Luther on Faith and Love: Christ and the Law in the 1535 Galatians Commentray (Emerging Scholars) - Softcover

Sun-young Kim

Softcover

ISBN 10: 145148772X ISBN 13: 9781451487725

Publisher: 1517 Media; Fortress Press, 2014

Synopsis

There has been a distinct tendency in modern scholarship to underestimate Luther's teaching on love by overemphasizing his teaching on justification. Calling this tendency into question, this volume advances the thesis that Luther's teaching on faith and love operates as the overriding thematic pair in the dynamics of Christ and the law - structurally and conceptually under girding the 1535 Galatians commentary. The research situates itself in the landscape of Luther scholarship via a special attention to Finnish Luther scholars and scholarship. The project argues that in the discussion of proper righteousness and holiness, Luther's redefined love emerges in harmony with faith. His views on Christian freedom, the Christ - given law of love, the two fold way of fulfilling the law, and his Christological premises demonstrate the logical rationale for reintroducing love. This love, designated as a fruit of faith, is incarnated in three major relations: love toward God, toward others, and toward self.

About this title

About the Author:

Sun-young Kim is assistant professor of theology at the Graduate School of Practical Theology in South Korea. She received her MDiv and PhD from Princeton Theological Seminary, New Jersey. Luther on Faith and Love (2014) is a revision of her dissertation, done under the leadership of George Hunsinger and Scott Hendrix. She is an author of Martin Luther: A Theologian of Faith and Love, published in Korean (2014).

About this edition

• Publisher: 1517 Media; Fortress Press
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 145148772X
• ISBN 13: 9781451487725
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256