English An opus of Luther's with an innovative Humor and melancholy as the basic attitudes in life - corresponding to the faith-based distance to one's self and to the refutation.
Söderblom is above all known as a historian of religion and an ecumenical man of the Church. But he also did much for theology, especially for the interpretation of Luther. This volume presents one of his three most important monographs on ""Humor and Melancholy and other Luther Studies."" This volume is known for its innovative approach of not concentrating on Luther's teachings but on his personal piety. Humor and melancholy are understood as basic attitudes in life. They correspond to the faith-based distance to one's self and to the refutation.
German Söderblom ist der Nachwelt vor allem als Religionshistoriker und als ökumenischer Kirchenmann bekannt. Er hat jedoch auch f|r die Theologie und hier insbesondere f|r die Luther-Interpretation Bedeutendes geleistet. Dieser Band bietet die wichtigste seiner drei Monographien |ber umor und Melancholie und andere Lutherstudien eine Vortragssammlung von 1919. Charakteristisch f|r ihren innovativen Ansatz ist, dass sie nicht von Luthers Lehre, sondern von seiner Frömmigkeit ausgeht. Humor und Melancholie sind als Grundeinstellungen zum Leben zu verstehen. Sie entsprechen der im Glauben gr|ndenden Distanz zu sich selbst und der Anfechtung. Das zentrale Thema f|r Luther ist demnach nicht die Rechtfertigungslehre, sondern die Glaubensgewissheit. Wichtig ist auch die kritische Auseinandersetzung mit Luthers Haltung zum Bauernkrieg und deren |berwiegend konservativer W|rdigung in der damaligen deutschen Forschung. Beigef|gt ist ein Aufsatz |ber Luthers universale Bedeutung, in dem Söderblom ihn f|r einen profilierten gegenwärtigen Protestantismus reklamiert, der sein Erbe in einen umfassenden ökumenischen Dialog einzubringen hat.
Lars Olof Jonathan Söderblom was a Swedish clergyman, Archbishop of Uppsala in the Church of Sweden, and recipient of the 1930 Nobel Peace Prize. [...]
In 1912, he became a professor of Religious studies at Leipzig University. But already in 1914, he was elected as Archbishop of Uppsala, the head of the Lutheran church in Sweden. During the First World War, he called on all Christian leaders to work for peace and justice.
He believed that church unity had the specific purpose of presenting the gospel to the world and that the messages of Jesus were relevant to social life. His leadership of the Christian "Life and Work" movement in the 1920s has led him to be recognised as one of the principal founders of the ecumenical movement. His was instrumental in chairing the Life and Work Conference in Stockholm, in 1925. He was a close friend of the English ecumenist George Bell.
After his death in Uppsala, Sweden, in 1931 his body was interred in Uppsala Cathedral.