"The essays in this theological working book examine the Lutheran doctrine of justification in light of today's globalized, plural societies. By allowing theology to speak from different contexts it seeks to contribute towards a new interpretation of the doctrine of justification."--Cover.

The significance of justification in the world's contexts: towards a new interpretation of the doctrine of justification / Wolfgang Greive -- Justification in today's world / Christian Krause -- Justification and society / Reinhard Höppner -- The relevance of the doctrine of justification / Wanda Deifelt -- Globalization: a challenge to theology and the church / Viggo Mortensen -- The effects of the globalized economy on the North and the South / Wolfgang Kessler -- The power of global communication / Ignacio Ramonet -- No mercy on the information superhighway? / Karin Achtelstetter -- Brining the doctrine to life: a feminist perspective / Cristina Grenholm -- Being precedes doing: the ontological approach to justification with reference to interreligious dialogue / Susanne Heine -- The significance of justification in the modern intercultural context: the papers of Cristina Grenholm and Susanne Heine / Elisabeth Gräb-Schmidt -- The incomprehensibility of justification in the contexts of being human: observations on the papers by Susanne Heine and Cristina Grenholm / Stephanie Dietrich -- Justifiying faith and the net worth of productivity: USA / David Tiede -- Justification in a context of exclusion: Latin America / Walter Altmann -- Justification: a human rights issue: reconciliation and economic justice in South Africa and the role of the church and theology / Ramathate T.H. Dolamo --

Liberation from evil powers: Africa / Joseph Ngah -- Justification in a multireligious context: Asia / Gnana Robinson -- The message of justification between a lack of religious interest and esoteric excess: Europe / Hans-Martin Barth -- Christianity minus grace: justification from a philosophical perspective: a conversation with Odo Marquard / Wolf-Rüdiger Schmidt -- The implications of justification in the world's contexts: a working aper -- Toward a dialogue with sisters and brothers in Europe / Arturo Blatezky -- Theological basis of the controversy over the contextuality of the doctrine of justification: some remarks / Heinrich Assel -- Justification and globalization: a critical interpretation / Uwe Rieske-Braun -- The implications of the doctrine of justification in the Latin American context / Ekkehard Heise -- Lutheranism as a counterculture?: the doctrine of justification and consumer capitalism / Robert A. Kelly -- Justification and the farm crisis in Canada / Cam Harder -- Justification by faith: the Lutheran churches in Namibia / Veikko Muniyika -- Not justificed: how many women experience the church / Gloria Kwashi -- Justification and work / Hartmut Diekmann -- Hermeneutics of the indicative / Wolfgange Greive -- Justification a story from Wittenberg / Susanne Heine -- A prayer of confession / José Rodriguez -- An Easter story on Christmas eve / Horst Hirschler -- Life is more / Christian Krause -- By grace alone, by faith alone / Priscilla Singh -- Is Karuthamma justified? / Priscilla Singh.