Engaging Luther: A (New) Theological Assessment

by Olli-Pekka Vainio

Publisher:

Cascade

, 2010

Overview

This volume compiles articles written by scholars affiliated with the project known as “the New Finnish Interpretation of Luther.” Topics of study include Luther’s theological anthropology, christology, Trinity, sacraments, faith, theology of the cross, the virgin Mary, sexuality, music, and the spiritual reading of the holy Scriptures. Included studies explore the ways Luther remains a fully Catholic and genuinely Augustinian theologian, how he could be a representative of classical Christianity, how Luther’s theology fits in dialogue with currents like communitarianism or Radical Orthodoxy, and much more.

Product Details

• Title: Engaging Luther: A (New) Theological Assessment
• Author: Olli-Pekka Vainio
• Publisher: Cascade
• Print Publication Date: 2010
• Logos Release Date: 2014
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Luther, Martin, 1483-1546
• ISBNs: 9781606088180, 9781498212021, 9781621893240, 1606088181, 1498212026, 1621893243
• Resource ID: LLS:NGGNGLTHSSSSMNT
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-30T01:47:55Z

About Olli-Pekka Vainio

Olli-Pekka Vainio (DrTheol, Habil, University of Helsinki) is university lecturer of systematic theology in the faculty of theology at the University of Helsinki, Finland. He previously served as a resident scholar at the Center of Theological Inquiry and taught at the University of Oxford. Vainio is the author or editor of numerous volumes, including Justification and Participation in Christ, Engaging Luther: A (New) Theological Assessment, Disagreeing Virtuously: Religious Conflict in Interdisciplinary Perspective, and Virtues: An Introduction to Theory and Practice.