God Does Not Work in Us Without Us: On the Understanding of Divine–Human Cooperation in the Thought of Martin Luther

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Open Theology Pub Date : 2023-12-16 DOI:10.1515/opth-2022-0239

Knut Alfsvåg

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Abstract

Roman-Catholic scholars tend to interpret Luther’s emphasis on the exteriority of salvation as a critique of the goodness of creation. Through an analysis of De servo arbitrio, this article shows this to be wrong. While emphasizing the unconditionality of God’s work in both creation and salvation, Luther still insists that humans are created in God’s image as his co-operators, thus repeating the divine lordship over creation. This is further emphasized in other works that go beyond De servo arbitrio in finding Christology to be a key to the relationship between God and humans. Luther thus has an integrated understanding of all aspects of human life as the area of divine creation and should not be seen as a forerunner of a modern, secularized worldview. This role rather belongs to Erasmus, who insists that God stands idly by while humans make up their minds about how to live their lives.

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没有我们，上帝不会在我们身上做工：论马丁-路德思想中对神人合作的理解

罗马天主教学者倾向于将路德对救赎的外部性的强调解释为对造物之善的批判。本文通过对 De servo arbitrio 一书的分析，指出这种观点是错误的。路德在强调上帝在创造和救赎中的工作的无条件性的同时，仍然坚持认为人类是按照上帝的形象创造的，是上帝的合作者，从而重复了上帝对创造物的统治权。这一点在其他著作中得到了进一步的强调，这些著作超越了《仲裁论》（De servo arbitrio），认为基督论是上帝与人类关系的关键所在。因此，路德对人类生活的方方面面都有一个综合的理解，认为它们都是神创造的领域，而不应被视为现代世俗化世界观的先驱。这一角色属于伊拉斯谟，他坚持认为，当人类决定如何生活时，上帝却袖手旁观。

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Open Theology RELIGION-

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15 weeks

期刊介绍： Open Theology is an international Open Access, peer-reviewed academic journal that welcomes contributions written in English addressing religion in its various forms and aspects: historical, theological, sociological, psychological, and other. The journal encompasses all major disciplines of Theology and Religious Studies, presenting doctrine, history, organization and everyday life of various types of religious groups and the relations between them. We publish articles from the field of Theology as well as Philosophy, Sociology and Psychology of Religion and also dialogue between Religion and Science. The Open Theology does not present views of any particular theological school nor of a particular religious organization. The contributions are written by researchers who represent different religious views. The authors present their research concerning the old religious traditions as well as new religious movements. The aim of the journal is to promote an international and interdisciplinary dialogue in the field of Theology and Religious Studies. The journal seeks also to provide researchers, pastors and other interested persons with the fruits of academic studies.