Luther by Luther. From fishing to justice, the experience of faith

Luther's thought is deeply related to his life. His work as a Reformer of the Church has its roots in his personal experience of the Gospel refonning the subjectivity of the believer to be understood as a word-related event realizing the justification of the human being in front of God solafide. Written from a systematic point of view, this article proposes to dive into the heart of Luther's spiritual experience in order to explain how this experience produces a change of paradigm that leads to a reconfiguration of his theology. Anticipating the jubilee of the Reformation in 2017, the basic concepts of Lutheran theology such as justice, faith, sin, conscience and work are made explicit and redeployed in their coherence and relevance.