Thinking Through the Cross: On Luther’s Heidelberg Disputation and Its Contributions to Philosophy

Martin Luther has given little explicit influence on philosophy, and in 1950 Jaroslav Pelikan called for further work into investigating a ‘Lutheran philosophy.’ The beginning of this work lies in Luther’s Heidelberg Disputation, in which he attacks the method of scholasticism and counters with the...

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Published in:Philosophy & theology
Main Author: Spinks, Casey ca. 21. Jh. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Philosophy Documentation Center [2019]
In: Philosophy & theology
Year: 2019, Volume: 31, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 21-37
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Heidelberger Disputation / Philosophy
RelBib Classification:KAG Church history 1500-1648; Reformation; humanism; Renaissance
KDD Protestant Church
VA Philosophy
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Summary:Martin Luther has given little explicit influence on philosophy, and in 1950 Jaroslav Pelikan called for further work into investigating a ‘Lutheran philosophy.’ The beginning of this work lies in Luther’s Heidelberg Disputation, in which he attacks the method of scholasticism and counters with the method of truly Christian theology, a theologia crucis. Such counter, this article argues, entails a shift in Christian philosophizing, a shift that sharply distinguishes between God and man and yet, through this distinction, as Luther asserts, allows one to “call the thing what it actually is”—and thus leads to a truly Christian philosophy.
ISSN:2153-828X
Contains:Enthalten in: Philosophy & theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.5840/philtheol2020620129