Briefe und Akten zur Kirchenpolitik Friedrichs des Weisen und Johanns des Beständigen 1513 bis 1532. Reformation im Kontext frühneuzeitlicher Staatswerdung
Stefan Michel, Universität Leipzig
Friedrich und Johann von Sachsen waren als Landesherren Luthers Schlüsselgestalten der Reformationsgeschichte. Seit 2014 werden an der Sächsischen Akademie zu Leipzig die kirchenpolitischen Quellen dieser beiden Brüder ediert (www.friedrich-und-johann.de).

Die Deutsch-deutsche Studienausgabe von Werken Martin Luthers
Dietrich Korsch, Universität Marburg, Johannes Schilling, Universität Kiel
Seit 2011 erscheint in der Evangelischen Verlagsanstalt Leipzig die Deutsch-deutsche Studienausgabe. Ihre Idee besteht darin, unveränderte Originaltexte Luthers, neu kollationiert nach dem jeweiligen Erstdruck, von einer Übersetzung ins gegenwärtige Deutsch begleiten zu lassen. Die Vorstellung des Projekts möchte diese Idee erläutern und auf die Möglichkeiten, aber auch die Schwierigkeiten dieses Verfahrens hinweisen.

Oxford Research Encycl. of M. Luther
Derek Nelson, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, Indiana
Editors Hinlicky & Nelson discuss Oxford Research Encycl. of M. Luther. This reference work makes Luther available for many future research agendas and is a key moment in digital publishing and reference: multi-disciplinary, international, ongoing, innovative and expansive.

Lutherbibliographie
Michael Beyer, Universität Leipzig
Die Herstellung der Lutherbibliographie, die alljährlich im Lutherjahrbuch erscheint, erfolgt seit einigen Jahren mit Hilfe eines derzeit noch nicht öffentlich zugänglichen Internetportals. Der Bearbeitungszeitraum wurde erheblich verkürzt: Titel können bis zur Mitte des laufenden Berichtsjahres aufgenommen werden. Die Präsentation unterrichtet über die Recherchemöglichkeiten, die das geplante öffentlich zugängliche Portal den Nutzern bieten wird.

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Neuedition von Luthers Tauler-Notizen (Zwischenbericht)
Jun Matsuura, University of Tokyo
Obwohl Taulerüberlieferung u. –rezeption in der Lutherzeit von J. G. Mayer und H. Otto entscheidend aufgehellt wurden, ist die Editionslage der Notizen Luthers bei der WA (1893) mit J. Fickers Korrekturen (1936) geblieben. Aus der Vorbereitung einer Neuedition soll ein Zwischenbericht gegeben werden.

Luthers lateinische Bibel
Wolf-Friedrich Schäufele, Universität Marburg
Die Präsentation gibt Einblick in die Ergebnisse eines Marburger Forschungsprojekts über Luthers lebenslange Bemühungen um die Schaffung eines verbesserten lateinischen Bibeltextes – von der ersten Psalmenvorlesung über die systematische Vulgata-Revision der 1520er Jahre bis zur Genesisvorlesung.

Vorstellung der Ergebnisse des Projektes "Reformationsatlas – die Reformation in Mitteldeutschland"
Markus Hein, Universität Leipzig
Am kirchengeschichtlichen Institut der Universität Leipzig wurden sowohl ein Atlas als auch eine entsprechende online-Aufbereitung erarbeitet, die die Reformation und ihre Wirkungen in Mitteldeutschland darstellen. Das Kartenwerk visualisiert unter verschiedenen Themenstellungen, ergänzt durch Bilder, Graphiken und erläuternden Texten, die Personen und Ereignisse, aber auch die Wirkungen der Reformation für Kirche und Gesellschaft.

