Henry Melchior Muhlenberg and pietism: a case study

Connections with Halle, including letter from Muhlenberg to Baroness Wilhelmine Sophie von Munchhausen, February 20, 174

Martin Luther and the Jews

Socio-economic and theological factors in context of views of Bucer, Eck and Pfefferkorn

The how of ethical decision making

In the process of ethical decision making, moral judgment is as important as moral commitment; thus ethical decision making calls for thoughtful consideration. To assist in this process the article proposes a model with four components: 1) theological reflection; 2) social context; 3) moral agent in community; and 4) resolution, response, action, decision, strategy, and planning. The article stresses the central role of the moral agent as the one who is shaped by the social context and theological reflection and also as the one who in dialogue with other Christians and in a reciprocal relationship with social context and theological reflection, makes decisions and responds

The Rise and Fall of American Lutheran Pietism: The Rejection of an Activist Heritage

Reviewed Book: Kuenning, Paul P. The Rise and Fall of American Lutheran Pietism: The Rejection of an Activist Heritage. Macon, Ga: Mercer Univ Press, 1988

A Ministry Miscellany

Translated by Roger W. Nostbakke