Abstract
This volume of essays focuses mainly on Reformation Christianity and on current Lutheran-Catholic understandings and relationships. Also included are articles that address Jewish and Orthodox traditions in ecumenical perspectives. The essays stem from an Ecclesiological Investigations Network conference held in Jena, Germany, in 2017, the 500th anniversary of Luther’s Ninety-Five Theses. Given the conference’s location in Jena, the volume is oriented toward what has come to be thought of as the German interpretation of Luther that focuses on the doctrine of justification and Luther’s break from Rome in connection with the birth of the modern world. The essays collected here address important issues such as the meaning of the Reformation, the reception of Luther in Germany and beyond, contemporary ecumenical dialogues, and pathways to the future. © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG.