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In its Lutheran form, despite the emphasis upon God’s grace, justification by grace through faith was heard as justification by faith and thus as involving a fearful form of works righteousness: the work was to believe. Faith meant believing in a correct set of doctrines (which happened to be Lutheran), and this was the gateway to salvation. What

Marcus J. Borg

In its Lutheran form, despite the emphasis upon God’s grace, justification by grace through faith was heard as justification by faith and thus as involving a fearful form of works righteousness: the work was to believe. Faith meant believing in a correct set of doctrines (which happened to be Lutheran), and this was the gateway to salvation. What

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About Marcus J. Borg

Marcus Joel Borg (March 11, 1942 – January 21, 2015) was an American New Testament scholar and theologian. He was among the most widely known and influential voices in Liberal Christianity. Borg was a fellow of the Jesus Seminar and a major figure in historical Jesus scholarship. He retired as Hundere Distinguished Professor of Religion and Culture at Oregon State University in 2007. He died eight years later at the age of 72, of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis at his home in Powell Butte, Oregon.