Lutheran Quarterly

Verbum Domini Manet in Aeternum (1 Peter 1:25) was an early confession of the Reformation: "the Word of the Lord remains forever."

LQ @ 25 - Special Issue:
In honor of LQ's first 25 years, a special edition has been produced, available here:
  About This Booklet
  Honoring Oliver K. Olson
  Notes of Appreciation
  Justification Is for Preaching
        (Preview: Table of Cont's)
  A Foreword by Oswald Bayer
  "Categorical Preaching" by
        Steven Paulson
  Index of all articles from the
     first 25 years, alphabetical
     by author

Learn about the current issue (Spring 2012) or subscribe.

Indexed in America 
(ISSN 0024-7499):

• History and Life,
• Ecumenical Review,
• Historical Abstracts,
• Index to Religious Periodical Literature,
• Luther Jahrbuch and
• Religious Index One: Periodicals.

Lutheran Quarterly, Inc. was incorporated as a non-profit society under the laws of the State of Wisconsin,
May 21, 1984.

To commemorate its 25th anniversary, LQ sponsored a lecture tour by German theologian Oswald Bayer. He visited several Lutheran seminaries across the U.S. so that a new generation can hear him in person. His main address on those occasions, "A Public Mystery," recognized the LQ logo: "The Word of the Lord remains forever."

Thanks to hosts and attendees at these sites:
  Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia  
  Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
  Luther Seminary, St. Paul
  Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
  Concordia Theological Seminary, Ft. Wayne

A short slideshow begins below. To send photos from other lecture nights, please use the Contact form.

In addition to the Lutheran Quarterly Books series through Eerdmans Publishing, another LQ publication has recently appeared: Justification Is for Preaching, edited by Virgil Thompson, LQ's Managing Editor.

The latest release in the LQ Books series is Gracia Grindal's Preaching from Home: The Stories of Seven Lutheran Women Hymn Writers. A printable flier offering 20% discounts on that and other LQ Books is available here.

Below are the first five books in the series.  All other titles can be viewed here.  

• The Captivation of the Will: Luther vs Erasmus on Freedom and Bondage (Forde, Paulson)
• Living by Faith: Justification and Sanctification (Bayer, Bromiley)
• Harvesting Martin Luther's Reflections on Theology, Ethics and the Church (Wengert, editor)
• A More Radical Gospel: Essays on Eschatology, Authority, Atonement and Ecumenism (Forde, Mattes, Paulson, eds.)
• The Role of Justification in Contemporary Theology (Mattes)

This article from the Twin Cities journal The Metro Lutheran (metrolutheran.com) celebrates LQ's 25th anniversary: http://metrolutheran.org/2011/07/a-home-for-lutheran-scholarship/.  Used by permission.

Lutheran Quarterly is pleased to establish the Gerhard Forde Endowment, dedicated to cultivating the historical and theological understanding of the Lutheran tradition articulated by Dr. Forde, especially as stated in his inaugural article for Lutheran Quarterly, New Series, "Radical Lutheranism."

For more information about how to donate to the Gerhard Forde Endowment, read the Anniversary Letter from members of the Board of Directors. A pamphlet describing the Endowment is also available.

With this exclusive service for current LQ subscribers, readers receive a username and password to access articles online.  To use this feature, please send a message via the Contact page [using the "Website Comments & Suggestions" link].  Access this resource by clicking here.