{"id":8471,"date":"2026-06-30T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lutheranquarterly.org\/?p=8471"},"modified":"2026-06-30T23:37:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T23:37:07","slug":"promissio-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lutheranquarterly.org\/?p=8471","title":{"rendered":"Reforming Faith"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8471\" class=\"elementor elementor-8471\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6390b2a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"6390b2a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c0d7449\" data-id=\"c0d7449\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ddbb87 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"9ddbb87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7170359b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"7170359b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-30c42a9b\" data-id=\"30c42a9b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a74506e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a74506e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In this Lutheran Quarterly Book Talk, Paul Rorem (Lutheran Quarterly Editor) interviews Anna Marie Johnson (Professor at Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary) about her new book, &#8220;<em>Reforming Faith: The Wittenberg Circle and the Reformation of Christian Life<\/em> &#8220;, which covers the events in the early years of the Reformation and the group of men that made it a success.<\/p><p>The Reformation was, at its heart, a movement to change the way Christians worshipped, lived, and understood their faith. Wittenberg reformers were deeply involved in efforts to implement these changes. Johnson recasts the story of the early Reformation, highlighting practical efforts to reform practices, institutions, and understandings.<\/p><p>Please listen to the interview below to hear how the idea for this book came about as well as what the book covers specifically.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4f448a2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default qodef-elementor-content-no\" data-id=\"4f448a2\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ac2c72f\" data-id=\"ac2c72f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div 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