Paul, in images that point to Peter ’s martyrdom, his denial and forgiveness, and his roles as teacher of the church and as the local representation of Christ. An eight-page table of Roman archeological depictions of Peter follows (pp. 309–17). Any scholar or student interested in the historical figure and lasting influence of Peter—including the continued appeals to Petrine authority in the Roman Catholic Church—will certainly find this collection of studies engaging, thought-provoking, and helpful. Jeffrey M. Tripp Loyola University, Chicago ★ ★ ★ The Freedom of a Christian Ethicist: The Future of a Reformation Legacy, Brian Brock and Michael Mawson (eds.), Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2016 (ISBN 978-0567665959), xii+ 206pp., hb £65 The quincentennial of Martin Luther ’s nailing of the theses is fast approaching. At the very heart of one of his central treatises, entitled ‘The Freedom of a Christian’, Luther advances two contradictory claims, which he uses to structure the treatise: ‘The Christian is lord of all, completely free of everything; a Christian is a servant, completely attentive to the needs of all.’ In this formulation, Luther insists that faith in the grace of God provides an inner freedom for the Christian from the world. Particularly, the Christian no longer needs to strive for righteousness through their activity. Yet, Luther also contends that faith does not simply lead to a negative freedom. That is, faith allows Christians to be in and for the world in radically new ways. Hence, if Luther ’s words provide a critique to a righteousness based on works, then it also provides the basis for a novel approach to Christian living and ethics. The Freedom of a Christian Ethicist: The Future of a Reformation Legacy is a compilation of essays that were originally presented at a conference at the University of Aberdeen in October 2014. Scholars from Germany, the UK, and US participated in the conference proceedings and ex- plored a distinctly Protestant approach to ethics to understand if such an approach has anything to offer within the contemporary landscape. The editors have arranged the book into ten chapters, and each of the nine scholars investigates the significance of the Protestant Reformation and its legacy for contemporary Christian ethics. In exploring the signif- icance of the Reformation for Christian ethics, the essays draw upon Reviews 124 © 2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.