On the apocalyptic and human agency : conversations with Augustine of Hippo and Martin Luther

[Omslag] There is little doubt about the fundamental importance of both Augustine of Hippo and Martin Luther for western theology and anthropology. Both continue to invite critical debate on a host of issues that persist in their contemporary relevance, such as questions about human identity and destiny. This engaging volume brings together a group of scholars pursuing new directions in Lutheran and Augustinian scholarship on these issues. The first section on "Luther and the Apocalyptic" highlights Luther's deep groundedness in the this-worldly dimensions of his apocalyptic thinking. The authors in this section demonstrate how Luther's apocalyptic worldview leads back to earth, to living and dead bodies, to contemporary political realities, to glimpses of hope amid tumult. The authors utilize dimensions of Luther's apocalyptic sensibility to better envision how God's promised future impacts the present. The second section on "Augustine and Luther on Human Agency" examines Augustine's understanding of the human self, its sovereignty and its fragility, its agency and its confines. The authors in this section explore how the Augustinian monk turned Reformer of the Church, Martin Luther, used and "evangelized" Augustine's understanding of the self. The authors invite readers to explore 20th and 21st century appropriations of these ideas in order to pursue these questions and their implications more deeply for themselves Part I. Luther And The Apocalyptic. Introduction: Luther And The Apocalyptic / Deanna A. Thompson -- Prophecy, The Pope, And The Turk: Luther's Pasoral Apocalyptic / Robert O. Smith -- Luther On 1 Corinthians 15: From Eschaton To Eschata / Allen G. Jorgenson -- Doctor Martin, Get Up: Luther's View Of Life After Death / James Kroemer -- Luther And The Apocalyptic / Vitor Westhelle -- Response: Authentic Apocalyptic Hope / Barbara Rossing -- Part Ii. Augustine And Luther On Human Agency. Introduction: Augustine And Luther On Human Agency / Jennifer Hockenbery Dragseth -- Augustine, Luther, And The Critique Of The Sovereign Self / Paul Hinlicky -- The Augustinian Background Of Luther's Bondage Of The Will / Jesse Couenhoven -- Reconsidering Contemporary Christian Departures From Augustine's Conception Of Salvation History And Human Agency / Frederick Simmons -- Response: Reading Augustine And Luther Together On Human Agency: Insights And Further Questions / Kari Kloos. Edited By Kirsi Stjerna And Deanna A. Thompson. Includes Bibliographical References. TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWORD PART I CHAPTER ONE CHAPTER TWO CHAPTER THREE CHAPTER FOUR CHAPTER FIVE CHAPTER SIX PART II CHAPTER SEVEN CHAPTER EIGHT CHAPTER NINE CHAPTER TEN CHAPTER ELEVEN CONTRIBUTORS