Roundtable Session In-person November Annual Meeting 2025

Book panel on Risto Saarinen's Philosophical Justice and Reformation Righteousness: The Latin Aristotle to Luther and Melanchthon

Saturday, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Session ID: P22-104
Abstract for Online Program Book (maximum 150 words)

Lutheran Scholars Network (LSN) is excited to engage Risto Saarinen’s important book, Philosophical Justice and Reformation Righteousness: The Latin Aristotle to Luther and Melanchthon (OUP 2025). Prof. Saarinen focuses on the iustitia dei as central to Luther and as significantly funding medieval discussions of justice. Panelists illumine the book’s philosophical, theological, ethical, and constructive dimensions.
Presiding: Amy Carr, Western Illinois University

Panelists: 
Anna Vind, University of Copenhagen
Jennifer Hockenbery, Evangelical Church in America
Anne Käfer, University of Münster
Natalia Marandiuc, United Lutheran Seminary
Richard Cross, University of Notre Dame 
Christine Helmer, Northwestern University

Responding: Risto Saarinen, University of Helsinki