Martin Luther as Comforter: Writings on Death

Neil R. Leroux, Ph.D. (1990) in Speech Communication, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, is Professor of Speech Communication at the University of Minnesota, Morris. He has published extensively on Luther and rhetorical criticism, including Luther’s Rhetoric (Concordia, 2002).

• PrefaceAcknowledgementsAbbreviationsIntroduction1. “Think About These Things”: Luther’s Fourteen Consolations (1519)2. “I Have Overcome the World”: Luther’s Sermon on Preparing to Die (1519)3. “Of Whom the World was not Worthy”: Luther’s Martyrological Literature4. “To Whom Shall We Go? You Have the Words of Eternal Life”: Luther’s 1532 Funeral Sermons5. “Faithful are the Wounds of a Friend”: Luther’s Consolatory Letters 6. “Am I My Brother’s Keeper?”: Luther’s On Whether One May Flee from a Deadly Plague (1527)ConclusionAppendix: Glossary of Rhetorical TermsBibliographyIndicesI. Index of ScripturesII. Index of Persons & PlacesIII. Index of Subjects