9 Two Kinds of Love: On the Interpretation of Luther’s View of Love by the Finnish School Mannermaa LI Ruixiang and Paulos HUANG （Shanghai University） Abstract: In the midst of the dilemmas facing the history of contemporary Western theory, Martin Luther’s concept of love and his theology of the Cross have been given more and more attention by researchers. The interpretation of Luther’s concept of love by the Finnish school in contemporary Lutheran studies has also been increasingly recognized. In this paper, we will discuss the interpretation of Luther’s view of love by Mannermaa, the father of the Finnish school. The first two sections of the paper will deal with Luther’s critique of the view of love ruled by the Greek philosophical tradition and the Catholic ‘theology of Glory’ in Mannermaa’s interpretation. The third section will introduce the important themes of faith and salvation in Luther’s ‘theology of the Cross’ by discussing Mannermaa’s interpretation about love, thus highlighting the importance of the theme of love in theology. The last section will further discuss the inheritance of Luther’s view of love and his theology in contemporary phenomenological philosophical thinking, which can then comprehensively show the important position of Luther in the history of contemporary theory and its research value. Key words: love, theology of glory, theology of the cross, faith Authors：LI Ruixian，Department of History，Shanghai University，Nanchen Road 333，200044 Baoshan District，Shanghai，P. R. China. Paulos HUANG, Professor, School of Humanities Study, Shanghai University. Email: 409768074@qq.com I. Luther’s View of Love Revealed by His Critique of Greek Philosophical Tradition In the development of Western intellectual history, Martin Luther has acted an important role in various fields of humanistic theories. In the development of theology and philosophy, Luther’s theory has played a major role in breaking the dominant tradition of the Greek metaphysical way. However, the current state of research in the humanities tends to confine Luther’s contribution to the sociology of religion and ecclesiastical history, and to ignore Luther’s contribution to the history of ideas. In addition, the core concepts of Luther’s ‘Justification by Faith’ are often equated with inter-subjective human behavior and will, which is equal to incorporating him into the Greek tradition of Aristotelianism. Nevertheless, in contemporary Lutheran studies, Mannermaa of the Finnish school has uncovered many seminal values from Luther’s theory. Through the theme of love, Mannermaa systematically draw out the central ‘paradoxical’ dimension of Luther’s theology, in which important theological themes such as faith, salvation, and sanctification are innovatively interpreted. Luther’s theory not only deconstructs the Catholic ‘theology of Glory’ from the paradoxical perspective of his ‘theology of the Cross’, but his ‘paradoxical ontology’ has also been fully inherited by Heidegger and other important contemporary philosophers, which in turn this inheritance has brought about a complete deconstruction and reevaluation of the Greek tradition. Thus, the theme of love is one of the central dimensions of Luther’s theory and one of the most important concepts that distinguishes Luther’s theology from the tradition of the ‘theology of Glory’. International Journal of Sino-Western Studies, Vol. 24, June, 2023 国学与西学国际学刊第２4期,２０２3年 六 月 DOI: https://doi.org/10.37819/ijsws.24.309