Conrad Emil Lindberg (1852—1930) was an influential Lutheran theologian in both Sweden and the United States. He pastored congregations in Pennsylvania and New York, and later became a professor at Augustana College where he taught a large variety of courses. He served as vice president of that same college for a time, and was also elected vice president of the Augustana Synod. Throughout his career, Lindberg served as a leader for Swedish Lutherans on the East coast of the United States and published numerous books and articles.

​The present work is the most influential of Lindberg’s writings. His Christian Dogmatics and Notes on the History of Dogma is a theological textbook which summarizes the positions of Lutheran orthodoxy. Of all one-volume systematic textbooks in the United States from this era, Lindberg’s is the most scholastic. He demonstrates a strong familiarity with the nuances of seventeenth-century orthodoxy and aptly applies those truths to his own time and context. This is an ideal text for those who desire to learn more about the doctrines of orthodox Lutheranism as developed in the post-Reformation era.

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The doctrine of justification through faith alone is in some ways the definitive doctrine of the Lutheran Reformation. It is this teaching which Martin Luther famously referred to as the "doctrine upon which the church stands or falls." Despite agreement on the centrality of this teaching, however, there have been no shortage of disagreements on justification from within the Lutheran tradition. From the controversies which followed Luther's death into the beginning of the twenty-first century, debates have continued surrounding various aspects of this crucial doctrine.

​In this volume, eight contemporary voices shed light on these controversies, detailing theological and practical issues involved. Topics discussed here include: the idea of objective justification, the active obedience of Christ, the relationship between the Roman Catholic and Lutheran teachings, the place of speech-act theory in modern expositions, the nature of "the righteousness of God" in Paul's thought, and the church fathers' approach to the subject.

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​In the contemporary Lutheran church, our rich dogmatic heritage is often forgotten. We tend to privilege Luther and other early reformers over the later tradition that developed through his reforms. The church would benefit from a thorough read of those within the seventeenth century scholastic tradition, along with the reformers, who systematized and expounded upon Luther's ideas.Heinrich Schmid's The Doctrinal Theology of the Evangelical Lutheran Church is a concise summary of the developments of the seventeenth century scholastic theologians in the Lutheran tradition. Schmid compiles citations from the best of that tradition, including Gerhard, Chemnitz, Calov, and Quenstedt. Schmid also includes several historical notes, demonstrating how each particular doctrine has developed in the history of Lutheran theology. This book is an essential read for anyone who desires to understand the Lutheran theological tradition.

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With the rise of liberalism in the nineteenth century, a number of traditional Christian doctrines were rejected by prominent theologians and pastors. One of the central disagreements between liberal and orthodox theologians was over the doctrine of atonement. While confessional Protestants, both Lutheran and Reformed, continued to confess Christ's death as a vicarious satisfaction of sin, liberal theologians argued that this was an outdated medieval concept which should be rejected for other atonement models. In this book, Junius Remensnyder argues for a traditional reformation approach to the atonement in light of contemporary criticisms. Though this work is one hundred years old, the criticisms leveled against the vicarious atonement remain the same today. As contemporary theologians, including some who are popular in Confessional Lutheran theology, continue to utilize these arguments, Remensnyder's book remains a powerful and concise treatment of the work of Christ's on behalf of sinners.

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