Includes bibliographical references

Introduction : Gerhard O. Forde and the doctrine of justification / Joseph A. Burgess and Marc Kolden -- Examining sources : influences on Gerhard Forde's theology / James Arne Nestingen -- Background comments on the doctrine of justification by faith alone / Marc Holden -- Justification by faith? An unguarded essay / Leif Grane --The bondage of the free human / Klaus Schwarzewaller -- Justification : basis and boundary of theology / Oswald Bayer -- Here we stand / Reginald H. Fuller -- God's self- revelation in the sacrament of the altar / Jane E. Strohl -- Philip Melanchthon's contribution to Luther's debate with Erasmus over the bondage of the will / Timothy J. Wengert -- Human performance and the righteousness of faith : Martin Chemnitz's anti-Roman polemic in formula of Concord III / Robert Kolb -- Overcoming the anathemas : a Catholic view / George H. Tavard -- Lifting the condemnations : Does it make sense? / Inge Lonning -- Justification and atonement : an ecumenical trajectory / George Lindbeck -- A Roman Catholic view of justification in light of the dialogues / Avery Cardinal Dulles, S.J. -- Open community : the ecclesial reality of justification / Scott Hendrix -- Justification and the historic episcopate / John H. Rodgers Jr. -- Earthly vocation as a corollary of justification by faith / Marc Kolden -- The eschatological significance of justification for preaching / Roy A. Harrisville -- Pastoral care in the light of justification by faith alone / C. FitzSimons Allison -- The dark room, the labyrinth, and the mirror : on interpreting Luther's thought on justification and justice / Vitor Westhelle -- Faithful teaching, but religious? / Robert Bertram