New Book: Luther on Two Kingdoms

Y’all be sure to get this book now.

The description says:

Leading Reformation scholar William Wright contends that those who read Luther politically and see in Luther a compartmentalized approach to the Christian life are misreading the Reformer. For Luther, both kingdoms were under the laws and rule of God. Wright reassesses the original breadth of Luther’s theology of the two kingdoms and the cultural contexts from which it emerged, showing the influence early Renaissance humanism had on Luther. He argues that Luther’s two-kingdom worldview was not a justification for living irresponsibly or carelessly on planet earth. The book includes a variety of Luther’s writings that reveal what the Reformer did and did not intend by the concept. These writings show how the two kingdoms converge in all areas of life: family, church, and society.

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