Oswald Bayer is professor emeritus of systematic theology at the University of Tübingen, Germany, and director of the Luther Academy Sondershausen-Ratzeburg. He is also an ordained pastor of the Lutheran Church of Württemberg and was the editor of Neue Zeitschrift für Systematische Theologie und Religionsphilosophie from 1986 to 2006. His research focuses especially on Luther and Hamann.
Mark Mattes, Grand View College
"Over four decades of careful research come together in this
masterful interpretation of Luther's theology by Oswald Bayer, one
of Germany's premier Luther scholars and systematic theologians.
With Bayer, we encounter Luther through a fresh lens, a view that
honors Luther's existential depth but also his historical and
social breadth. For Bayer's Luther, both intellect and affect, both
disputation and pastoral care, are inseparable. Here in Bayer we
thereby encounter that rare theologian in which the reader not only
learns about grace but actually experiences grace in the very study
of his theology." Steven D. Paulson, Luther Seminary
"An exquisite, scholarly presentation of Luther's theology and, at
the same time, an original contribution in systematic theology.
What a fitting culmination of Bayer's painstaking work over forty
years in the field of Luther research. . . The translation by
Thomas Trapp is lively and faithful both to Bayer and Luther,
making this book read like a good novel. . . Profound and
accessible, practical and faithful to the complexity of Luther's
theology and preaching, Bayer's masterpiece will inform and inspire
and set the bar for Luther research and theology itself in the
years to come."
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