Dr. Volker Leppin

Biography

Volker Leppin is a Professor at Yale Divinity School, specializing in Church History. He received his education at the University of Marburg and Heidelberg University, with a focus on theological studies. Leppin has held prominent academic positions, including a chair in Church History at the University of Jena in Germany and the University of Tübingen, where he directed the Institute for the Late Middle Ages and Reformation from 2010 to 2021. He is a member of several prestigious scholarly societies, including the Academies of Sciences in Heidelberg and Saxony, as well as the European Academy of Arts and Sciences in Salzburg, Austria. Leppin has authored 20 monographs and more than 400 scholarly articles and chapters, with research interests centering on medieval and Reformation studies. His notable works include "Martin Luther: Late Medieval Life" and "Sola: Christ, Grace, Faith, Scripture Alone Martin Luther’s Theology." Leppin's scholarship emphasizes the Reformation as a transformation of the medieval world, rather than a stark break from it, and he also explores the history of Christian mysticism.

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