Seminary Ridge Review is published twice per year by the Seminary Ridge Press at Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg. SEMINARY RIDGE REVIEW ISSN 1526-0674 SPRING, 2013 VOLUME 15, NUMBER 2 © 2013 by Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg. I Subscriptions are free to libraries of theological and divinity schools and to Luthern Theological Seminary at Gettysburg alumni/æ. Individual copies are available for $9 per issue (includes domestic postage). Contact: Seminary Ridge Press Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg 61 Seminary Ridge Gettysburg, PA 17325 www.seminaryridgereview.org Seminary Ridge Review is a scholarly journal offering perspectives which highlight the history and theology of the Lutheran Theologi- cal Seminary at Gettysburg, eastern Lutheranism and issues that emerge in the cross-currents of theological and cultural debates. Editor: The Rev. Dr. Brooks Schramm
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[email protected] Printed by The Sheridan Press in Hanover, Pennsylvania. Typeset by Phil Wolfe Graphic Design. On the cover: Schmucker Hall interior, December 2011, prior to renovation as Seminary Ridge Museum, from the Seminary Ridge Press “snake book” Übergang / Transition. Photo: Office of Communication, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg. CONTENTS 1 The Reformation of Marriage in Lutheran Wedding-Preaching Christopher Boyd Brown 26 The Mother of all Earthly Laws: The Lutheran Reformation of Marriage John Witte, Jr. 44 At Home in the World: Tenure Induction Lecture Kristin Johnston Largen 64 Martin Luther’s Concept of Sola Scriptura and its Impact on the Masses: A Dalit Model for Praxis-Nexus Surekha Nelavala 72 Public History as a Calling Opening Academic Convocation, 2012 Barbara Franco 82 Sites of Conscience Kathleen Reed 88 Book Reviews on The Better Angels of Our Nature: How Violence Has Declined by Steven Pinker, Martin Luther’s Anti-Semitism: Against His Better Judgment by Eric W.