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# **Category: Lutheran Theology** [← Back to categories](/religioustheory/categories/)

                ![Philosophy As Love – Unblocking The Road From Athens To Jerusalem, Part 1 (Erik Meganck)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2022/12/1600px-platos_symposium_met_dp888791.webp)

### [Philosophy As Love – Unblocking The Road From Athens To Jerusalem, Part 1 (Erik Meganck)](/religioustheory/posts/philosophy-as-love-unblocking-the-road-from-athens-to-jerusalem-part-1-erik-meganck/)

November 29, 2022 — By Erik Meganck

Philo-sophy literally means “love of wisdom.” But this can be read in more than one way. There is the well-known objective genitive, proposing that philosophers

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                ![From Holistic To In-Between Theology – The Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus, Part 1 (Rode Molla)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2022/05/gudina_tumsas_grav.webp)

### [From Holistic To In-Between Theology – The Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus, Part 1 (Rode Molla)](/religioustheory/posts/from-holistic-to-in-between-theology-the-ethiopian-evangelical-church-mekane-yesus/)

April 15, 2022 — By Rode Molla

The Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus: Simultaneously Western and Indigenous Even though the Ethiopian Evangelical Church Mekane Yesus has a Lutheran

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                ![Truth And Irony –  Beyond Binary Patterns In Theological Reasoning, Part 1 (Florian Klug)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2021/07/screen-shot-2021-07-14-at-11-56-23-am.webp)

### [Truth And Irony – Beyond Binary Patterns In Theological Reasoning, Part 1 (Florian Klug)](/religioustheory/posts/truth-and-irony-beyond-binary-patterns-in-theological-reasoning-part-1-florian-klug/)

June 28, 2021 — By Florian Klug

The following is the first of a three-part series. It will appear as a full article in the Fall 2021 issue of the Journal for Cultural and Religious Theory

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                ![The Religious Significance Of Miracles – Why Hume’s Critique Is Superfluous, Part 3 (Alberto Urquidez)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2020/07/milagros.webp)

### [The Religious Significance Of Miracles – Why Hume’s Critique Is Superfluous, Part 3 (Alberto Urquidez)](/religioustheory/posts/the-religious-significance-of-miracles-why-humes-critique-is-superfluous-part-3-alberto-urquidez/)

July 29, 2020 — By Alberto Urquidez

Surprisingly few commentators have advanced this basic criticism against Hume’s argument. One glaring exception is the Wittgensteinian philosopher of religion

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                ![The “New Hegel” And The Question Of God, Part 1 (Gavin Hyman)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2019/05/hegel_by_kugler_retouched.webp)

### [The “New Hegel” And The Question Of God, Part 1 (Gavin Hyman)](/religioustheory/posts/the-new-hegel-and-the-question-of-god-part-1-gavin-hyman/)

May 24, 2019 — By Gavin Hyman

Among recent developments in continental philosophy and religious thought, one of the most prominent has been a ‘return to Hegel.’ It has been exemplified in

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                ![Review – Performance Apophatics (John Matthew Allison)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2019/02/55c1056e-0b10-4b38-9128-b51fd8fbb1e3.webp)

### [Review – Performance Apophatics (John Matthew Allison)](/religioustheory/posts/review-performance-apophatics-john-matthew-allison/)

February 7, 2019 — By John Matthew Allison

*Claire Maria Chambers. Performance Studies and Negative Epistemology: Performance Apophatics. Palgrave Macmillan, 2017. Hardback Hardback. It highlights

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                ![Negative Theology And Its Problems: Barth And Marion, Lecture 3 (Johannes Zachhuber)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/07/thumb_img_2156_1024.webp)

### [Negative Theology And Its Problems: Barth And Marion, Lecture 3 (Johannes Zachhuber)](/religioustheory/posts/negative-theology-and-its-problems-barth-and-marion-lecture-3-johannes-zachhuber/)

July 26, 2018 — By Johannes Zachhuber

The following is the third lecture in an eight-lecture series. I have described in last week’s lecture how, during the 19th century, some serious challenges

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                ![Lutheran Theology and Postmodern Philosophy, Part II (Olli-Pekka Vaino)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/05/img_0946.webp)

