Wittenberg Meets the World: Reimagining the Reformation at the Margins - Paperback

by Alberto L. Garcia (Author), John A. Nunes (Author)

Proposes creative implications of the 500-year Reformation tradition for today

As the global church assesses the legacy of the Lutheran Reformation, Alberto García and John Nunes in this book reimagine central Reformational themes from black, Hispanic, and other perspectives traditionally at the margins of catholic-evangelical communities.

Focusing on the central theme of justification, García and Nunes delve into three interlinked aspects of the church's life in the world--martyria (witness), diakonia (service), and koinōnia (fellowship). They argue that it is critically important and vitally enriching for the whole church, especially Eurocentric Protestant churches, to learn from the grassroots theological emphases of Christian communities in the emerging world.

Author Biography

Alberto L. García is professor emeritus of theology at Concordia University Wisconsin, an ordained Lutheran pastor, and coeditor of Critical Issues in Ecclesiology.

John A. Nunes is president of California Lutheran University and is ordained as a Lutheran minister. He formerly served as president of both Lutheran World Relief and Concordia College in New York. Nunes coauthored Wittenburg Meets the World: Reimagining the Reformation at the Margins. He also wrote Meant for More: In, With, and Under the Ordinary.