tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post3354518799445332983..comments2024-03-17T19:56:31.931-05:00Comments on Weedon's Blog: 25 Top Books for TheologyWilliam Weedonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-71151388723850817112007-09-22T10:15:00.000-05:002007-09-22T10:15:00.000-05:00Maybe it's because I'm not a pastor or a theologia...Maybe it's because I'm not a pastor or a theologian but just a convert from Catholicism, but it strikes me that no-one has mentioned something that was absolutely ground breaking for me -- Babylonian Captivity, along with two other treatises in a little volume from Fortress called "Three Treatises", but especially Babylonian Captivity. Maybe it's because I was a captive in Babylon for quite some time and couldn't quite figure out what was going wrong.Past Elderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10541968132598367551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-62019475442922654712007-09-21T00:03:00.000-05:002007-09-21T00:03:00.000-05:00As far as Forde goes, I'd recommend his book Theol...As far as Forde goes, I'd recommend his book Theology is for Proclamation. I think you'd find some resonance to thoughts in Korby (getting the right sensorum).<BR/><BR/>A few others that weren't on my original list:<BR/><BR/>Herman Preus - A Theology to Live By (CPH)<BR/><BR/>The STM thesis of Gerald Krispin comparing Luther and Spener on private confession as well as his doctoral dissertation on Paul Gerhardt.<BR/><BR/>Dr. Thomas Winger's dissertation on the Orality of Scripture.<BR/><BR/>John Kleinig - Concordia Commentary on Leviticus.<BR/><BR/>The Scaer Festschrift - All Theology is Christology - great essay by Nagel on ordination<BR/><BR/>Nagel Festschrift - And Every Tongue Confess<BR/><BR/>Marquart Festschrift - Mysteria Dei<BR/><BR/>John Pless - Handling the Word of Truth<BR/><BR/>Carl Wisloff - The Gift of Communion<BR/><BR/>Vilmos Vajta - Luther on Worship<BR/><BR/>Friedrich Kalb - Theology of Worship in 17th Century Lutheranism<BR/><BR/>Oliver Olson - Matthias Flacius and the Survival of Luther's ReformsRev. John Frahmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11937327450254152002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-13620793743371106992007-09-20T23:54:00.000-05:002007-09-20T23:54:00.000-05:00Pr. Weedon,The Gustafson book is now out of print ...Pr. Weedon,<BR/><BR/>The Gustafson book is now out of print from Augsburg/Fortress but it covered the controversy between Krauth and Schmucker. You might be able to find it used online or through Loome Booksellers in Stillwater, MN<BR/><BR/>It is similar to the work by Vergilious Ferm in old CPH heritage series.Rev. John Frahmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11937327450254152002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-35921729548147606292007-09-20T22:06:00.000-05:002007-09-20T22:06:00.000-05:00Pastor Weedon, in my opinion a really good place ...Pastor Weedon, in my opinion a really good place to start with Forde's writing is the recently published <BR/><A HREF="http://www.eerdmans.com/shop/product.asp?p_key=9780802826886&i=4" REL="nofollow"><BR/>A More Radical Gospel: Essays on Eschatology, Authority, Atonement, and Ecumenism</A> (Eerdmans, 2004).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-32393249876986974852007-09-20T20:46:00.000-05:002007-09-20T20:46:00.000-05:00Some interesting additions to the lists! Thanks. ...Some interesting additions to the lists! Thanks. Now time for another confession. I've never read a thing by Forde, and so it looks like I need to add him to my reading list. And John, what is this book by Gustafson? Sounds interesting. More data, please?William Weedonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-85475669864862569732007-09-20T11:34:00.000-05:002007-09-20T11:34:00.000-05:00Great list, William.I'd add:*The Quest for Holines...Great list, William.