Inspired by and interacting with Martin Luther, the great Christian thinker who grappled most intensely with the concept of justification, Bayer explores anew the full range of traditional dogmatics (sin, redemption, eschatology, and others), placing otherwise complex theological terms squarely within their proper milieueveryday life. In the course of his discussion, Bayer touches on such deep questions as the hidden nature of God, the hope for universal justice, the problem of evil, andone of the book's most engaging motifsJob's daring lawsuit with God.
Oswald Bayer is professor emeritus of systematic theology at the University of Tübingen. He is a renowned Luther and Hamann scholar and the author of numerous books and articles, most recently Vernunft und Vertrauen, a basic orientation to Lutheran theology (2022).