Published in Finland in 1983, Two Kinds of Love is the second of Tuomo Mannermaa's provocative books offering a distinctly different interpretation of Martin Luther's theology. The other, Christ Present in Faith, was published by Fortress Press in 2005.>br/> Two Kinds of Love, Mannermaa unfolds Luther's understanding of love as the key to the reformer's theology of grace. Human love orients toward that 'which is lovable to it' - toward that which is already 'good and beautiful' - and, as such, comes into being only through 'the prestige and glory of the loved one.'In contrast, God's love, which 'does not find but creates the lovable in its object,' is a pure gift of grace, which makes possible our love for God and for one another.
