Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / L̕'ubomír Batka, Irene Dingel, and Robert Kolb -- Luther's life / Charlotte Methuen -- Luther as late medieval theologian: his positive and negative use of nominalism and realism / Theodor Dieter -- Luther's roots in monastic-mystical piety / Volker Leppin -- Luther and medieval reform movements, particularly the Hussites / Martin Wernisch -- Luther's absorption of medieval biblical interpretation and his use of the Church Fathers / Erik Herrmann -- Humanism, Luther, and the Wittenberg Reformation / Robert Rosin -- Luther's transformation of medieval thought: discontinuity and continuity / Gerhard Müller -- Luther's transformation of medieval thought: continuity and discontinuity / Volker Leppin -- Luther on God and history / Mark Thompson -- Luther's use of language / Johannes von Lüpke -- Luther's Theologia crucis / Vítor Westhelle -- Luther's hermeneutics of distinctions: law and gospel, two kinds of righteousness, two realms, freedom and bondage / Robert Kolb -- Luther's doctrine of God / Steven Paulson -- Luther's theology of creation / Johannes Schwanke -- Luther's anthropology / Notger Slenczka -- Luther's teaching on sin and evil / L̕ ubomír Batka -- Justification by faith: the view of the Mannernaa school / Risto Saarinen -- Luther on justification as forensic and effective / Mark Mattes -- Luther on Christ's person and work / Matthieu Arnold -- Luther on the Holy Spirit and his use of God's word / Jeffrey G. Silcock -- Luther on baptism and penance / Jonathan Trigg -- Luther and the Lord's Supper / Gordon A. Jensen -- Luther on the church / David P. Daniel -- Luther's eschatology / Jane E. Strohl -- The framework for Christian living: Luther on the Christian's callings / Jane E. Strohl -- Luther on marriage, sexuality, and the family / Jane E. Strohl -- Luther's treatment of economic life / Ricardo Rieth -- Luther's treatment of political and societal life / Eike Wolgast -- Piety, prayer, and worship in Luther's view of daily life / Carter Lindberg -- Luther's views of the Jews and Turks / Gregory Miller -- Luther as a resource for Christian dialogue with other world religions / J. Paul Rajashekar -- The influence of the genres of exegetical instruction, preaching, and catechesis on Luther / Mary Jane Haemig -- How Luther's engagement in pastoral care shaped his theology / Ronald K. Rittgers -- Luther's thought assumed form in polemics / Anna Vind -- Luther's thought took shape in translation of scripture and hymns / Christoph Burger -- The Wittenberg circle / Timothy J. Wengert -- Luther's Roman Catholic critics / Heribert Smolinksy -- Luther and the Schwärmer / Amy Nelson Burnett -- Luther's authority in the late Reformation and Protestant orthodoxy / Irene Dingel -- The use of Luther's thought in pietism and the Enlightenment / Paul R. Hinlicky -- The use of Luther's thought in the nineteenth century and the Luther renaissance / Heinrich Assel -- Marxist evaluations of Luther's thought / Thomas A. Brady, Jr. -- Roman Catholic Luther research in the twentieth century: from rejection to rehabilitation / Theo M.M.A.C. Bell -- Luther's abiding significance for world Protestantism / Kenneth G. Appold -- Luther and Asia / Pilgrim W.K. Lo -- Luther in Africa / Tom Joseph Omolo -- Luther studies in Latin America / Nestor Luiz João Beck -- Conclusion: Venturing into the study of Luther / L̕ ubomír Batka, Irene Dingel, and Robert Kolb.