{"id":5526,"date":"2022-06-03T01:10:07","date_gmt":"2022-06-03T01:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lutheranquarterly.org\/?page_id=5526"},"modified":"2024-02-22T01:07:15","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T01:07:15","slug":"essays","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lutheranquarterly.org\/?page_id=5526","title":{"rendered":"Essays"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"5526\" class=\"elementor elementor-5526\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-547af78 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"547af78\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-no\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 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Indeed,Luther had for a long time attempted to get Katharina married to someone else,but this did not work out. The Reformer\u2019s own resistance\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-e-info qodef-info--bottom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-e-read-more\">\n\t\t<a class=\"qodef-shortcode qodef-m qodef-qi-button qodef-html--link qodef-layout--filled qodef-type--icon-boxed qodef-size--small qodef-icon--right qodef-hover--icon-move-horizontal-short\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lutheranquarterly.org\/?p=7680\" target=\"_self\">\t<span class=\"qodef-m-text\">Read More<\/span>\t\t\t<span class=\"qodef-m-border\"><\/span>\t\t\t<span class=\"qodef-m-icon\">\t\t<span class=\"qodef-m-icon-inner\">\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-book-open\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\t<\/span><\/a>\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"qodef-e qodef-blog-item qodef-grid-item qodef-item--square post-7475 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-bayer category-essays category-feature\">\n\t<div class=\"qodef-e-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"qodef-e-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-e-info qodef-info--top\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div itemprop=\"dateCreated\" class=\"qodef-e-info-item qodef-e-info-date entry-date \">\n\t<a itemprop=\"url\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lutheranquarterly.org\/?m=202508\">\n\t\t<svg class=\"qodef-e-info-item-icon\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 14.6 14.6\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path d=\"M10.9,1.3V0.2h-0.6v1.2H4.3V0.2H3.7v1.2H0.2v13.1h14.3V1.3H10.9z M10.9,1.9v1.2h-0.6V1.9H10.9z M4.3,1.9v1.2H3.7V1.9H4.3z M13.8,13.8H0.8V4.9h13.1V13.8z\"\/><\/svg>\t\tAugust 23, 2025\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-e-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h5 itemprop=\"name\" class=\"qodef-e-title entry-title\">\n\t<a itemprop=\"url\" class=\"qodef-e-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lutheranquarterly.org\/?p=7475\">\n\t\tAutumn 2025 Featured Essay\t<\/a>\n<\/h5>\n\t\t<p itemprop=\"description\" class=\"qodef-e-excerpt\">\n\t\t\tThe study is an introduction to Oswald Bayer\u2019s groundbreaking work Promissio: The Reformational Turn in Luther\u2019s Theology from 1972.\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-e-info qodef-info--bottom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-e-read-more\">\n\t\t<a class=\"qodef-shortcode qodef-m qodef-qi-button qodef-html--link qodef-layout--filled qodef-type--icon-boxed qodef-size--small qodef-icon--right qodef-hover--icon-move-horizontal-short\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lutheranquarterly.org\/?p=7475\" target=\"_self\">\t<span class=\"qodef-m-text\">Read More<\/span>\t\t\t<span class=\"qodef-m-border\"><\/span>\t\t\t<span class=\"qodef-m-icon\">\t\t<span class=\"qodef-m-icon-inner\">\t\t\t<i aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"fas fa-book-open\"><\/i>\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\t<\/span><\/a>\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<article class=\"qodef-e qodef-blog-item qodef-grid-item qodef-item--square post-7441 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-feature category-news category-essay-prize\">\n\t<div class=\"qodef-e-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"qodef-e-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-e-info qodef-info--top\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div itemprop=\"dateCreated\" class=\"qodef-e-info-item qodef-e-info-date entry-date \">\n\t<a itemprop=\"url\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lutheranquarterly.org\/?m=202508\">\n\t\t<svg class=\"qodef-e-info-item-icon\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" x=\"0px\" y=\"0px\" viewBox=\"0 0 14.6 14.6\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path d=\"M10.9,1.3V0.2h-0.6v1.2H4.3V0.2H3.7v1.2H0.2v13.1h14.3V1.3H10.9z M10.9,1.9v1.2h-0.6V1.9H10.9z M4.3,1.9v1.2H3.7V1.9H4.3z M13.8,13.8H0.8V4.9h13.1V13.8z\"\/><\/svg>\t\tAugust 10, 2025\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-e-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h5 itemprop=\"name\" class=\"qodef-e-title entry-title\">\n\t<a itemprop=\"url\" class=\"qodef-e-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lutheranquarterly.org\/?p=7441\">\n\t\t2025 lq 1521 annual prize\t<\/a>\n<\/h5>\n\t\t<p itemprop=\"description\" class=\"qodef-e-excerpt\">\n\t\t\tThe 2025 LQ Essay Prize, sponsored by the 1521 Foundation, has been awarded to William G. 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2024\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-e-text\">\n\t\t\t\t<h5 itemprop=\"name\" class=\"qodef-e-title entry-title\">\n\t<a itemprop=\"url\" class=\"qodef-e-title-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lutheranquarterly.org\/?p=7006\">\n\t\tWinter 2024 Featured Essay\t<\/a>\n<\/h5>\n\t\t<p itemprop=\"description\" class=\"qodef-e-excerpt\">\n\t\t\tJohannes Schr\u00f6der in the Resistance Against Hitler by Christiane Godt, Peter Godt,\u00a0Hartmut Lehmann, and Silke Lehmann \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Abstract\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0After joining the National Committee for a Free Germany, Military Chaplain Johannes Schr\u00f6der, taken prisoner by the Soviets in Stalingrad, was able to address listeners in\t\t<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-e-info qodef-info--bottom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"qodef-e-read-more\">\n\t\t<a class=\"qodef-shortcode qodef-m qodef-qi-button qodef-html--link qodef-layout--filled qodef-type--icon-boxed qodef-size--small 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