Martin Luther as Comforter: Writings on Death

Erscheinungsjahr 2007
ISBN: 978-90-04-15880-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 133, 340 Seiten, Format (B × H): 168 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 816 g

Reihe: Studies in the History of Christian Traditions

What was Martin Luther’s teaching regarding death, and to what extent did his own fears of and experiences with death manifest themselves in his writings? What influence did the medieval preoccupation with a ‘good death’ have upon him? How did Luther counsel those facing death—to meet it with acceptance, or resistance, or both? Using meticulous rhetorical analysis of select sermons, pamphlets, and letters of consolation, this book examines how Luther offered comfort to those who were facing their own death or who were coming to terms with the death of loved ones. Thus the book makes an important contribution to existing scholarship on Luther and the formation of an early modern Protestant ethos surrounding death, bereavement, and burial.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Leroux, Neil

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte Theologenbiographien, Religiöse Führer
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Protestantismus, evangelische und protestantische Kirchen
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations

Introduction

1. “Think About These Things”: Luther’s Fourteen Consolations (1519)
2. “I Have Overcome the World”: Luther’s Sermon on Preparing to Die (1519)
3. “Of Whom the World was not Worthy”: Luther’s Martyrological Literature
4. “To Whom Shall We Go? You Have the Words of Eternal Life”: Luther’s 1532 Funeral Sermons
5. “Faithful are the Wounds of a Friend”: Luther’s Consolatory Letters
6. “Am I My Brother’s Keeper?”: Luther’s On Whether One May Flee from a Deadly Plague (1527)

Conclusion

Appendix: Glossary of Rhetorical Terms

Bibliography
Indices
I. Index of Scriptures
II. Index of Persons & Places
III. Index of Subjects

Über Autor(innen)

Neil R. Leroux, Ph.D. (1990) in Speech Communication, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is Professor of Speech Communication at the University of Minnesota, Morris. He has published extensively on Luther and rhetorical criticism, including Luther’s Rhetoric (Concordia, 2002).