Ökumenische Kommentierung der 95 Ablassthesen
Theodor Dieter, Institut für Ökumenische Forschung des Lutherischen Weltbundes und Wolfgang Thönissen, Johann-Adam-Möhler-Institut für Ökumenik in Paderborn

Martin Luther hat nicht nur eine Disputation in Wittenberg angekündigt, sondern auch diejenigen, die nicht mündlich mit disputieren könnten, zu schriftlichen Stellungnahmen eingela­den. Bisher hat man die vielfältigen Reaktio­nen auf Luthers Thesen bei deren Interpretation nicht konsequent und umfassend berücksich­tigt. Eine ökumenische Kommentierung will die nach 1517 literarisch einsetzende Debatte im Sinn einer Disputation rekonstruieren.

Stapulensis Luther and sola fide
Martin Lohrmann, Wartburg Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa
The 1512/15 commentary on Pauline epistles by Faber Stapulensis used the phrase sola fide to describe justification. Luther referred to this work in his Romans lectures of 1515/16. This short presentation considers Stapulensis' place in Luther's early biblical interpretation.

Strategien und Semantiken innerreformatorischer Devianzkonstruktion und Identitätsbildung bei Martin Luther und in der frühen Wittenberger Reformation
Thomas Hahn-Bruckart, Universität Mainz
Inklusions- und Exklusionsprozesse in den ersten Jahren der Wittenberger Reformation, die für die Ausprägung persistenter Wahrnehmungskategorien im Luthertum von grundlegender Bedeutung sind, sollen in ihrer sprachlichen Ausgestaltung und der mit ihr verbundenen sozialen Dynamik dargestellt werden.

Cicero in Heaven
Carl Springer, University of Tennessee, Chattanooga
Drawing on my forthcoming book Cicero in Heaven, this presentation considers the profound influence that the Roman rhetor, Cicero, had upon Martin Luther. I will focus primarily on questions of language, rhetoric, and style. I will also address briefly the complicated connections between Lutheran education and Cicero’s later legacy, both in Europe and America.

Die frühen Wittenberger Thesen
Henning Bühmann, Universität Göttingen
Zwischen 1516 und 1523 sind über 80 Wittenberger Disputationsthesen erhalten, die einen Einblick in das Umfeld der Disputationen Luthers erlauben. Ich möchte die Überlieferung darstellen und ihre Stellung zwischen normalem Lehrbetrieb und neuen Inhalten analysieren.

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The Influence of Augustinian Platonism on Luther’s Understanding of Faith and Reality between 1513 and 1521
Ilmari Karimies, University of Helsinki
I’ll present my doctoral thesis on Martin Luther’s Understanding of  Faith and Reality between 1513 and 1521 with focus on the concept of the light of faith and the epistemology of illumination.

Luther and Canon Law in the Indulgence Controversy
Richard J. Serina, Jr., Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
This essay will explore Luther’s citations of canon law in the early months of the Indulgence Controversy. It will focus on which canons Luther cites, why he cites those particular canons, and how he uses them in these pivotal early debates, as well as suggesting possible sources for his knowledge of canons relating to indulgences.

„Fröhliche Zuversicht“. Der junge Luther als Erbauungsschriftsteller
Christoph T. Nooke, Universität Münster
Anhand einiger früher Schriften Luthers lässt sich seine Theologie in ihrer theologischen und sprachlichen Ausrichtung auf das christliche Frömmigkeitsleben erschließen. Grundlegende Basisideen reformatorischer Theologie werden somit auf ihre erbauliche Abzweckung untersucht.

Saul's Conversion and Martin Luder's Turn
Stefano Leoni, Liceo Classico “Augusto”, Rome
The discovery kept strictly secret, the name changing, the successful plan for the religious break, the struggle with God.

Reception of Martin Luther’s Theology in the Writings of Margarethe of Anhalt (1473-1530)
Austra Reinis, Missouri State University, Springfield
Although Margarethe of Anhalt remained true to the old church, her devotional works and correspondence reveal intellectual engagement with and qualified acceptance of some of Luther’s theological ideas.    

