The early Luther : stages in a Reformation reorientation /
Berndt Hamm ; translated by Martin J. Lohrmann.
- xix, 286 pages ; 23 cm.
- Lutheran quarterly books .
- Lutheran quarterly books. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. From the medieval "love of God" to Luther's "faith": a contribution to the history of repentance -- 2. Impending doom and imminent grace: Luther's early years in the cloister as the beginning of his Reformation reorientation -- 3. Why did Luther turn faith into the central concept of the Christian life? -- 4. The Ninety-five Theses: a Reformation text in the context of Luther's early theology or repentance -- 5. Luther's instructions for a blessed death, viewed against the background of the late medieval Ars Moriendi -- 6. Luther's discovery of evangelical freedom -- 7. Freedom from the pope and pastoral care to the pope: the compositional unity of The Freedom of a Christian and its dedication letter to Pope Leo X -- 8. How mystical was Luther's faith? -- 9. Justification by faith alone: a profile of the Reformation doctrine of justification.