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Union with Christ: The New Finnish Interpretation of Luther is unavailable, but you can change that!

This important book introduces the English-speaking world to the new Finnish interpretation of the theology of Martin Luther, initiated by the writings of Tuomo Mannermaa of Helsinki University. At the heart of the Finnish breakthrough in Luther research lies the theme of salvation. Luther found his answer to the mystery of salvation in the justifying work of Christ received through faith alone....

TUOMO MANNERMAA I call “modern” the Finnish Luther research that has been done since about the mid-seventies at the Department of Systematic Theology of the University of Helsinki. Luther studies have flourished in Helsinki since the twenties, and an almost unbroken tradition of Luther research has been handed down since then. But the studies that have been done since the mid-seventies have actually promulgated a new beginning,
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