Witten offers an in-depth analysis of preaching on an important New Testament text: the Parable of the Prodigal Son. She finds that the transcendent and awesome God of Luther and Calvin–whose image informed early Protestant visions of the relationship between humans and the divine–has been greatly softened in demeanor in American Protestant churches, with only some resistance from “conservative” traditions.
All Is Forgiven:
Witten offers an in-depth analysis of preaching on an important New Testament text: the Parable of the Prodigal Son. She finds that the transcendent and awesome God of Luther and Calvin–whose image informed early Protestant visions of the relationship between humans and the divine–has been greatly softened in demeanor in American Protestant churches, with only some resistance from “conservative” traditions.