Philosophical Justice and Reformation Righteousness: The Latin Aristotle to Luther and Melanchthon

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Risto Saarinen (Professor of Ecumenics, Faculty of Theology, University of Helsinki)

Philosophical Justice and Reformation Righteousness

The Latin Aristotle to Luther and Melanchthon

Risto Saarinen (Professor of Ecumenics, Faculty of Theology, University of Helsinki)

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Oxford University Press
01 May 2025

Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600; History of religion; Christian theology

Series: Changing Paradigms in Historical and Systematic Theology

The churches of the Reformation highlight the righteousness of faith (Iustitia Dei) as the core of their theology. Martin Luther formulated this doctrine as an alternative to the Aristotelian virtue of justice. This volume shows, however, that many different versions of philosophical justice circulated in Luther's days. Some of them already affirm the relational features that characterize later Reformation theology.

As Protestant scholarship has not attended to the philosophical commentaries on Aristotle and the formative impact of Anselm and John Duns Scotus in philosophy and theology, the medieval background of imputative and forensic righteousness is much broader than earlier studies assume. This volume argues that a new historical paradigm of Iustitia Dei can be outlined by investigating the complex interaction between Anselmian and Aristotelian thought available in late medieval and Renaissance commentaries.

The philosophical trajectory of justice underwent a profound transformation before the sixteenth century. While Thomas Aquinas considers that 'the just' is the object of justice, later scholastic commentators affirm an increasingly subjective and voluntary constitution of justice. In Franciscan thinking, this development leads to a view in which the interplay between the lord and the subjects defines the realm of justice. On the one hand, this interplay is connected to biblical views and the teaching of Anselm. On the other, it permeates the early modern considerations of justice. Therefore, the new paradigm outlined in this study influences both Reformation theology and the broader intellectual history of justice in Western thought.

By: Risto Saarinen (Professor of Ecumenics Faculty of Theology University of Helsinki)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 242mm, Width: 164mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 580g
ISBN: 9780198951186
ISBN 10: 0198951183
Series: Changing Paradigms in Historical and Systematic Theology
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 01 May 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Risto Saarinen received his Dr. Theol. in 1988 and Dr. Phil. in 1994, both at the University of Helsinki. From 1994 to 1999, he worked as Research Professor at the Institute for Ecumenical Research in Strasbourg. Since 2001, he has been Professor of Ecumenics at the University of Helsinki. From 2014 to 2019, he was Director of the Academy of Finland's Centre of Excellence Reason and Religious Recognition. Professor Saarinen is honorary doctor of the University of Copenhagen and member of Academia Europaea. He holds various positions in the fields of Reformation studies, philosophy, and ecumenical theology.