, and the Making of the Reformation. Yale University Press, 2011. Reviewed by Bruce Eldevik, Vol. 28 (3), 330-32.
Pereira, Jairzinho Lopes. Augustine of Hippo and Martin Luther on Original Sin and Justification of the Sinner. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2013. Reviewed by Aaron Klink, Vol. 28 (4), 481-82.
Peterson, Cheryl. Who is the Church? An Ecclesiology for the Twenty-First Century. Fortress Press, 2013. Reviewed by Steven C. Kuhl, Vol. 28 (3), 323-25.
Philip, Mary, John Arthur Nunes, and Charles M. Collier, editors. Churrasco: A Theological Feast in Honor of Vítor Westhelle. Pickwick Publications, Wipf and Stock Publishers, 2013. Reviewed by Joshua C. Miller, Vol. 28 (4), 466-68.
Plummer, Marjorie Elizabeth and Robin Barnes, editors. Ideas and Cultural Margins in Early Modern Germany: Essays in Honor of H.C. Erik Midelfort. Ashgate, 2009. Reviewed by Luther Peterson, Vol. 28 (1), 115-17.
Ramsey, Janet L. and Rosemary Blieszner. Spiritual Resiliency and Aging: Hope, Relationality and the Creative Self. Baywood Publishing, 2013. Reviewed by Leonard M. Hummel, Vol. 28 (2), 216-18.
Reents, Christine and Christoph Melchior. Die Geschichte der Kinder- und Schulbibel: Evangelisch—katholisch—jüdisch. Arbeiten zur Religionspädagogik Band 28. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht unipress, 2011. Reviewed by Gerhard Bode, Vol. 28 (1), 118-19.
Ristau, Harold. At Peace with War: A Chaplain’s Meditations from Afghanistan. Wipf & Stock, 2012. Reviewed by Paul Nichol, Vol. 28 (3), 348-50.
Roberts, Kyle A. The Emergent Prophet: Kierkegaard and the Postmodernism People of God. Cascade Books, 2013. Reviewed by Ronald F. Marshall, Vol. 28 (3), 350-51.
Ruschke, Johannes M. Paul Gerhardt und der Berliner Kirchenstreit: Eine Untersuchung der konfessionellen Auseinandersetzungen über die kurfürstlich verordnete ‘mutua tolerantia’. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2012. Reviewed by James L. Brauer, Vol. 28 (1), 113-15.
Salatowsky, Sascha, editor. Gotha Macht Schule. Bildung von Luther bis Francke. Katalog zur Ausstellung der Universitäts- und Forschungsbibliothek Erfurt/Gotha in Zusammenarbeit mit der Stiftung Schloss Friedenstein Gotha. Veröffentlichung der Forschungsbibliothek Gotha 49. Gotha: Forschungsbibliothek Gotha, 2013. Reviewed by Robert Kolb, Vol. 28 (3), 341-43.
Scaer, David P. Infant Baptism in Nineteenth Century Lutheran Theology. Concordia Publishing House, 2011. Reviewed by Marc Kolden, Vol. 28 (3), 352-53.
Schemmel, Udo. Laien in lutherischen Kirchenordnungen. Die unterschiedliche Entwicklung ihres Beeinflussungspotentials auf Gemeindebelange im 18. Jahrhundert in Pennsylvania im Vergleich zu Kirchenordnungen des Landesherrlichen Kirchenregiments—dargestellt an der Genese der Kirchenordnung der St. Michaelis-Gemeinde in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Würzburg, Ergon-Verlag, 2012. Reviewed by A.G. Roeber, Vol. 28 (1), 122-24.
Schottroff, Luise. Die Bereitung zum Sterben: Studien zu den frühen reformatorischen Sterbebüchern. Refo500 Academic Stuies, Vol. 5. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2012. Reviewed by Anna Marie Johnson, Vol. 28 (2), 238-40.
Schwandt, Jack. The Hong Kierkegaard Library: A Crown Jewel of St. Olaf College. Northfield: Friends of the Kierkegaard Library, 2011. Reviewed by Walter Sundberg, Vol. 28 (1), 84-86.
