Associate Professor of Systematic Theology
NALS Academic Director

Dr. David Luy

Ph.D. in Religious Studies (Systematic Theology), 2012
Marquette University

M. Div., 2008
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School

B.M., 2005
Wheaton College

Associate Professor of Systematic Theology
NALS Academic Director

Dr. David Luy

Ph.D. in Religious Studies (Systematic Theology), 2012
Marquette University

M. Div., 2008
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School

B.M., 2005
Wheaton College

Research Interests

Dr. Luy’s research extends to a wide variety of topics, but has focused especially upon the historical development, and modern appropriation of reformation theologies. He has published a book-length study of Luther’s Christology entitled, Dominus Mortis: Martin Luther on the Incorruptibility of God in Christ (Fortress Press, 2014). He also served as co-editor for a volume of essays collected under the title, Evil and the Doctrine of Creation (Lexham Press, 2020). Dr. Luy has contributed to several journals, including Luther Digest, The International Journal of Systematic Theology, and Modern Theology. He has also contributed essays to the Oxford Encyclopedia of Martin Luther (2017), the Oxford Handbook of the Reception of Aquinas (2021), and the Oxford Handbook of Deification (forthcoming). Dr. Luy’s current book project is entitled The Fate of Christocentrism in Modern Theology, and will appear as a volume in the Changing Paradigms in Historical and Systematic Theology series with Oxford University Press.

Workshops, Lectures, & Retreats

Publications & Research

The Fate of Christocentrism in Modern Theology. Changing Paradigms in Historical and Systematic Theology. Oxford University Press, forthcoming.

Dominus Mortis: Martin Luther on the Incorruptibility of God in Christ. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 2014.

Evil and Creation: Historical and Constructive Essays in Christian Dogmatics. Studies in Historical and Systematic Theology. Edited with Matthew Levering and George Kalantzis. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2020.
“Deification and Christology.” In The Oxford Handbook of Deification, edited by Matthew Levering, Paul Gavrilyuk and Andrew Hofer. Oxford: Oxford University Press, forthcoming.

“Evil in Christian Theology” (with Matthew Levering). In Creation and the Problem of Evil, edited by David Luy, Matthew Levering and George Kalantzis. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2020.

“Joseph Ratzinger’s Ecumenical Christocentrism.” In Joseph Ratzinger and the Healing of the Reformation-Era Divisions, edited by Matthew Levering and Emery de Gaal. Emmaus Academic Press, 2019.

“Martin Luther and Late Medieval Christology.” In The Medieval Luther. Spätmittelalter, Humanismus, Reformation. Edited by Christine M. Helmer. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2020.

“Simplicity and Language: Bonaventure’s Semiotic Asymptoticism.” Modern Theology 35 (2019): 481-95.

“Luther and the General Priesthood: An Embedded Account.” In The Reformation and the Ministry of the Word. Edited by Scott Manetsch. Downer’s Grove: Intervarsity Press, 2019.

“Martin Luther’s Reception of Aquinas.” In The Oxford Handbook of the Reception of Aquinas. Edited by Matthew Levering and Marcus Plested. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021.

“A Wondrous Strife: Luther’s Baroque Soteriology.” In Savior and Lord. Edited by Paul Hinlicky and David Nelson. Delhi, NY: American Lutheran Publicity Bureau, 2018.

“Disputation.” In The Oxford Encyclopedia of Martin Luther. Edited by Derek Nelson, Paul Hinlicky, Johannes Zachhuber, Risto Saarinen, Anna Vind, Lois Malcolm and Mickey Mattox. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2017.

“Dying for the Last Time: Martin Luther on Christian Death.” In Christian Dying: Witnesses from the Tradition. Edited by George Kalantzis and Matthew Levering. Eugene, Oregon: Cascade Books, 2018.

“The Aesthetic Collision: Hans Urs von Balthasar on the Trinity and the Cross.” The International Journal of Systematic Theology 13 (2011): 154-69.