CHURCH HISTORY AND HISTORICAL THEOLOGY
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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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
"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.
THEOLOGY
Deanna Thompson
"Letting the World Run Free: Luther, Romans, and the Call to Reform" In
Reformation Readings of ROmans. T&T Clark 2008
This article examines how Luther‘s early theology mines the resources of Romans to advocate for a theology of freedom and how that message reaches the masses more through preaching than his theological treatises.
Deanna Thompson
"Martin Luther" In
Empire and the Christian Tradition. Minneapolis: Fortress Press 2007
This chapter is a biography of Martin Luther as seen through the lens of the politics of empire. I suggest that Luther‘s reimagining of religious freedom leads to a theology of resistance with respect to ecclesial and imperial authorities of the day, a theological perspective that unfortunately Luther himself does not always follow.