Scott, Tom. The Early Reformation in Germany: Between Secular Impact and Radical Vision. Ashgate, 2013. Reviewed by Daniel van Voorhis, Vol. 28 (4), 482-84.
Shantz, Douglas H. An Introduction to German Pietism: Protestant Renewal at the Dawn of Modern Europe. The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013. Reviewed by Walter Sundberg, Vol. 28 (3), 319-21.
Shortt, Rupert. Christianophobia: A Faith Under Attack. Eerdmans, 2012. Reviewed by Lois Farag, Vol. 28 (2), 242-44.
Stolt, Birgit. ‘Laßt uns fröhlich springen!’ Gefühlswelt und Gefühlsnavigierung in Luthers Reformationsarbeit: Eine cognitive Emotionalitätsanalyse auf philologischer Basis. Berlin: Weidler, 2012. Reviewed by Timothy Wengert, Vol. 28 (1), 80-82.
Sundberg, Walter. Worship as Repentance: Lutheran Liturgical Traditions and Catholic Consensus. Eerdmans, 2012. Reviewed by Todd Nichol, Vol. 28 (1), 75-77.
Tanner, Klaus, editor. Konstruktion von Geschichte. Jubelrede—Predigt—protestantische Historiographie. Leucorea-Studien zur Geschichte der Reformation und der Lutherischen Orthodoxie 18. Leipzig: Evangelische Verlagsanstalt, 2012. Reviewed by Robert Kolb, Vol. 28 (1), 120-22.
Thompson, Deanna A. Deutoronomy. In Belief: A Theological Commentary on the Bible. Westminster John Knox Press, 2014. Reviewed by Mark Mattes, Vol. 28 (4), 484-86.
Thuesen, Peter J. Predestination: The American Career of a Contentious Doctrine. Oxford University Press, 2009. Reviewed by Andrew Finstuen, Vol. 28 (1), 90-92.
Vial, Theodore. Schleiermacher: A Guide for the Perplexed. Bloomsbury, T&T Clark, 2013. Reviewed by Mark Mattes, Vol. 28 (3), 354-55.
Walter, Gregory. Being Promised. Eerdmans, 2013. Reviewed by Winston D. Persaud, Vol. 28 (4), 486-87.
Walther, C.F.W. The Church & The Office of the Ministry. Revised and edited by Matthew C. Harrison. Concordia Publishing House, 2012. Reviewed by Mark Press, Vol. 28 (2), 246-48.
Webster, John C.B. Historiography of Christianity in India. Oxford University Press, 2012. Reviewed by Sashinungla, Vol. 28 (3), 355-57.
Welker, Michael. God the Revealed: Christology. Translated by Douglass Stott. Eerdmans, 2013. Reviewed by Mark Mattes, Vol. 28 (4), 487-89.
Westerholm, Stephen. Justification Reconsidered: Rethinking a Pauline Theme. Eerdmans, 2013. Reviewed by Arland J. Hultgren, Vol. 28 (3), 358-59.
Westhelle, Vítor. Eschatology and Space: The Lost Dimension in Theology Past and Present. Palgrave Macmillan, 2012. Reviewed by Gregory Walter, Vol. 28 (3), 314-16.
Zager, Daniel. The Gospel Preached Through Music: The Purpose and Practice of Lutheran Church Music. Concordia Theological Seminary Press, 2013. Reviewed by Paul Westermeyer, Vol. 28 (3), 316-17.
Andersen, Svend. Macht aus Liebe: Zur rekonstruktion einer lutherischen politischen Ethik. Berlin: de Gruyter, 2010. Reviewed by Gregory Walter, Vol. 28 (2), 218-20.
Anttila, Miika E. Luther’s Theology of Music: Spiritual Beauty and Pleasure. de Gruyter, 2013. Reviewed by Mark Mattes, Vol. 28 (4), 464-66.
Aubet, Annette G. The German Roots of Nineteenth-Century American Theology. Oxford University Press, 2013. Reviewed by Mark Mattes, Vol. 28 (3), 333-34.
