Reading list

[Crankhandle]

Since I'm new to the Lutheran Church and want to know all about it, I was wondering what would be a good list of books to get started with. I'm studying through the Small Catechism right now, but I'm also wanting books on Lutheran church history, theology, biblical interpretation, and other good study resources that will help me get up to speed on the church.

A good Lutheran bible commentary set might be on the list as well.

Thanks

[dinkime]

there are a lot of quality books out about Luther and his life & ideas -- you can also find books with Luther's sermons, thesis, etc that are very interesting to read

[Protoevangel]

I do most of my reading online.

These should keep you busy for awhile:

Project Wittenberg (http://www.iclnet.org/pub/resources/text/wittenberg/wittenberg-home.html)

Works by Martin Luther (http://www.ccel.org/l/luther/?show=worksBy)
If CCEL asks you to join, don't worry, it is free, and the Christian Classics Ethereal Library is an AMAZING resource!!!

Lutheran Theology Web Site (http://www.angelfire.com/ny4/djw/lutherantheology.html)

[Crankhandle]

Thanks! That will keep me busy for a while! I'm also looking at a CD rom from Concordia with some bible study resources on it.

[sempete]

Another helpful book might be "Why I am a Lutheran" by Daniel Preus. It's short (about 150 pages) and a really good statement of the heart of Lutheran theology.

Pete

[BigNorsk]

Are you looking at the Self-Study CD that has the Self-Study Commentary and the Self Study NIV and notes, or are you looking at the Theological Library?

Marv

[Crankhandle]

Are you looking at the Self-Study CD that has the Self-Study Commentary and the Self Study NIV and notes, or are you looking at the Theological Library?

Marv
The Theological library I believe.

[crucis]

Anything by Martin Chemnitz,
Christian Dogmatics by F. Pieper,
Luther's Sermons (many are found online)
lastly and not leastly but usually most difficult-
try to find a few others (with flesh and blood) who also are interested
in digging into the Lutheran teachings.

[Studeclunker]

What's better than a book list is a source of books. Sounds like a play on words, but it isnt.:scratch: Simply look up the local church and inquire about their church library. You may not be able to take the books home. After all, some of them are quite expensive. Still, you can read there as well as anywhere else! You know, just for general sound Christian theology, C.S.Lewis can't be beat either. He was in the Church of England (or Episcopalian here in the US) but no one's perfect.;)

[ctay]

I'm wanting to get a study bible. How's the Concordia one?

[dinkime]

i love my concordia self-study bible!

[LutherMan]

I am disappointed in the Concordia self-study bible because they used the inferior and heavily slanted Reformed NIV translation. Thankfully, CPH is working on the new one which will use the ESV instead. The revision work on the SE of Concordia has set the work back a bit, but Rev Paul McCain has told me it will be available sometime in 2008.

[C.F.W. Walther]

Don't want no reformed monikers here. THe EO and the RCC think we are reformed allready. Actually in the LCMS they might be right pretty soon anyway..

[LutherMan]

The LC-MS may have one foot in, testing the waters, but the WELS has practically jumped in eyes wide open, embracing all sorts of MethoBaptiCostalism and reformed theology.

LM LCMSwasWELS

[C.F.W. Walther]

The LC-MS may have one foot in, testing the waters, but the WELS has practically jumped in eyes wide open, embracing all sorts of MethoBaptiCostalism and reformed theology.

LM LCMSwasWELSReally?? What do all you WELS people say about this?

[seajoy]

Really?? What do all you WELS people say about this?
I say that's rediculous! Not sure where he's been to a WELS church, but that sure ain't happening in WI.

[seajoy]

The LC-MS may have one foot in, testing the waters, but the WELS has practically jumped in eyes wide open, embracing all sorts of MethoBaptiCostalism and reformed theology.

LM LCMSwasWELS
Please try not to make such blanket statements as to start something right off the bat as a newbie. :)

Guess my hackles are up a bit now. :help:

[filosofer]

Here are some more books to add to your reading list. I have read them all - excellent treatment. Some are much denser than others, but variety is the spice of theology...., ah... life.

ELERT, Werner. Eucharist and Church Fellowship in the First Four Centuries. Translated by N. E. Nagel. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1966.

ELERT, Werner. Last Things. Translated by Martin Bertam, Edited by Rudolph F. Norden. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1974.

ELERT, Werner. The Structure of Lutheranism. Translated by Walter A. Hansen. Forward By Jaroslav Pelikan, 1962.

HAGGLUND, Bengt. History of Theology. Translated by Gene J. Lund. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1968.
JI, Won Yong. A History of Lutheranism in Korea:A Personal Account (Concordia Seminary Monograph Series). St. Louis, Missouri: Concordia Seminary, 1988.

KLUG, Eugene F. A. From Luther to Chemnitz: On Scripture and the Word. Ft. Wayne, Indiana: Concordia Theological Seminary (orig: J. H. Kok N. V. Kampen 1971), 1981.

KOBERLE, Adolph. The Quest for Holiness. Translated by John C. Mattes. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1982 (orig: Augsburg 1938).

KOLB, Robert. Andreae and the Formula of Concord: Six Sermons on the Way to Lutheran Unity. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1977.

LEAVER, Robin A. The Theological Character of Music in Worship. Edited by Carl Schalk. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1985.

MARQUART, Kurt E. Anatomy of an Explosion: Missouri in Lutheran Perspective. Fort Wayne, Indiana: Concordia Theological Seminary Press, 1977. Read more than the history aspect of this event.

MEYER, Carl S. (editor) Moving Frontiers. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1964.

MEYER, Carl S. Log Cabin to Luther Tower: Concordia Seminary During One Hundred and Twenty-five Years Toward A More Excellent Ministry 1839–1964. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1965.

MUNDINGER, Carl S. Government in the Missouri Synod: The Genesis of Decentralized Government in the Missouri Synod. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1947. Don't let the name throw you - it is very helpful for historical perspective.

SCAER, David P. Getting into the Story of Concord: A History of the Book of Concord. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1977.

SCHALK, Carl F. Luther on Music: Paradigms of Praise. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1988.

SCHALK, Carl F. Music in Lutheran Worship. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1978.

SCHLINK, Edmund. Theology of the Lutheran Confessions. Translated by Paul F. Koehneke and Herbert J. Bouman. Philadephia: Fortress Press, 1978.

SCHWIEBERT, E. G. Luther and His Times (The Reformation from a New Perspective). St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1950. Although old, still a valuable read - and extensive.

SENKBEIL, Harold L. Sanctification: Christ in Action: Evangelical Challenge and Lutheran Response. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Northwestern Publishing House, 1989.

SPITZ, Lewis W. The Life of Dr. C.F.W. Walther. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1961.

WALTHER, Carl Ferdinand Wilhelm, Church and Ministry (Kirche und Amt: Witnesses of the Evangelical Lutheran Church on the Question of the Church and the Ministry). Translated by J.T. Mueller. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1987, 3rd.

WALTHER, Carl Ferdinand Wilhelm, The Congregation’s Right to Choose Its Pastor. Translated by Fred Kramer. Edited by Walter Rosin. Fort Wayne, Indiana: Concordia Theological Seminary Press, 1987.

WALTHER, Carl Ferdinand Wilhelm, Walther Speaks to the Church. Translated and edited by Carl S. Meyer. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1973.




In Christ's love,
filo