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The study offers a practical theological examination of three congregational youth ministries located in three different multi-racial and multi-cultural contexts in the Northeastern region of the United States. In the first move of this study, I present findings from ethnographic research in the three congregational youth ministries and argue that each congregation displays a disconnect between their practices of evangelism and discipleship and young people’s questions about and experiences with race, racism, and racial identity. In the second move of this study, I argue that this disconnect is due to the pervasiveness of post-racialism in the church and society, understood as a collection of social practices that promote colorblindness as a virtue and perpetuate systemic racism as a habitus by fostering an aesthetic of forgetfulness regarding racial violence and oppression. In light of this, I suggest that a way forward in congregational youth ministries in multiracial and multicultural contexts requires a disruption of and resistance to post-racial aesthetics for the sake of meeting students’ needs. In the third move, I turn attention to Martin Luther King, Jr. to forge a way forward, as King is often taken to be a normative source for interracial congregations. However, while such interracial congregations tend to rely on a limited view of King that interprets him as an inspiration for embracing post-racialism, I argue that King’s theological praxis can be a critical resource for discerning how to resist post-racialism. In concluding the dissertation, I offer suggestions for how current practitioners can begin taking steps toward resisting post-racialism in their work with youth and young adults. / 2025-01-31T00:00:00Z

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Anlässlich der Lutherdekade 2008-2017 zeigt die Sächsische Landesbibliothek – Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Dresden (SLUB) im Themenjahr „Reformation und Musik“ vom 23. September 2012 bis 2. Februar 2013 im Buchmuseum und in der Galerie am Lesesaal die Ausstellung „Luthers Lieder“. Diese würdigt die Verdienste Martin Luthers um die Neugestaltung des evangelischen Gottesdienstes und die Einführung des Gemeindegesanges, der seinen Platz gleichberechtigt neben Wortverkündigung und Gebet fand. Die Ausstellung in der SLUB will mit Erst- und Frühdrucken von Gesangbüchern und Gottesdienstordnungen aus ihren eigenen Beständen das Wirken des Reformators als Liederdichter verdeutlichen. Dazu gehören aktuelle Zeit- und Bekenntnislieder, Psalm- und Bibellieder, Lieder zu den kirchlichen Festen, katechetische Lehrlieder zum Gebrauch in der Familie und in der Schule sowie Übersetzungen von lateinischen Hymnen und anderen liturgischen Gesängen. Die Ausstellung entstand in Zusammenarbeit mit dem Evangelisch-Lutherischen Landeskirchenamt Sachsens, das die Exposition gemeinsam mit anderen kirchlichen Institutionen durch Leihgaben unterstützte.

This paper is a study of the relationship between Martin Luther's theology of the church and the practical development of the religious life of the church under his leadership, as this relationship relates to the active and passive roles of the layman in the church. The thesis question is: Did Luther hold a social prejudice against the lower classes and in favor of the upper class that caused him to modify or reinterpret his concept of the church in the course of his career?

It is the purpose of this thesis to show Martin Luther's influence and trace his ideas in the development of music in the Lutheran Church.

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The view of children has changed and evolved significantly throughout history. People in earlier times did not view children and childhood as we do today, during the early modern period the attitudes towards children began to develop. In the present study, the perspectives of Erasmus of Rotterdam and Martin Luther on children have been examined and analyzed to gain an understanding of how people viewed children and childhood, as well as how their perspectives differed from each other. The results of the study have also explored how the views on children and childhood may have has highlighted the divergent approaches and perspectives of Luther and Erasmus regarding the view of children and childhood, as well as the influence they exerted during the early modern period and the development of curricula.

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This thesis examines the controversy surrounding the renaming of a street for Martin Luther King, Jr. in the city of Zephyrhills, Florida in 2003-2004. By paying close attention to the language deployed during a series of contentious city council meetings, the thesis traces how Zephyrhills' divisive history and neoliberal spatial order kept white residents from grappling with the city's legacy of racism, inequality, residential segregation, and the memory of the Civil Rights movement. Ultimately, it reveals Americans' limited capacity to recognize and discuss race in the post-Civil Rights era. / History