Christ Present in Faith: Luther's View of Justification

Mannermaa's revisionist work on justification inLuther's theology - a notable contribution from oneof the most influential Finnish scholars of Luther studies - is now available in English. His book opens up newinterpretive questions for historical theology with strikingimplications for ecumenism, ethics, and spirituality.

He writes, the idea of the divine life in Christ which ispresent in faith lies at the very center of the theology of theReformer. He argues that later Lutheran interpretation ofthis teaching has portrayed justification as more mechanicaland forensic than Luther did, underestimated the extentto which God's righteousness is also ours, and obscured theradical personal transformation that Luther attributed tojustification.

Author: Tuomo Mannermaa, Kirsi I. Stjerna
Publisher: Fortress Press
Published: 01/10/2005
Pages: 164
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.51lbs
Size: 8.68h x 5.52w x 0.40d
ISBN: 9780800637118

About the Author
Mannermaa, Tuomo: -

Tuomo Mannermaawas Emeritus Emeritus Professor of Ecumenical Theology at the University of Helsinki.

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