Wholly Citizens: God's Two Realms And Christian Engagement With The World

Wholly Citizens addresses the relation between the church and the world in light of the Reformation teaching of the two realms - expecially as presented by Luther. Joel Biermann argues that, on the one hand, most interpreters of Luther misappropriate Luther by seeing him as a supporter of a wall of separation. On the other hand, those clamoring for the preservation of the rights of Christians and the church are also out of step with a right understanding of the two realms. Instead, the corporate church and individuals are responsible for the world, and each must speak directly about and to the world in meaningful ways--

• | Author: Joel Bierman
• | Publisher: Fortress Press
• | Publication Date: May 01, 2017
• | Number of Pages: 228 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback/Religion
• | ISBN-10: 1506420354
• | ISBN-13: 9781506420356