Getting Repentance Right: Luther's Reformation Refocused. Issue 2 (July 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Appold, Kenneth G.
• Is Part Of: Theology today. Volume 75:Issue 2(2018)
• Page Start: 139
• Page End: 153
• Publication Date: 2018-07
• Subjects: Luther -- repentance -- 95 Theses -- Reformation -- penance; Theology -- Periodicals; Calvinism -- Periodicals; Théologie -- Périodiques; Calvinisme -- Périodiques; 230.005
• DOI: 10.1177/0040573618783420
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0040-5736

Abstract

Luther's Reformation began with a debate over proper repentance, a fact that tends to get overlooked in most accounts of its history. By focusing on a close reading of the first five of Luther's "95 Theses, " the following article examines that debate in its context, seeks to understand Luther's theological insights and places them in conversation with contemporary thoughts and practices of repentance.