Lutheran Confessions

ST550

Lutheran Confessions

Spring 2025

Course Description

A close study of the confessional writings of the Lutheran Church as gathered in the Book of Concord. The course will focus on the role of the Confessions as public doctrine of the Lutheran Church. The major theological topics in the Confessions will be studied in relation to the wider Christian tradition with an eye to their ecumenical and pastoral implications.

Instructor: Dr. Alexander Pierce

Dr. Alexander Pierce bio.

Book List

Kolb, Robert, and Timothy Wengert, eds. The Book of Concord: The Confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. Augsburg-Fortress, 2000. ISBN 978-0800627407. $40.99.

Arand, Charles, Robert Kolb, and James Nestingen. The Lutheran Confessions: History and Theology of the Book of Concord. Fortress Press, 2012. ISBN 978-0800627415. $29.99.

Kolb, Robert, and James Nestingen. Sources and Contexts of the Book of Concord. Augsburg Fortress, 2001. ISBN 978-0800632907. $25.00.


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