Trinitarian Grace in Martin Luther''s the Bondage of the Will

This study reveals the powerfully Trinitarian and participatory nature of Martin Luther's conception of divine grace in his magnum opus The Bondage of the Will. It establishes a genuinely new understanding of Luther's major treatise opening up its ecumenical potential.

List of contents

• List of Abbreviation


• 1: Introduction


• 2: Erasmus and Luther: Two Different Paradigms of the Christian Faith


• 3: Luther's Theological Method of Conflict and Distinction


• 4: The Enslavement of the Human Being


• 5: Pneumatological Emphasis in the Doctrine of Grace


• 6: The Trinitarian Nature of the Pneumatological Grace


• 7: A Theology of Paradoxes


• 8: A Comprehensive View of Luther's Doctrine of Grace


• 9: Is there Any Possibility of Reconciliation between Erasmus and Luther?


• 10: Conclusion


• Bibliography


• Index of Personal Names


• Index of Subjects

About the author

Miikka Ruokanen is Professor Emeritus of Dogmatics at the University of Helsinki, Finland, and Professor of Systematic Theology at Nanjing Union Theological Seminary, China. He is also Guest Professor at the Renmin University of China, Beijing, and Advisory Professor at Fudan University, Shanghai. His publications include include The Catholic Doctrine of Non-Christian Religions: According to the Second Vatican Council (Brill, 1992), Theology of Social Life in Augustine's De civitate Dei (Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1993), and Christianity and Chinese Culture (co-edited with Paulos Huang; Eerdmans, 2010).

Summary

This study reveals the powerfully Trinitarian and participatory nature of Martin Luther's conception of divine grace in his magnum opus The Bondage of the Will. It establishes a genuinely new understanding of Luther's major treatise opening up its ecumenical potential.

Additional text

It is a must-read for all those engaged in Luther research and the field of Reformation soteriology more generally.

Product details

• Authors: Miikka Ruokanen, Miikka (Professor Emeritus of Dogmatics Ruokanen, Miikka (University of Helsinki and Nanji Ruokanen, Ruokanen Miikka
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 30.04.2021, delayed
• EAN: 9780192895837
• ISBN: 978-0-19-289583-7
• No. of pages: 238
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; RELIGION / Ecumenism & Interfaith, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / Lutheran, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, c 1500 onwards to present day, History of Religion, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Church history, History and Archaeology, HISTORY / Europe / Renaissance