Die teuflischen Wunderwerke. Erzählstoffe und Wundertaten als Quellen der theologisch gegründeten Gestalt des Märtyrers in Kaspar Goltwurms Geschichtskalender
Marta Quatrale, Freie Universität Berlin
Meine Präsentation fokussiert sich auf Goltwurms Rezeption verschiedener Erzählstoffe und ihren dogmatisch gegebenen Wahrheitsgehalt, bzw. auf die Vorlage eines die Übertragung des Schemas des Geschichtskalenders auf den (evangelischen) Märtyrer gründenden geschichtlichen Wirksamwerdens des Teufels.    

A little-known reformation prince – Duke Christoph of Württemberg
Louis Reith, Concordia University, Seward, Nebraska
Duke Christoph of Württemberg (1515-1568) remains little-known outside of his small German state. But during a short reign of 17 years, and with the help of key theologians like Johann Brenz and Jakob Andreae, he managed to anchor the Lutheran Reformation in Southwest Germany for the next three centuries.

Kirchenordnungen as printed documents in 16th century Northern Germany
Jeffrey Jaynes, Columbus, Methodist Theological School, Ohio
This presentation is part of a project on N. German Kirchenordnungen, focusing here on church orders as published documents. It addresses matters of production; visual impact, particularly the Titelblatt; and internal comments about occasion, intent, and theological context.

Martin Luther and Antwerp’s Reformed Augustinians, 1519-1522
Robert Christman, Luther College, Decorah, Iowa
On July 1, 1523, the Reformed Augustinians Hendrik Voes and Johann van den Esschen were burned in Brussels. Martin Luther was deeply moved. This presentation will argue that he not only responded to the events surrounding these executions, but actively endeavored to influence them.

Luther, Melanchthon and England: perceptions of the English Reformation in Wittenberg
Charlotte Methuen, University of Glasgow
This paper explores the reception of the English Reformation in Wittenberg, focusing on the reactions of Luther and Melanchthon in connection with the English embassy the Schmalkaldic League and the League’s delegation to England, which coincided with the passing of the Act of Six Articles.

The Relation of the Lutheran Reformation to France and the Reformed Tradition: From Martin Luther to the United Protestant Church
Jeannine Olson, Rhode Island College, Providence
Jeannine Olson, author of Lutheranism in France for the Dictionary of Lutheranism, will trace Lutheranism from Luther to the formation of the United Protestant Church of France, which in 2013 brought together into one church Lutheranism and the Reformed Tradition.

Lutheran Christianity in Danish hymn history  - entfällt/cancelled
Peter Balslev-Clausen, University of Copenhagen
The congregational song is the unmistakable expression of Lutheran spirituality and religious practice. An analysis of the alternating versions of the hymns of the Lutheran churches throughout the centuries will show how Lutheran Christianity was understood and lived from the 1520’ies until today, illustrated by examples from the Danish hymn history.

Luther on the Communication of Attributes
Aaron Moldenhauer Northwestern University, Chicago
Scholars emphasize Luther’s understanding that the two natures of Christ communicate attributes to one another, often without further nuance. This paper shows how Luther restricts this communication to certain attributes and grounds it in the person of Christ.

The relation between sacrament and sociality in Luther’s theology
Bo Kristian Holm, Aarhus University
Luther’s theology of the Lord’s Supper relates the individual to both God and the world. Various theories have focused on the relation between Luther’s new understanding of the Lord’s Supper and subsequent changes in society. These theories have to be critically scrutinized.

Faith and Suffering
Laudecir Daniel Kern, VID Vitenskapelige Høgskole, Stavanger
My research explores the relationship between faith and suffering in the Lutheran Theology. The guiding questions are: How does faith relate to suffering in Luther’s “Theology of the Cross”? And, how does faith engage the suffering reality in the world in Bonhoeffer’s writings?

Is justification a process of recognition?
Sasja Emilie Mathiasen Stopa, Aarhus University
Luther determines justification as a mutual but asymmetrical exchange of honour and glory between God and the human being. This paper examines whether a modern notion of recognition as interpreted by e.g. Honneth and Ricœur is able to translate this process of justification into contemporary Lutheran theology.

