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Toward a Scripture-Based Theology of Death in Our Hymnody

Develops a theology of thinking about death through hymnody, to enable a full life in Christ in life and at death. Evaluates entries in Lutheran hymnals in shaping and nurturing a Christian’s thoughts about death, and in sharing, proclaiming, and strengthening one’s faith. Illustrates with hymns that do an appropriate or lesser job in addressing […]

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For the Healing of the Nations

A litany calling for God’s blessings on the countries of the world in times of upheaval.

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Alleluia! In Thanksgiving for the Life of Walter R Bouman

A collection of essays reviewing the life of the noted ecumenical scholar and professor, on the tenth anniversary of his death

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One-Minute Devotions for the Church Musician

Reflections for the church musician on the scriptures designated for the Revised Common Lectionary. Available for all three lectionary cycles. Useful as choir devotionals or for the musician’s personal preparation.

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Carl F Schalk: A Life In Song

A critical biography of the leading authority on Lutheran church music and a developer of the Lutheran Book of Worship. Anecdotes, interviews, and opinions about the hymns, liturgy, and worship life of the church.

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“Responses to the ELCA ‘Draft Social Statement on Women and Justice: One in Christ’”

Social statements are social teaching and policy documents in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Created by task forces composed of ELCA members and supported by ELCA churchwide staff members, social statements are developed through a series of participatory steps. Contributors share divergent feedback on the “Draft Social Statement on Women and Justice” with embodied […]

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“The Freedom of a Christian to Address Sexism”

In 2019, the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America affirmed its thirteenth social statement, which is biblical and theological social teaching and policy. As an introduction to a collection of essays, Mary J. Streufert sets this ELCA social statement Faith, Sexism, and Justice: A Call to Action within the context of ecumenical and global Lutheran partnerships, […]

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“Lutheran Visionaries: The Public Square and the Church”

Challenging and changing the effects of racism and sexism because of faith takes the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America into the public square to to address difficult social, political, and economic problems. Yet the problems of racism and sexism are within the ELCA, too. Lutheran women of color serve as visionaries in the public square […]

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Transformative Lutheran Theologies: Feminist, Womanist, and Mujerista Perspectives

The first of its kind, this volume is a collaborative presentation of feminist, womanist, mujerista, and queer Lutheran theologies. It is both systematic and constructive, for it addresses classical loci in theology and is relevant for preaching, teaching, and ethical considerations, both personal and institutional. The contributors from diverse experiences and contexts seek ongoing reformation […]

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Forgetting While Remembering: The Annunciation Type-Scene in Isaiah 40-55

Isaiah 49:14-23 and 54:1-3 evoke an annunciation type-scene, more commonly found in narrative portions of the Hebrew Bible. In doing so, personified Zion is placed in continuity with women of Israel’s past, thus “remembering the former things.” At the same time, she is recreated so substantially that she forgets those former things.

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