Other Lutherans

Leopoldo A. Sánchez M. is professor of systematic theology and the Werner R. H. Krause and Elizabeth Ringger Krause Professor of Hispanic Ministries at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri.Samuel Yonas Deressa is associate professor of theology and the Global South, the Fiechtner Chair for Christian Outreach, and director of DCO Program at Concordia University St. Paul, Minnesota.Marcell Silva Steuernagel is associate professor of church music and director of the Master of Sacred Music and Doctor of Pastoral Music Programs at Southern Methodist University.

• AcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroductionPart One: Lutheran Identity1. The Global South Meets North America: Confessional Lutheran Identity in Light of Changing Christian DemographicsLeopoldo A. Sánchez M., Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, US2. Translating the Faith and Confessional Commitment: A Case Study of the Quest for Identity in the Global SouthRoberto E. Bustamante, Seminario El Reformador, Dominican RepublicPart Two: Theological Themes3. Toward an Evangelical Catholic Witness of Justification in Light of the Hybrid Experience of the DiasporaAlberto L. García, Concordia University Wisconsin, US4. Christian Engagement in the Context of Religio-cultural Nationalism: An Interaction with Luther’s Two Realm Theology from a Hinduised Public Square in IndiaSam Thompson, Concordia Seminary Edmonton, Canada5. Mi Casa Es Su Casa: A Lutheran Proposal on Being the Church Catholic in an Age of Migration in Dialogue with Roman Catholic Insights on CatholicityLeopoldo A. Sánchez M., Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, US6. Getting Beyond Lament: Recasting Contemporary Lutheran EschatologyIbrahim S. Bitrus, Taraba State College of Education Zing, NigeriaPart Three: Worship and the Arts7. What Has Ephraim the Syrian to Do with Martin Luther?: Retrieving Syriac Christianity for a Sola Scriptura Church Abjar Bahkou, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, US8. Musical (Re)Localization as Contextual TheologizationMarcell Silva Steuernagel, Southern Methodist University, US9. Human Rights and Divine Rites: African American Sacramental JusticeJohn Arthur Nunes, California Lutheran University, US10. Between Tradition and Renewal: The Case of Lutheran Liturgy in BrazilFabiane B. Luckow, Arts Center of the Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil11. The Dancing African Church: Music in the Worship of African ChristianityWilliam O. Obaga, Confessional Lutheran University, CongoPart Four: Missions and Society12. The Shifting Landscape of Lutheranism: Exploring the Rise of African Lutheranism and Its ImplicationsSamuel Y. Deressa, Concordia University St. Paul, US13. The Christian Witness in a Pluralist Context: The Case for a Pedagogical Enterprise Based on the Giftive ParadigmMaximiliano Wolfgramm Silva, Lutheran University of Brazil, Brazil14. For a Church “Close to Home”: Lutheran Ecclesiology and Missions in the Margins of Urban BrazilSamuel R. Fuhrmann, Seminário Concórdia, Brazil15. Theological Reflection on the Trafficking of Ethiopian Immigrant Domestic Workers from a Vocational ApproachEbise Dibisa Ayana, Concordia Seminary, USConclusionIndexAbout the Editors and Contributors

The rich collection of essays that make up The Other Lutherans offers a thoughtful and illuminating contribution to the study of Global/World Christianity. Even the book’s title offers a provocative insight, in reminding us that all those “Other” Lutherans - in Africa, Asia, and Latin America - are anything but others and outsiders. Increasingly, they are themselves the global mainstream of the Lutheran tradition, and this wise book explores the implications of that tectonic shift beyond familiar Euro-American boundaries