Critically examine historical condemnations and modern reconciliation efforts in Lutheranism’s interreligious and ecumenical engagements. Reflect on how past harms inform present relationships with other faith communities.

Candace Kohli is an Assistant Professor of Lutheran Systematic Theology and Global Lutheranism. She joined LSTC in 2022 and teaches courses on Luther and the sixteenth-century Reformations, Lutheran theology, and systematic and historical theology. She has a deep and abiding interest in the socio-cultural impact and relevance of theology historically and brings that interpretive lens to her research questions and methods. In addition to expertise in Luther, Dr. Kohli specializes in and has published on medieval Scholastic and Nominalist theology, theological anthropology, pneumatology, and political theology. Her current research investigates the interdependence of theology and racialized thinking in Luther’s anti-Islamic polemics and the distribution of those ideas in early modern Europe. With a background in adult online learning, Dr. Kohli also directs LSTC’s distance learning initiatives. Before coming to LSTC, Dr. Kohli worked in the nonprofit sector and taught at Montreat College, Northwestern University, and across Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Dr. Kohli was a Fulbright Fellow in the Evangelical Theology Faculty at Eberhard-Karls-University in Tuebingen, Germany and a Visiting Researcher in the School of Culture and Society at Aarhus University in Denmark. Her first book, Human Agency Under Law and Gospel, will be published with Wipf and Stock in 2023.