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Lordship and Bondage as a Philosophical Leitmotif
Jennifer Hockenbery Dragseth, Mount Mary University, Milwaukee
A brief sketch of how Luther's understanding of the “Herr” and “Knecht” in Christ affected philosophical understanding of power and authority in European and American Philosophy after 1517.

Martin Luther’s Anthropology 1520–1530: Bodiliness as the Basis of the Gender System
Sini Mikkola, University of Helsinki
The paper discusses the central findings of my doctoral thesis that examines Martin Luther’s view on gendered bodiliness and the gender system within the time frame from 1520 to 1530.

Luther on Christian Unanimity
Antti Raunio, University of Eastern Finland, Joensuu
The presentation investigates Luther’s understanding of one principle, which he had committed to follow as a monk and appreciated also after leaving the monastery. The Rule of St. Augustine exhorts the brothers to live in unanimity and to have one mind and heart in God. Luther applied this principle to all Christians. For him the ‘being of the same mind’ is based on love that sets the persons in each other’s positions.

Luther and Children – Conceptual Distinctions
Eriikka Jankko, University of Helsinki
What is the content of the child-related concepts and conceptions of being a child according to Luther? Methodologically I aim at providing conceptual distinctions which are useful in analysing the child-related texts of Luther.

Gebet und lectio bei Martin Luther
Matthias Mikoteit, Velen
Luther bezieht das Gebet auf eine vorausgehende lectio an wichtigen Stellen seiner Schriften, mit denen er das geistliche Leben anderer Menschen prägen wollte. Dabei handelt es sich nicht nur um die lectio von (überwiegend biblischen) Katechismusstücken, sondern auch von anderen Teilen der Bibel. Insofern ist der Begriff „Katechismusfrömmigkeit“ im Blick auf Luther nur bedingt anwendbar.

„das hymelisch bild“ zwischen Imagination und Repräsentation
Johann Anselm Steiger, Universität Hamburg
Ausgehend von Luthers Sermon von der Bereitung zum Sterben und seinem Sermon von der Betrachtung des heiligen Leidens Christi (1519) wird nach den Wirkungen der in diesen Basistexten grundgelegten bildhermeneutischen Konzeption in Homiletik, geistlicher Literaturproduktion und Ikonographie des 16. und 17. Jahrhunderts gefragt.

Ikonizität und Metaphorik in M. Luthers Theologie: das Wort-Bild
Michael Plathow, Universität Heidelberg
Bild-Metaphern erhellen und erstellen Wirklichkeit. Nach der Ikonizität schaffen Bilder Wirklichkeit. Für die Bildakttheorie ist das Bild nicht Objekt, sondern Ereignis: es „fällt ins Auge“, es beeindruckt, es eröffnet Sinn. Das gilt für das Wort-Bild in Luthers Theologie, besonders in den Seelsorgeschriften „Sermon von d. Bereitung zum Sterben“ (1519) u. „Vierzehn Tröstungen“ (1520): Das Bild, das Kreuz Christi, das sich „einbildet“ ins Herz des Glaubenden.

Overcoming Temptation: Luther on the Real Effects of Prayer
Candace Kohli, Northwestern University, Chicago
This paper examines how Luther understands prayer to cultivate a discursive relation with the Spirit in particular experiential moments of temptation. Rather than simply reaffirming and re-instantiating the faith-relation to God as some scholars have suggested, this paper argues that prayer actually enables the Christian to resist temptation with the Spirit’s help.

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The Reformation of Ars Moriendi in Luther and Cranach
Matthew Rosebrock, Concordia University, St. Paul
Though noted by some scholars, the connection between Luther’s reformation of ars moriendi and Lucas Cranach the Elder’s Law and Gospel paintings deserves greater reflection. The role of vision in the art of dying well becomes the art of law and gospel for the sake of seeing Christ as merciful.

