The Lutheran Confessions: History and Theology of the Book of ConcordFrom their formulation in the sixteenth century through the present day, every generation of Lutheran leadership has grappled with the centrality and importance of the Lutheran confessional writings. In this important new volume, Arand, Kolb, and Nestingen bring the fruit of an entire generation of scholarship to bear on these documents, making it an essential and up to date class text. The Lutheran Confessions places the documents solidly within