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 ...

Reazo Redinger, Old Apostolic Lutheran Church trustee and building project manager, gives a tour of the Woodland church site expected to be complete in March. Redinger, a water well driller, is one of ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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, ...

As America prepares to commemorate the 250th anniversary of its founding, communities across the nation are rediscovering the stories of the men and women whose courage, endurance, and quiet ...

- 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 ...