<BR/>I'd add:<BR/>*The Quest for Holiness (Koeberle)<BR/>*AE 37 (Luther - "That These Words, 'This Is My Body,' etc., Still Stand Firm against the Fanatics" and "Confession Concerning Christ's Supper")<BR/>*Against Heresies (Irenaeus)<BR/><BR/>Cheers,<BR/>ChristopherChristopher Esgethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10440955337317194786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-55771794140674983132007-09-20T10:21:00.000-05:002007-09-20T10:21:00.000-05:00Not in precise order:1. Chemnitz/Gerhard – The Doc...Not in precise order:<BR/><BR/>1. Chemnitz/Gerhard – The Doctrine of Man in Classical Lutheran Theology (CPH)<BR/>2. Examination of the Council of Trent – Chemnitz<BR/>3. Ministry, Word, and Sacraments: An Enchirdion – Chemnitz<BR/>4. The Proper Distinction Between Law and Gospel – C.F.W. Walther<BR/>5. Law, Life and the Living God – Scott Murray<BR/>6. Divine Service: Liturgy in Perspective – Olof Herrlin<BR/>7. Here We Stand – Hermann Sasse<BR/>8. The Lord’s Supper in the Theology of Martin Chemnitz – Bjarne W. Teigen<BR/>9. Confirmation in the Lutheran Church – A.C. Repp<BR/>10. Three Books About the Church – Wilhelm Loehe<BR/>11. Against the Heresies (Adversus Haereses) – Irenaeus of Lyons<BR/>12. The Two Natures in Christ – Martin Chemnitz<BR/>13. Eschatology – John Stephenson<BR/>14. The Lord’s Supper – John Stephenson<BR/>15. Luther’s Liturgical Criteria and His Reform of the Canon of the Mass – Bryan Spinks<BR/>16. The Justification Reader – Thomas Oden<BR/>17. The Complete Timotheus Verinus – V.E. Loescher<BR/>18. Hermann Sasse: A Man for our Times? - ed. Thomas Winger & John Stephenson<BR/>19. The Spiritual Society: What Lies Beyond Post-modernism – Fred Baue<BR/>20. Lutherans in Crisis – David Gustafson<BR/>21. Baptism – David P. Scaer<BR/>22. Counseling and Confession – Koehler<BR/>23. doctoral dissertation – Kenneth F. Korby<BR/>24. On the Unity of Christ – Cyril of Alexandria<BR/>25. J.S. Bach: Liturgical Life in Leipzig – Guenther Stiller<BR/><BR/>Pr John FrahmRev. John Frahmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11937327450254152002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-33052667263101766682007-09-20T08:08:00.000-05:002007-09-20T08:08:00.000-05:00Here are a few more for consideration:Spirtus Crea...Here are a few more for consideration:<BR/><BR/>Spirtus Creator by Regin Prenter<BR/><BR/>Fire and the Staff by Klemet Preuss<BR/><BR/>Theology is for Proclamation by Gerhard O. Forde<BR/><BR/>On Being a Theologian of the Cross by Gerhard O. Forde<BR/><BR/>Theology of the Lutheran Confessions by Edmund SchlinkSteven G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05333100501666545305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-52530134031790957322007-09-19T22:16:00.000-05:002007-09-19T22:16:00.000-05:00I have to confess: I despise "exegetical" works a...I have to confess: I despise "exegetical" works and find them mostly worthless. There. I said it. Shoot me. ;) <BR/><BR/>Why worthless? Because once taken away from the matrix of the liturgy and the Church's lived experience with the books, the dusty scholar's approach strikes me most often as utterly barren and beside the point. That Word of God is dynamic, darn it all, and it IMPACTS the community of God across the centuries and to ignore its impact is foolhardy. <BR/><BR/>But I still like 1/2 of your list, Oliver. :)William Weedonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-15976093092085916902007-09-19T22:00:00.000-05:002007-09-19T22:00:00.000-05:00This will have all of the Lutherans spinning their...This will have all of the Lutherans spinning their tops as we say, but here is my list. And for the record I do well think this a needed corrective to the dogmatic thinking that pervades much, if not most all, of conservative and American Lutheranism. I did notice that the conservative Lutheran book list is usually short on exegetical theology, and hence short on the political and ethical dimension of the gospel. However, it is usually top heavy