Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
Part One: Lutheran Identity
1. The Global South Meets North America: Confessional Lutheran Identity in Light of Changing Christian Demographics
Leopoldo A. Sánchez M., Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, US
2. Translating the Faith and Confessional Commitment: A Case Study of the Quest for Identity in the Global South
Roberto E. Bustamante, Seminario El Reformador, Dominican Republic
Part Two: Theological Themes
3. Justification in the Borderlands Toward an Evangelical Catholic Witness of Justification in Light of the Hybrid Experience of the Diaspora
Alberto L. García, Concordia University Wisconsin, US
4. Christian Engagement in the Context of Religio-cultural Nationalism: An Interaction with Luther's Two Realm Theology from a Hinduised Public Square in India
Sam Thompson, Concordia Seminary Edmonton, Canada
5. 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 Catholicity
Leopoldo A. Sánchez M., Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, US
6. Getting Beyond Lament: Recasting Contemporary Lutheran Eschatology
Ibrahim S. Bitrus, Taraba State College of Education Zing, Nigeria
Part Three: Worship and the Arts
7. What Has Ephraim the Syrian to Do with Martin Luther?: Retrieving Syriac Christianity for a Sola Scriptura Church
Abjar Bahkou, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, US
8. Musical (Re)Localization as Contextual Theologization
Marcell Silva Steuernagel, Southern Methodist University, US
9. Human Rights and Divine Rites: African American Sacramental Justice
John Arthur Nunes, California Lutheran University, US
10. Between Tradition and Renewal: The Case of Lutheran Liturgy in Brazil
Fabiane B. Luckow, Arts Center of the Federal University of Pelotas, Brazil
11. The Dancing African Church: Music in the Worship of African Christianity
William O. Obaga, Confessional Lutheran University, Congo
Part Four: Missions and Society
12. The Shifting Landscape of Lutheranism: Exploring the Rise of African Lutheranism and Its Implications
Samuel Y. Deressa, Concordia University St. Paul, US
13. The Christian Witness in a Pluralist Context: The Case for a Pedagogical Enterprise Based on the Giftive Paradigm
Maximiliano Wolfgramm Silva, Lutheran University of Brazil, Brazil
14. For a Church "Close to Home": Lutheran Ecclesiology and Missions in the Margins of Urban Brazil
Samuel R. Fuhrmann, Seminário Concórdia, Brazil
15. What Are We Called To Do? Theological Reflection on the Trafficking of Ethiopian Immigrant Domestic Workers from a Vocational Approach
Ebise Dibisa Ayana, Concordia Seminary, US
Conclusion
Index
About the Editors and Contributors
