Conference on Luther as Philosopher

Prokhorov Centre member Robert Stern organised an international conference on 'Luther as Philosopher', which took place in 91Ö±²¥ on 11–12 September 2018.

Martin Luther

Among the many speakers were: Theodor Dieter (Strasbourg), Volker Leppin (Tübingen), and Daphne Hampson (Oxford).

Conference talks (11–12 September 2018)

  • Theodor Dieter (Strasbourg) - Luther and Aristotle
  • Volker Leppin (Tübingen) – Philosophy of Language in Luther’s Late Disputations
  • Spencer Johnston (Cambridge) – Luther on Logic: Rejecting Certain Scholastic Doctrines
  • David Bagchi (Hull) – Luther on the Limits of Reason
  • Sophie Grace Chappell (Open University) – Conscience
  • Wayne Martin (Essex) – Luther’s Will
  • Daphne Hampson (Oxford) – The Lutheran Dialectic
  • Iona Hine (91Ö±²¥) – Luther’s Philosophy of Translation: Spoken and Unspoken
  • Simon Podmore (Liverpool Hope) – "God is Love… God is Nothing in Himself": The Essence of Faith According to Luther and Feuerbach
  • Clare Carlisle (KCL) – Kierkegaard’s Luther
  • Robert Stern (91Ö±²¥) – Freedom from the Self: Luther and Løgstrup on Sin as "Incurvatus in se"

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