The American Luther |
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| Authors: | Christine Helmer |
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| Institution: | Christine Helmer is Professor of Religion at Northwestern University. She has also taught theology at Harvard Divinity School and the Claremont School of Theology. She is the author of The Trinity and Martin Luther (Mainz: Zabern, 1999) and editor (or co‐editor) of numerous volumes in the areas of Schleiermacher studies, philosophy of religion, and biblical theology, most recently The Multivalence of Biblical Texts and Theological Meanings (Society of Biblical Literature, 2006). |
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| Abstract: | Abstract : This essay introduces important developments in recent Luther scholarship in America and argues for a specific retrieval of Luther for contemporary religious and theological issues, such as the problem of evil and the role of experience in theology. The essay describes how contemporary feminist and liberation theologies have recontextualized Luther in America. Also addressed is the current interest in historical investigations of Luther in relation to medieval thought that aligns with the American reception of Finnish scholarship on Luther. These developments show that the American Luther is moving beyond its fundamental shaping by German Protestantism. |
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| Keywords: | feminist theology epistemology neo‐Kantianism German Protestantism experience global Luther |
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