Paul R. Hinlicky is the Tise Professor of Lutheran Studies at Roanoke College in Salem, Virginia. An internationally-known theologian who has published more than seventy articles and many books, he is an authority on the theology of Martin Luther and how Luther's theology has played out in history since the time of the Reformation. He also works on the reintegration of Reformation and Patristic theology, and ecumenical and interfaith dialogue. He is an ordained minister in the Evangelical Lutheran Church of America and has served congregations in New York and Virginia.