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Ruokanen on The Bondage of the Will

Professor Emeritus of Dogmatics, Miikka Ruokanen has published the results of his studies on the Bondage of the Will in his monograph Trinitarian Grace in Martin Luther’s the Bondage of the Will. Ruokanen argues that despite extensive studies on this … Continue reading

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Sini Mikkola on Luther, Gender and Bodiliness

A new perspective on Luther’s antropology will be opened, as Sini Mikkola defends a doctoral thesis ‘In Our Body the Scripture Becomes Fulfilled’ : Gendered Bodiliness and the Making of the Gender System in Martin Luther’s Anthropology (1520–1530). The defense … Continue reading

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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

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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/

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Anttila on Luther’s theology of music

Miikka Anttila has successfully defended a doctoral thesis entitled “The innocent pleasure. A study on Luther’s theology of music”. Professor Bo Holm from the University of Aarhus acted as the external examinator in the defense. In his dissertation, Anttila focused … Continue reading

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Arffman on Lutheran poor relief

Kaarlo Arffman has published a study in Finnish on early Lutherans’ attempts to solve the problem concerning the poor relief. The book entitled “Auttamisen vallankumous. Luterilaisuuden yritys ratkaista köyhyyden aiheuttamat ongelmat” has been published by the Finnish Society of Church … Continue reading

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Luther and early Lutherans on justification

“Justification and Participation in Christ: The Development of the Lutheran Doctrine of Justification from Luther to the Formula of Concord (1580)” by Olli-Pekka Vainio. Published by Brill Academic Publishers.

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