by Justin Nickel (Author)

Many scholars assume that Luther views Christian life as one without agency, where humans are mere instruments through which God works to serve their neighbors. However, Justin Nickel examines the rhetoric of Luther's sermons to argue that Luther thinks Christians have real, if secondary, agency in their lives.

Author Biography

Justin Nickel is the Baxter Weant and Frances assistant professor of Lutheran Studies at Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary of Lenoir-Rhyne University.