Lutheran Identiy

Lutheranism has spread throughout the world in various ways. As a result, it has become at home in very different cultural contexts. But can there be a "Lutheran identity"? Or are there not rather "Lutheran identities," depending on the character? And what connects them, how does one live in a communion that makes possible numerous expressions of "Lutheran identity," and where are the challenges of this togetherness? In its struggle for communion that is to be a living church community, the Lutheran World Federation faces these very questions. Reason enough to look for identity markers, for pillars of a common Lutheran identity that have relevance for history, the present and different cultural contexts, linking theology and history.

PD Dr. Nicole Grochowina, Privatdozentin an der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen/Nürnberg (Geschichte der Frühen Neuzeit und Neuere Kirchengeschichte); Stellvertretende Vorsitzende der Historischen Kommission des DNK/LWBProf. Dr. Klaus Fitschen, Professor für Neuere und Neueste Kirchengeschichte an der Universität Leipzig; Vorsitzender der Historischen Kommission des DNK/LWBDr. Oliver Schuegraf, Oberkirchenrat für ökumenische und theologische Grundsatzfragen, Deutschen Nationalkomitees des Lutherischen Weltbundes (Hannover); Geschäftsführer der Historischen Kommission des DNK/LWB