Description: Introduces western readers to Global South voices writing on Lutheran identity, theological themes, worship and the arts, and missions and society
Brief description: Marcell Silva Steuernagel is associate professor of church music and director of the Master of Sacred Music and Doctor of Pastoral Music Programs at Southern Methodist University.
Review Quotes:
"The rich collection of essays that make up The Other Lutherans offers a thoughtful and illuminating contribution to the study of Global/World Christianity. Even the book's title offers a provocative insight, in reminding us that all those "Other" Lutherans - in Africa, Asia, and Latin America - are anything but others and outsiders. Increasingly, they are themselves the global mainstream of the Lutheran tradition, and this wise book explores the implications of that tectonic shift beyond familiar Euro-American boundaries" --Philip Jenkins, Baylor University
"The Other Lutherans is a thoughtful and timely gift from theologians of the Global South and its editors Leopoldo A. Sánchez M., Marcell Steuernagel, and Samuel Yonas Deressa. Essays engage the thought of Martin Luther as they introduce topics of theological concern to doctrinal, practical-theological, and socio-political analysis, such as migration, music, religious pluralism, and human trafficking. This volume demonstrates generative excitement as it explores the global reach of Lutheran traditions and shows how constructive theology represents the theological method for the future." --Christine Helmer, Northwestern University, editor of The Global Luther (Fortress Press, 2009) and The Medieval Luther (2020) "The Lutherans of Europe's establishment churches and of the immigrant churches of the Americas and Australia may not have lost their voices, but the confession and application of the Lutheran tradition will increasingly be articulated by the thinkers of emerging and growing majority world Lutheran churches. They are demonstrating how Luther's way of thinking and his perception of biblical reality function in societal and cultural settings quite different from those of Europe and North America. This volume challenges readers to think with African, Asian, and Latin American theologians who are testing ways of witnessing to Christ in situations around the globe that thirst for the biblical message delivered within the framework of the Wittenberg way of proclaiming life and salvation through Christ. Readers will be stimulated and refreshed by the inter-disciplinary and international conversations generated by scholars involved in the practical life of the church, a group embracing both veteran teachers and a new generation of challenging theologians." --Robert Kolb, Concordia Seminary