Category: Church History and Historical Theology

Church History and Historical Theology filtered by type: Book Chapters

"“Lutheran Visionaries: The Public Square and the Church”" In Women with 2020 Vision: American Theologians on the Voice, Vote, and Vision of Women. ed. Jeanne Stevenson-Moessner. Minneapolis: Fortress Press 2020

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 and in the church, cultivating the love of neighbor and God’s ongoing reformation of the church.

Kirsi Stjerna "Onko jumalaa isän jumalankin takana. Naistutkimuksen kysymyksiä jumalakuvasta [Is There God Beyond God the Father: Feminist Scholarship’s Questions on Images of God]" In Jumalakuvakirja [Book on Images of God]. eds. Risto Uro and R. Saarinen. Tampere: Suomen Kirkon Tutkimuskeskus 1989 : 93-113

Article introducing feminist critique of traditional God-language.

Kirsi Stjerna "La teologia dell’amore in S. Brigida [St. Bridget’s Theology of Love]" In Santa Brigida profeta dei tempi nuovi [Saint Bridget,Prophetess of New Ages]. ed. Tekla Famiglietti. Roma: Casa Generalizia Suore Santa Brigida 1993 : 555-563
Kirsi Stjerna "Medieval Women‘s Stories: Stories for Women Today" In Women Christian Mystics Speak to Our Times,. ed. David Perrin. London : Sheed & Ward 2001 : 37-52

Study of Birgitta of Sweden and Julian of Norwich.

Kirsi Stjerna "Katie Luther: A Mirror to the Promises and Failures of the Reformation" In Caritas et Reformatio: Essays on Church and Society In Honor of Carter Lindberg. ed. David Whitford. St. Louis: Concordia Press 2002 : 27-39

An article interpreting the life and contribution of Katharina Luther.

Kirsi Stjerna "Teaching Spirituality with Medieval Mystics and Luther" In Spirituality: Towards a 21st Century Lutheran Understanding. eds. Stjerna, Kirsi, and Brooks Schramm. Minneapolis: Lutheran University Press 2004 : 163-172

A case study: what is “spiritual” – implicitly or explicitly – about teaching these subjects.

Kirsi Stjerna "Luther, Lutherans and Spirituality" In Spirituality: Towards a 21st Century Lutheran Understanding. eds. Stjerna, Kirsi, and Brooks Schramm. Minneapolis: Lutheran University Press 2004 : 32-49

An article reflecting on spirituality based on Luther‘s theology and experience.

Kirsi Stjerna "Introduction" eds. Stjerna, Kirsi, and Brooks Schramm. Minneapolis: Lutheran University Press 2004 : 5-12

Laying out the task for the book/writers in search for a shared language and interests in the territory called “spirituality.”

Kirsi Stjerna "Editor‘s Foreword, Editor‘s Introduction, Bibliography" In Christ Present in Faith: Luther’s View of Justification. ed. Stjerna, Kirsi. trans. Stjerna, Kirsi Minneapolis: Fortress Press 2005
Kirsi Stjerna "Ruumillinen hengellisyys. Naisnäkökulmaa reformaation spiritualiteettiin ja ja teologiaan [Bodily Spirituality. Feminist Perspectives on the Reformation Spirituality and Theology.]" In Näen Jumalan toisin. Kristinuskon feministisiä tulkintoja [I See God Other Ways. Feminist Interpretations of Christian Faith]. eds. Pauliina Kainulainen and Aulikki Mäkinen. Kirjapaja: OY 2006

An article interpreting the changes in women‘s spirituality during the Reformation and women‘s theological contributions in what ensued.