We are happy to announce that the EI Palgrave book series has got a new member! Dennis Doyle and Ted Deddon have just published a book, “Ecumenical Perspectives Five Hundred Years After Luther’s Reformation“, which comes from our 2017 Jena conference. Gerard Mannion had collected the contributions and carried out the first editorial round. Theodore Dedon worked with Gerard throughout the project. Dennis Doyle took over the final editorial phase. Ted and Dennis gracefully decided to acknowledge Gerard’s work by naming him as co-editor of the book. This will likely be the last book to be published under his name.
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?
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