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Can We Still Do Lutheran Political Theology?

2013; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 67; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/0039338x.2013.848823

1502-7791

Svend Andersen,

Philosophical and Historical Studies

When Nordic systematic theologians ask about the possibility of doing Lutheran political ethics, the question is not - according to this article - a purely historical one. The question is rather whether Luther's political thinking can be reconstructed in such a way that it makes sense in a contemporary context. A reconstruction cannot just deal with Luther's text, but has to take into account "stations of transformation." In this article, Søren Kierkegaard functions as one such station, and political theology of the 1970s as another. As a somewhat different position, the ethics of K. E. Løgstrup is mentioned. In the conclusion, the political liberalism of John Rawls is presented as a contemporary conception congenial with Luther's key politico-theological ideas.