with Reformation-era references, not least owing to the books offered by dear Martin Luther himself. Be that what it may, here it is:<BR/><BR/><B>The New Testament and the People of God</B>, N.T. Wright<BR/><BR/><B>What St. Paul Really Said</B>, N.T. Wright<BR/><BR/><B>Resident Aliens: Life in the Christian Colony</B>, Stanley Hauerwas and William H. Willimon<BR/><BR/><B>The Christian Tradition (mutli-volume set)</B>, Jaroslav Pelikan<BR/><BR/><B>Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans</B>, Karl Barth<BR/><BR/><B>Systematic Theology (1)</B>, Robert W. Jenson <BR/><BR/><B>The Politics of Jesus</B>, John Howard Yoder<BR/><BR/><B>Peaceable Kingdom</B>, Stanley Hauerwas<BR/><BR/><B>On Liturgical Theology</B>, Aidan Kavanagh<BR/><BR/><B>The Prophetic Imagination</B>, Walter Brueggemann<BR/><BR/><B>On The Incarnation</B>, St. Athanasuis<BR/><BR/><B>Exclusion and Embrace</B>, Miroslav Volf<BR/><BR/><B> Embodying Forgiveness: A Theological Analysis</B>, L. Gregory Jones,<BR/><BR/><B>On The Holy Spirit</B>, St. Basil the Great<BR/><BR/>And to top things off, a few random items from Hans Urs von Balthasar <BR/><BR/>;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-12452623968544003452007-09-19T20:58:00.000-05:002007-09-19T20:58:00.000-05:00I just wrote a list of Lutheran books for a friend...I just wrote a list of Lutheran books for a friend to get. So this is not exactly the same kind of list. And I knew some of what he already had, and am skipping annotations here. This is not to be taken as a solid stand-alone list, but may have some that people would otherwise miss:<BR/><BR/><B>This is My Body: Luther's Contention for the Real Presence in the Sacrament of the Altar</B> by Hermann Sasse<BR/><B>Here We Stand: The Nature and Character of Lutheranism</B> by Hermann Sasse<BR/>the <B>We Confess</B> series by Hermann Sasse<BR/><B>The Hammer of God</B> by Bo Giertz. <BR/><B>Let God Be God</B> by Philip Watson <BR/><B>Luther's Progress to the Diet of Worms</B> by E.G. Rupp<BR/><B>Christus Victor</B> by Gustaf Aulén<BR/><B>Justification by Faith: A Matter of Death and Life</B> by Gerhard Forde<BR/><B>Living by Grace</B> by William Hordern<BR/><B>Christian Baptism</B> by Uuras Saarnivaara<BR/><B>Career of the Reformer</B> volumes from Luther's Works<BR/><B>Word and Sacrament</B> volume III from Luther's Works<BR/><B>Liturgy and Hymns</B> from Luther's Works<BR/><B>Table Talk</B> from Luther's Works<BR/><B>Erasmus and Luther</B> from the Library of Christian Classicssolarbloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17506179756577015681noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-49486063399346417342007-09-19T18:18:00.000-05:002007-09-19T18:18:00.000-05:00You know, even though I wouldn't include these in ...You know, even though I wouldn't include these in the top 25, I have to give honorable mention to them both:<BR/><BR/>Zizioulas' *Being as Communion* - an amazing book that my friend, Pastor Karl Bachman, made me read years ago, but which has stayed with me.<BR/><BR/>Also, Romanides *The Ancestral Sin* - a book that is very helpful in getting a handle on how a certain segment of the East differs from the West on the matter of original sin - though I think his understanding of what the West (at least the Lutheran West) does teach about OS is quite flawed and I'm not sure how unanimously he speaks for the East. Still it's an utterly intriguing book, and I've not been persuaded that his take on Romans 5:12 is at all in error.William Weedonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01383850332591975790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7291232.post-55652446472367591922007-09-19T16:26:00.000-05:002007-09-19T16:26:00.000-05:00This should take care of my wish lists for Christm...This should take care of my wish lists for Christmas and birthdays for a while. Thanks for sharing the list, Rev. Weedon!<BR/><BR/>Michael SchuermannAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com