{"product_id":"the-forgotten-luther-iii-conrad-a-braaten-9781506466910","title":"The Forgotten Luther III: Reclaiming a Vision of Global Community","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis study book, the third in the Forgotten Luther series, invites congregations, with the help of five prominent church leaders and Luther scholars, to consider the new shape of global mission in today's world.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAgainst the growing disparity in wealth and the rising tide of economic refugees throughout the world, this book reflects on Luther's largely forgotten social and economic reforms (to overcome poverty, lack of health care, illiteracy, and old-age insecurity) that flowed from the central doctrine of justification by grace through faith. The book is also a call for informed engagement with partner churches in a critical area of ministry that is frequently neglected.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis study book draws \u003ci\u003eglobal\u003c\/i\u003e implications from Luther's reforms and from the theology that shaped them. It is informed by ways in which churches in the Global South have moved beyond world-denying forms of pietism to address the \u003ci\u003esystemic\u003c\/i\u003e causes of hunger, poverty, and injustice. It is addressed to the whole church at a critical time in history as vast threats to the natural world converge with acute economic hardship for hundreds of millions of people. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAccompanied by videos of lectures and interviews, this study is designed to provide guidance for congregations who want to be actively engaged in the global mission of the church, including ways in which they can both accompany others and be accompanied \u003ci\u003eby \u003c\/i\u003eothers on a common journey. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Conrad A. Braaten\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1506466915\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781506466910\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fortress Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/03\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.40lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.98w x 0.39d","brand":"Conrad A. Braaten","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44169972351231,"sku":"9781506466910","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9b2c7330-885d-4a1f-a7c1-e9a3c8480ac8.jpg?v=1689656062","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-forgotten-luther-iii-conrad-a-braaten-9781506466910","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}