’Doth Protest’ Our Favorite Theologians #1

Rev. James Rickenbaker joins Rev. Andrew for the first time today on Doth Protest. This is the first of a multi-part series of episodes we will have between James, Andrew, and Charles (who will join on the next part) going through our favorite theologians. By the end of the series, each will have gone through five. Not only are they near and dear to our hearts, but we recommend them to you as we believe their life stories, insights, and contributions served God and his church in ways that can still inform and guide us today. On this episode, James and Andrew each talk about Martin Luther. James then talks about Bishop Bo Giertz (pictured in the episode artwork), and Andrew talks about St. Augustine of Hippo.  

Shownotes:
Luther
*Luther’s early Psalms commentary that James refers to is from volumes 10 & 11 of Luther's Works (Fortress Press; Concordia)  *Correction: Ernst Bizer's position on Luther's 'Reformation turning point' was after the theses  *The biographies of Luther that James recommended are James Kittelson's Luther the Reformer: The Story of the Man and his Career and Roland Bainton's Here I Stand: A Life of Martin Luther. 

*The primary writings that James recommended from Luther are The Bondage of the Will translated by J.R. Packer & O.R. Johnston and the compendium Martin Luther's Basic Theological Writings edited by Timothy F. Lull & William R. Russell 

*The "bonus book" that James recommended for Episcopalians on the Reformation was Reformation Essays of Robert Barnes

*Andrew recommended A Fortress Introduction to the Lutheran Confession by Gunther Gassman and Scott Hendrix, Martin Luther's Theology: A Contemporary Interpretation by Oswald Bayer, and Luther in Mid-Career by Heinrich Bornkamm (there is a link to read this Bornkamm book in the episode details for the Doth Protest episode "The Fall Theological Reading List") 

Giertz 

*The books by Bo Giertz James and Andrew referred to are:

The Hammer of God

Christ's Church: Her Biblical Roots, Her Dramatic History, Her Saving Presence, Her Glorious Future (the quote was from p. 105)

*James recommended going to www.1517.org to check out some of recent English translations of Giertz' work by Bror Erickson. 

The books about Augustine that Andrew referenced were: 

RW Dyson's Augustine of Hippo: The Christian Transformation of Political Philosophy
Henry Chadwick's Augustine of Hippo: A Life

*The translations of Augustine's The Confessions that James referred to are the Henry Chadwick translation and the Maria Boulding translation.