• Luther and Vatican II: ‘Liturgical Reform Experiment’ of the Kithu Dana Pubuduwa (renewal movement) in the Sri Lankan Catholic Church. 

  Fernando, W.S. (The Department of Western Classical Culture & Christian Culture,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
• Does the theological dialogue of the Lutheran Reforms pose an impediment to Ecumenism among the Churches?. 

  Hemachandra, M.S.J. (The Department of Western Classical Culture & Christian Culture,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)
• Beyond the Lutheran Reforms: Reflections on the Subandi (lay religious group) life of Spirituality of the Kithu Dana Pubuduwa (renewal Movement) that led to Reforms within the Catholic Tradition in Sri Lanka . 

  Thusith, C. (The Department of Western Classical Culture & Christian Culture,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, 2017)
• Luther’s Antagonism towards Jews: Some Lessons for Religious Conflict with Special reference to Sri Lanka. 

  Saddajeeva, N. (The Department of Western Classical Culture & Christian Culture,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)

  base on the Hebrew text in which he translated into German. He attempted conversion of Jews into Christianity through the relationship he maintained which he failed and there commenced his ideological battle with the Jews. ...
• Revisiting Luther: The Challenges to the Evangelical Churches with special reference to Assembly of God Church in Sri Lanka 

  Rodrigo, S.S. (The Department of Western Classical Culture & Christian Culture,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)

  The intention of Luther was not to create a separate Church or to divide the Church but, through intellectual inquiry and dialog to bring about changes so that his Church could reform its erroneous deeds, activities and ...
• Analysis on Martin Luther’s Two Kingdoms Theory. 

  Nonis, R. (The Department of Western Classical Culture & Christian Culture,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)

  During this revolutionary period, Luther spoke of two kingdom theories. It was in 1523 that he brought out the idea in a book called Secular Authority. He separately brought out the idea of the kingdom of God and the church. ...
• The Revolutionary Theological Impact of Lutheran Reformation and its Effective Approach to the Church. 

  Fernando, R.D. (The Department of Western Classical Culture & Christian Culture,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)

  Roots of the Lutheran reformation remind us that the medieval theology has taken certain measures that in way disturb the basic realities of the Scriptures. Avarice in Rome, benefices and taxations, the great schism and ...
• The Preached Word as God's Living Voice: Luther's Theology of Preaching 

  Caldera, R. (The Department of Western Classical Culture & Christian Culture,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)

  This paper attempts to investigate into Luther's contribution to the theology of preaching, in the backdrop of preaching by the parish priests in late medieval Germany. The hermeneutical method used by Martin Luther was ...
• Jurisprudential significance of Lutheran reformation on freedom and conscience in European legal thought. 

  Amarasinghe, P. (The Department of Western Classical Culture & Christian Culture,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)

  From a theological perspective it will be an absurd argument to connect Martin Luther to the development of legal thought in Europe, because once Luther himself had coined the expression “Lawyers-bad Christians”. But ...
• Re-reading Luther: An Attempt to Recover Some Significant Aspects in the Life and Practice of the Church of Ceylon since Independence (1948) . 

  Rev. Priyajayanth, S. (The Department of Western Classical Culture & Christian Culture,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)

  The paper aims to revisit the ‘Reformation propositions’ and in the light of Luther’s thinking to adopt and learn what might be relevant to the life and practice of the church of Ceylon. It explores some ecclesiastical and ...
• Lutheran Reformation: Challenging the Sub-cultures of Catholicism 

  Kaushalya, N. (The Department of Western Classical Culture & Christian Culture,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)

  This paper focuses on Luther’s contribution towards the renewal of sub-cultures of the Catholic Church of the medieval times. These sub-cultures prompted a voracious desire for wealth, high taxation, the worship of relics, ...
• The Impact of the Lutheran Reformation on Culture 

  Nilukani, I. (The Department of Western Classical Culture & Christian Culture,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)

  Martin Luther, being the pioneer of the Protestant Reformation (1517) introduced a radical reformation in order to change the prevailing corruptive system of the 16th century Western Catholic Church which absolutely had a ...
• The Reformation and the Anastasis of the Permanent Diaconate . 

  Perera, D.V. (The Department of Western Classical Culture & Christian Culture,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)

  Studies on the evolution and theology of the diaconate in the post-reformation era demonstrate that both Catholic and Anglican Churches have been conservative even centuries after the reformation to take meaningful steps ...
• An analysis of some contributions of the Lutheran Reformation on South Asia. 

  Somaratna, G.P.V. (The Department of Western Classical Culture & Christian Culture,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)

  Martin Luther lived in Germany in the first half of the sixteenth century. His travel was confined to a limited area around Wittenberg in what later became known as Germany. It is unlikely that he was aware of the religious ...
• The Honest Lutheran Claim to the Catholic Tradition of Sola Scriptura . 

  Rev.Edward, Naumann. (The Department of Western Classical Culture & Christian Culture,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)

  Many if not most of the theological arguments during the Reformation revolved around a fundamental disagreement concerning the authority of Scripture, in relation to the authority of the Papacy. Remarkably, these arguments ...
• The Socio-political Background of the Reformation and its Relevance for Today. 

  Rev. Einar, Tjelle. (The Department of Western Classical Culture & Christian Culture,University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka., 2017)

  The historical background at the time of Luther has been discussed and described in many different ways, very often with confessional depictions of history. Recent research has contributed to a changing perception of the ...
• The Christian Notion of the fall of the Human Being in Relation to Buddhism 

  Atapattu, D. (University of Kelaniya, 2015)

  The Bible holds a distinctive view of what has gone wrong with the human being. The story of the fall of Adam and Eve in the third chapter of Genesis is used to express the basic malady as it is experienced by both Christians ...
• The Contextual Significance of the “Less Popular Saints” of the Archdiocese of Colombo 

  Jayatunge, M. (University of Kelaniya, 2015)

  The paper is a study of the contextual significance of the “less popular saints” venerated by the Roman Catholic Church in the Archdiocese of Colombo, Sri Lanka. While many churches have been dedicated to the so called ...
• The Diverse Musical Traditions of Sri Lankan Passion Plays 

  Samarakoon, K. (University of Kelaniya, 2015)

  The primary objective of this study is to present an analysis on the different genres of music that is embedded in Sri Lankan Passion Plays. Sri Lankan Passion Play music is influenced by musical disciplines of several ...
• A Redaction-Critical Study of Petavatthu 

  Gamage, A.K. (University of Kelaniya, 2015)

  Applying the methods of Biblical criticism particularly Redaction criticism this paper presents a redaction-critical study of Petavatthu-pāḷi (the seventh book of Khuddakanikāya in the Pāli canon). While doctrinal, ...

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