Lutheranism: The theological movement and its confessional writings

This is a good introduction to Lutheranism as it approaches the subject from both an historical and a theological approach. That alone is salutary given that Lutheranism did not come about in a vacuum and while repeatedly appealing to "Scripture alone" traditional Lutheranism has always avoided a "nuda Scriptura" approach to Scripture common among "Bible and non-denominational" churches. Lutheranism has always understood itself in light of Luther's struggles and honest Lutherans have always conceded Luther's deep imprint on the religion as a whole.The topics covered are broad and comprehensive. My caveat is that the book's presentation of Lutheranism is not without its biases. Most notably an ELCA (Evangelical Lutheran Church of America) bias such that even more traditional and even more confessionally minded Lutherans might be displeased by a number of the authors' assumptions such as their description of the Formula of Concord's Christology as a monstrosity.