Ecumenical Perspectives Five Hundred Years After Luther’s Reformation

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Ecumenical Perspectives Five Hundred Years After Luther’s Reformation is written by Gerard Mannion and published by Springer Nature. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 3030683605 (ISBN 10) and 9783030683603 (ISBN 13).

This book offers ecumenical essays that focus on Reformation Christianity and on current Lutheran-Catholic understandings and relationships. It addresses important issues, including the meaning of the Reformation, the reception of Luther in Germany and beyond, contemporary ecumenical dialogues, and pathways to the future. There is also some inclusion of Jewish and Orthodox traditions as well as attention to global issues. Taken as a whole, the primary method of this book is theology informed by history, hermeneutics, ethics, and social theory. Within the structure of the book can be found the classic hermeneutical circle: What was the meaning of the Reformation for Luther in his own time? What are various ways in which Luther and the Reformation have been interpreted in history? How does knowledge of these things help us today to understand the Reformation and to move forward?