Baumann, Richard B. Colonial Lutheran Churches & Historic Sites in Eastern Pennsylvania 1638-1775. Lutheran Historical Society of Eastern Pennsylvania/Lutheran Archives Center at Philadelphia, 2009. Reviewed by Stephen R. Herr, Vol. 28 (3), 317-19.
Ben-Tov, Asaph. Lutheran Humanists and Greek Antiquity: Melanchthonian Scholarship beween Universal History and Pedagogy. Leiden: Brill, 2009. Reviewed by Carl P.E. Springer, Vol. 28 (1), 86-88.
Bennett, Robert H. I Am Not Afraid: Demon Possession and Spiritual Warfare. Concordia Publishing House, 2013. Reviewed by Duane A. Olson, Vol. 28 (3), 367-69.
Bergler, Thomas E. The Juvenilization of American Christianity. Eerdmans, 2012. Reviewed by Andrew Root, Vol 28 (1), 88-90.
Braaten, Carl E., editor. Preaching and Teaching the Law and Gospel of God. American Lutheran Publicity Bureau Books, 2013. Reviewed by Mark Mattes, Vol. 28 (3), 334-36.
Bratt, James D., editor. By the Vision of Another World: Worship in American History. Calvin Institute of Christian Worship Liturgical Studies Series. Eerdmans, 2012. Reviewed by Victor E. Gebauer, Vol. 28 (2), 220-22.
Brennan, Sean. The Politics of Religion in Soviet-Occupied Germany: The Case of Berlin-Brandenburg 1945-1949. Lexington Books, 2011. Reviewed by H. David Baer, Vol. 28 (1), 93-94.
Broadbridge, Edward, editor. The School for Life: N.F.S. Grundtvig on Education for the People. Aarhus: Aarhus University Press, 2011. Reviewed by Mark Mattes, Vol. 28 (2), 212-14.
Buck, Lawrence P. The Roman Monster: An Icon of the Papal Antichrist in Reformation Polemics. Truman State University Press, 2014. Reviewed by Richard J. Serina, Jr., Vol. 28 (4), 491-93.
Carty, Jarrett A., editor. Divine Kingdom, Holy Order: The Political Writings of Martin Luther. Concordia, 2012. Reviewed by Mark Mattes, Vol. 28 (1), 95-96.
Carver, Matthew, translator and editor. Walther’s Hymnal: Church Hymnbook for Evangelical Lutheran Congregations of the Unaltered Augsburg Confession. From the Kirchen-Gesangbuch für Evangelisch-Lutherische Gemeinden ungeänderter Augsburger Confession (1892). Concordia Publishing House, 2012. Reviewed by David L. Mennicke, Vol. 28 (2), 244-46.
Cooper, Jordan. The Righteousness of One: an Evaluation of Early Patristic Soteriology in Light of the New Perspective on Paul. Wipf & Stock, 2013. Reviewed by Mark Mattes, Vol. 28 (3), 359.
Corzine, Jacob and Bryan Wolfmueller, editors. Theology is Eminently Practical: Essays in Honor of John T. Pless. Fort Wayne: Lutheran Legacy, 2013. Reviewed by Kevin Hall, Vol. 28 (4), 468-69.
Creasman, Allyson F. Censorship and Civic Order in Reformation Germany, 1517-1648: ‘Printed Poison & Evil Talk’. Ashgate, 2012. Reviewed by Jason L. Strandquist, Vol. 28 (2), 222-24.
Dehmlow Dreier, Mary Sue, editor. Created and led by the Spirit: Planting Missional Congregations. Eerdmans, 2013. Reviewed by Terri Martinson Elton, Vol. 28 (3), 363-64.
DeJonge, Michael P. Bonhoeffer’s Theological Formation: Berlin, Barth, and Protestant Theology. Oxford University Press, 2012. Reviewed by John Matthews, Vol. 28 (3), 336-38.
Engelbrecht, Edward A. Friends of the Law: Luther’s Use of the Law for the Christian Life. Concordia, 2011. Reviewed by Timothy Maschke, Vol. 28 (2), 224-26.
