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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 undergirding 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
twofold 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 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).