Short Characterisation of Luther's Prereformational Theology
Oswald Bayer, Luther-Akademie Sondershausen-Ratzeburg

Luther's Theology before 1518 has great systematic coherence and is a class of its own. It is basically a negative theology, which can be perfectly described as a metaphysic of existence, expressed in the form of an archetypal Christology. It works with the sharpest means of thinking and language, but is more than a mere edifice of thoughts. Rather, it is the objectification as well as the enactment of a monastic life, stamped by a continual repentance und radical negation of all natural possibilities, but lacking the certainty of salvation because no one could ever be sure that they had fulfilled the condition of contrition.

Christus Victor Revisited
Torbjörn Johansson, Lutheran School of Theology, Göteborg
Gustaf Aulén’s book Christus Victor (1930) is a significant point of orientation not only in the theological discussion of the atonement but also in Luther research. In this paper I will revisit the debate about Aulén’s Luther interpretation and relate the new reception of Christus Victor to Luther.

Luther and Congar
Roger Whittall, Australian Lutheran College, Adelaide
My research is on the common priesthood with Father Yves Congar providing a comparison to Luther’s teaching. Congar’s focus was on the church as the whole people of God (a “total ecclesiology”) and I consider how this connects to Luther’s view of the church as the communion of saints.

Luther and Kierkegaard on necessity
Knut Alfsvåg, VID Specialized University, Stavanger    
Luther may insist that everything happens with necessity. Kierkegaard seemingly has a different understanding of necessity, but there are significant parallels on a deeper level, which will be explored in this paper.

Reception of Kierkegaard in the Lutheran Church of Denmark
Martin Damašek, Prag
I am going to present a short inquiry into the relationship, resp. the reception, of the “father” or Christian Existentialism, SØren Kierkegaard, to his homeland Church, i.e. to the Lutheran Church of Denmark. The main and the most intensive encounter of Kierkegaard with the Lutheran Church of Denmark came at the end of Kierkegaard´s life, i.e. his violent attack upon the Danish Church. Why did he attack the Church? What did he criticize?   

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Martin Luther in Kriegspredigten des Jahres 1917
Andrea Hofmann, Universität Mainz
Die Präsentation zeigt 1., welche Aspekte aus Luthers Theologie in Kriegspredigten des Reformationsgedenkjahres 1917 rezipiert wurden und 2., wie die historische Figur Luther charakterisiert wurde. Wie wurde dieses Lutherbild mit der theologischen Interpretation des Krieges in Zusammenhang gebracht?

The Givenness of Life and World: K.E. Løgstrup’s Luther Reading
Svend Andersen, University of Aarhus
The most important Danish 20th century theologian bases his natural law ethics and his creation metaphysics on a reinterpretation of Luther. The presentation will be based on his published works as well as on unpublished manuscripts

The Ministry of the Word is the Highest Office in the Church: Theses on the Nature and Ministry of the Word
Anthony Steinbronn, New Jersey District, LCMS
The ministry of the Word (Predigtamt) is the highest office in the church and belongs to all who are Christians (Priesteramt), not only by right but by command (LW 40:23). Furthermore, who I am in Christ defines my identity (who am I) and ministry (why am I here); a disciple who lives by faith (coram Deo) and serves one’s neighbor (coram hominibus|coram mundo).

Luther’s theology missiological deficiency?
Jukka Kääriäinen, FELM, Hsinchu
Luther’s theology is conventionally critiqued as missiologically deficient. Luther’s theology of the cross, asserting divine hiddenness and revelation, is a promising, untapped resource for relating proclamation and dialogue. As such, it forms a unique contribution to today’s missiological landscape.

Luther and pilgrimage
Roger Jensen, University of Oslo
According to leading sociologists of religion, the present day pilgrim renaissance is a metaphor of modern religiosity. How to understand Luther´s critique of pilgrimage? Is there in Luther viable tools in developing a pilgrim theology for present day pilgrims?

