Paul R. Hinlicky (PhD, Union Theological Seminary, New York; DHabil, Comenius University, Bratislava) served as Tise Professor of Lutheran Theology at Roanoke College for many years and is currently distinguished fellow and research professor at the Institute of Lutheran Theology. He is the author of numerous books, including Divine Simplicity: Christ the Crisis of Metaphysics and three critically acclaimed studies in systematic theology: Beloved Community: Critical Dogmatics after Christendom, Luther and the Beloved Community: A Path for Christian Theology after Christendom, and Divine Complexity: The Rise of Creedal Christianity. He is also coeditor of the Oxford Encyclopedia of Martin Luther.