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Start Date
20-9-2023 2:15 PM
End Date
20-9-2023 3:00 PM
Keywords
2023 theological symposium, society, christian, faith, germany, church, lutherans, nazism
Description
Hans Joachim Iwand was a contemporary of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German pastor of the confessing church, a resistor of the Nazi regime and a Luther researcher. Iwand wrote a series of essays in the 1930s through the 1950s dealing with the topic of the 2023 Theological Symposium. This sectional will lay out his concerns with the two realms/kingdoms doctrine as it was being used during the Nazi era. It will then present Iwand’s preference for Luther’s teaching on the three estates as a more helpful paradigm. This will lay the groundwork for Iwand’s explanation of how the kingdom of God breaks open the estates of church and society so that they can continue to relate to one another in godly ways rather than be closed off from one another. Finally, some practical ways that Iwand lived out these teachings will demonstrate what this can look like in the everyday settings of church and society.
Submission Type
Bible Study; Lecture; Sermon Prep
Scripture References in this Resource (separated by semi-colons)
1 Corinthians 4:5;
Submission Audience
Laity; Ministers; Scholars
People in this Resource (separated by commas)
Martin Luther, Hans Joachim Iwand,
Submission Cost
Free
Church and Society: Lessons from Hans Joachim Iwand
Hans Joachim Iwand was a contemporary of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German pastor of the confessing church, a resistor of the Nazi regime and a Luther researcher. Iwand wrote a series of essays in the 1930s through the 1950s dealing with the topic of the 2023 Theological Symposium. This sectional will lay out his concerns with the two realms/kingdoms doctrine as it was being used during the Nazi era. It will then present Iwand’s preference for Luther’s teaching on the three estates as a more helpful paradigm. This will lay the groundwork for Iwand’s explanation of how the kingdom of God breaks open the estates of church and society so that they can continue to relate to one another in godly ways rather than be closed off from one another. Finally, some practical ways that Iwand lived out these teachings will demonstrate what this can look like in the everyday settings of church and society.