### [Lutheran Theology and Postmodern Philosophy, Part II (Olli-Pekka Vaino)](/religioustheory/posts/lutheran-theology-and-postmodern-philosophy-part-ii-olli-pekka-vaino/)

May 9, 2018 — By Olli-Pekka Vaino

The following is the second part in a two-part installment. The first part can be found here. Postmodern thinking is generally suspicious against It highlights

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                ![Lutheran Theology And Postmodern Philosophy, Part I (Olli-Pekka Vaino)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/01/luther95theses.webp)

### [Lutheran Theology And Postmodern Philosophy, Part I (Olli-Pekka Vaino)](/religioustheory/posts/lutheran-theology-and-postmodern-philosophy-part-i-olli-pekka-vaino/)

May 1, 2018 — By Olli-Pekka Vaino

Recently, Martin Luther and the Lutheran Reformation has received heavy criticism in various theological and philosophical circles It highlights key arguments

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                ![The Vertical Form – The Iconological Dimension in 20th Century Russian Religious Aesthetics and Literary Criticism, Part I (Oleg Komkov)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/03/umberto_boccioni_1913_dynamism_of_a_cyclist_dinamismo_di_un_ciclista_oil_on_canvas_70_x_95_cm_gianni_mattioli_collection_on_long-term_loan_to_the_peggy_gugg.webp)

### [The Vertical Form – The Iconological Dimension in 20th Century Russian Religious Aesthetics and Literary Criticism, Part I (Oleg Komkov)](/religioustheory/posts/the-vertical-form-iconological-dimension-in-20th-century-russian-religious-aesthetics-and-literary-criticism-part-i-oleg-komkov/)

March 21, 2018 — By Oleg Komkov

The following is the first part in a two-part installment. This article is an attempt to highlight and reflect on several interrelated issues that seem to be

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                ![Review – An Uncritical Critique of Theism (Rebekah Gordon)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2018/03/jbcol.webp)

### [Review – An Uncritical Critique of Theism (Rebekah Gordon)](/religioustheory/posts/review-an-uncritical-critique-of-theism-rebekah-gordon/)

March 7, 2018 — By Rebekah Gordon

Religion Within Reason. Cahn, Steven M. New York: Columbia University Press, 2017. ISBN: 9780231181617. Paperback. 93 pages.** It is amazing that a book of less

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                ![The One Is Not – On the Fate Of Unity in Post-Metaphysical Philosophy (Jussi Backman)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/05/aristotle-metaphysics.webp)

### [The One Is Not – On the Fate Of Unity in Post-Metaphysical Philosophy (Jussi Backman)](/religioustheory/posts/the-one-is-not-on-the-fate-of-unity-in-post-metaphysical-philosophy-jussi-backman/)

May 9, 2017 — By Jussi Backman

*A Turkish translation of a version of this essay has been published as “Bir, bir şey değildir: post-metafizik düşüncede birlik ve çokluğun akıbeti,” trans

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                ![The Place Of Das Ding – Psychoanalysis, Phenomenology, Religion, Part 1 (John Panteleimon Manoussakis)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/02/dd.webp)

### [The Place Of Das Ding – Psychoanalysis, Phenomenology, Religion, Part 1 (John Panteleimon Manoussakis)](/religioustheory/posts/the-place-of-das-ding-psychoanalysis-phenomenology-religion-part-1-john-panteleimon-manoussakis/)

February 13, 2017 — By John Panteleimon Manoussakis

The following article is the first installment of a two-part series. The second installment can be found here. “One, two, three, but where is the fourth?”

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                ![Rethinking Anselm’s Atonement Theory –  “Unmaking” The Indebted Man (Ryne Beddard)](https://files.jcrt.org/images/2017/01/atonement-lg.webp)

### [Rethinking Anselm’s Atonement Theory – “Unmaking” The Indebted Man (Ryne Beddard)](/religioustheory/posts/rethinking-anselms-atonement-theory-unmaking-the-indebted-man-ryne-beddard/)

January 3, 2017 — By Ryne Beddard

Throughout Church history Christians have used various images and illustrations to explain why God became a human and died, and why these actions have been

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