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Vainio on Deification
Olli-Pekka Vainio continues the Finnish interest on Luther and deification. See his abstract above and the full article at https://doi.org/10.1111/ijst.12518 In the most general terms, deification means participation in the divine nature, which starts the process where the believer is … Continue reading
Updates in the bibliography
Risto Saarinen has updated his extensive bibliography on Finnish Luther studies. This may be the last update for reasons noted in the blog: I do not have plans to follow this documention beyond 2017. As Finnish Luther studies have meanwhile become mainline research, … Continue reading
Vainio and Karimies on Finnish Luther studies
Current issue of Pro Ecclesia offers two interestingly different contributions from the Finnish Luther scholarship. Dr. Olli-Pekka Vainio addresses several recent criticisms against the Finnish positions and offers many helpful clarifications. Mr. Ilmari Karimies, who will soon be defending his … Continue reading
Luther on Perception and Theological Knowledge
Olli-Pekka Vainio’s contribution in the recent issue of Neue Zeitschrift plunges into Luther’s use of epistemological and psychological theories of his time: 10.1515/nzsth-2015-0005
Recent contributions
Risto Saarinen has recently published a chapter on justification in Oxford Handbook of Martin Luther’s theology: ‘Justification by Faith: The View of the Mannermaa School’, in: The Oxford Handbook of Martin Luther’s Theology, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 254-263. Finnish … Continue reading
Additions in Saarinen’s bibliography
Risto Saarinen has gathered new items of Finnish Luther research and comments on it. The list supplements his larger bibliography with articles and monographs published after 2008. See Saarinen’s blog site for the list: https://blogs.helsinki.fi/ristosaarinen/luther-studies-in-finland/
Hailer on the Finnish Luther-interpretation
Last volume on Lutherjahrbuch (vol. 77, 2010) contains an article by Martin Hailer entitled: “Rechtfertigung als Vergottung? Eine Auseinandersetzung mit der finnischen Luther-Deutung und ihrer systematisch-theologischen Adaptation”. The author discusses the Finnish position critically mostly on the basis of some … Continue reading
Kärkkäinen on Luther as Sentences commentator
In a volume edited by Philipp Rosemann, there is a chapter on Luther as commentator of Peter Lombard’s Sentences written by myself, Pekka Kärkkäinen. For more information about the volume, see here.
Vainio on Justification
Olli-Pekka Vainio has published an article entitled “The Doctrine of Justification in the Book of Concord—Harmony or Contradiction?” in the December 2009 issue of the Dialog. An electronic version of the article is available here.
Global Luther
Christine Helmer from Northwestern University has edited an volume entitled “Global Luther: A theologian for modern times”, published by Fortress Press. In addition to several interesting articles, the volume includes contributions by two Finnish scholars. Risto Saarinen writes under a … Continue reading