Martin Luther’s theological thinking, as it worked to shape the Lutheran world in the centuries following the Reformation, has had a decisive impact on the creation of the Nordic social-democratic ...

Following the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s controversial recent assembly, a two-day gathering of Lutherans will begin in Indianapolis on Friday. Organizers say the meeting will begin the ...

According to Estonian theologian Dr. Johann-Christian Põder, dynamic state reforms along individualist capitalist lines, which he sees as stemming from a more 'Calvinist' approach to society, need to ...

“You mean in America, don’t you, sir?” answered the Demon for the Democracies, who was showing him around. “It’s all pretty old stuff over in Europe.” “Of course I mean America,” snapped Satan, ...

Seven theologians call North American Lutheranism back to the Word and the Lutheran confessions. Almost everyone knows Martin Luther’s famous defense before the Diet of Worms: “Here I stand, I can do ...

Lutheranism is a theological movement to reform Christianity with the teaching of justification by grace through faith alone. Lutheranism identifies with the theology confessed in the Augsburg ...

A seminar Sunday will explore the historical basis for Lutheranism, how 19th century Lutheranism was affected by mergers with various Reformed movements, and how Lutheranism has been shaped over the ...

WITTENBERG, Germany — During the communist era, East German officials downplayed this quiet town’s links to Martin Luther and the Protestant Reformation; instead they emphasized the importance of its ...

- teachings of Martin Luther emphasizing the cardinal doctrine of justification by faith alone ...

Religious and cultural Lutheran values have shaped Nordic societies for centuries. But instead of encouraging capitalism as in Calvinist Europe, Lutheranism promoted a social-democratic welfare state ...