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Articles by Robert Saler

Robert Saler is Research Professor of Lutheran Studies and Executive Director of the Center for Pastoral Excellence at Christian Theological Seminary in Indianapolis.

Why Did Luther Demonize His Theological Opponents?

June 26, 2017 by Robert Saler

For the last five years, I have been the only Lutheran teaching at my ecumenical seminary. Having taught at a Lutheran seminary prior to coming here, I was surprised by the negative reaction of other Protestants (evangelicals, Disciples of Christ, Reformed, Methodist, Episcopalian, etc.) towards the mention of Luther. This negativity has less to do […]

Filed Under: Appreciating Luther, Reformation Jubilee 500

Mixed Constituency Classrooms in Theological Education: Some Thoughts from the Field

November 15, 2015 by Robert Saler

“Out There” or “In Here?” When I was in seminary, a thread that ran through most of the M.Div. classrooms in which I was a student (and later a teacher) had to do with how future pastors would be expected to “translate” the fruits of their ostensibly growing theological erudition – terminology, historical themes, exegetical […]

Filed Under: Theological Education

The Church’s Mission in a World without “Nature”

February 11, 2015 by Robert Saler

A Confession Recently I had the privilege of teaching a seminar at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago (LSTC) entitled “Nature Writing in Theological Perspective,” which was the follow-up to a previous year’s seminar on “Theologies of Creation.” Where the first class had focused on constructive theological texts by academic theologians, the second course […]

Filed Under: Environmental Theology

“Without” Hope? Internality and Externality in Preaching Difficult Texts

February 6, 2015 by Robert Saler

Within the realm of Christian theology (both as academic discipline and as reflection that fuels the life of the church), a great deal depends on the intellectual frameworks that are brought to bear on particular issues. As in the sciences, the same data can give rise to differing conclusions depending on the analytical framework to […]

Filed Under: Preaching Advent

Joseph Sittler as Theologian of the 21st Century

February 4, 2015 by Robert Saler

To a large extent, Joseph Sittler was a theologian of his time and place. While his reputation as an academic theologian is not sufficient to place him among the giants of 20th-century theology (in the manner of, say, Barth, Tillich, Rahner, or von Balthasar), his life and work do serve to reflect many of the […]

Filed Under: The Legacy of Joseph Sittler

20.1 Lent 2015

The Catechumenate

19.4: Advent 2014

Communion and Community

19.3: Ordinary Time 2014

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Food and Justice

19.2: Pentecost 2014

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Growing Leaders

19.1: Epiphany 2014

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