This volume is concerned with the ‘later Bugenhagen’ – as is made clear in the title. Thus it intends to focus on Johannes Bugenhagen's activities in later life, as distinct from his younger years as Luther's friend and collaborator in Wittenberg. The editors argue that when compared to the earlier part of Bugenhagen's life and career his later life has received less scholarly attention, something which they intend to rectify. However, the term ‘later’ does not always sit comfortably with the content of this volume, as acknowledged by one of the contributors. Much of what is covered here is concerned with Bugenhagen's particular contribution to the Reformation throughout his life rather than his influence and role in later life. With one exception the fourteen papers, plus the Jubilee sermon, included in this volume were first presented at a conference in Wittenberg to commemorate the 450th anniversary of Bugenhagen's death in 2008. As is often the case with volumes originating from such conferences this is a rather eclectic collection. The first of the book's three main sections consists of five chapters concerned with Bugenhagen and Wittenberg. It covers issues as diverse as Stefan Rhein on Bugenhagen's local reputation, Insa Henen on Bugenhagen's house, Stefan Michel on Bugenhagen's relationship with his brother-in-law Georg Rörer, Ulrike Ludwig on Bugenhagen's funeral sermon for Luther and, finally, Johanna Loehr on Philip Melanchthon's commemorative poem for Johannes Bugenhagen. The second section deals with Bugenhagen's theological and ecclesiastical work. Volker Gummelt's broad survey of Bugenhagen's biblical commentaries and his approach to exegesis in general, is followed by Martin Lohrmann's analysis of Bugenhagen's commentary on the Book of Jonah. This is followed by Volker Leppin's chapter on Bugenhagen's preaching over twenty years. Leppin offers an interesting comparison with Luther's preaching, emphasising Bugenhagen's much greater concern for what the Reformation meant in terms of practical existence and devotion among Protestants. The focus then shifts towards Bugenhagen's extensive work on church orders by Thomas Bergholz and an analysis of Bugenhagen's theological and economic concept of social care by Tim Lorentzen. The last section of the volume is concerned with politics and law. The first of this section's four chapters, by Heiner Lück, places Bugenhagen's church orders within their legal historical context. This is followed by chapters on Bugenhagen and the Schmalkaldic War by Hans-Peter Hasse, Bugenhagen's role in the Interim by Armin Kohnle and, finally, Bugenhagen's influence on the Danish Reformation by Martin Schwarz Lausten. Lausten provides interesting evidence of the continuing close relationship between Johannes Bugenhagen and Christian iii of Denmark which resulted in a considerable correspondence. Like other volumes in this series the book is generously illustrated.