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AUTUMN 2001 Issue Volume XV, Number 3
Table of Contents
Maia Wellington Gahtan and George Thomas: GOTT ALLEIN DIE EHRE, Engraved on Philip Melanchthon's Watch of 1530
Oswald Bayer: Justification as the Basis and Boundary of Theology
Irene Dingel: The Debate Over Justification in Ecumenical Dialogue
Robin Leaver: Luther and Bach, the "Deutsche Messe" and the Music of Worship
Ricardo Willy Rieth: Luther on Greed
Notes
Mark C. Mattes: Review Essay - A Lutheran Assessment of "Radical Orthodoxy"
Book Reviews

GOTT ALLEIN DIE EHRE, Engraved on Philip Melanchthon's Watch of 1530	Top
Without succumbing to the fashionable interest in ‘‘material Christianity,’’ sometimes a specific physical object should be carefully examined for its place in church history. Such is the case with Philip Melanchthon’s watch of 1530, inscribed with a significant phrase, as here presented by Maia Wellington Gahtan and George Thomas. The historic watch can be seen at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore; the phrase, perhaps better known in its Latin form Soli Deo Gloria, can be seen around the world wherever J. S. Bach is known. George Thomas is a watch restorer and Maia Wellington Gahtan is a specialist in Italian renaissance painting and poetry at the **Walters Art Museum, 600 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21201-5185**.

Justification as the Basis and Boundary of Theology	Top
Again the issue is justification, and again we offer the penetrating insights of Oswald Bayer regarding the larger horizon, indeed the ontological significance, of the cardinal article. This paper was shared with several audiences on Bayer’s recent lecture tour throughout the United States, and will be shared with readers of the volume honoring Gerhard Forde, forthcoming from Eerdmans. Bayer has returned to Liebermeisterstr. 18, 72076 Tübingen.

The Debate Over Justification in Ecumenical Dialogue	Top
Specific ecumenical dialogues over the doctrine of justification, in the sixteenth century and the present, are here surveyed by Irene Dingel. The recent Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification does not stand alone but needs to be examined in this longer perspective. Dr. Dingel also made a recent lecture tour of the United States in conjunction with the coordinated program of presentations on the new English edition of the Book of Concord, which will appear as the next issue of Lutheran Quarterly. She holds the chair of church history and the history of dogma at the University of Mainz. Her 1996 book on the reactions to the Formula of Concord, Concordia controversa, is a substantial contribution to the subject of confessionalization. Am Sportplatz 5a, D-55270 Ober-Olm, Germany.

Luther and Bach, the "Deutsche Messe" and the Music of Worship	Top
Martin Luther and J. S. Bach shared more than school days in Eisenach (and more than Soli Deo Gloria), writes Robin Leaver. Not only was the theologian a musician and the musician a theologian, but the guiding principles for both were the very same Reformation commitments, starting with ‘‘grace alone’’ and ‘‘faith alone.’’ Leaver’s entire corpus is extensive testimony to the interplay of theology and music, as seen often in our pages. Leaver is currently the president of the American Bach Society, and teaches at Westminster Choir College, Princeton, New Jersey 08540.

Luther on Greed	Top
For this issue’s installment regarding Luther’s basic teachings, we turn to ‘‘Luther on Greed,’’ by the man who wrote the book, Habsucht bei Martin Luther. Ricardo Willy Rieth teaches at the Universidade Luterana do Brasil and at the Escola Superior de Teologia (IECLB), Caixa Postal 14, 93001-970 Sao Leopoldo RS, Brazil.

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