Understanding spirituality as faith with a path, Hanson traces the core elements of Lutheran faith and practice as they appeared initially in the Lutheran reformation, and how they developed in relation to later cultural currents, and are carried on today. He draws out those features which mark Lutheran spirituality as both evangelical (justification by grace through faith and the vocation of every Christian), and Catholic (strongly sacramental and grounded in classic confessions). Accessible, authoritative and clear, Grace That Frees is the first study of Lutheran spirituality and its relationship with other Christian spiritual traditions.