A History of Lutheranism

From: Trinity Journal | Date: October 1, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

Eric W. Gritsch. A History of Lutheranism. Minneapolis: Fortress: 2002. xiv + 346 pp. $29.00.

Eric Gritsch, Emeritus Professor of Church History at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg, is a veteran theologian whose past work includes a history of Lutheran symbolics (co-authored with Robert W. Jenson), a scholarly biography of Martin Luther, and an introduction to Lutheranism aimed at a popular audience. In this latest work Gritsch sets out for himself the ambitious task of writing the first ever "history of global Lutheranism." Using the tools of cultural and intellectual ...

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