The Crux of Theology by Allen G. Jorgenson, Kristen E. Kvam,... - 9781978712539

The Crux of TheologyLuther's Teachings and Our Work for Freedom, Justice, and Peace\nAuthor(s): Allen G. Jorgenson, Kristen E. Kvam, Anthony Bateza, Christine Helmer, Allen G. Jorgenson, Kristen E. Kvam, Mary Elise Lowe, Robert Overy-Brown, Mary Philip (aka Joy), Caryn D. Riswold\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, United States\nImprint: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic\nISBN-13: 9781978712539, 978-1978712539\nSynopsis\nThe title of this book plays upon the central place a theology of the cross holds in Lutheran theologies, especially lucid in Luther's Heidelberg Disputation [tel]. The 500th anniversary of this document coincided with the 70th anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights by the United Nations wherein the preamble points to a global aspiration of a common good shaped by freedom, justice and peace. This book is located at the intersection of these two themes, asserting that the cross has material content in being the means by which Christ in.