Erasmus, Desiderius and Martin Luther. Discourse on Free Will. Edited and translated by Ernst F. Winter. London: Bloomsbury, 2013. Reviewed by Ken Sundet Jones, Vol. 28 (3), 369-70.
Eriksson, Anne-Louise, Gören Gunner, and Niclas Blåder, editors. Exploring a Heritage: Evangelical Lutheran Churches in the North. Church of Sweden Research Series, Vol. 5. Pickwick Publications, 2012. Reviewed by Mark Granquist, Vol. 28 (3), 366-67.
Gerhard, Johann. Postille: Exegesis and Explanation of Sunday and Main Festival Gospels. Part Three: Apostle and Other Festival Days; Part Four: Appendage of Passages for Midweek Sermons. Translated by Elmer M. Hohle. Edited by Heidi D. Sias. Lutheran Legacy, 2012. Reviewed by Mark Mattes, Vol. 28 (3), 338-39.
Gerhard, Johann. Theological Commonplaces: On Creation and Angels; On Providence; On Election and Reprobation; and On the Image of God in Man Before the Fall. Translated by Richard Dinda. Edited by Benjamin T.G. Mayes and Joshua J. Hayes. Concordia Publishing House, 2013. Reviewed by Mark Mattes, Vol. 28 (3), 340-41.
Green, Clifford J. and Guy C. Carter, editors. Interpreting Bonhoeffer: Historical Perspectives, Emerging Issues. Fortress Press, 2013. Reviewed by Mark S. Brocker, Vol. 28 (4), 456-58.
Grindal, Gracia. Thea Rønning: Young Woman on a Mission. Lutheran University Press, 2012. Reviewed by Gaylan Mathiesen, Vol. 28 (1), 98-99.
Hamm, Berndt. Religiosität im späten Mittelalter. Spannungspole, Neuaufbruüche, Normierungen. Edited by Reinhold Friedrich and Wolfgang Simon. Spuatmittelalter, Humanismus, Reformation 54. Tübingen, Mohr Siebeck, 2011. Reviewed by Robert Kolb, Vol. 28 (1), 99-101.
Hampson, Daphne. Kierkegaard: Exposition & Critique. Oxford University, 2013. Reviewed by Mark Mattes, Vol. 28 (2), 226-28.
Hassing, Arne. Church Resistance to Nazism in Norway, 1940-1945. University of Washington Press, 2014. Reviewed by Torleiv Austad, Vol. 28 (4), 451-52.
Hempton, David. The Church in the Long Eighteenth Century. I.B. Tauris and Co., Ltd, 2011. Reviewed by Mark Granquist, Vol. 28 (1), 101-04.
Hinlicky, Paul R. Before Auschwitz: What Christian Theology Must Learn from the Rise of Nazism. Cascade Books, 2013. Reviewed by Darrell Jodock, Vol. 28 (3), 360-62.
Humphrey, Karen A. Grace, Faith, and the Power of Singing: The Alma Christina Lind Swensson Story. Lutheran University Press, 2012. Reviewed by Gracia Grindal, Vol. 28 (1), 104-05.
Jasper, Gotthard. Paul Althaus (1888-1966). Professor, Prediger und Patriot. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 2013. Reviewed by Michael Rogness, Vol. 28 (1), 82-84.
Jenson, Robert. Lutheran Slogans: Use and Abuse. American Lutheran Publicity Bureau, 2011. Reviewed by Michael Rogness, Vol. 28 (1), 77-79.
Jonson, Jonas. Wounded Visions: Unity, Justice, and Peace in the World Church after 1968. Translated by Norman A. Hjelm. Eerdmanns, 2013. Reviewed by Rhoda Schuler, Vol. 28 (3), 328-30.
Kääriäinen, Jukka. Mission Shaped by Promise: Lutheran Missiology Confronts Religious Pluralism. American Society of Missiology Monograph Series. Pickwick Publications, 2012. Reviewed by Gaylan Mathiesen, Vol. 28 (3), 326-27.
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