Robert Kolb: 28 books
by Professor Robert Kolb
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2014
The International Court of Justice (in French, the Cour internationale de justice), also commonly known as the World Court or ICJ, is the oldest, most important and most famous judicial arm of the United Nations. Established by the United Nations Charter in 1945 and based in the Peace Palace in the...
Luther and the Stories of God
Biblical Narratives as a Foundation for Christian Living
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Martin Luther read and preached the biblical text as the record of God addressing real, flesh-and-blood people and their daily lives. He used stories to drive home his vision of the Christian life, a life that includes struggling against temptation, enduring suffering, praising God in worship and...
Reformation Theology
A Systematic Summary
Language: English
Release Date: March 16, 2017
Five hundred years ago, the Reformers were defending doctrines such as justification by faith alone, the authority of Scripture, and God's grace in salvation—some to the point of death. Many of these same essential doctrines are still being challenged today, and there has never been a more crucial...
Martin Luther and the Enduring Word of God
The Wittenberg School and Its Scripture-Centered Proclamation
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
A World-Class Scholar on Luther's Use of Scripture
The Reformation revolutionized church life through its new appreciation for God's presence working through the Bible. Coinciding with the five hundredth anniversary of the beginning of the Reformation, this volume explains how Luther's approach...
Genius of Luther's Theology, The
A Wittenberg Way of Thinking for the Contemporary Church
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2008
This volume offers a unique approach to the study of the great German reformer, Martin Luther. Robert Kolb and Charles Arand offer an introduction to two significant themes that form the heart of Luther's theology.
The first theme concerns what it means to be truly human. For Luther, "passive...
Bound Choice, Election, and Wittenberg Theological Method
From Martin Luther to the Formula of Concord
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2017
Galvanized by Erasmus' teaching on free will, Martin Luther wrote "De servo arbitrio", or "The Bondage of the Will", insisting that the sinful human will could not turn itself to God. In this first study to investigate the sixteenth-century reception of "De servo", Robert...
Luther's Wittenberg World
The Reformer's Family, Friends, Followers, and Foes
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
In conversations about the Reformation, the name Martin Luther towers above all others. And rightly so. His work, vision, and writings set Christianity on a course of events that would forever change the way that most believers live and understand their faith. And yet, the Reformation was far more...
Peremptory International Law - Jus Cogens
A General Inventory
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2015
Robert Kolb, one of the leading international scholars of his generation, offers a seminal survey of the question of peremptory international law. The author analyses and systemises different questions, such as: the typology of peremptory norms beyond the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties;...
by Professor Robert Kolb
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2017
There is a great degree of controversy on the proper complexion and role of general principles of law in the international legal order. Opinions range from total rejection of some types of principles to the most enthusiastic endorsement of principles as the necessary oil for the many complex wheels...
Martin Luther as Prophet, Teacher, and Hero (Texts and Studies in Reformation and Post-Reformation Thought)
Images of the Reformer, 1520-1620
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 1999
A study of Martin Luther's legacy explains how the view of Luther as prophet, teacher, and hero shaped the thought and action of his followers.
Between Wittenberg and Geneva
Lutheran and Reformed Theology in Conversation
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2017
At the 500th anniversary of the Wittenberg Reformation, two highly regarded scholars compare and contrast the history and theological positions of the Reformed and Lutheran traditions. The authors tackle nine theological topics significant for the life of the church that remain a source of division...
by Jonathan Strom, Mark Granquist, Timothy J. Wengert
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2017
In the five hundred years since the publication of Martin Luther's Ninety-
Five Theses, a rich set of traditions have grown up around that action and the subsequent events of the Reformation. This up-to-date dictionary by leading theologians and church historians covers Luther's life and thought,...
Martin Luther
Confessor of the Faith
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2009
Martin Luther's thought continues to challenge people throughout the world in the twenty-first century. His paradigmatic shift in defining God and what it means to be human left behind a foundation for viewing human creatures that was anchored in Aristotle's anthropology. Luther defined the Revealed...
Martin Luther's Travel Guide
500 Years of the 95 Theses: On the Trail of the Reformation in Germany
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2016
Offering a chance to visit key places connected to Martin Luther, this guide brings readers to each town, castle, and church where the famed German preached, spoke, or fought. Travelers will find information on the historic towns of Dresden, Eisleben, Erfurt, Gotha, Leipzig, Lutherstadt Wittenberg,...
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