{"product_id":"two-kinds-of-love-tuomo-mannermaa-9780800697075","title":"Two Kinds of Love: Martin Luther's Religious World","description":"Published in Finland in 1983, Two Kinds of Love is the second of Tuomo Mannermaa's provocative books offering a distinctly different interpretation of Martin Luther's theology. The other, Christ Present in Faith, was published by Fortress Press in 2005. In Two Kinds of Love, Mannermaa unfolds Luther's understanding of love as the key to the reformer's theology of grace. Human love orients toward that \"which is lovable to it\"-- toward that which is already \"good and beautiful\"-- and, as such, comes into being only through \"the prestige and glory of the loved one.\" In contrast, God's love, which \"does not find but creates the lovable in its object,\" is a pure gift of grace, which makes possible our love for God and for one another. Mannermaa spearheaded the Finnish Luther Research project for more than twenty years, and more than any other is responsible for the unique perspective on Luther contributed to Luther scholarship by the Finnish School. Two Kinds of Love concludes with an afterword, reviewing Finnish Luther Research since 1977.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tuomo Mannermaa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0800697073\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780800697075\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Fortress Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.40d","brand":"Tuomo Mannermaa","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43947163320575,"sku":"9780800697075","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_f637f7cc-c268-481a-b5ef-245b60140cff.jpg?v=1681517094","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/two-kinds-of-love-tuomo-mannermaa-9780800697075","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}