Miroslav Volf

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Miroslav Volf (Born in Croatia - 1956), is an influential Christian theologian and currently the Henry B. Wright Professor of Theology at Yale University Divinity School and Director of the Yale Center for Faith and Culture. He has been a member in both the Presbyterian Church (USA) and the Evangelical Church in Croatia. He is widely known for his works on systematic theology, ethics, conflict resolution, and peace-making.

He studied at Evangelical-Theological Faculty, Zagreb (B.A), Fuller Theological Seminary (M.A) in Pasadena, California, and University of Tübingen (Dr. Theol., Dr. Theol. habil.), where he studied under Jürgen Moltmann.

His book Exclusion and Embrace, was selected as among the 100 best religious books of the 20th Century by Christianity Today.

Volf is formerly a professor at Fuller Theological Seminary.

[edit] Books

The End of Memory: Mistreatment, Memory, Reconciliation 2006
Free of Charge: Giving and Forgiving in a Culture Stripped of Grace New York: Zondervan, 2006
After Our Likeness: The Church As The Image Of The Trinity Grand Rapids: Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1998
I Znam da sunce ne boji se tame. Teoloske meditacije o Santicevu vjerskom pjesnistvu ("The Sun Is Not Afraid of the Darkness." Theological Meditations on the Poetry of Aleksa Santic) Osijek: Izvori, 1986
Zukunft der Arbeit -- Arbeit der Zukunft. Der Arbeitsbegriff bei Karl Marx und seine theologische Wertung München/Mainz: Christian Kaiser, 1988
- Translation into Croatian: Buducnost rada -- rad buducnosti. Pojam rada u Karla Marxa i njegovo teolosko vrednovanje (Biblioteka Filozofska istrazivanja 46) Zagreb: Hrvatsko filozofsko drustvo, 1991
Work in the Spirit. Toward a Theology of Work New York: Oxford University Press, 1991
Gerechtigkeit, Geist und Schöpfung. Die Oxford-Erklärung zur Frage von Glaube und Wirtschaft (ed. with Hermann Sautter) Wuppertal: Brockhaus, 1992
The Future of Theology. Essays in Honor of Jürgen Moltmann (ed. with T. Kucharz and C. Krieg) Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1996
- German edition: Theologie auf dem Weg in das dritte Jahrtausend Gütersloh: Christian Kaiser, 1996
Exclusion and Embrace. A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation Nashville: Abingdon, 1996
- Translation into Croatian: Iskljucenje i zagrljaj. Teolosko promisljanje identiteta, drugosti i pomirenja Zagreb: Step Press, 1998
Trinität und Gemeinschaft. Eine ökumenische Ekklesiologie Mainz/Neukirchen-Vlyn: Grünewald/Neukirchener, 1996
- Translation into English: After Our Likeness. The Church as the Image of the Trinity Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998
A Spacious Heart. Essays on Identity and Belonging (with Judith M. Gundry-Volf) Harrisburg: Trinity Press, 1997
A Passion for God's Reign. Theology, Christian Learning, and the Christian Self (ed.) Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1998