Lutherische Gestalten - heterodoxe Orthodoxien

In these studies, Jörg Baur analyzes fundamental theological concepts and protagonists of the Lutheran confessional culture in the early modern era. With subjects ranging from Johannes Brenz to V.E. Löscher and the founding of the University of Göttingen, the author describes numerous problems and solutions whose topicality confirms Leibniz's idea of »one step backwards in order to take two steps forward.« The productive way in which the author deals with the antitheses of autonomy and mercy releases thinking from alternatives which have become banal. Models of modern orthodoxies (Kant, Herder among others) and their origins (Plato, Aristotle) are connected to Christianity's claim to the truth.