Re-Visions of Agency and Human Nature in Lutheran Theology: Perspectives from Feminist, Postcolonial & Process Theologies
Marit Trelstad, Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, WA
Feminist and process theologies challenge unqualified ideas of an essentialist, binary, static and wholly sinful human nature. This paper lauds Luther’s relational sense of human nature and his ontologically-defining idea of grace but challenges his theological linkage between human depravity and God’s grace.

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Madensack Evangelical Churches? Some Questions for 21st Century "Lutherans"
Hans Wiersma, Augsburg University, Saint Paul
This presentation will offer (1) an overview of the historical developments that favored the ascent of “Lutheran” nomenclature, (2) a consideration of the “pros and cons” of representing the term “Lutheran” in the 21st century, and (3) a humorous yet earnest discussion of “Lutheran” alternatives.

Becoming Human: Extra Nos
Bengt Kristensson Uggla, Abo Akademi University,
Trygve E. Wyller, University of Oslo
This paper draws from Gustaf Wingren and the experience of irregular migrants. The elaboration will develop in terms of a post-Constantinian Lutheran ecclesiology educated by a pre-Constantinian theology, linking the decentered self of a theological anthropology with a decentered ecclesiology.

Butterflies as Sign of Continuos Liberation - aporia and hybridity as resources for new horizons of solidarity
Elisabeth Gerle, Lund University
Taking paint, or lipstick, as a starting point this paper embarks on a critical dialogue with Sarah Coakley. The theocratic assumptions behind her “theologie totale” is being challenged as well as the neo-platonic world view where humans are supposed to become angels to get closer to divinization.

Feminist critiques of Luther
Allen Jorgenson, Waterloo Lutheran Seminary
In this paper I engage feminist critiques of Luther by considering his work on the virgin birth, wherein Mary is source of the seed linking Jesus to Abraham and so divine promise, and by his image of Eve as house. I reframe this by relating house and host, which is read dialectically with guest.

The liberation of the creatures: Luther´s preaching on Romans 8:19-23.
Nestor Luiz João Beck, Universidade Luterana do Brasil, Conoas
This short presentation on Luther’s preaching on the promise of liberation of the creatures (Romans 8:19-23) aims at raising reflections on continuity and discontinuity in Lutheran theological tradition and on human responsibility for the environment.

Luther’s Understanding of the Predigtamt in his Sermons on Matthew 28 and John 20 - entfällt/cancelled
Naomichi Masaki, Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana
When Luther died, his closest colleagues spoke of Luther’s enduring legacy as a continuation of the faithful labors of the Predigtamt he occupied. In this short paper, we will explore Luther’s understanding of Christ and the Office of the Holy Ministry through his sermons on Matthew 28 and John 20.

Luther’s Hebrew
Andrew Niggemann, University of Cambridge
My research examines the influence of Hebrew on Luther’s Bible translation. This presentation will show instances where the Hebrew had a distinct influence on his exegesis and his Deutsche Bibel.

Luther’s use of Prosopological Exegesis in the Gospel of John for his Trinitarian Understanding
William Marsh Cedarville University, Ohio    
This study will investigate Martin Luther’s use of prosopological exegesis for the development of his Trinitarian understanding as he employs it in the Gospel of John. Luther’s approach will be brought into conversation with Matthew Bates’ recent contribution, The Birth of the Trinity.

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Bodies, Beauty, and Divinity: Luther on Our First Parents
Mickey L. Mattox, Marquette University, Milwaukee
I will explore in this paper Luther’s reading of created things, including particularly the first human beings, as words of God.

Luther’s Style of Theology As a Paradigm for Theology in the 21st Century
Mark Ellingsen, Interdenominational Theological Center Atlanta, Georgia
In a new book, Martin Luther’s Legacy: Reforming Reformation Theology for the 21st Century (Palgrave Macmillan), I am identifying the rich diversity of various affirmations the Reformer makes on all the classical doctrines – for example, noting his teaching of double and single predestination, his affirmation of something like deification and a forensic view of justification, his endorsement of a Third Use of the Law and his rejection of it, just to identify a few of the tensions in his thought.