Study
Questions
Martin
Luther, "Preface to St. Paul's Letter to the Romans"
- How
does the individual person fit into this writing? The group/community?
- What
is the significance of the statement on page 9, paragraph 3: "makes
all Christians priests?"
- What
are the relationships between person/God and person/others?
- How
does Luther/Paul view/depict human nature? Where does free will come in?
- How
important is works versus faith/"experience of the heart" (p.
4)?
- Why
would Professor Shank pick this reading for "Luther and the Authority
of the Individual Conscience?"
- How
does this document fit into our larger concern with "the West"
and "civilization?"