Deutsch. They had twelve children, of which five died in infancy. In 1734 his great-nephew Timotheus Lütkemann became Generalsuperintendent in Greifswald. Works His literary work was very prolific and, though his writings on philosophical and dogmatic themes were of little importance, they influenced the devotional writers Heinrich Müller, Christian Scriver and Theophil Großgebauer. Der Vorschmack göttlicher Güte. 1653, 1673. - His first work, whose title translates as Foretaste of divine goodness. It became one of the most popular devotional works in Lutheranism. Lütkemann's approach in that work was mystical spiritualism, though he also tried to distance himself from that approach at the same time, describing the necessary connection between inner faith and outer words. It was influenced by Johann Arndt's work Vier Bücher vom wahren Christentum and was highly esteemed by Philipp Jacob Spener, who made it compulsory reading in his first collegia pietatis. Regenten Predigt (von der höchsten Tugend hoher Obrigkeit, über Psalm 37 V. 34). 1655. - A sermon first pronounced in September 1655, in which he criticised contemporary rulers' notions of absolutism and contrasted them with the notions of piety. Harpffe von zehen Seyten, Das ist: Gründliche Erklärung Zehen Psalmen Davids. 1658. - A work on the Psalms of David. Notes Bibliography Johannes Wallmann: Theologie und Frömmigkeit im Zeitalter des Barock. Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 1995, , S. 82–86. Wolfgang Sommer: Gottesfurcht und Fürstenherrschaft. Studien zum Obrigkeitsverständnis Johann Arndts und lutherischer Hofprediger zur Zeit der altprotestantischen Orthodoxie. Vandenhoeck u. Ruprecht, Göttingen 1988, . Philipp Julius Rehtmeyer: Nachricht von den Schicksalen, Schriften und Gaben des um die Evangelische Kirche Hochverdienten Theologi, D. Joachim Lütkemanns. Braunschweig 1740. 1608 births 1655 deaths Academic staff of the University of Rostock University of Rostock alumni German Lutherans People from Demmin German Lutheran theologians University of Greifswald alumni Academic staff of the University of Greifswald 17th-century German Protestant theologians German male non-fiction writers 17th-century German writers 17th-century German male writers